This is a 'scorecard' by conference for 2005, the 7-th for the 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 are complete.
Here is the 'histogram' of the success rate for the 2005 NCAA regionals.
I 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 older 48-team system.
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Conference Number 0 1 2+ win champ comments
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SEC 9 6 1 2 swept first round !
ACC 7 1 2 4 #7 went BBQ (overrated)
Big-12 5 1 1 3 very strong at the top
Pac-10 5 2 1 2 west coast is strong
Conf USA 4 2 1 1 overrated ?
Big West 2 1 1 .
Big East 2 2 St. John's did OK
Mo-Valley 2 2 .
Big South 2 1 1 .
Big Ten 2 2 .
Atlantic Sun 2 1 1 .
Southern 2 1 1 .
Southland 2 1 1 .
SunBelt 2 1 1 .
WAC 1 1 .
Mid-Continent 1 1 .
West Coast AC 1 1 .
America East 1 1 .
MAC 1 1 .
Mountain West 1 1 .
Patriot 1 1 .
Atlantic-10 1 1 .
Colonial 1 1 .
Horizon 1 1 .
Ivy 1 1 .
Metro Atlantic 1 1 .
MEAC 1 1 .
Northeast 1 1 .
Ohio Valley 1 1 .
SWAC 1 1 .
independent 0 - Miami now in ACC !