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.
------ wins ------ Conference Number 0 1 2+ win champ comments ========== ====== === === === === ===== ----------------- 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 !