This is a 'scorecard' by conference for 2001, the third for the new 64-team playoff system where every conference gets an automatic bid. You can find the full results elsewhere.
My original motivation for this summary was the thought that the regionals are a major source of inter-conference and inter-region play that helps one evaluate the relative strength and (possibly) future seedings of teams from various regions and conferences.
Current status: Super Regionals complete.
Here is the 'histogram' of the success rate for the 2001 NCAA regionals.
With the new 64-team system, I now tally a Regional champion under "win" and the super-Regional champion (the team that goes to the CWS) under "champ" so the "champ" column is unchanged from the past.
I do not include the comments shown in the 1999 table giving a summary of the recent "playin" history of the conferences.
------ wins ------ Conference Number 0 1 2+ win champ comments ========== ====== === === === === ===== ----------------- SEC 8 2 1 3 2 unprecedented 8/12 Big-12 5 4 1 solid, but ... Pac-10 4 2 2 mixed ACC 4 1 1 2 #4 bid wasted Conf USA 3 1 1 1 . Big West 3 1 1 1 . Colonial 3 1 1 1 . SunBelt 3 1 1 1 . Big East 3 3 weak 3 last year Trans America 3 1 2 . WAC 2 1 1 solid Big South 2 2 1 last year Southern 2 1 1 1 last year (0-2) Big Ten 2 2 wasted independent 1 1 semper Miami MAC 1 1 excellent Mo-Valley 1 1 3 last year Southland 1 1 3 last year Ohio Valley 1 1 . West Coast AC 1 1 . Metro Atlantic 1 1 . America East 1 1 . Ivy 1 1 . Mid-Continent 1 1 . Midwestern Col 1 1 . Atlantic-10 1 1 . SWAC 1 1 . MEAC 1 1 . Northeast 1 1 . Patriot 1 1 . Mountain West 1 1 first (new in 2000) NY State 0 - new in 2001