The College World series was first played in 1947 when California defeated Yale by the score of 8-7. Since then, the highest scoring College World Series final was in 1998, a football-like 21-14 Southern California win over Arizona State. Southern California and Arizona State also played the lowest scoring game in College World Series history, a 1-0 1972 win for USC. (There was also a 1-0 final in 1957, with Cal defeating Penn State)

Southern California has the most College World Series Championships with twelve, followed by Texas and Miami (Fla.) with six each. Florida State has the most College World Series appearances without a championship, at nineteen.

Below are all the College World Series Championship scores. Beginning in 2003 the championship was expanded to best-of-three.

1947    California over Yale 8-7

1948    Southern California over Yale 9-2

1949    Texas over Wake Forest 10-3

1950    Texas over Washington State 3-0

1951    Oklahoma over Tennessee 3-2

1952    Holy Cross over Missouri 8-4

1953    Michigan over Texas 7-5

1954    Missouri over Rollins 4-1

1955    Wake Forest over Western Michigan    7-6

1956    Minnesota over Arizona 12-1

1957    California over Penn State 1-0

1958    Southern California over Missouri 8-7

1959    Oklahoma State over Arizona 5-3

1960    Minnesota over Southern California 2-1

1961    Southern California over Oklahoma State 1-0

1962    Michigan over Santa Clara 5-4

1963    Southern California over Arizona 5-2

1964    Minnesota over Missouri 5-1

1965    Arizona State  over Ohio State 2-1

1966    Ohio State over Oklahoma State 8-2

1967    Arizona State over Houston 11-2

1968    Southern California over Southern Illinois 4-3

1969    Arizona State over Tulsa 10-1

1970    Southern California over Florida State 2-1

1971    Southern California over Southern Illinois 7-2

1972    Southern California over Arizona State 1-0

1973    Southern California over Arizona State 4-3

1974    Southern California over Miami (FL) 7-3

1975    Texas    over South Carolina    5-1

1976    Arizona over Eastern Michigan 7-1

1977    Arizona State over South Carolina 2-1

1978    Southern California over Arizona State 10-3

1979    Cal State Fullerton over Arkansas 2-1

1980    Arizona over Hawaii 5-3

1981    Arizona State    over Oklahoma State     7-4

1982    Miami (FL) over Wichita State 9-3

1983    Texas    over Alabama    4-3

1984    Cal State Fullerton over Texas 3-1

1985    Miami (FL) over Texas 10-6

1986    Arizona over Florida State 10-2

1987    Stanford over Oklahoma State 9-5

1988    Stanford over Arizona State 9-4

1989    Wichita State    over Texas 5-3

1990    Georgia over Oklahoma State 2-1

1991    LSU over Wichita State 6-3

1992    Pepperdine over Cal State Fullerton     Cal State Fullerton

1993    LSU over Wichita State 8-0

1994    Oklahoma over Georgia Tech     13-5

1995    Cal State Fullerton over Southern Cal 11-5

1996    LSU over Miami (FL) 9-8

1997    LSU  over Alabama 13-6

1998    Southern California over Arizona State 21-14

1999    Miami (FL) over Florida State 6-5

2000    LSU over Stanford 6-5

2001    Miami (FL) over Stanford 12-1

2002    Texas    over South Carolina 12-6

2003    Rice over Stanford  4-3 (10), 3-8, 14-2

2004    Cal State Fullerton over Texas 6-4, 3-2

2005    Texas    over Florida 4-2, 6-2

2006    Oregon State over North Carolina 3-4, 11-7, 3-2

2007    Oregon State over North Carolina 11-4, 9-3

2008    Fresno State over Georgia 6-7, 19-10, 6-1

2009    LSU over Texas 7-6, 1-5, 11-4

2010    South Carolina over UCLA  7-1, 2-1 (11)

2011    South Carolina over Florida State  2-1 (11), 5-2

2012    Arizona over South Carolina     5-1, 4-1

2013    UCLA   over Mississippi  3-1, 8-0