re: No. 1 Seeds are 2-33 at winning CWS Title

since 1999 here are the numbers by seed

SEED CWS APPEARANCES CWS TITLES
1 14 1
2 16 3
3 15 2
4 11 1
5 13 2
6 11 0
7 11 0
8 11 0
TOTAL: 102 9

So no seed is great at winning it all. I believe it is 23 years total(99-22 but 2020 was canceled dur to Covid)

So even as any seed you are just about 50%(just above for top 3 seeds) to even make the CWS. And then have a very small chance of winning out of those appearances. The CWS is just not setup to find the best team. It is setup to find the hottest team during that week and a half.