The 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on Friday, June 3, 2011 as part of the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2011 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, on June 29, 2011. This was the first CWS at the new venue, TD Ameritrade Park, after closing Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, which hosted the series since 1950.

The 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 300 teams. Thirty teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee. The University of South Carolina won their second straight CWS championship after winning the final CWS championship at historic Rosenblatt stadium the previous year.

Through the 2025 tournament, this is the most recent one which did not include LSU, which won six national championships (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009) over the 20 previous seasons, and has added two (2023, 2025) since.

Bids

Automatic bids

Conference champions from 30 Division I conferences earned automatic bids to regionals. The remaining 34 spots were awarded to schools as at-large invitees.

School Conference Record (Conf) Berth Last NCAA appearance SWAC 26–27 (19–4) Won SWAC Tourney First NCAA Appearance Sun Belt 24–32 (10–20) Won Sun Belt Tourney First NCAA Appearance OVC 33–22 (17–6) Won OVC Tourney 2007 (Nashville Regional) Atlantic Sun 36–24 (17–13) Won A-Sun Tourney First NCAA Appearance MEAC 35–22 (18–0) Won MEAC Tourney 2010 (Gainesville Regional) Big West 39–15 (18–5) Regular season Champion 2010 (Los Angeles Super Regional) Atlantic 10 42–14 (17–7) Won A-10 Tourney 2008 (Raleigh Regional) Big South 41–18 (20–7) Won Big South Tourney 2010 (Myrtle Beach Super Regional) Missouri Valley 44–14 (15–6) Won MVC Tourney 2007 (Fayetteville Regional) Florida SEC 44–16 (22–8) Won SEC Tourney 2010 (CWS 7th Place) WAC 40–14 (17–7) Won WAC Tourney 2009 (Irvine Regional) Southern 35–24 (18–12) Won SoCon Tourney 2009 (Fullerton Regional) Big Ten 28–25 (15–9) Won Big Ten Tourney 2000 (Clemson Regional) Colonial Athletic 40–17 (21–9) Won CAA Tourney 2008 (Raleigh Regional) Mid-American 43–15 (21–5) Won MAC Tourney 2010 (Los Angeles Regional) America East 32–22 (18–6) Won AEC Tourney 2006 (Chapel Hill Regional) MAAC 34–17 (20–2) Won MAAC Tourney 2006 (Lincoln Regional) Patriot 33–23–1 (12–8) Won Patriot League Tourney 2002 (Winston-Salem Regional) Mountain West 20–39 (10–14) Won MWC Tourney 2010 (Fullerton Regional) Summit 35–20 (21–7) Won Summit Tourney 2010 (Norman Regional) Ivy 23–22 (15–5) Won Championship series 2006 (Fayetteville Regional) Conference USA 38–18 (16–8) Won C-USA Tourney 2010 (Austin Regional) Northeast 34–21 (23–9) Won NEC Tourney 2006 (Athens Regional) West Coast 31–23 (16–5) Regular season Champion 2006 (Lincoln Regional) Big East 29–23 (14–13) Won Big East Tourney 2001 (Clemson Regional) Texas A&M Big 12 42–18 (19–8) Won Big 12 Tourney 2010 (Coral Gables Regional) Southland 40–21 (24–9) Won Southland Tourney 2009 (Austin Regional) UCLA Pac-10 33–22 (18–9) Regular season Champion 2010 (CWS Runner-up) Virginia Atlantic Coast 49–9 (22–8) Won ACC Tourney 2010 (Charlottesville Regional) Horizon 35–17 (16–7) Won Horizon Tourney 2009 (Fort Worth Regional)

By conference Conference Total Schools ACC 7 Clemson, , , , North Carolina, , Virginia SEC 7 Alabama, , Florida, , Mississippi State, South Carolina, Vanderbilt Big 12 6 , , , , Texas, Texas A&M Pac-10 6 Arizona, , California, Oregon State, , UCLA C-USA 4 UCF, , , A-Sun 3 , , Big East 3 Connecticut, , Sun Belt 3 , , Big West 2 , Mountain West 2 , A-10 1 America East 1 Big South 1 Big Ten 1 CAA 1 Horizon 1 Independent 1 Ivy 1 MAAC 1 MAC 1 MEAC 1 MVC 1 NEC 1 OVC 1 Patriot 1 SoCon 1 SLC 1 SWAC 1 Summit 1 WAC 1 WCC 1

National seeds Bold indicates CWS participant.

Virginia Florida North Carolina South Carolina

Vanderbilt Texas

Regionals & Super Regionals Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.

Charlottesville Super Regional

Santa Clara Super Regional

Hosted by the University of California at Stephen Schott Stadium on the campus of Santa Clara University.**

**California hosted the super regional at Santa Clara because its own stadium (Evans Diamond) could not accommodate television crews and did not have lights.

Tallahassee Super Regional

Columbia Super Regional

Gainesville Super Regional

Austin Super Regional

Nashville Super Regional

Chapel Hill Super Regional

College World Series

Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances Best CWS Finish CWS recordNot including this year California Pac-10 37–21 (13–13) David Esquer 5 1st 10–6 Florida SEC 50–17 (22–8) Kevin O'Sullivan 6 2nd 8–13 North Carolina ACC50–14 (20–10) Mike Fox 8 2nd 14–17 South Carolina SEC 50–14 (22–8) Ray Tanner 9 1st 23–17 Texas Big 12 49–17 (19–8) Augie Garrido 33 1st 82–55 Texas A&M Big 12 47–20 (19–8) Rob Childress 4 5th 2–8 Vanderbilt SEC 52–10 (22–8) Tim Corbin 0 none 0–0 Virginia ACC 54–10 (22–8) Brian O'Connor 1 5th 1–2

Bracket

Championship Series

Game 1

Game 2

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team. Position Player School P Matt Price Michael Roth 1B Christian Walker 2B Scott Wingo (MOP) 3B Cody Dent Florida SS Peter Mooney C Robert Beary OF Tony Kemp Vanderbilt Connor Harrell Vanderbilt Bryson Smith Florida DH Brady Thomas

Final standings Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only Place School Record 1st #4 South Carolina 10-0 2nd #2 Florida 8-3 3rd #6 Vanderbilt 7-2 #1 Virginia 7-3 5th California 7-3 #3 North Carolina 6-2 7th #7 Texas 6-4 Texas A&M 5-4 9th Arizona State 4-2 Connecticut 4-3 Dallas Baptist 3-3 #5 Florida State 4-2 Mississippi State 4-2 Oregon State 3-2 Stanford 3-2 UC Irvine 4-2 17th Alabama 2-2 Arizona 3-2 Arkansas 2-2 Baylor 2-2 Belmont 2-2 Clemson 2-2 East Carolina 2-2 Georgia 2-2 Georgia Tech 2-2 Illinois 2-2 James Madison 2-2 Kent State 2-2 Miami (FL) 2-2 Oral Roberts 3-2 Stetson 2-2 UCLA 2-2 33rd Austin Peay 1-2 Cal State Fullerton 1-2 Central Florida 1-2 Charlotte 1-2 Coastal Carolina 1-2 Creighton 1-2 Jacksonville 1-2 Maine 1-2 NC State 1-2 #8 Rice 1-2 San Francisco 1-2 Seton Hall 1-2 St. John's 1-2 Texas State 1-2 TCU 1-2 Troy 1-2 49th Alcorn State 0-2 Arkansas–Little Rock 0-2 Bethune-Cookman 0-2 FIU 0-2 Fresno State 0-2 Georgia Southern 0-2 Kansas State 0-2 Manhattan 0-2 Navy 0-2 New Mexico 0-2 Oklahoma 0-2 Oklahoma State 0-2 Princeton 0-2 Sacred Heart 0-2 Southern Miss 0-2 Wright State 0-2

# denotes national seed

Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %RFSRWSNSCSNC Southeastern 7 35–13 7 4 3 3 2 1 Atlantic Coast 7 24-15 6 3 2 1 Big 12 6 13–16 3 2 2 Pac-10 6 22–13 6 4 1 Big East 3 6–7 1 1 Big West 2 5–4 1 1 Independent 1 3–3 1 1 Atlantic Sun 3 5–6 2 Conference USA 4 4–8 1 Sun Belt 3 1–6 Mountain West 2 1–4 16–40

The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion.

Tournament Notes

Round 1

14 of 16 No. 1 seeds won their first round games, with Georgia Tech & UCLA being the only No. 1 seeds to lose. Only 5 of 16 No. 2 seeds won their first round games.

Round 2

6 No. 1 seeds have been eliminated from the tournament. 3 prior to the regional finals: TCU, Cal State Fullerton, and No. 8 national seed Rice; with Georgia Tech, Clemson, and UCLA losing in the regional final

Regional Finals

6 non No. 1 seeds have won their regional and advanced to the Super Regionals: No. 3 UC Irvine, No. 3 Mississippi State, No. 3 Dallas Baptist, No. 3 California, No. 2 Stanford, and No. 2 Connecticut

Super Regionals In the context of almost being eliminated as a sponsored intercollegiate team by the University due to financial issues, the Cal Baseball team has advanced to the College World Series as a No. 3 seed.

College World Series Before the opening game of the CWS between Vanderbilt and North Carolina, the ceremonial first pitch was delivered by former President George W. Bush. Omaha Little Leaguer Henry Slagle had the honor of handing the ball to President Bush as his Memorial Park Little League team greeted the former president on the field. Before the pitch, his father, former president George H. W. Bush, who played for Yale in the first CWS in 1947, delivered a video message christening the new facility. This is the first CWS to feature eight schools from BCS automatic qualifying conferences. (3 SEC, 2 ACC, 2 Big 12, 1 Pac-10) The 1987 event was the last with eight major football-playing schools. Florida State, which played baseball in the Metro Conference at the time, was an elite Independent in football, since the Metro did not sponsor football until the 1995 conference reunification. The SEC Eastern Division has three teams in the same CWS for the first time, South Carolina, Florida, Vanderbilt. The SEC East qualified all three teams in these semi-finals, effectively taking the podium. The SEC West qualified four of its six teams in 1997, including national champion LSU. Florida is making its first back-to-back trip to the College World Series in school history. South Carolina is also making a back-to-back CWS appearance, but for the fourth time, (1981–82, 2002, 03, 04 & 2010-11). South Carolina is the first defending Champion to make it back to the CWS and defend its title since Oregon State did so in 2007. This is Vanderbilt's first trip to the College World Series in school history. This now makes Kentucky the only SEC school to have never made it to the College World Series. Both members added to the SEC in 2013, Texas A&M (which was in this tournament) and Missouri (six appearances, last in 1964), also previously made it to Omaha. This is the 19th consecutive year that the SEC has fielded at least one team in the College World Series. This is the 4th consecutive year that the SEC has fielded at least one team in the Championship Series. * This is the second time that the SEC fielded two teams in the Championship Game, and with the last in 1997, LSU-Alabama 1997, representing the Western Division, this was the first to feature two Eastern Division opponents. The SEC was undefeated against out-of-conference opponents this CWS, going 6–0 in those games versus teams outside of the SEC. The Big 12 Conference went 0–4 this CWS. There have been 86 extra-inning games played in the history of the College World Series. By the end of this series, South Carolina had played in the past four. Three CWS Championship Series games have gone to 11 innings. By the end of this series South Carolina had played in the past two. For the first time in CWS history, the All-Tournament Team, including the Most Outstanding Player, was composed entirely of players from one conference, the SEC; more specifically the SEC Eastern Division. (South Carolina x 7, Florida x 2, Vanderbilt x 2). The South Carolina Gamecocks were the first team to go undefeated in the NCAA tournament since the Miami Hurricanes did so in 2001. With Game 2 Championship Series win South Carolina ties NCAA record for consecutive Post Season wins (Texas 1983-84) 15. With Game 2 Championship Series win South Carolina ties NCAA record for consecutive College World Series wins (Southern California, LSU) 10. South Carolina becomes the first team to win the CWS NCAA National Championship in the new TD Ameritrade Park Omaha. (South Carolina was also the last team to win the Championship in the old Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium.)