Miami (of Florida) beats Florida State to win its 3rd National Championship, the first for coach Jim Morris, a former FSU assistant.
Note that this year marked two major changes in the playoffs. First, the number of teams eligible for post-season play was expanded to 64, grouped into 16 regionals whose winners play a best-2-of-3 series to get the 8 teams you see here. Second, the eight super regionals groupings were seeded when the pairings were announced, and that seeding carries through into the CWS regardless of who won the super regional.
Boyd Nation's
seed team CWS record CB BA ISR' ISR RPI
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1. Miami(FL) (4-0) 46-13 1 2 122 121 2
2. Florida St. (4-2) 53-12 3 3 125 124 1
6. Stanford (2-2) 48-13 5 1 126 125 17
5. Alabama (2-2) 51-14 7 7 124 124 4
3. Ca.St.Fullerton (1-2) 49-12 4 6 126 126 10
8. Rice (1-2) 58-13 2 4 124 125 8
7. Texas A&M (0-2) 52-16 6 5 124 125 12
4. Oklahoma St. (0-2) 46-19 8 9 118 117 36
Record and poll rankings are from after the regionals, before CWS.
The ranking produced by Boyd Nation before regional play is
listed under ISR, while that after the super regionals is under ISR'.
The pseudo-RPI is from before regional play.
First (1-4-5-8) bracket:
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1. Miami 8
8. Rice 4
Miami 8 Miami 5
Alabama 1 Alabama 2 1. Miami (3-0)
4. Okla.St 3 Alabama 6 5. Alabama (2-2)
5. Alabama 11 Rice 5 8. Rice (1-2)
Rice 7 4. Okla. St (0-2)
Okla.St 2
Second (2-3-6-7) bracket:
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2. Fla.St. 7
7. Texas A&M 3
Fla.St 6 Stanford 6 11
Stanford 10 Fla.St. 8 14 2. Fla. St. (4-1)
3. Fullerton 2 Fla.St 7 6. Stanford (2-2)
6. Stanford 9 Fullerton 2 3. Fullerton (1-2)
Texas A&M 2 7. Texas A&M (0-2)
Fullerton 4
Florida St. 011 000 210 - 5 7 1 Miami (FL) 010 050 00x - 6 8 2