This edition of the Men’s College World Series might be remembered as the year of the drought.
Only one program that made college baseball’s last eight in 2026—Ole Miss in 2022—had won a national championship in the last 20 years. West Virginia and Troy were newcomers to the MCWS altogether. Georgia hadn’t won it all since 1990, and Texas hadn’t since 2005—an eternity by the standards of one of the sport’s proudest squads.
