NCAA Division II baseball tournament

Annual baseball tournament

NCAA Division II baseball tournamentCurrent season, competition or edition:
2023 NCAA Division II baseball tournament

Association| NCAA
Sport| College baseball
Founded| 1968; 57 years ago (1968)
Division| Division III
No. of teams| 56
Country|  United States
Canada
Most recent
champion(s)| Tampa (9th title)
Most titles| Florida Southern (9)
Tampa (9)
Official website| NCAA.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.

Florida Southern and Tampa have been the most successful programs, with nine titles each.

Tampa are also the defending national champions, winning their ninth national championship in 2024.

## Format

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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.

## Results

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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 |  |  |
2026 |  |  |

* Participation vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions

## Champions

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VSU

NGU

CSU

Mt. Olive

UWF

DSU

Augustana

NSU

Lynn

SEOSU

St. Mary's

Angelo State

Chico State

Central Missouri

West Chester

Cal Poly Pomona

FSC

Tampa

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National Championships, by school:  9,  3,  2,  1

### Active programs

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Team | Titles | Years

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Florida Southern | 9  | 1971, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1995, 2005
Tampa | 9  | 1992, 1993, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2024
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

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Team | Titles | Years

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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

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* Baseball portal

* NCAA Division II softball tournament
* NCAA Division I baseball tournament
* NCAA Division III baseball tournament
* NAIA World Series
* National Club Baseball Association
* List of college baseball awards
* U.S. college baseball awards
* Pre-NCAA baseball champion

## References

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

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