NCAA Division II baseball tournament

NCAA Division II baseball tournament
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2025 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
AssociationNCAA
SportCollege baseball
Founded1968 (1968)
DivisionDivision II
No. of teams56
Country United States
 Canada
Most recent
champion		Tampa (10th title)
Most titlesTampa (10)
Official websiteNCAA.com

The NCAA Division II baseball tournament (formerly the NCAA College Division baseball tournament) is an annual college baseball tournament held at the culmination of the spring regular season and which determines the NCAA Division II college baseball champion.[1]

The initial rounds of the tournament are held on campus sites, and, since 2009, the NCAA Division II Baseball National Finals have been held at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina with the complex earning the bid to host through at least the 2026 championship. University of Mount Olive and Town of Cary are co-hosts of the National Finals.

Tampa has been the most successful program, with ten titles, including seven since 2006. Florida Southern is the second best with nine.

Format

The 56-team tournament consists of a field of eight double-elimination regionals. The eight regions are the Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, Southeast, South Central and West. In most cases, the No. 1 seed hosts a regional.

The eight regional champions advance to the National Finals, which also follows a double-elimination format. Teams are not re-seeded for the National Finals. The tournament field is broken up into two four-team brackets. When four teams remain, the two one-loss teams play the unbeaten team from the opposite bracket. The two remaining teams play each other for the championship. If both finalists are unbeaten, the championship is, in effect, a best two-out-of-three series. If both finalists have one loss, the championship is a single winner-takes-all game. If one finalist is unbeaten and one finalist has a loss, the one-loss team must defeat the unbeaten team twice to win the championship. The unbeaten team needs to beat the one-loss team only once to win the championship.

Starting in 2025, for the championship the remaining two teams (regardless of win/loss) would face off in a best of three series to determine the champion.

Results

NCAA Division II Baseball Championship
(NCAA College Division Baseball Championship)
Year Host city Stadium Championship Results
Champion Score Runner-up
1968 Springfield, MO Meador Park Chapman (1) 11–0 Delta State
1969 Illinois State (1) 12–0 Southwest Missouri State
1970 Valley State (1) 2–1 Nicholls State
1971 Florida Southern (1) 4–0 Central Michigan
1972 Springfield, IL Lanphier Park Florida Southern (2) 5–1 Cal State Northridge
1973 UC Irvine (1) 9–6 Ithaca
1974 UC Irvine (2) 14–1 LSU–New Orleans
1975 Florida Southern (3) 10–7 Marietta
1976 Cal Poly Pomona (1) 17–3 SIU Edwardsville
1977 UC Riverside (1) 4–1 Eckerd
1978 Florida Southern (4) 7–2 Delta State
1979 Valdosta State (1) 3–2 Florida Southern
1980 Riverside, CA Riverside Sports Complex Cal Poly Pomona (2) 13–6 New Haven
1981 Florida Southern (5) 9–0 Eastern Illinois
1982 UC Riverside (2) 10–1 Florida Southern
1983 Cal Poly Pomona (3) 9–7 Jacksonville State
1984 Cal State Northridge (2) 10–5 Florida Southern
1985 Montgomery, AL Paterson Field Florida Southern (6) 15–5 Cal Poly Pomona
1986 Troy State (1) 5–0 Columbus State
1987 Troy State (2) 7–5 Tampa
1988 Florida Southern (7) 5–4 Sacramento State
1989 Cal Poly * 9–5 New Haven
1990 Jacksonville State (1) 12–8 Cal State Northridge
1991 Jacksonville State (2) 20–4 Missouri Southern State
1992 Tampa (1) 11–8 Mansfield
1993 Tampa (2) 7–5 Cal Poly
1994 Central Missouri State (1) 14–9 Florida Southern
1995 Florida Southern (8) 15–0 Georgia College
1996 Kennesaw State (1) 4–0 Saint Joseph's (Ind.)
1997 Chico State (1) 13–12 Central Oklahoma
1998 Tampa (3) 6–1 Kennesaw State
1999 Chico State (2) 11–5 Kennesaw State
2000 Southeastern Oklahoma (1) 7–2 Fort Hays State
2001 St. Mary's (TX) (1) 11–3 Central Missouri State
2002 Columbus State (1) 5–3 Chico State
2003 Central Missouri State (2) 11–4 Tampa
2004 Riverwalk Stadium Delta State (1) 12–8 Grand Valley State
2005 Florida Southern (9) 12–9 North Florida
2006 Tampa (4) 3–2 Chico State
2007 Tampa (5) 7–2 Columbus State
2008 Sauget, IL GCS Ballpark Mount Olive (1) 6–2 Ouachita Baptist
2009 Cary, NC USA Baseball National Training Complex Lynn (1) 2–1 Emporia State
2010 Southern Indiana (1) 6–4 UC San Diego
2011 West Florida (1) 12–2 Winona State
2012 West Chester (1) 9–0 Delta State
2013 Tampa (6) 8–2 Minnesota State Mankato
2014 Southern Indiana (2) 3–2 Colorado Mesa
2015 Tampa (7) 3–1 Catawba
2016 Nova Southeastern (1) 8–6 Millersville
2017 Grand Prairie, TX AirHogs Stadium West Chester (2) 5–2 UC San Diego
2018 Cary, NC USA Baseball National Training Complex Augustana (SD) (1) 3–2 Columbus State
2019 Tampa (8) 3–1 Colorado Mesa
2020 Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Cary, NC USA Baseball National Training Complex Wingate (1) 5–3 Central Missouri
2022 North Greenville (1) 5–3 Point Loma
2023 Angelo State (1) 6–5 Rollins
2024 Tampa (9) 8–3 Angelo State
2025 Tampa (10) 8–9 (UCM), 10–8 (UT), 11–5 (UT) Central Missouri
2026 Best of Three Series
2027
2028

* Participation vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions

Champions

NCAA Division II baseball tournament is located in the United States
Valdosta St.
Valdosta St.
N. Greenville
N. Greenville
Wingate
Wingate
Columbus
Columbus
St.
St.
Mt. Olive
Mt. Olive
West Fla.
West Fla.
Delta St.
Delta St.
Augustana
Augustana
Nova SE
Nova SE
Lynn
Lynn
SE Okla. St.
SE Okla. St.
St. Mary's
St. Mary's
Angelo State
Angelo State
Chico State
Chico State
Central Missouri
Central Missouri
West Chester
West Chester
Cal Poly Pomona
Cal Poly Pomona
Fla. Sou.
Fla. Sou.
Tampa
Tampa
National Championships, by school: 10, 9, 3, 2, 1

Active programs

Team Titles Years
Tampa 10 1992, 1993, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2024, 2025
Florida Southern 9 1971, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1995, 2005
Cal Poly Pomona 3 1976, 1980, 1983
West Chester 2 2012, 2017
Central Missouri 2 1994, 2003
Chico State 2 1997, 1999
Angelo State 1 2023
North Greenville 1 2022
Wingate 1 2021
Augustana (SD) 1 2018
Nova Southeastern 1 2016
West Florida 1 2011
Lynn 1 2009
Mount Olive 1 2008
Delta State 1 2004
Columbus State 1 2002
St. Mary's (TX) 1 2001
SE Oklahoma State 1 2000
Valdosta State 1 1979

Former programs

Team Titles Years
Southern Indiana 2 2010, 2014
Jacksonville State 2 1990, 1991
Troy 2 1986, 1987
Cal State Northridge 2 1970, 1984
UC Riverside 2 1977, 1982
UC Irvine 2 1973, 1974
Kennesaw State 1 1996
Cal Poly 1 1989*
Illinois State 1 1969
Chapman 1 1968

See also

References

  1. ^ "DIVISION II BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
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