College World Series The College World Series , or CWS , is an annual June baseball tournament held in Omaha , Nebraska . The CWS is the culmination of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I Baseball Championship tournament -- featuring 64 teams in the first round -- which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion . The eight participating teams are split into two , four - team , double - elimination brackets , with the winners of each bracket playing in a best - of - three championship series . Contents ( hide ) 1 History 1.1 Contract extension 2 Format history and changes 3 Division I champions by year 4 Team appearances 5 Most CWS wins 6 Most CWS Finals appearances 7 Most appearances without a CWS championship 8 Most CWS participants by one conference in a year 9 Championships by conference 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References 13 External links History ( edit ) Since 1950 , the College World Series ( CWS ) has been held in Omaha , Nebraska , and Omaha 's Creighton University and their baseball program serves as the permanent host school for the event . It was held at Rosenblatt Stadium from 1950 through 2010 ; starting in 2011 , it has been held at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha . Earlier tournaments were held at Hyames Field in Kalamazoo , Michigan ( 1947 -- 48 ) and Wichita , Kansas ( 1949 ) . The name `` College World Series '' is derived from that of the Major League Baseball World Series championship ; it is currently an MLB trademark licensed to the NCAA . Contract extension ( edit ) On June 10 , 2009 , the NCAA and College World Series of Omaha , Inc. , which is the non-profit group that organizes the event , announced a new 25 - year contract extension , keeping the CWS in Omaha through 2035 . A memorandum of understanding had been reached by all parties on April 30 . The currently binding contract began in 2011 , the same year the tournament moved from Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium to TD Ameritrade Park Omaha , a new ballpark across from CenturyLink Center Omaha . Format History and changes ( edit ) See also : NCAA Division I Baseball Championship § Past formats 2006 College World Series Championship game at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha , Nebraska . 1947 -- Eight teams were divided into two , four - team , single - elimination playoffs . The two winners then met in a best - of - three final in Kalamazoo , Michigan . 1948 -- Similar to 1947 , but the two , four - team playoffs were changed to double - elimination tournaments . Again in the finals , the two winners met in a best - of - three format in Kalamazoo . 1949 -- The final was expanded to a four - team , double - elimination format and the site changed to Wichita , Kansas . Eight teams began the playoffs with the four finalists decided by a best - of - three district format . 1950 -- 1987 -- An eight - team , double - elimination format for the College World Series coincided with the move to Omaha in 1950 . From 1950 to 1953 , a baseball committee chose one team from each of the eight NCAA districts to compete at the CWS , which constituted the entire Division I tournament , as there were no preliminary rounds . ( In 1948 and 1949 , a selection committee in each of the eight districts chose its district representative based on the committee 's own criteria , which might or might not include committee selections , conference champions , and district playoffs . ) Through 1987 the College World Series was a pure double - elimination event . That ended with the 1987 College World Series . In 1954 , the Division I tournament began having preliminary rounds to determine the eight CWS teams . From 1954 to 1975 , the number of teams in the first round of the overall tournament ranged from 21 to 32 . The number of first - round teams was increased to 34 in 1976 , 36 in 1982 , 38 in 1985 , 40 in 1986 , and 48 in 1987 . 1988 -- 1998 -- The format was changed beginning with the 1988 College World Series , when the tournament was divided into 2 four - team double - elimination brackets , with the survivors of each bracket playing in a single championship game . The single - game championship was designed for network television , with the final game on CBS on a Saturday afternoon . Before expanding to 64 teams in 1999 , the 1998 Division I tournament began with 48 teams , split into 8 six - team regionals . The 8 regional winners advanced to the College World Series . The regionals were a test of endurance , as teams had to win at least four games over four days , sometimes five if a team dropped into the loser 's bracket , placing a premium on pitching . In the last two years of the six - team regional format , the eventual CWS champion -- LSU in 1997 and Southern California in 1998 -- had to battle back from the loser 's bracket in the regional to advance to Omaha . 1999 -- 2002 -- With some 293 Division I teams playing , the NCAA expanded the overall tournament to a 64 - team Regional field in 1999 -- with 8 National Seed teams ( the top 8 seeds ) -- divided into 16 four - team regionals ( each region seeded 1 to 4 ) . The winners of the 16 `` Regionals '' advance to a second round , consisting of 8 two - team , best - of - three - format `` Super Regionals '' . ( The National Seed teams that win their regional bracket are placed in different Super Regionals , so that no National Seed teams meet each other in a Super Regional . ) The 8 Super Regional winners advance to the CWS in Omaha . While the CWS format remained the same , the expanded field meant that the eight CWS teams now are determined by the second - round Super Regionals . The 64 - team bracket is set at the beginning of the championship and teams are not reseeded for the CWS . Since the 1999 College World Series , the four - team brackets in the CWS have been determined by the results of super-regional play , much like the NCAA basketball tournament . Prior to 1999 , the four - team brackets were determined by the regional tournaments . 2003 -- present -- The championship final became a best - of - three series between the 2 four - team bracket winners , with games scheduled for Saturday , Sunday , and Monday evenings . In the results shown below , Score indicates the score of the championship game ( s ) only . In 2008 , the start of the CWS was moved back one day , and an extra day of rest was added in between bracket play and the championship series . Division I champions by year ( edit ) Year Champion Coach Score Runner - Up Most Outstanding Player 1947 California Clint Evans 17 -- 8 , 8 -- 7 Yale 1948 Southern California Sam Barry 3 -- 1 , 3 -- 8 , 9 -- 2 Yale 1949 Texas Bibb Falk 10 -- 3 Wake Forest Tom Hamilton , Texas 1950 Texas Bibb Falk 3 -- 0 Washington State Ray VanCleef , Rutgers 1951 Oklahoma Jack Baer 3 -- 2 Tennessee Sidney Hatfield , Tennessee 1952 Holy Cross Jack Barry 8 -- 4 Missouri James O'Neill , Holy Cross 1953 Michigan Ray Fisher 7 -- 5 Texas J.L. Smith , Texas 1954 Missouri Hi Simmons 4 -- 1 Rollins Tom Yewcic , Michigan State 1955 Wake Forest Taylor Sanford 7 -- 6 Western Michigan Tom Borland , Oklahoma A&M 1956 Minnesota Dick Siebert 12 -- 1 Arizona Jerry Thomas , Minnesota 1957 California George Wolfman 1 -- 0 Penn State Cal Emery , Penn State 1958 Southern California Rod Dedeaux 8 -- 7 Missouri Bill Thom , Southern California 1959 Oklahoma State Toby Greene 5 -- 3 Arizona Jim Dobson , Oklahoma State 1960 Minnesota Dick Siebert 2 -- 1 Southern California John Erickson , Minnesota 1961 Southern California Rod Dedeaux 1 -- 0 Oklahoma State Littleton Fowler , Oklahoma State 1962 Michigan Don Lund 5 -- 4 Santa Clara Bob Garibaldi , Santa Clara 1963 Southern California Rod Dedeaux 5 -- 2 Arizona Bud Hollowell , Southern California 1964 Minnesota Dick Siebert 5 -- 1 Missouri Joe Ferris , Maine 1965 Arizona State Bobby Winkles 2 -- 1 Ohio State Sal Bando , Arizona State 1966 Ohio State Marty Karow 8 -- 2 Oklahoma State Steve Arlin , Ohio State 1967 Arizona State Bobby Winkles 11 -- 2 Houston Ron Davini , Arizona State 1968 Southern California Rod Dedeaux 4 -- 3 Southern Illinois Bill Seinsoth , Southern California 1969 Arizona State Bobby Winkles 10 -- 1 Tulsa John Dolinsek , Arizona State 1970 Southern California Rod Dedeaux 2 -- 1 Florida State Gene Ammann , Florida State 1971 Southern California Rod Dedeaux 7 -- 2 Southern Illinois Jerry Tabb , Tulsa 1972 Southern California Rod Dedeaux 1 -- 0 Arizona State Russ McQueen , Southern California 1973 Southern California Rod Dedeaux 4 -- 3 Arizona State Dave Winfield , Minnesota Southern California Rod Dedeaux 7 -- 3 Miami ( FL ) George Milke , Southern California Texas Cliff Gustafson 5 -- 1 South Carolina Mickey Reichenbach , Texas 1976 Arizona Jerry Kindall 7 -- 1 Eastern Michigan Steve Powers , Arizona 1977 Arizona State Jim Brock 2 -- 1 South Carolina Bob Horner , Arizona State 1978 Southern California Rod Dedeaux 10 -- 3 Arizona State Rod Boxberger , Southern California 1979 Cal State Fullerton Augie Garrido 2 -- 1 Arkansas Tony Hudson , Cal State Fullerton 1980 Arizona Jerry Kindall 5 -- 3 Hawaii Terry Francona , Arizona 1981 Arizona State Jim Brock 7 -- 4 Oklahoma State Stan Holmes , Arizona State 1982 Miami ( FL ) Ron Fraser 9 -- 3 Wichita State Dan Smith , Miami ( FL ) Texas Cliff Gustafson 4 -- 3 Alabama Calvin Schiraldi , Texas 1984 Cal State Fullerton Augie Garrido 3 -- 1 Texas John Fishel , Cal State Fullerton 1985 Miami ( FL ) Ron Fraser 10 -- 6 Texas Greg Ellena , Miami ( FL ) 1986 Arizona Jerry Kindall 10 -- 2 Florida State Mike Senne , Arizona Stanford Mark Marquess 9 -- 5 Oklahoma State Paul Carey , Stanford 1988 Stanford Mark Marquess 9 -- 4 Arizona State Lee Plemel , Stanford 1989 Wichita State Gene Stephenson 5 -- 3 Texas Greg Brummett , Wichita State 1990 Georgia Steve Webber 2 -- 1 Oklahoma State Mike Rebhan , Georgia 1991 LSU Skip Bertman 6 -- 3 Wichita State Gary Hymel , LSU 1992 Pepperdine Andy Lopez 3 -- 2 Cal State Fullerton Phil Nevin , Cal State Fullerton 1993 LSU Skip Bertman 8 -- 0 Wichita State Todd Walker , LSU 1994 Oklahoma Larry Cochell 13 -- 5 Georgia Tech Chip Glass , Oklahoma 1995 Cal State Fullerton Augie Garrido 11 -- 5 Southern California Mark Kotsay , Cal State Fullerton LSU Skip Bertman 9 -- 8 Miami ( FL ) Pat Burrell , Miami ( FL ) 1997 LSU Skip Bertman 13 -- 6 Alabama Brandon Larson , LSU 1998 Southern California Mike Gillespie 21 -- 14 Arizona State Wes Rachels , Southern California 1999 Miami ( FL ) Jim Morris 6 -- 5 Florida State Marshall McDougall , Florida State 2000 LSU Skip Bertman 6 -- 5 Stanford Trey Hodges , LSU 2001 Miami ( FL ) Jim Morris 12 -- 1 Stanford Charlton Jimerson , Miami ( FL ) 2002 Texas Augie Garrido 12 -- 6 South Carolina Huston Street , Texas 2003 Rice Wayne Graham 4 -- 3 , 3 -- 8 , 14 -- 2 Stanford John Hudgins , Stanford Cal State Fullerton George Horton 6 -- 4 , 3 -- 2 Texas Jason Windsor , Cal State Fullerton 2005 Texas Augie Garrido 4 -- 2 , 6 -- 2 Florida David Maroul , Texas 2006 Oregon State Pat Casey 3 -- 4 , 11 -- 7 , 3 -- 2 North Carolina Jonah Nickerson , Oregon State 2007 Oregon State Pat Casey 11 -- 4 , 9 -- 3 North Carolina Jorge Luis Reyes , Oregon State 2008 Fresno State Mike Batesole 6 -- 7 , 19 -- 10 , 6 -- 1 Georgia Tommy Mendonca , Fresno State 2009 LSU Paul Mainieri 7 -- 6 , 1 -- 5 , 11 -- 4 Texas Jared Mitchell , LSU South Carolina Ray Tanner 7 -- 1 , 2 -- 1 UCLA Jackie Bradley , Jr. , South Carolina 2011 South Carolina Ray Tanner 2 -- 1 , 5 -- 2 Florida Scott Wingo , South Carolina 2012 Arizona Andy Lopez 5 -- 1 , 4 -- 1 South Carolina Rob Refsnyder , Arizona 2013 UCLA John Savage 3 -- 1 , 8 -- 0 Mississippi State Adam Plutko , UCLA 2014 Vanderbilt Tim Corbin 9 -- 8 , 2 -- 7 , 3 -- 2 Virginia Dansby Swanson , Vanderbilt 2015 Virginia Brian O'Connor 1 -- 5 , 3 -- 0 , 4 -- 2 Vanderbilt Josh Sborz , Virginia 2016 Coastal Carolina Gary Gilmore 0 -- 3 , 5 -- 4 , 4 -- 3 Arizona Andrew Beckwith , Coastal Carolina 2017 Florida Kevin O'Sullivan 4 -- 3 , 6 -- 1 LSU Alex Faedo , Florida Team appearances ( edit ) Bold indicates team won the CWS that year School Appearances Titles Years Alabama 5 0 1950 , 1983 , 1996 , 1997 , 1999 Arizona 17 1954 , 1955 , 1956 , 1958 , 1959 , 1960 , 1963 , 1966 , 1970 , 1976 , 1979 , 1980 , 1985 , 1986 , 2004 , 2012 , 2016 Arizona State 22 5 1964 , 1965 , 1967 , 1969 , 1972 , 1973 , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 , 1981 , 1983 , 1984 , 1987 , 1988 , 1993 , 1994 , 1998 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2010 Arkansas 8 0 1979 , 1985 , 1987 , 1989 , 2004 , 2009 , 2012 , 2015 Auburn 0 1967 , 1976 , 1994 , 1997 Baylor 0 1977 , 1978 , 2005 Boston College 0 1953 , 1960 , 1961 , 1967 Bradley 0 1950 , 1956 BYU 0 1968 , 1971 California 6 1947 , 1957 , 1980 , 1988 , 1992 , 2011 Cal State Fullerton 18 1975 , 1979 , 1982 , 1984 , 1988 , 1990 , 1992 , 1994 , 1995 , 1999 , 2001 , 2003 , 2004 , 2006 , 2007 , 2009 , 2015 , 2017 Cal State Los Angeles 0 1977 The Citadel 0 1990 Clemson 12 0 1958 , 1959 , 1976 , 1977 , 1980 , 1991 , 1995 , 1996 , 2000 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 Coastal Carolina 2016 Colgate 0 1955 Colorado State 0 1950 Connecticut 5 0 1957 , 1959 , 1965 , 1972 , 1979 Creighton 0 1991 Dartmouth 0 1970 Delaware 0 1970 Duke 0 1952 , 1953 , 1961 Eastern Michigan 0 1975 , 1976 Florida 11 1988 , 1991 , 1996 , 1998 , 2005 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 Florida State 22 0 1957 , 1962 , 1963 , 1965 , 1970 , 1975 , 1980 , 1986 , 1987 , 1989 , 1991 , 1992 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2017 Fresno State 1959 , 1988 , 1991 , 2008 Georgia 6 1987 , 1990 , 2001 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 Georgia Southern 0 1973 , 1990 Georgia Tech 0 1994 , 2002 , 2006 Harvard 0 1968 , 1971 , 1973 , 1974 Hawaii 0 1980 Holy Cross 1952 , 1958 , 1962 , 1963 Houston 0 1953 , 1967 Indiana 0 2013 Indiana State 0 1986 Iowa 0 1972 Iowa State 0 1957 , 1970 Ithaca 0 1962 James Madison 0 Kansas 0 1993 Kent State 0 2012 Lafayette 0 1953 , 1954 , 1958 , 1965 Long Beach State 0 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1998 Louisiana - Lafayette 0 2000 Louisville 0 2007 , 2013 , 2014 , 2017 Loyola Marymount 0 1986 LSU 18 6 1986 , 1987 , 1989 , 1990 , 1991 , 1993 , 1994 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 2000 , 2003 , 2004 , 2008 , 2009 , 2013 , 2015 , 2017 Maine 7 0 1964 , 1976 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 , 1984 , 1986 Massachusetts 0 1954 , 1969 Miami ( FL ) 25 1974 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , 1984 , 1985 , 1986 , 1988 , 1989 , 1992 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2001 , 2003 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2015 , 2016 Michigan 7 1953 , 1962 , 1978 , 1980 , 1981 , 1983 , 1984 Michigan State 0 1954 Minnesota 5 1956 , 1960 , 1964 , 1973 , 1977 Mississippi State 9 0 1971 , 1979 , 1981 , 1985 , 1990 , 1997 , 1998 , 2007 , 2013 Missouri 6 1952 , 1954 , 1958 , 1962 , 1963 , 1964 Missouri State 0 2003 Nebraska 0 2001 , 2002 , 2005 New Hampshire 0 1956 New Orleans 0 1984 NYU 0 1956 , 1969 North Carolina 10 0 1960 , 1966 , 1978 , 1989 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 NC State 0 1968 , 2013 Northeastern 0 1966 Northern Colorado 10 0 1952 , 1953 , 1955 , 1957 , 1958 , 1959 , 1960 , 1961 , 1962 , 1974 Notre Dame 0 1957 , 2002 Ohio 0 1970 Ohio State 1951 , 1965 , 1966 , 1967 Oklahoma 10 1951 , 1972 , 1973 , 1974 , 1975 , 1976 , 1992 , 1994 , 1995 , 2010 Oklahoma State 20 1954 , 1955 , 1959 , 1960 , 1961 , 1966 , 1967 , 1968 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 , 1984 , 1985 , 1986 , 1987 , 1990 , 1993 , 1996 , 1999 , 2016 Mississippi 5 0 1956 , 1964 , 1969 , 1972 , 2014 Oral Roberts 0 1978 Oregon 0 1954 Oregon State 6 1952 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2013 , 2017 Penn State 5 0 1952 , 1957 , 1959 , 1963 , 1973 Pepperdine 1979 , 1992 Princeton 0 1951 Rice 7 1997 , 1999 , 2002 , 2003 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 Rider 0 1967 Rollins 0 1954 Rutgers 0 1950 St. John 's ( NY ) 6 0 1949 , 1960 , 1966 , 1968 , 1978 , 1980 St. Louis 0 1965 San Jose State 0 2000 Santa Clara 0 1962 Seton Hall 0 1964 , 1971 , 1974 , 1975 South Carolina 11 1975 , 1977 , 1981 , 1982 , 1985 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 Southern California 21 12 1948 , 1949 , 1951 , 1955 , 1958 , 1960 , 1961 , 1963 , 1964 , 1966 , 1968 , 1970 , 1971 , 1972 , 1973 , 1974 , 1978 , 1995 , 1998 , 2000 , 2001 Southern Illinois 5 0 1968 , 1969 , 1971 , 1974 , 1977 Southern Mississippi 0 2009 Springfield 0 1951 , 1955 Stanford 16 1953 , 1967 , 1982 , 1983 , 1985 , 1987 , 1988 , 1990 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2008 Stony Brook 0 2012 Syracuse 0 1961 TCU 5 0 2010 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 Temple 0 1972 , 1977 Tennessee 0 1951 , 1995 , 2001 , 2005 Texas 35 6 1949 , 1950 , 1952 , 1953 , 1957 , 1961 , 1962 , 1963 , 1965 , 1966 , 1968 , 1969 , 1970 , 1972 , 1973 , 1974 , 1975 , 1979 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 , 1984 , 1985 , 1987 , 1989 , 1992 , 1993 , 2000 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2009 , 2011 , 2014 Texas A&M 6 0 1951 , 1964 , 1993 , 1999 , 2011 , 2017 Texas Tech 0 2014 , 2016 Texas -- Rio Grande Valley 0 1971 Tufts 0 1950 Tulane 0 2001 , 2005 Tulsa 0 1969 , 1971 UC Irvine 0 2007 , 2014 UCLA 5 1969 , 1997 , 2010 , 2012 , 2013 UC Santa Barbara 0 2016 Utah 0 1951 Vanderbilt 2011 , 2014 , 2015 Virginia 2009 , 2011 , 2014 , 2015 Wake Forest 1949 , 1955 Washington State 0 1950 , 1956 , 1965 , 1976 Western Michigan 6 0 1952 , 1955 , 1958 , 1959 , 1961 , 1963 Wichita State 7 1982 , 1988 , 1989 , 1991 , 1992 , 1993 , 1996 Wisconsin 0 1950 Wyoming 0 1956 Yale 0 1947 , 1948 Most CWS wins ( edit ) Rank School Wins CWS Winning % Appearances Wins per appearance Texas 85 . 590 35 2.43 Southern California 74 . 740 21 3.52 Arizona State 61 . 616 22 2.77 Miami ( FL ) 48 . 533 25 1.92 5 Arizona 43 . 589 17 2.53 6 LSU 40 . 597 18 2.22 6 Oklahoma State 40 . 513 20 2.00 6 Stanford 40 . 580 16 2.50 9 Cal State Fullerton 34 . 523 18 1.89 10 South Carolina 32 . 615 11 2.91 Most CWS Finals appearances ( edit ) Bold indicates team won the CWS that year Regular indicates team was Runner - up that year Rank School Champion Runner - up Total Years Southern California 12 14 1948 , 1958 , 1960 , 1961 , 1963 , 1968 , 1970 , 1971 , 1972 , 1973 , 1974 , 1978 , 1995 , 1998 Texas 6 6 12 1949 , 1950 , 1953 , 1975 , 1983 , 1984 , 1985 , 1989 , 2002 , 2004 , 2005 , 2009 Arizona State 5 5 10 1965 , 1967 , 1969 , 1972 , 1973 , 1977 , 1978 , 1981 , 1988 , 1998 Arizona 8 1956 , 1959 , 1963 , 1976 , 1980 , 1986 , 2012 , 2016 5 LSU 6 7 1991 , 1993 , 1996 , 1997 , 2000 , 2009 , 2017 6 Miami ( FL ) 6 1974 , 1982 , 1985 , 1996 , 1999 , 2001 6 South Carolina 6 1975 , 1977 , 2002 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 6 Oklahoma State 5 6 1959 , 1961 , 1966 , 1981 , 1987 , 1990 9 Cal State Fullerton 5 1979 , 1984 , 1992 , 1995 , 2004 9 Stanford 5 1987 , 1988 , 2000 , 2001 , 2003 Most appearances without a CWS championship ( edit ) Top 10 Rank School Appearances CWS Winning % Runner - up Wins Per Appearance Florida State 22 . 397 1.33 Clemson 12 . 333 0 1.00 North Carolina 10 . 447 1.70 Northern Colorado 10 . 130 0 0.30 5 Mississippi State 9 . 357 1.11 6 Arkansas 8 . 407 1.37 7 Maine 7 . 333 0 1.00 8 Western Michigan 6 . 429 1.50 8 St. John 's ( NY ) 6 . 333 0 1.00 8 Texas A&M 6 . 143 0 0.33 Most CWS participants by one conference in a year ( edit ) Minimum three participants Number Year Conference Programs CWS Winner 1997 SEC Alabama , Auburn , LSU , Mississippi State LSU SEC Arkansas , Georgia , LSU , South Carolina Cal State Fullerton 2006 ACC Clemson , Georgia Tech , Miami ( FL ) , North Carolina Oregon State 2015 SEC Arkansas , Florida , LSU , Vanderbilt Virginia 1988 Pac - 10 Arizona State , California , Stanford Stanford 1990 SEC Georgia , LSU , Mississippi State Georgia SEC Alabama , Florida , LSU LSU 1998 SEC Florida , LSU , Mississippi State Southern California 2005 Big 12 Baylor , Nebraska , Texas Texas 2008 ACC Florida State , Miami ( FL ) , North Carolina Fresno State 2011 SEC Florida , South Carolina , Vanderbilt South Carolina 2012 SEC Arkansas , Florida , South Carolina Arizona 2014 Big 12 TCU , Texas , Texas Tech Vanderbilt 2016 Big 12 Oklahoma State , TCU , Texas Tech Coastal Carolina 2017 SEC Florida , LSU , Texas A&M Florida Championships by Conference ( edit ) Rank Conference Titles Pac - 12 17 Southeastern ( SEC ) 11 Western Athletic ( WAC ) 7 Big Ten 6 PCC - CIBA 6 6 Independents 5 7 Big Eight 7 Southwest 9 Atlantic Coast ( ACC ) 9 Big 12 9 Big West ( BWC ) 9 Big West ( SCBA ) 13 Big South ( BSC ) 13 Missouri Valley ( MVC ) 13 West Coast ( WCC ) CIBA was California Intercollegiate Baseball Association that competed as a division under the Pacific Coast Conference which operated under its own Charter . Independents = Miami Hurricanes ( 4 ) and Holy Cross Crusaders ( 1 ) SCBA was Southern California Baseball Association ( 1977 -- 84 ) . The Big 12 does not claim any national championships , including baseball , that were won as members of the Big Eight and makes no claim to the history or records of the Big Eight . The Western Athletic Conference claims 7 national championships in baseball by former members . There are no gaps in its existence . The Conference has existed continuously since its inception . Coastal Carolina won the 2016 CWS as a member of the Big South Conference less than 24 hours before officially joining the Sun Belt Conference . See also ( edit ) Baseball portal NCAA Division I Baseball Championship NCAA Division II Baseball Championship NCAA Division III Baseball Championship National Club Baseball Association List of college baseball awards U.S. college baseball awards Pre-NCAA baseball champion Notes ( edit ) Jump up ^ Known in 1950 as Colorado A&M . At the same time , `` Colorado State '' referred to Colorado State College , now known as the University of Northern Colorado . Jump up ^ Prior to 1970 , Northern Colorado was known as Colorado State College . Not to be confused with Colorado State University , known in 1950 as Colorado A&M . Jump up ^ UTRGV , in full The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley , entered into full operation in 2015 following the merger of the University of Texas -- Pan American ( UTPA ) and the University of Texas at Brownsville . UTRGV is credited with UTPA 's College World Series appearance because the UTPA athletic program was directly transferred to the new institution . References ( edit ) Jump up ^ `` College World Series of Omaha , Inc . - Creighton University '' . Retrieved 28 June 2017 . Jump up ^ CWS History . CWS Omaha , Inc . Retrieved 2017 - 02 - 11 . Jump up ^ NCAA Trademarks -- NCAA.org Archived 2017 - 05 - 05 at the Wayback Machine. , footnote at bottom : `` College World Series and Women 's College World Series : The NCAA is the exclusive licensee of these marks , registered by Major League Baseball , in connection with the NCAA Division I Men 's Baseball Championship and the Division I Women 's Softball Championship . '' Jump up ^ `` Archived copy '' . Archived from the original on 2008 - 06 - 12 . Retrieved 2008 - 06 - 12 . NCAA Signs 25 - Year Agreement with College World Series of Omaha , Inc . Jump up ^ `` Archived copy '' . Archived from the original on 2008 - 06 - 12 . Retrieved 2008 - 06 - 12 . NCAA Memorandum of Understanding ... Jump up ^ `` GENERAL CWS RECORDS '' ( PDF ) . NCAA . 19 April 2017 . p. 14 . Retrieved 28 June 2017 . Jump up ^ `` COLLEGE WORLD SERIES '' . NCAA . 28 June 2017 . Retrieved 28 June 2017 . Jump up ^ `` General CWS Records , All - Time Won - Lost by Conference , Pg 19 '' ( PDF ) . NCAA.org . Retrieved June 12 , 2016 . Jump up ^ `` Big 12 National Championships '' . NeuLion , Inc . Retrieved 1 July 2017 . Jump up ^ `` The College Football Report 's Long ( Somewhat ) And Illustrious ( Kind Of ) History Of The Big Six '' . The Beachwood Media Company . Retrieved 1 July 2017 . Jump up ^ `` Western Athletic Conference Official Site - National Champions '' . Western Athletic Conference . Retrieved 1 July 2017 . Jump up ^ `` Western Athletic Conference Official Site - WAC Timeline '' . Western Athletic Conference . Retrieved 1 July 2017 . Jump up ^ `` Baseball_Tournament_Records. pdf '' ( PDF ) . Western Athletic Conference . Retrieved 1 July 2017 . Jump up ^ `` Coastal Carolina to join Sun Belt Conference in July 2016 '' . Ncaa.com . External links ( edit ) College World Series of Omaha ( CWS Omaha , Inc . ) official website College World Series ( NCAA official website ) NCAA Division I Men 's College World Series Ballparks Hyames Field ( 1947 , 1948 ) Lawrence -- Dumont Stadium ( 1949 ) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium ( 1950 -- 2010 ) TD Ameritrade Park Omaha ( 2011 -- present ) Tournaments 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Broadcasters CBS television coverage Most Outstanding Players NCAA Division I Baseball Championship NCAA Division I Baseball Champions 1947 California 1948 USC 1949 Texas 1950 Texas 1951 Oklahoma 1952 Holy Cross 1953 Michigan 1954 Missouri 1955 Wake Forest 1956 Minnesota 1957 California 1958 USC 1959 Oklahoma State 1960 Minnesota 1961 USC 1962 Michigan 1963 USC 1964 Minnesota 1965 Arizona State 1966 Ohio State 1967 Arizona State 1968 USC 1969 Arizona State 1970 USC 1971 USC 1972 USC 1973 USC USC Texas 1976 Arizona 1977 Arizona State 1978 USC 1979 Cal State Fullerton 1980 Arizona 1981 Arizona State 1982 Miami Texas 1984 Cal State Fullerton 1985 Miami 1986 Arizona Stanford 1988 Stanford 1989 Wichita State 1990 Georgia 1991 LSU 1992 Pepperdine 1993 LSU 1994 Oklahoma 1995 Cal State Fullerton LSU 1997 LSU 1998 USC 1999 Miami 2000 LSU 2001 Miami 2002 Texas 2003 Rice Cal State Fullerton 2005 Texas 2006 Oregon State 2007 Oregon State 2008 Fresno State 2009 LSU South Carolina 2011 South Carolina 2012 Arizona 2013 UCLA 2014 Vanderbilt 2015 Virginia 2016 Coastal Carolina 2017 Florida National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA Awards Hall of Champions Conferences Division I sports and championships Institutions Athletic directors Baseball Championship CWS Basketball Men Women Cross Country Men Women Field hockey Championship Football FBS FCS Golf Men Women Ice hockey Men Women Lacrosse Men Women Rowing Women Soccer Men Women Softball Championship WCWS Swimming & Diving Men Women Tennis Men Women Track and Field Men 's indoor and outdoor Women 's indoor and outdoor Volleyball Men Women Wrestling Championship Division II Institutions Baseball Championship Basketball Men Women Cross Country Men Women Field hockey Championship Football Championship Golf Men Women Gymnastics Men Women Ice hockey Men Lacrosse Men Women Rowing Women Soccer Men Women Softball Championship / WCWS Swimming & Diving Men Women Tennis Men Women Track and Field Men 's indoor and outdoor Women 's indoor and outdoor Volleyball Women Wrestling Championship Division III Institutions Baseball Championship Basketball Men Women Cross Country Men Women Field hockey Championship Football Championship Golf Men Women Ice hockey Men Women Lacrosse Men Women Rowing Women Soccer Men Women Softball Championship / WCWS Swimming & Diving Men Women Tennis Men Women Track and Field Men 's indoor and outdoor Women 's indoor and outdoor Volleyball Men Women Wrestling Championship Single - division sports and championships Beach volleyball Women Bowling Women Boxing Championship Fencing Championships Gymnastics Men Women Rifle Championship Skiing Championships Trampoline Championship Water polo Men Women Events listed in italics have been discontinued . 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The Mother (How I Met Your Mother) Tracy McConnell , better known as `` The Mother '' , is the title character from the CBS television sitcom How I Met Your Mother . The show , narrated by Future Ted , tells the story of how Ted Mosby met The Mother . Tracy McConnell appears in 8 episodes from `` Lucky Penny '' to `` The Time Travelers '' as an unseen character ; she was first seen fully in `` Something New '' and was promoted to a main character in season 9 . The Mother is played by Cristin Milioti . The story of how Ted met The Mother is the framing device behind the series ; many facts about her are revealed throughout the series , including the fact that Ted once unwittingly owned her umbrella before accidentally leaving it behind in her apartment . Ted and The Mother meet at the Farhampton train station following Barney Stinson and Robin Scherbatsky 's wedding ; this scene is shown in `` Last Forever '' , the series finale . The Mother 's death from an unspecified terminal illness in 2024 , also revealed in the series finale , received a mixed reaction from fans . An alternate ending was released in the ninth season DVD . In the alternate ending , Tracy Mosby is still living when Ted is telling the story in 2030 . In the video , future Ted is heard saying , `` ... When I think how lucky I am to wake up next to your mom every morning , I ca n't help but be amazed how easy it all really was ... '' , indirectly stating that The Mother is alive . The video ends right after the train passes at Farhampton station and credits start rolling , implying that Ted never went back to Robin as he lived a successful married life with Tracy Mosby . Contents ( hide ) 1 Casting 2 Character history 2.1 Name 3 Death 4 Notes 5 References Casting ( edit ) During its first eight seasons , the successful sitcom How I Met Your Mother often hinted at the unseen character of The Mother . Well - known actresses often made guest appearances on the show . Many fans expected that another would play one of the most - wanted roles in Hollywood , but creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas wanted an unknown . Using Anne Hathaway and Amy Adams as examples , Thomas said that `` We did n't want it to be a big famous star because we did n't want the wider audience to have associations with whatever actress this would be ... The whole idea is that Ted 's never seen this woman before , so it better feel that way to the audience '' , similar to how Cobie Smulders being cast as Robin Scherbatsky had `` kept the show alive '' when it began . Bays and Thomas also did not want a large casting call . They chose Cristin Milioti after seeing her on 30 Rock and Once ; her musical ability was also helpful , as The Mother had been described as a band member . After competing for the role against at least two others , Milioti filmed her first scene -- for the last episode of season 8 -- having never watched How I Met Your Mother ; she recalled , `` I had ignorance on my side . So I did n't know what it meant . '' Milioti learned of the character 's importance only after binge watching the show during the summer . Character history ( edit ) The Mother was born on September 19 , 1984 . The Mother , joined by her roommate Kelly awaits the arrival of her boyfriend Max only to receive a call informing her of his death . After the funeral service , she returns to the apartment to open Max 's last gift to her -- a ukulele . The Mother spends the next few years grieving the passing of the man she believes was her one true love . In `` Wait for It '' , it is revealed that the short story of how they met involved her yellow umbrella . In `` No Tomorrow '' , Ted finds the umbrella at a club and takes it home after attending a St. Patrick 's Day party which she also attended , as it had been two and a half years since the death of Max , her late boyfriend . She is still grieving , but her roommate Kelly encourages her to go out and date again , bringing her to the same bar where Ted and Barney are celebrating . The two women run into Mitch , her old orchestra instructor ; The Mother offers to give Mitch her cello for his work at a school and they head to her apartment . After they start talking , Mitch encourages her to pursue her dreams . The Mother expresses her desire to end poverty by taking up economics in college . On his first day of teaching as Professor Mosby , as seen in the season 4 finale `` The Leap '' , he is seen in front of the classroom of students , one of which Future Ted says is the titular mother . But in the first episode of season 5 , `` Definitions '' , it is revealed that he was actually in the wrong classroom -- Economics instead of Architecture . At the same time in `` How Your Mother Met Me '' , the Mother sits her first session in Economics 305 and meets another graduate student named Cindy ( Rachel Bilson ) , whom she offers to move in with her as her roommate . They see Ted enter the room , but when he announces the subject , The Mother thinks she is in the wrong room and runs off . She heads back to the room after seeing Ted scramble to his actual classroom . Later , in `` Girls Versus Suits '' , Ted dates Cindy , not knowing that her roommate is his future wife . Throughout the episode , Ted notes that Cindy had spent most of their first date talking jealously about her roommate . When in Cindy and the mother 's apartment he picks up many of The Mother 's belongings , attempting to show how compatible he and Cindy are ( thinking the items are Cindy 's ) and glimpses the mother 's foot as she disappears into her room after taking a shower . Ted finds out at this time that she plays bass guitar in a band . Ted forgets to take the yellow umbrella with him when he goes out and Future Ted mentions , `` this is how your mother got her yellow umbrella back . '' In `` How Your Mother Met Me '' , it is revealed that , after Ted left the apartment , the Mother had discovered the umbrella and , upon going to question Cindy , finds her in a state . As she tried to console her , Cindy said that she was a much better match for Ted , and began to lovingly list all of the reasons that Ted would find the mother attractive , before spontaneously kissing her , revealing that her jealousy towards her roommate was actually a crush . While this incident made Cindy realise that she is a lesbian , it also made the Mother decide to go back into dating , as the kiss was her first in a long time . Some time after this , a man named Darren approaches The Mother and is welcomed into her band named Superfreakonomics . Darren gradually takes over the band . In the season 6 opener `` Big Days '' it is revealed Ted meets his future wife `` the day of '' the wedding at which he is the best man . In the episode `` False Positive '' Robin asks Ted to be her future best man , should she ever get married . In the episode `` Challenge Accepted '' , it is revealed that Ted meets the mother of his children the day of Barney 's wedding . In the last episode of season 7 , `` The Magician 's Code '' it is shown that Barney will marry Robin , and Ted will meet the mother `` the day of '' their wedding . On the premiere of season 8 , Ted 's wife appears after Barney and Robin 's wedding , outside at the `` Farhampton '' station while holding a yellow umbrella and her bass guitar . In the season 8 episode `` Band or DJ ? , '' Ted runs into Cindy on the subway and tells her that the band Barney and Robin hired to play at their wedding cancelled at the last minute . The end result of the encounter is that Cindy 's ( now ex - ) roommate 's band plays at Barney and Robin 's wedding . The Mother is first shown meeting Louis in `` How Your Mother Met Me '' as she is left to carry the band equipment while the now - lead band member Darren talks to his fans . Later at MacLaren 's Pub , she tells him she 's not yet ready to date . Louis asks her to give him a call if she changes her mind and they begin dating not long after . The Mother meets all of Ted 's best friends ( Barney , Lily , Marshall and Robin ) before she meets him . The Mother is responsible for convincing Barney to pursue Robin , as revealed through a flashback in `` Platonish '' . In `` The Locket '' , Tracy meets Lily on a train journey . In `` Bass Player Wanted '' , the Mother picks up a hitchhiking Marshall , carrying his son Marvin , on her way to Farhampton Inn . On their way , it is revealed that the Mother is a bass player in the band , that is scheduled to play at the wedding reception . But the band 's leader , Darren , forced her to quit . The Mother ultimately decides to confront Darren and retake the band . She ends up alone at the bar , and while practicing a speech to give Darren , Darren walks up to her furious the groom 's best man punched him for `` no reason . '' Amused by this , the Mother laughs , and Darren quits the band in anger . In `` How Your Mother Met Me '' , it is shown that after this incident , the Mother returns to Louis ' summer cottage not far from the Farhampton Inn where she has been staying for the duration of the wedding weekend . As she walks in the door , Louis proposes to her , but she goes outside to think about it for a few minutes . She declines Louis ' proposal and leaves his cottage , going to check in at Farhampton Inn . On her room 's balcony , she plays the ukulele and sings `` La Vie en Rose '' . Ted hears her singing from his room next door . In `` Gary Blauman '' , Ted and the Mother are on their first date . Ted picks her up at her New York City apartment and they proceed to walk to a Scottish - Mexican fusion restaurant for dinner . On the way there , Ted is telling her a story when they nearly have a run - in with Louis . She says that she is in the `` weirdest place on earth '' right now and that it is too soon for her to be dating . Ted walks her back to her apartment . They say goodnight and Ted begins to walk away . The Mother then stops him and asks him to finish the story he was telling her . When the story is over , they say goodnight again . The Mother takes a step towards Ted and they kiss for the first time , before deciding to carry on their date . In a flashforward in `` The Lighthouse '' , Ted proposes to the Mother at the top of the lighthouse near Farhampton Inn . She immediately accepts . In another flashfoward in `` Unpause '' , the Mother is revealed to be pregnant with their second child , Luke , in the year 2017 . She goes into labor while she and Ted are staying at Farhampton . Name ( edit ) The Mother 's real name is not revealed until the series finale , `` Last Forever '' . When Ted meets her at the Farhampton train station , she reveals that her name is Tracy McConnell . In the season 1 episode `` Belly Full of Turkey '' , Ted meets a stripper named Tracy and says `` ... that , kids , is the true story of how I met your mother '' . The children react in surprise and appear to believe Ted before he admits he is joking , which led some fans to correctly guess that The Mother 's name is Tracy . Death ( edit ) See also : Last Forever In the series finale , it is revealed that six years prior to Ted telling the story to his children , Tracy died in 2024 from an undisclosed illness . In the finale the characters do not directly state that the mother is dead . Ted says that she `` became sick '' and his children saying that she has been `` gone '' for six years . Many fans expressed considerable disappointment to The Mother 's death . Milioti cried when she learned her character was supposed to die , but came to accept the ending was what the writers had planned from the beginning . Bill Kuchman from Popculturology said that The Mother was `` an amazing character '' and that `` over the course of this final season HIMYM made us care about Tracy . Kuchman said that `` asking fans to drop all of that with a simple line about The Mother getting sick and passing away was a very difficult request '' , that the finale `` advanced too quickly '' and that `` HIMYM was a victim of its own success on this issue '' . A petition was started , aiming to rewrite and reshoot the finale . The petition has over 20,000 signatures and considerable online news coverage . On April 5 , 2014 , Carter Bays announced on Twitter that an alternate ending would be included on the Season 9 DVD . No new material was shot for this scene . In the alternate ending , the mother is still living when Ted is telling the story in 2030 . Notes ( edit ) Jump up ^ The Mother celebrates her 21st birthday on the day that `` Pilot '' is set . The pilot is set on September 19 , 2005 . References ( edit ) ^ Jump up to : Debnath , Neela ( 7 September 2014 ) . `` How I Met Your Mother alternative finale leaks online ahead of DVD release '' . The Independent . Retrieved 15 February 2015 . Jump up ^ Kreps , Daniel ( September 6 , 2014 ) . `` Watch the Happier ' How I Met Your Mother ' Alternate Ending '' . Rolling Stone . Jump up ^ MacGregor , Rachel ( September 23 , 2014 ) . `` 8 reasons why How I Met Your Mother should 've used its alternative ending '' . Metro UK . Jump up ^ Stransky , Tanner ( 2013 - 05 - 13 ) . `` ' How I Met Your Mother ' : Burning questions about the mother '' . Entertainment Weekly . ^ Jump up to : Fallon , Kevin ( 2013 - 05 - 14 ) . `` ' How I Met Your Mother ' Mother Revealed : Meet Cristin Milioti '' . The Daily Beast . Jump up ^ Fallon , Kevin ( 2015 - 11 - 03 ) . `` How Cristin Milioti Met ' Fargo ' -- And Left ' How I Met Your Mother ' Behind '' . The Daily Beast . ^ Jump up to : `` How Your Mother Met Me '' . How I Met Your Mother . Season 9 . Episode 16 . January 27 , 2014 . Jump up ^ `` Pilot '' . How I Met Your Mother . Season 1 . Episode 1 . September 19 , 2005 . CBS . ^ Jump up to : Kuchman , Bill ( April 4 , 2014 ) . `` ' How I Met Your Mother ' ' Last Forever ' Recap : A Divisive Finale and What It Means for ' HIMYM ' '' . Retrieved July 7 , 2014 . Jump up ^ Rullo , Samantha ( 10 March 2014 ) . `` What is The Mother 's Name on ' How I Met Your Mother ' ? Episode Title Might Hold the Secret '' . Retrieved July 7 , 2014 . Jump up ^ `` HIMYM Tomatometer Watch : Series Finale Currently Rotten - Majority of critics disappointed by ' Last Forever ' '' . Rotten Tomatoes. April 2 , 2014 . Retrieved April 3 , 2014 . Jump up ^ http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/cristin-milioti-sobbed-found-characters-fate-met-mother/story?id=25947923 Jump up ^ Kuchman , Bill ( March 31 , 2014 ) . `` ' HIMYM ' Finale Instant Reaction '' . Retrieved July 7 , 2014 . Jump up ^ Guerrero , Danger ( April 4 , 2014 ) . `` Now There 's A Petition To ' Rewrite And Reshoot ' The ' How I Met Your Mother ' Ending '' . Retrieved July 7 , 2014 . Jump up ^ Maresca , Rachel ( April 3 , 2014 ) . `` ' How I Met Your Mother ' series finale sparks online petition from fans who want ending changed '' . New York Daily News . Retrieved July 7 , 2014 . Jump up ^ Update for those who 've been asking : Alt # himym ending will be on s9 DVD and also in the series box set . https://twitter.com/CarterBays/status/452299544995184640 Jump up ^ James , Lauren ( April 5 , 2014 ) . `` ' How I Met Your Mother ' May Get Alternate Ending After Petition , Says Carter Bays '' . Contact Music . Retrieved July 7 , 2014 . Jump up ^ Kreps , Daniel ( September 6 , 2014 ) . `` Watch the Happier ' How I Met Your Mother ' Alternate Ending '' . Rolling Stone . Retrieved November 16 , 2014 . 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The Blue Lagoon (1980 film) The Blue Lagoon is a 1980 American romantic adventure drama film directed by Randal Kleiser and filmed on Turtle Island in Fiji . The screenplay by Douglas Day Stewart was based on the 1908 novel The Blue Lagoon by Henry De Vere Stacpoole . The film stars Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins . The music score was composed by Basil Poledouris and the cinematography was by Néstor Almendros . The film tells the story of two young children marooned on a tropical island paradise in the South Pacific . With neither the guidance nor the restrictions of society , emotional feelings and physical changes arise as they reach puberty and fall in love . Shields was 14 years old at the time of filming and later testified before a U.S. Congressional inquiry that older body doubles were used in some of her nude scenes . Also , throughout the film in frontal shots her breasts were always covered by her long hair or in other ways . The film received a MPAA rating of R in the United States . Contents ( hide ) 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Reception 4.1 Critical reception 4.2 Box office 5 Awards and honors 5.1 Other honors 6 Versions and adaptations 6.1 DVD and Blu - ray 6.2 Streaming 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Plot ( edit ) In the early Victorian period , two young child cousins , Richard ( Glenn Kohan ) and Emmeline Lestrange ( Elva Josephson ) , and a galley cook , Paddy Button ( Leo McKern ) , survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific and reach a lush tropical island . Paddy cares for the small children and forbids them by `` law '' from going to the other side of the island , as he had found remains from bloody human sacrifices . He also warns them against eating a scarlet berry which is apparently deadly . ( He calls it the `` never - wake - up berry '' . ) Paddy soon dies after a drunken binge , and his body is discovered by Richard and Emmeline . Now alone , the children go to another part of the island and rebuild their home . Years pass and they both grow into tall , strong , and beautiful teenagers . They live in their hut , spending their days together fishing , swimming , and diving for pearls . Richard and Emmeline ( now portrayed by Christopher Atkins and Brooke Shields ) begin to fall in love , although this is emotionally stressful for them because of their lack of education on human sexuality . Emmeline is frightened after she has her first menstrual period ; confused about it , she refuses to allow Richard to inspect her for what he imagines is a wound . Richard finds himself becoming physically attracted to Emmeline but she , though often fearful of being left alone , does not reciprocate his feelings , inciting Richard to go off alone and masturbate . Sometime later , their relationship suffers a major blow when a ship appears for the first time in years . Richard 's desire to leave comes into conflict with Emmeline 's desire to stay , and she does not light the signal fire . As a result , the ship passes by without noticing them . When Richard angrily confronts Emmeline about this , she tells him that the island is their home now and that they should stay , to Richard 's disbelief . They insult each other and Emmeline reveals that she knows what happens when Richard goes off alone , having caught him in the act of masturbating and threatens to tell her Uncle Arthur about it , which leads him to throw a coconut at her . She throws one back , hitting him on the head . Immediately remorseful , Emmeline rushes over to him but he slaps her and says he wishes she was `` dead n ' buried '' . Richard 's fury leads him to kick Emmeline out of their hut . They make up for this fight after Emmeline is nearly killed upon stepping on a stonefish and Richard admits to his fear of losing her . Emmeline recovers and after she regains her ability to walk , they go skinny dipping in the lagoon and then swim to shore . Still naked , Richard and Emmeline discover sexual intercourse and passionate love . They regularly make love from then on while occasionally spending their time together in the nude . Emmeline becomes pregnant . During the pregnancy , Emmeline discovers cravings and morning sickness as she continually indulges in coconut and then is discovered by Richard the following morning vomiting by the seashore . Richard and Emmeline have no knowledge of childbirth and human reproduction and assume that the physical change in Emmeline 's body is her getting fat . They are stunned when they feel the baby move inside her and assume that it is her stomach causing the movements . One night , Emmeline gives birth to a baby boy , whom they name Paddy . Frustrated at not knowing how to feed the baby , Emmeline holds him and learns how to feed him as the baby instinctively starts sucking on her breast . The young parents spend their time playing with Paddy as he grows , teaching him how to swim , fish , and build things . As the family plays , a ship led by Richard 's father Arthur ( William Daniels ) approaches the island and sees the family playing on the shore . As they are covered in mud , their appearance is difficult to determine . When they notice the approaching ship , as they are happy with their life on the island with the young Paddy , they exchange looks and tacitly walk away and stay on the island instead of signaling for help . Arthur assumes that these are natives , not the young couple they have been searching for all these years , and the ship passes . One day , the young family takes the lifeboat to visit their original homesite . Richard goes off and finds bananas for them to eat , leaving Emmeline and Paddy at the boat . Emmeline looks around the shore of the island and does not notice when Paddy brings a branch of the scarlet berries into the boat . Emmeline and Paddy return to the boat and slowly drift away , until Paddy tosses one of the oars out . Unable to reach the oar , Emmeline shouts to Richard and he swims to her , followed closely by a shark . Emmeline throws the other oar at the shark , striking it and giving Richard time to get into the boat . Though close to shore , they are unable to return or retrieve the oars without risking a shark attack . They paddle with their hands to no avail ; the boat is caught in the current and drifts out to sea . After drifting for days in the boat , Richard and Emmeline awake to find Paddy eating the berries he picked . Realizing that these are poisonous berries , they try to stop him , but he has already swallowed some . Hopeless , Richard and Emmeline eat the berries as well , lying down to await death . A few hours later , Arthur 's ship finds them floating in the boat . Arthur asks , `` Are they dead ? '' and the ship 's captain ( Gus Mercurio ) answers , `` No , sir . They 're asleep '' . Cast ( edit ) Brooke Shields as Emmeline Lestrange Elva Josephson as Young Emmeline Christopher Atkins as Richard Lestrange Glenn Kohan as Young Richard Bradley Pryce as Little Paddy Chad Timmermans as Infant Paddy Leo McKern as Paddy Button William Daniels as Arthur Lestrange Alan Hopgood as Captain Gus Mercurio as Officer Production ( edit ) The Fiji Crested Iguana became known to herpetologists through The Blue Lagoon . The movie was a passion project of Randal Kleiser , who had long admired the original novel . He hired Douglas Day Stewart , who had written Boy in the Plastic Bubble , to write the script , and met up with Richard Franklin , the Australian director , who was looking for work in Hollywood . This gave him the idea to use an Australian crew , which Franklin helped supervise . The film was shot in Jamaica and Nanuya Levu , a privately owned island in Fiji . The flora and fauna featured in the film includes an array of animals from multiple continents . As it turned out , the iguanas filmed on Fiji were a species hitherto unknown to biologists ; this was noted by the herpetologist John Gibbons when he watched the film , and after traveling to the island where the iguanas were filmed , he described the Fiji crested iguana ( Brachylophus vitiensis ) in 1981 . The blue lagoon scenes were shot in Comino Island , Malta and Champagne Bay , Vanuatu . In the DVD and Blu - ray Disc versions of this film , it was stated that many of Brooke Shields ' nude scenes were in fact done by older body doubles . In addition , the film 's stunt coordinator , Kathy Troutt , was one of the body doubles , as well as the dolphin trainer . It was also stated that Brooke Shields had done many of her topless scenes with her hair glued to her breasts . Underwater moving picture photography was performed by Ron and Valerie Taylor . Reception ( edit ) Critical reception ( edit ) This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . ( April 2015 ) The Blue Lagoon was panned by critics . It currently holds a score of 11 % on Rotten Tomatoes out of 18 reviews . Roger Ebert gave the film 11⁄2 stars out of 4 , claiming that the film `` made him itch '' . He and Gene Siskel selected the film as one of their `` dogs of the year '' in a 1980 episode of Sneak Previews . Box office ( edit ) The film was the ninth biggest box office hit of 1980 in North America according to Box Office Mojo , grossing US $58,853,106 in the United States and Canada . Awards and honors ( edit ) Main awards Nominee : Academy Award for Best Cinematography -- Néstor Almendros Nominee : Saturn Award -- Best Fantasy Film Nominee : Golden Globe Award , New Star of the Year -- Christopher Atkins 1st Golden Raspberry Award Won : Worst Actress ( Brooke Shields ) Young Artist Awards Nominee : Best Major Motion Picture -- Family Entertainment Nominee : Best Young Motion Picture Actor -- Christopher Atkins Nominee : Best Young Motion Picture Actress -- Brooke Shields Other honors ( edit ) The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists : 2002 : AFI 's 100 Years ... 100 Passions -- Nominated Versions and adaptations ( edit ) The Blue Lagoon was based on Henry De Vere Stacpoole 's novel by the same name , which first appeared in 1908 . The first film adaptation of the book was the British silent 1923 film of that name . There was another British adaptation in the 1949 version . The 1980 version was true to the spirit of the book . It included much more nudity and sex scenes than the 1949 version , though far less nudity and sexual activity than did the book . The story was eventually continued in the sequel Return to the Blue Lagoon ( 1991 ) . This film loosely picks up where The Blue Lagoon left off , except that Richard and Emmeline are found dead in the boat . Their son is rescued . As Paddy 's name is unknown to his rescuers , he is renamed Richard after his father . The movie was briefly parodied in a flashback scene of the movie Top Secret ! ( 1984 ) . The Quantum Leap episode `` Leaping of the Shrew '' guest - starred Brooke Shields , and was about a young man and woman marooned on a deserted island . It was also parodied in the movie Going Berserk ( 1983 ) when John Candy reveals his reoccurring nightmare inspired by the movie . The end of the dream spoofs Christopher Atkins ' masturbation scene when Candy is spotted masturbating by the jeering passengers of a ship that happens to pass by . On December 9 , 2011 , the cable TV network Lifetime greenlit the television film Blue Lagoon : The Awakening . It premiered on the channel on June 16 , 2012 . The male lead from the 1980 film , Christopher Atkins , appears in the 2012 film as one of the teachers on the ship - borne field trip where Emma and Dean are lost at sea and end up on an island . This film is available on DVD . DVD and Blu - ray ( edit ) The Special Edition DVD , with both widescreen and full - screen versions , was released on October 5 , 1999 . Its special features include the theatrical trailer , the original featurette , a personal photo album by Brooke Shields , audio commentary by Randal Kleiser and Christopher Atkins , and another commentary by Randal Kleiser , Douglas Day Stewart , and Brooke Shields . The film was re-released in 2005 as part of a two pack with its sequel , Return to the Blue Lagoon . A limited edition Blu - ray Disc of the film was released on December 11 , 2012 , by Twilight Time . Special features on the Blu - ray include an isolated score track , original trailer , three original teasers , behind the scenes featurette , An Adventure in Filmmaking : The Making of The Blue Lagoon , as well as audio commentary by Randal Kleiser , Douglas Day Stewart , and Brooke Shields and a second commentary by Randal Kleiser and Christopher Atkins . Streaming ( edit ) The 1980 movie was made available for streaming through services such as Amazon Video and Vudu . See also ( edit ) Paradise Return to the Blue Lagoon State of nature References ( edit ) Jump up ^ Filming of The Blue Lagoon ^ Jump up to : The Blue Lagoon ( DVD special edition ) . Released October 5 , 1999 . Jump up ^ Scott Murray , `` The Blue Lagoon : Interview with Randal Kleiser '' , Cinema Papers , June -- July 1980 ( 166 - 169 , 212 ) Jump up ^ McMurran , Kristin ( August 11 , 1980 ) . `` Too Much , Too Young ? '' . People . Retrieved April 28 , 2013 . Jump up ^ Robert George Sprackland ( 1992 ) . Giant lizards. Neptune , New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications . ISBN 0 - 86622 - 634 - 6 . Jump up ^ The Blue Lagoon ( 1980 ) ( Blu - Ray ) Retrieved November 21 , 2013 Jump up ^ Valerie and Ron Taylor join the action in ' THE BLUE LAGOON ' , The Australian Women 's Weekly , November 19 , 1980 , pages 64 and 65 , Retrieved February 17 , 2013 Jump up ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blue_lagoon/ Jump up ^ http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-blue-lagoon-1980 Jump up ^ Sneak Previews : Worst of 1980 Jump up ^ 1980 Domestic Grosses Jump up ^ `` AFI 's 100 Years ... 100 Passions Nominees '' ( PDF ) . Retrieved 2016 - 08 - 18 . Jump up ^ Andreeva , Nellie ( December 9 , 2011 ) . `` Lifetime Greenlights ' Blue Lagoon ' Remake '' . Retrieved May 2 , 2012 . 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