Gentlemen, the road to the College World Series begins again for the 69th year. More than ever before, baseball folks will be able to follow college baseball in all its glory.
With more than 675 baseball games scheduled last year on ESPN platforms (which there are so many), you're sure to catch the games you want to see this year. ESPN will be posting a baseball airing schedule any day now.
In the meantime, we have a number of pre-season rankings to debate over. So, rather than digging through a dirtpile of links and stats, how bout we just put them all together in one post at your disposal?
We've got the 2016 rankings, schedules, rule changes, and statistics you'll want to check out for this year's race to Omaha.
Check it out.
Rankings
Schedules
Rules
Official 2015-2016 Rule Changes of the NCAA Rules Committee
Statistics
Play Off Brackets
1947-2015 College World Series Statistics
1947 |
California |
Clint Evans |
17–8, 8–7 |
Yale |
|
1948 |
Southern California |
Sam Barry |
3–1, 3–8, 9–2 |
Yale |
|
1949 |
Texas |
Bibb Falk |
10–3 |
Wake Forest |
Tom Hamilton, Texas |
1950 |
Texas |
Bibb Falk |
3–0 |
Washington State |
Ray VanCleef, Rutgers |
1951 |
Oklahoma |
Jack Baer |
3–2 |
Tennessee |
Sidney Hatfield, Tennessee |
1952 |
Holy Cross |
Jack Barry |
8–4 |
Missouri |
James O'Neill, Holy Cross |
1953 |
Michigan |
Ray Fisher |
7–5 |
Texas |
J.L. Smith, Texas |
1954 |
Missouri |
Hi Simmons |
4–1 |
Rollins |
Tom Yewcic, Michigan State |
1955 |
Wake Forest |
Taylor Sanford |
7–6 |
Western Michigan |
Tom Borland, Oklahoma A&M |
1956 |
Minnesota |
Dick Siebert |
12–1 |
Arizona |
Jerry Thomas, Minnesota |
1957 |
California |
George Wolfman |
1–0 |
Penn State |
Cal Emery, Penn State |
1958 |
Southern California |
Rod Dedeaux |
8–7 |
Missouri |
Bill Thom, Southern California |
1959 |
Oklahoma State |
Toby Greene |
5–3 |
Arizona |
Jim Dobson, Oklahoma State |
1960 |
Minnesota |
Dick Siebert |
2–1 |
Southern California |
John Erickson, Minnesota |
1961 |
Southern California |
Rod Dedeaux |
1–0 |
Oklahoma State |
Littleton Fowler, Oklahoma State |
1962 |
Michigan |
Don Lund |
5–4 |
Santa Clara |
Bob Garibaldi, Santa Clara |
1963 |
Southern California |
Rod Dedeaux |
5–2 |
Arizona |
Bud Hollowell, Southern California |
1964 |
Minnesota |
Dick Siebert |
5–1 |
Missouri |
Joe Ferris, Maine |
1965 |
Arizona State |
Bobby Winkles |
2–1 |
Ohio State |
Sal Bando, Arizona State |
1966 |
Ohio State |
Marty Karow |
8–2 |
Oklahoma State |
Steve Arlin, Ohio State |
1967 |
Arizona State |
Bobby Winkles |
11–2 |
Houston |
Ron Davini, Arizona State |
1968 |
Southern California |
Rod Dedeaux |
4–3 |
Southern Illinois |
Bill Seinsoth, Southern California |
1969 |
Arizona State |
Bobby Winkles |
10–1 |
Tulsa |
John Dolinsek, Arizona State |
1970 |
Southern California |
Rod Dedeaux |
2–1 |
Florida State |
Gene Ammann, Florida State |
1971 |
Southern California |
Rod Dedeaux |
7–2 |
Southern Illinois |
Jerry Tabb, Tulsa |
1972 |
Southern California |
Rod Dedeaux |
1–0 |
Arizona State |
Russ McQueen, Southern California |
1973 |
Southern California |
Rod Dedeaux |
4–3 |
Arizona State |
Dave Winfield, Minnesota |
1974 |
Southern California |
Rod Dedeaux |
7–3 |
Miami (FL) |
George Milke, Southern California |
1975 |
Texas |
Cliff Gustafson |
5–1 |
South Carolina |
Mickey Reichenbach, Texas |
1976 |
Arizona |
Jerry Kindall |
7–1 |
Eastern Michigan |
Steve Powers, Arizona |
1977 |
Arizona State |
Jim Brock |
2–1 |
South Carolina |
Bob Horner, Arizona State |
1978 |
Southern California |
Rod Dedeaux |
10–3 |
Arizona State |
Rod Boxberger, Southern California |
1979 |
Cal State Fullerton |
Augie Garrido |
2–1 |
Arkansas |
Tony Hudson, Cal State Fullerton |
1980 |
Arizona |
Jerry Kindall |
5–3 |
Hawaii |
Terry Francona, Arizona |
1981 |
Arizona State |
Jim Brock |
7–4 |
Oklahoma State |
Stan Holmes, Arizona State |
1982 |
Miami (FL) |
Ron Fraser |
9–3 |
Wichita State |
Dan Smith, Miami (FL) |
1983 |
Texas |
Cliff Gustafson |
4–3 |
Alabama |
Calvin Schiraldi, Texas |
1984 |
Cal State Fullerton |
Augie Garrido |
3–1 |
Texas |
John Fishel, Cal State Fullerton |
1985 |
Miami (FL) |
Ron Fraser |
10–6 |
Texas |
Greg Ellena, Miami (FL) |
1986 |
Arizona |
Jerry Kindall |
10–2 |
Florida State |
Mike Senne, Arizona |
1987 |
Stanford |
Mark Marquess |
9–5 |
Oklahoma State |
Paul Carey, Stanford |
1988 |
Stanford |
Mark Marquess |
9–4 |
Arizona State |
Lee Plemel, Stanford |
1989 |
Wichita State |
Gene Stephenson |
5–3 |
Texas |
Greg Brummett, Wichita State |
1990 |
Georgia |
Steve Webber |
2–1 |
Oklahoma State |
Mike Rebhan, Georgia |
1991 |
LSU |
Skip Bertman |
6–3 |
Wichita State |
Gary Hymel, LSU |
1992 |
Pepperdine |
Andy Lopez |
3–2 |
Cal State Fullerton |
Phil Nevin, Cal State Fullerton |
1993 |
LSU |
Skip Bertman |
8–0 |
Wichita State |
Todd Walker, LSU |
1994 |
Oklahoma |
Larry Cochell |
13–5 |
Georgia Tech |
Chip Glass, Oklahoma |
1995 |
Cal State Fullerton |
Augie Garrido |
11–5 |
Southern California |
Mark Kotsay, Cal State Fullerton |
1996 |
LSU |
Skip Bertman |
9–8 |
Miami (FL) |
Pat Burrell, Miami (FL) |
1997 |
LSU |
Skip Bertman |
13–6 |
Alabama |
Brandon Larson, LSU |
1998 |
Southern California |
Mike Gillespie |
21–14 |
Arizona State |
Wes Rachels, Southern California |
1999 |
Miami (FL) |
Jim Morris |
6–5 |
Florida State |
Marshall McDougall, Florida State |
2000 |
LSU |
Skip Bertman |
6–5 |
Stanford |
Trey Hodges, LSU |
2001 |
Miami (FL) |
Jim Morris |
12–1 |
Stanford |
Charlton Jimerson, Miami (FL) |
2002 |
Texas |
Augie Garrido |
12–6 |
South Carolina |
Huston Street, Texas |
2003 |
Rice |
Wayne Graham |
4–3 (10), 3–8, 14–2 |
Stanford |
John Hudgins, Stanford |
2004 |
Cal State Fullerton |
George Horton |
6–4, 3–2 |
Texas |
Jason Windsor, Cal State Fullerton |
2005 |
Texas |
Augie Garrido |
4–2, 6–2 |
Florida |
David Maroul, Texas |
2006 |
Oregon State |
Pat Casey |
3–4, 11–7, 3–2 |
North Carolina |
Jonah Nickerson, Oregon State |
2007 |
Oregon State |
Pat Casey |
11–4, 9–3 |
North Carolina |
Jorge Luis Reyes, Oregon State |
2008 |
Fresno State |
Mike Batesole |
6–7, 19–10, 6–1 |
Georgia |
Tommy Mendonca, Fresno State |
2009 |
LSU |
Paul Mainieri |
7–6, 1–5, 11–4 |
Texas |
Jared Mitchell, LSU |
2010 |
South Carolina |
Ray Tanner |
7–1, 2–1 (11) |
UCLA |
Jackie Bradley, Jr., South Carolina |
2011 |
South Carolina |
Ray Tanner |
2–1 (11), 5–2 |
Florida |
Scott Wingo, South Carolina |
2012 |
Arizona |
Andy Lopez |
5–1, 4–1 |
South Carolina |
Robert Refsnyder, Arizona |
2013 |
UCLA |
John Savage |
3–1, 8–0 |
Mississippi State |
Adam Plutko, UCLA |
2014 |
Vanderbilt |
Tim Corbin |
9–8, 2–7, 3–2 |
Virginia |
Dansby Swanson, Vanderbilt |
2015 |
Virginia |
Brian O'Connor |
1–5, 3–0, 4–2 |
Vanderbilt |
Josh Sborz, Virginia |
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We hope this post provided you with some good bookmarks to check frequently throughout this year's season. If you didn't see something you were looking for, feel free to leave a comment and we'll be sure to incorporate it into future posts. And may the best team win in Omaha.
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