The University of Southern California beat Arizona State 21-14 to claim the 1998 College World Series championship.
seed team CWS record CB BA BNR' BNR ---- --------------- ----- ------ -- -- ----- ----- 4. Southern Cal (5-1) 44-16 4 4 126.3 125.3 6. Arizona State (3-1) 38-22 6 7 120.7 118.9 5. Louisiana St. (2-2) 46-17 3 2 123.9 122.7 7. Long Beach St. (2-2) 41-21-1 7 11 118.2 116.1 8. Mississippi St. (1-2) 41-21 8 14 119.6 118.3 2. Miami (1-2) 50-10 1 1 124.7 124.0 1. Florida (0-2) 46-16 2 3 123.4 122.7 3. Florida State (0-2) 53-18 5 5 124.6 123.9
Record and poll rankings are from after the regionals, before CWS.
The ranking produced by Boyd Nation before regional play is
listed under BNR, while that after the regionals is under BNR'.
Note that the median ranking is 123.65, while the average and
standard deviation are 122.7 +/- 2.8.
First (2-3-6-7) bracket:
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2. Miami 3
7. LBSU 1
Miami 2 ASU 14
ASU 9 LBSU 4 6. Ariz.St (3-0)
3. Fla.St. 10 Miami 3 7. LBSU (2-2)
6. Ariz.St 11 LBSU 6 2. Miami (1-2)
FSU 4 3. Fla.St. (0-2)
LBSU 7
Second (1-4-5-8) bracket:
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1. Florida 13
8. Miss.St 14
Miss.St 8 LSU 4 3
LSU 10 USC 5 7 4. USC (4-1)
4. USC 10 Miss.St 1 5. LSU (2-2)
5. LSU 12 USC 7 8. Miss.St (1-2)
Florida 10 1. Florida (0-2)
USC 12
Southern Cal. 351 002 325 - 21 23 1 Arizona State 050 300 510 - 14 16 0