One of the most widespread complaints from casual baseball fans centers around the game's often sleep-inducing pace. College baseball, though, may have just solved the problem.

Ten days into the 2011 college season, new rules designed to speed up play appear to be working—shaving more than 15 minutes off of the average game time. The new regulations, enacted last summer by the NCAA Baseball Rules Committee, limit time between innings and pitches. Breaks between innings are capped at 90 seconds, extended to 108 seconds for...