College World Series Facts and Information

Only one top seeded team, since the seeding format began in 1999, has won the College World Series, University of Miami. This year’s #1 seed is University of Virginia.

The last ACC team to win a CWS was Wake Forest in 1955.

The California Bears have not won a College World Series since 1957. Their last appearance in the CWS was in 1992 when they went 0-2.

This is the 7^th CWS appearance for the Florida Gators, 1988, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2010, 2011. The Gators finished 2^nd in the 2005 CWS.

North Carolina has made 5 CWS appearances since 2006. UNC finished 2^nd in 2006 and 2007.

UF catcher Jacob Stallings is the son of Vanderbilt’s head men’s basketball coach Kevin Stallings.

The Bears are the lowest seeded team, 3 seed, to earn a CWS berth since the 4^th seeded 2008 Fresno State Bulldogs berth. Fresno State won the 2008 CWS.

The Gamecocks have 5 CWS berths since 2002 winning the NCAA Championship in 2010.

UF was 2 and out in the 2010 CWS.

The Gamecocks have only trailed in one game during 2011 post season play. They trailed University of Connecticut 2-0 before coming back for an 8-2 win.

The Texas Longhorns have 34 CWS appearances winning 6. Their last win was in 2005.

Texas A&M has 5 CWS berths, never finishing better than 5^th.

This is Vanderbilt’s first CWS berth.

This is Virginia’s 2^nd CWS appearance. In 2009 they tied for 5^th place.

Six of the last seven CWS winners were not seeded in the top 8. 

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