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Only eight teams remain in contention to win the College World Series, and few of them have won the national title. Of the remaining teams, only three have ever been at the top of the college baseball world.
Reaching this stage in baseball season is one of the most difficult accomplishments in college sports, and few schools have ever been crowned national champions. Now Arkansas, Auburn, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Stanford, Texas and Texas A&M will battle it out for the title.
Here’s a look at the schools that have won the most men’s collegiate world series titles in NCAA history.
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Most College World Series wins
USC hasn’t won a national championship since 1998, but it leads college baseball by far when it comes to College World Series victories.
The Trojans have claimed 12 CWS titles, including a record five straight titles from 1970-74. No other team in CWS history has won more than two consecutive titles.
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The next closest teams are LSU and 2022 entrant Texas, with each team having won six titles in their history.
| school | title | Years |
|---|---|---|
| U.S.C | 12 | 1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1998 |
| LSU | 6 | 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009 |
| Texas | 6 | 1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005 |
| State of Arizona | 5 | 1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981 |
| Arizona | 4 | 1976, 1980, 1986, 2012 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 4 | 1979, 1984, 1995, 2004 |
| Miami | 4 | 1982, 1985, 1999, 2001 |
| Minnesota | 3 | 1956, 1960, 1964 |
| Oregon State | 3 | 2006, 2007, 2018 |
| Vanderbilt | 2 | 2014, 2019 |
| South Carolina | 2 | 2010, 2011 |
| Stanford | 2 | 1987, 1988 |
| Oklahoma | 2 | 1951, 1994 |
| Michigan | 2 | 1953, 1962 |
| California | 2 | 1947, 1957 |
Vanderbilt is the youngest two-time champion after Tim Corbin led teams to titles in 2014 and again in 2019. Oregon State is the youngest three-time winner, with Pat Casey ending his coaching career with a title for the Beavers in 2018, their third championship.
The teams remaining in the 2022 College World Series have either won multiple titles or none. Texas has won the most titles of the remaining teams with six. Stanford and Oklahoma each have two. The youngest champion from the field is Texas from their 2005 title.
All other teams are entering this year’s College World Series without a title in their program’s history, and all have reached the CWS at least twice before.
Of the remaining teams, Arkansas has made the most appearances in the College World Series without winning a title, with 10 this year. Texas A&M has reached the CWS six times without a title and Ole Miss has made it five times without a win. Arkansas was twice runners-up in the tournament.