This is a 'scorecard' by conference for 2014, the 16-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, with only 2 national seeds making it to CWS.
Here is the 'histogram' of the success rate for the 2014 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 old 48-team system.
Note:
There are two major changes in the conference lineup this year,
resulting in a net increase of one automatic bid (now 31 out of 64 teams).
The Great West Conference, started in 2010, ended baseball after the 2013 season
but never earned an automatic bid. Two of its teams are independents this year,
Houston Baptist went to the Southland Conference, and the rest joined the WAC.
(The WAC is now a shadow of its former self.)
The new American Athletic Conference consists of five football schools that
left the Big East (which now has 7 teams) along with three from Conf USA and
one from the Atlantic 10. Notre Dame also left the Big East, for the ACC.
------ wins ------
Conference Number 0 1 2+ win champ comments
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SEC 10 1 7 2 deserving?, only 6-4 on first day
ACC 7 2 2 1 1 1 weak, started 3-4, needs Louisville
Big-12 5 1 1 3 VERY strong, plus 5-0 on first day!
Pac-12 5 1 3 1 good, 4-1 on first day
Big West 4 3 1 upset N1 Oregon St, 4-0 on first day!
American 2 1 1 awesome, 2-0 on first day (new this year)
Big Ten 2 1 1 good, will add Maryland next year
Southland 2 1 1 pretty good
Conf USA 2 1 1 top seed Rice no match for Texas or A&M
Big South 2 1 1 fair
Mountain West 2 1 1 weak, but went 0-4 BBQ last year
Mo-Valley 2 2 awful 0-4 BBQ
West Coast AC 1 1 underrated, beat Ariz St and Cal Poly
Colonial 1 1 wow, upset N2 Florida and LBSU
Atlantic Sun 1 1 beat Alabama twice, 0-4 BBQ last year
SunBelt 1 1 U-LA-La (N6 seed) stopped by Mississippi
Southern 1 1 upset N5 Florida State
SWAC 1 1 upset N6 U LA-La, last win in 2004
Big East 1 1 better teams all left for American
MEAC 1 1 ONLY other regional win was in 2002
Horizon 1 1 .
Patriot 1 1 .
Metro Atlantic 1 1 Last regional win was in 2006
WAC 1 1 knocked out Arizona State
Ohio Valley 1 1 .
Northeast 1 1 .
Ivy 1 1 .
America East 1 1 .
MAC 1 1 .
Summit 1 1 .
Atlantic-10 1 1 .
independent 0 - only NY Tech and NJ Tech this year