The NCAA Division II baseball tournament (formerly the NCAA College Division baseball tournament) is an annual college baseball tournament held at the culmination of the spring regular season and which determines the NCAA Division II college baseball champion.

The initial rounds of the tournament are held on campus sites, and, since 2009, the NCAA Division II Baseball National Finals have been held at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina with the complex earning the bid to host through at least the 2026 championship. University of Mount Olive and Town of Cary are co-hosts of the National Finals.

Tampa has been the most successful program, with ten titles, including seven since 2006. Florida Southern is the second best with nine.

Format

The 56-team tournament consists of a field of eight double-elimination regionals. The eight regions are the Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, Southeast, South Central and West. In most cases, the No. 1 seed hosts a regional.

The eight regional champions advance to the National Finals, which also follows a double-elimination format. Teams are not re-seeded for the National Finals. The tournament field is broken up into two four-team brackets. When four teams remain, the two one-loss teams play the unbeaten team from the opposite bracket. The two remaining teams play each other for the championship. If both finalists are unbeaten, the championship is, in effect, a best two-out-of-three series. If both finalists have one loss, the championship is a single winner-takes-all game. If one finalist is unbeaten and one finalist has a loss, the one-loss team must defeat the unbeaten team twice to win the championship. The unbeaten team needs to beat the one-loss team only once to win the championship.

Starting in 2025, for the championship the remaining two teams (regardless of win/loss) would face off in a best of three series to determine the champion.

Results

NCAA Division II Baseball Championship (NCAA College Division Baseball Championship)
YearHost cityStadiumChampionship Results
ChampionScoreRunner-up
1968Springfield, MOMeador ParkChapman (1)11–0Delta State
1969Illinois State (1)12–0Southwest Missouri State
1970Valley State (1)2–1Nicholls State
1971Florida Southern (1)4–0Central Michigan
1972Springfield, ILLanphier ParkFlorida Southern (2)5–1Cal State Northridge
1973UC Irvine (1)9–6Ithaca
1974UC Irvine (2)14–1LSU–New Orleans
1975Florida Southern (3)10–7Marietta
1976Cal Poly Pomona (1)17–3SIU Edwardsville
1977UC Riverside (1)4–1Eckerd
1978Florida Southern (4)7–2Delta State
1979Valdosta State (1)3–2Florida Southern
1980Riverside, CARiverside Sports ComplexCal Poly Pomona (2)13–6New Haven
1981Florida Southern (5)9–0Eastern Illinois
1982UC Riverside (2)10–1Florida Southern
1983Cal Poly Pomona (3)9–7Jacksonville State
1984Cal State Northridge (2)10–5Florida Southern
1985Montgomery, ALPaterson FieldFlorida Southern (6)15–5Cal Poly Pomona
1986Troy State (1)5–0Columbus State
1987Troy State (2)7–5Tampa
1988Florida Southern (7)5–4Sacramento State
1989Cal Poly *9–5New Haven
1990Jacksonville State (1)12–8Cal State Northridge
1991Jacksonville State (2)20–4Missouri Southern State
1992Tampa (1)11–8Mansfield
1993Tampa (2)7–5Cal Poly
1994Central Missouri State (1)14–9Florida Southern
1995Florida Southern (8)15–0Georgia College
1996Kennesaw State (1)4–0Saint Joseph's (Ind.)
1997Chico State (1)13–12Central Oklahoma
1998Tampa (3)6–1Kennesaw State
1999Chico State (2)11–5Kennesaw State
2000Southeastern Oklahoma (1)7–2Fort Hays State
2001St. Mary's (TX) (1)11–3Central Missouri State
2002Columbus State (1)5–3Chico State
2003Central Missouri State (2)11–4Tampa
2004Riverwalk StadiumDelta State (1)12–8Grand Valley State
2005Florida Southern (9)12–9North Florida
2006Tampa (4)3–2Chico State
2007Tampa (5)7–2Columbus State
2008Sauget, ILGCS BallparkMount Olive (1)6–2Ouachita Baptist
2009Cary, NCUSA Baseball National Training ComplexLynn (1)2–1Emporia State
2010Southern Indiana (1)6–4UC San Diego
2011West Florida (1)12–2Winona State
2012West Chester (1)9–0Delta State
2013Tampa (6)8–2Minnesota State Mankato
2014Southern Indiana (2)3–2Colorado Mesa
2015Tampa (7)3–1Catawba
2016Nova Southeastern (1)8–6Millersville
2017Grand Prairie, TXAirHogs StadiumWest Chester (2)5–2UC San Diego
2018Cary, NCUSA Baseball National Training ComplexAugustana (SD) (1)3–2Columbus State
2019Tampa (8)3–1Colorado Mesa
2020Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021Cary, NCUSA Baseball National Training ComplexWingate (1)5–3Central Missouri
2022North Greenville (1)5–3Point Loma
2023Angelo State (1)6–5Rollins
2024Tampa (9)8–3Angelo State
2025Tampa (10)8–9 (UCM), 10–8 (UT), 11–5 (UT)Central Missouri
2026Best of Three Series
2027
2028

* Participation vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions

Champions

NCAA Division II baseball tournament is located in the United States
National Championships, by school: 10, 9, 3, 2, 1

Active programs

TeamTitlesYears
Tampa101992, 1993, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2024, 2025
Florida Southern91971, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1995, 2005
Cal Poly Pomona31976, 1980, 1983
West Chester22012, 2017
Central Missouri21994, 2003
Chico State21997, 1999
Angelo State12023
North Greenville12022
Wingate12021
Augustana (SD)12018
Nova Southeastern12016
West Florida12011
Lynn12009
Mount Olive12008
Delta State12004
Columbus State12002
St. Mary's (TX)12001
SE Oklahoma State12000
Valdosta State11979

Former programs

TeamTitlesYears
Southern Indiana22010, 2014
Jacksonville State21990, 1991
Troy21986, 1987
Cal State Northridge21970, 1984
UC Riverside21977, 1982
UC Irvine21973, 1974
Kennesaw State11996
Cal Poly11989*
Illinois State11969
Chapman11968

See also

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