Currently, it has been to the NCAA Tournament every year since 2007.ġ2. Though it has a long and successful history that includes conference titles as far back as 1931, Texas A&M has really picked up steam in the modern era, with four of its six CWS trips coming in 1993 or later. In addition to 2,871 wins over 115 seasons, it has won four national titles, most recently in 2012, finished second four more times and been to the CWS on 17 occasions. Results suggest that UNC and Clemson are very similar programs, as the Tar Heels have been to the CWS 11 times and haven’t gotten over the hump to win the national title yet, although they did finish second to Oregon State twice in 20.Īlthough it doesn’t always get the recognition that rival Arizona State gets as a historically successful program, Arizona fits the bill. North Carolina and Clemson were tied for eighth place on this list coming into the 2020 season, but because the Tigers had two more wins than the Tar Heels in 2020, the latter fell back to ninth. Over 123 seasons, the Tigers have piled up nearly 3,000 wins and 12 CWS appearances, which are fairly evenly spread through the decades.ĩ.
The Sun Devils won five national titles, all between 19, and finished second five more times, most recently in 1998.Ĭlemson is in a group with Florida State among the most historically successful and influential college baseball programs without a national title. Arizona State - 2,910 Wins, 109 seasonsĪrizona State has produced some of Major League Baseball’s brightest stars, like Reggie Jackson and Barry Bonds, and has done a lot of winning in its history. Obviously, the Trojans have had a lot of standout individual seasons that helped them compile wins quickly, but they also have a lengthy history of 126 seasons from which to draw.ħ. It’s not shocking that the program with a record 12 national titles is also among the winningest in history. Southern California - 2,919 Wins, 126 seasons Florida State - 2,936 Wins, 73 seasonsįlorida State is a bit of an outlier among the top teams on the list in that it has only played 73 seasons, but thanks to being able to play a large number of games each season in the days before the 56-game limit and its ability to win more than 72% of its contests, it has made up for lost time quickly.Ħ.
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While it made College World Series appearances in 19, most of its national success has come in the modern era, including national titles in 19, and runner-up finishes in 2000, 20.ĥ. The length of Stanford’s history is similar to Texas, with 127 seasons under its belt. The Wolverines have played 147 of them, which helps their standing on this list, but they’ve also been extremely successful for many of those 147 seasons, winning roughly 63% of their games and two national titles. Like Fordham, Big Ten programs such as Michigan benefit from having played a lot of baseball seasons. Along the way, Texas has collected six national championships and six more runner-up finishes, putting it among the most decorated college baseball programs in history. With more than 3,500 wins over 124 seasons of baseball, Texas laps every program except Fordham on this list, with more than 500 wins between it and third-place Michigan. With more than 1,000 wins between Fordham and Texas, it’s a safe assumption that the Rams will top this list long into the future. The NCAA record book counts 160 seasons of baseball for the Rams. Rather than a snapshot of how things are in college baseball right now, this list is a living document that recounts the entire history of the sport.įordham might seem like an odd name to see atop this list, but consider that it was playing baseball and collecting wins long before most other college baseball programs existed. It doesn’t take an accountant to realize that a program having existed for 140 years or more is going to have a built-in advantage over one that has been around for fewer than 100 years. How long a program has existed is also a big factor to consider.
There are some that are higher on the list than you might expect, perhaps because it was a power in a previous era, and there are others further down the list simply because their dominance didn’t come until much later.
You can certainly see the shifting geography of the sport in this list of the 25 winningest programs in history. But if you go even further back, you will get to a time when the Big Ten was on top of the sport, and prior to that, as was the case in most collegiate sports, the Ivy League had its time in the limelight. In the recent past, the West Coast was considered the center of the college baseball universe. Currently, the Southeast region of the country is king, but that hasn’t always been the case. The story of college baseball’s history can be told through where its power centers have been geographically.
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