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