This is a 'scorecard' by conference for 2011, the 13-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 complete.
Here is the 'histogram' of the success rate for the 2011 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.
Note added after start of the CWS:
The SEC's outstanding performance continued at the CWS as they went 3-0
in first-round games and made up 3 of the final 4 teams.
The ACC had the other first-round win and the other team in the final 4.
Contrariwise, the Big 12 went out 0-4 at the CWS.
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Conference Number 0 1 2+ win champ comments
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SEC 7 3 1 3 outstanding performance
ACC 7 1 3 1 2 deserved 7 bids ?
Pac-10 6 2 3 1 only won 50% on first day
Big-12 6 3 1 2 ouch, half got BBQ'd
Conf USA 4 1 2 1 went 1/4 on first day
Big East 3 2 1 .
Atlantic Sun 3 1 2 .
SunBelt 3 2 1 weak this year
Big West 2 1 1 eliminated UCLA
Mountain West 2 1 1 .
independent 1 1 Dallas Baptist in, beats OU, TCU
Summit 1 1 eliminated OU and TCU
MAC 1 1 upset Texas
Colonial 1 1 .
Big Ten 1 1 beat Kansas St and Fullerton
West Coast AC 1 1 upset UCLA
Big South 1 1 .
Ohio Valley 1 1 upset Georgia Tech
Atlantic-10 1 1 .
Mo-Valley 1 1 .
America East 1 1 .
Southland 1 1 .
WAC 1 1 .
Ivy 1 1 .
Southern 1 1 .
Patriot 1 1 .
Metro Atlantic 1 1 .
Horizon 1 1 .
SWAC 1 1 .
MEAC 1 1 .
Northeast 1 1 .
Great West 0 x new in 2010 (no automatic bid)