| Country | College World |
|---|---|
| Year | 2022 |
| Champion | Ole Miss (2) |
| Champion manager | Mike Bianco |
| Runnerup | Oklahoma (0) |
| Runnerup manager | Skip Johnson |
| Date | June 17–26 |
| Mvp | Dylan DeLucia, P, Ole Miss |
| Umpires | Scott Cline, Chris Coskey, Adam Dowdy, Darren Hyman, Grady Smith, Kevin Sweeney, Jake Uhlenhopp, Mark Wagers |
| Television | ESPN (United States – English) |
| Announcers | Karl Ravech (game 1), Mike Monaco (game 2) (play–by–play), Chris Burke, Kyle Peterson (color), Kris Budden (field reporter) |
| Previous | 2021 |
| Next | 2023 |
The 2022 NCAA Men's College World Series[a] was the final stage of the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was scheduled from June 17 through 27 at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, but ended on June 26. This marked the 75th edition of the College World Series and 72nd time the event was held in Omaha.[1]
The tournament featured eight teams in two double elimination brackets with the two winners meeting in a best-of-three championship series.
Background
The 2022 edition of the NCAA Men's College World Series featured four teams from the SEC, all from the conference's West Division; two from the Big 12, both of which announced they would join the SEC no later than the 2025–26 school year and were later confirmed as 2024–25 entrants; and one each from the ACC and Pac-12. Most of these teams advanced to Omaha by winning on the road, as only two were national seeds. The top national seed, Tennessee, was eliminated in its Super Regional by Notre Dame in a series that went the full three games. In the MCWS itself, the #2 national seed Stanford and Texas quickly went two-and-out, with the Cardinal first getting destroyed by Arkansas 17–2 then losing handily to Auburn. The Longhorns lost their opener to Notre Dame, then exited after being hammered by the #5 national seed, archrival Texas A&M. A&M reached the Bracket 1 final, losing there to Oklahoma.
Ole Miss went 5–1 at the MCWS, beating the Auburn Tigers once and the Arkansas Razorbacks twice in three matchups to advance to the championship series, where they swept Oklahoma to win the World Series. Ole Miss defeated the Sooners 10–3 in game 1 and 4–2 in game 2 to win the MCWS title.
Participants
| School | Conference | Record (Conf) | Head Coach | Super Regional | Previous CWS Appearances | CWS Best Finish | CWS W–L Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACC | 40–15 (16–11) | Link Jarrett | Knoxville | 2 (last: 2002) | 4th (1957) | 3–4 | |
| Oklahoma | Big 12 | 42–22 (15–9) | Skip Johnson | Blacksburg | 10 (last: 2010) | 1st (1951, 1994) | 13–14 |
| Texas A&M | SEC | 42–18 (19–11) | Jim Schlossnagle | College Station | 6 (last: 2017) | 5th (1951, 1993) | 2–12 |
| Texas | Big 12 | 47–20 (14–10) | David Pierce | Greenville | 37 (last: 2021) | 1st (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005) | 88–63 |
| Stanford | Pac–12 | 47–16 (21–9) | David Esquer | Stanford | 17 (last: 2021) | 1st (1987, 1988) | 41–31 |
| Arkansas | SEC | 43–19 (18–12) | Dave Van Horn | Chapel Hill | 10 (last: 2019) | 2nd (1979, 2018) | 15–20 |
| Ole Miss | SEC | 37–22 (14–16) | Mike Bianco | Hattiesburg | 5 (last: 2014) | 3rd (1956, 2014) | 5-10 |
| Auburn | SEC | 42–20 (16–13) | Butch Thompson | Corvallis | 5 (last: 2019) | 4th (1967) | 3–10 |
Bracket
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Game results
Bracket 1
Bracket 2
Finals
Game 1
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Game 2
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All-Tournament Team
The following players were members of the Men's College World Series All-Tournament Team.
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| P | Dylan DeLucia (MOP) | style=|Ole Miss |
| Cade Horton | style=|Oklahoma | |
| C | Michael Turner | style=|Arkansas |
| 1B | Tim Elko | Ole Miss |
| 2B | Jared Miller | style=|Notre Dame |
| 3B | Justin Bench | style=|Ole Miss |
| SS | Peyton Graham | style=|Oklahoma |
| OF | Kevin Graham | style=|Ole Miss |
| Tanner Tredaway | style=|Oklahoma | |
| Calvin Harris | style=|Ole Miss | |
| DH | Kemp Alderman | style=|Ole Miss |
Notes
- ^ While the event's official name has been "NCAA Men's College World Series" since no later than 2008, the 2022 edition was the first in which the NCAA consistently included the word "Men's" in the event branding.
References
- ^ "2022 College World Series Format Change Announced". NCAA.com. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2021. The NCAA has since changed the title of this story to "2022 Division I men's College World Series format change announced", reflecting its current use of the word "Men's" in conjunction with this event.