2005 NCAA Division I baseball season

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2005 NCAA Division I baseball season
DurationJanuary 21-June 26, 2005 [1]
Number of teams290
Preseason No. 1 Cal State Fullerton (NCBWA) [2]
Tournament
DurationJune 3–June 26, 2005
Most conference bids SEC (9)
College World Series
DurationJune 17–June 26, 2005
Champions Texas (6th title)
Runners-up Florida (5th CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach Augie Garrido (5th title)
MOP David Maroul (Texas)
Seasons
  2004
2006  

The 2005 NCAA Division I baseball season play of college baseball in the United States, organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began on January 21, 2005. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2005 College World Series. The College World Series, which consisted of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament, was held in its annual location of Omaha, Nebraska, at Rosenblatt Stadium. It concluded on June 26, 2005, with the final game of the best of three championship series. Texas defeated Florida two games to none to claim its sixth championship.

Contents

Realignment

New programs

Four programs joined Division I for the 2005 season, all of which joined from Division II. The four new Division I members were Longwood, North Dakota State, South Dakota State, and UC Davis. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Dropped programs

Two programs left Division I following the 2004 season. Pace, formerly an Independent, dropped to Division II. [7] Detroit, formerly a member of the Horizon League, discontinued its varsity baseball program. [8]

Conference changes

The Atlantic Coast Conference added two members prior to the 2005 season. Miami, previously an Independent, and Virginia Tech, previously a member of the Big East Conference, both joined the conference. [9]

Division I's four new members, Longwood, North Dakota State, South Dakota State, and UC Davis, all became independents. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Conference standings

America East Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Northeastern 146.7002623.531
Maine 147.6673519.648
Vermont 147.6672919.604
Binghamton 128.6002326.469
Albany 1011.4762019.513
Stony Brook 1011.4762328.451
UMBC 615.2861634.320
Hartford 318.143630.167
Atlantic Coast Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Georgia Tech 228.7334519.703
Clemson 219.7004323.652
Miami (FL) 1910.6554119.683
Florida State 1911.6335320.726
North Carolina 1710.6304119.683
North Carolina State 1713.5674119.683
Virginia 1414.5004120.672
Wake Forest 1218.4002830.483
Virginia Tech 719.2692328.451
Maryland 723.2332531.446
Duke 525.1671439.264
Atlantic Sun Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Troy 237.7673721.638
Central Florida 1911.6334218.700
Florida Atlantic 1911.6333724.606
Stetson 1614.5333528.556
Gardner–Webb 1515.5002830.483
Georgia State 1515.5002532.439
Campbell 1317.4332529.463
Jacksonville 1317.4332331.426
Belmont 1218.4002826.519
Mercer 1218.4002826.519
Lipscomb 822.2672333.411
Atlantic 10 Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
East
Rhode Island 186.7503421.618
Fordham 177.7083421.618
Massachusetts 915.3751633.327
St. Bonaventure 816.3332425.490
Temple 816.3331733.340
Saint Joseph's 816.3331438.269
West
George Washington 177.7084119.683
Dayton 168.6673623.610
Duquesne 1311.5422134.382
Richmond 1212.5002235.386
Xavier 915.3751935.352
La Salle 915.3751834.346
Big East Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
St. John's 194.8264118.695
Boston College 178.6803720.649
Notre Dame 149.6073824.613
Pittsburgh 1510.6003322.600
Rutgers 1212.5003221.604
Connecticut 1112.4783422.607
West Virginia 1015.4002530.455
Villanova 816.3332821.571
Seton Hall 817.3201735.327
Georgetown 718.2802531.446
Big South Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Coastal Carolina 213.8755016.756
Winthrop 195.7924422.667
Birmingham–Southern 186.7503621.632
Liberty 1410.5833619.655
VMI 1113.4582728.491
Charleston Southern 816.3332429.453
Radford 816.3331540.273
High Point 618.2501936.345
UNC Asheville 321.1251142.208
Big Ten Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Illinois 2012.6253323.589
Purdue 1711.6072730.474
Iowa 1913.5942829.491
Michigan 1712.5864219.689
Ohio State 1712.5864020.667
Minnesota 1715.5313329.532
Northwestern 1418.4382628.481
Penn State 1319.4062827.509
Michigan State 1018.3572231.415
Indiana 923.2812630.464
Big 12 Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Nebraska 198.7045715.792
Baylor 198.7044624.657
Texas 1610.6155616.778
Missouri 1611.5934023.635
Oklahoma 1413.5193526.574
Oklahoma State 1215.4443425.576
Kansas 1115.4233628.563
Texas Tech 916.3603425.576
Texas A&M 918.3333025.545
Kansas State 819.2963025.545
Big West Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Cal State Fullerton 165.7624618.719
Cal Poly 147.6673620.643
Long Beach State 147.6673722.627
UC Riverside 1110.5242827.509
UC Irvine 1011.4763125.554
Pacific 912.4293028.517
UC Santa Barbara 813.3812630.464
Cal State Northridge 219.0951836.333
Colonial Athletic Association
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
UNC Wilmington 213.8754019.678
George Mason 159.6253519.648
Virginia Commonwealth 1410.5833322.600
Towson 1311.5423424.586
Delaware 1311.5422731.466
Hofstra 1014.4172432.429
William & Mary 915.3752727.500
James Madison 816.3332035.364
Old Dominion 519.2082233.400
Conference USA
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Tulane 246.8005612.824
Texas Christian 2010.6674120.672
Southern Miss 2010.6674121.661
East Carolina 1812.6003526.574
Houston 1613.5522930.492
Louisville 1514.5173224.571
South Florida 1514.5173331.516
UAB 1416.4673127.534
Charlotte 1317.4333123.574
Cincinnati 1019.3452530.455
Saint Louis 822.2671340.245
Memphis 525.1671342.236
Horizon League
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Illinois–Chicago 146.7003821.644
Youngstown State 106.6252927.518
Wisconsin–Milwaukee 128.6002631.456
Wright State 119.5502633.441
Butler 412.2501935.352
Cleveland State 515.2501436.280
Ivy League
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Lou Gehrig
Cornell 119.5501724.415
Princeton 1010.5001724.415
Penn 713.3501126.297
Columbia 515.2501031.244
Red Rolfe
Harvard 155.7502917.630
Brown 146.7002319.548
Yale 1010.5002317.575
Dartmouth 812.4001421.400
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Marist 225.8153321.611
Siena 195.7922923.558
Manhattan 158.6522721.563
Niagara 169.6402528.472
Le Moyne 1411.5602522.532
Rider 1413.5192129.420
Fairfield 1314.4811533.313
Iona 818.3081138.224
Canisius 521.192938.191
Saint Peter's 224.077545.100
Mid-American Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
East
Miami (OH) 174.8104518.714
Akron 118.5792529.463
Kent State 910.4743320.623
Ohio 910.4742525.500
Marshall 816.3331634.320
Buffalo 514.2631930.388
West
Ball State 175.7733818.679
Central Michigan 186.7504218.700
Western Michigan 138.6192624.520
Bowling Green 128.6003318.647
Eastern Michigan 814.3642234.393
Northern Illinois 618.2501636.308
Toledo 517.2271539.278
Mid-Continent Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Oral Roberts 222.9174220.677
Western Illinois 1410.5832434.414
Southern Utah 1210.5452628.481
Centenary 1212.5002730.474
Valparaiso 1012.4552131.404
Oakland 915.3751438.269
Chicago State 321.125650.107
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
North Carolina A&T 126.6672727.500
Bethune–Cookman 116.6472228.440
Delaware State 107.5881927.413
Coppin State 107.5882131.404
Florida A&M 99.5001933.365
Norfolk State 89.4711436.280
Maryland–Eastern Shore 117.056641.128
Missouri Valley Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Creighton 177.7084817.738
Wichita State 168.6675124.680
Southern Illinois 159.6253821.644
Evansville 1212.5003523.603
Bradley 1014.4172822.560
Indiana State 1014.4173028.517
Missouri State 1014.4172629.473
Illinois State 915.3752627.491
Northern Iowa 915.3752628.481
Mountain West Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
UNLV 2373529.547
BYU 219.7003919.672
San Diego State 1713.5672635.426
New Mexico 1515.5002632.448
Utah 1020.3331936.345
Air Force 426.133944.170
Northeast Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Quinnipiac 176.7392624.520
Sacred Heart 168.6672033.377
Monmouth 158.6523024.556
Wagner 1310.5652227.449
Mount St. Mary's 1211.5221827.400
Fairleigh Dickinson 1013.4351226.316
Central Connecticut 1014.4171928.404
Long Island 915.3751325.342
St. Francis (NY) 320.130737.159
Ohio Valley Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Jacksonville State 198.7043525.583
Austin Peay 1611.5933824.613
Morehead State 1511.5772928.509
Murray State 1512.5562831.475
Southeast Missouri State 1512.5562432.429
Eastern Kentucky 1412.5382631.456
Eastern Illinois 1413.5191739.304
Samford 1314.4812036.357
Tennessee Tech 620.2311342.236
Tennessee–Martin 620.2311243.218
Pacific-10 Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Oregon State 195.7924612.793
Arizona 177.7083921.650
USC 159.6254122.651
Arizona State 159.6254225.627
California 1311.5423423.596
Washington 1212.5003322.600
Stanford 1212.5003425.576
UCLA 420.1671541.268
Washington State 123.0422137.362
Patriot League
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Army 173.8503914.736
Lehigh 128.6002621.553
Bucknell 1010.5001626.381
Lafayette 610.3751826.409
Holy Cross 511.3131323.361
Navy 614.3001233.267
Southeastern Conference
TeamWLPctWLPct
East
Florida 2010.6674823.676
Tennessee 1811.6214621.687
South Carolina 1614.5334123.641
Vanderbilt 1317.4333421.618
Georgia 1217.4143025.545
Kentucky 722.2412927.518
West
Ole Miss 1812.6004820.706
LSU 1812.6004022.645
Alabama 1713.5674023.635
Mississippi State 1316.4484222.656
Arkansas 1317.4333922.639
Auburn 1317.4333426.567
Southern Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
College of Charleston 273.9004815.762
Georgia Southern 1811.6213822.633
Western Carolina 1812.6003323.589
Elon 1812.6003225.561
UNC Greensboro 1713.5673122.585
The Citadel 1416.4672534.424
East Tennessee State 1316.4483122.585
Furman 1316.4483029.508
Davidson 1317.4332624.520
Wofford 723.2331737.315
Appalachian State 524.1721042.192
Southland Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Northwestern State 225.8154120.672
Lamar 1611.5933823.623
Texas State 1512.5563226.552
Texas–Arlington 1413.5192632.448
Texas–San Antonio 1413.5192734.443
Southeastern Louisiana 1314.4812931.483
Sam Houston State 1314.4812429.453
McNeese State 1215.4442331.426
Louisiana–Monroe 918.3332629.473
Nicholls State 720.2592231.415
Southwestern Athletic Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
East
Mississippi Valley State 186.7501930.388
Alcorn State 149.6092218.550
Jackson State 149.6092422.522
Alabama State 1113.4581528.349
Alabama A&M 222.0831032.238
West
Southern 177.7082918.617
Texas Southern 177.7082225.468
Prairie View A&M 1311.5423127.534
Grambling State 716.3041231.279
Arkansas–Pine Bluff 518.217939.188
Sun Belt Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Louisiana–Lafayette 168.6674819.716
South Alabama 159.6253527.565
Florida International 1410.5833821.644
Middle Tennessee 1310.5653223.582
New Mexico State 1311.5422829.491
Arkansas State 1212.5003323.589
New Orleans 1014.4172039.339
Western Kentucky 816.3332137.362
Arkansas–Little Rock 6172333.411
Western Athletic Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Rice 219.7004519.703
Fresno State 1614.5333029.508
Hawaii 1514.5172827.509
Nevada 1515.5002627.491
San Jose State 1317.4332828.500
Louisiana Tech 920.3101739.304
West Coast Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Coast
Loyola Marymount 1812.6003127.534
San Diego 1614.5333027.526
Gonzaga 1515.5002826.519
Saint Mary's 1218.4002030.400
West
Pepperdine 219.7004123.641
San Francisco 2010.6673818.679
Santa Clara 1119.3672828.500
Portland 723.2331736.321
Division I Independents
TeamWLPct
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 3121.596
Dallas Baptist 3223.582
NYIT 2422.522
Savannah State 2221.512
IPFW 2425.490
UC Davis 2729.482
Northern Colorado 2234.393
Sacramento State 2036.357
Longwood 1632.333
South Dakota State 1738.309
Utah Valley 1739.304
Texas–Pan American 1539.278
North Dakota State 1043.189
Hawaii–Hilo 635.146
Team won the conference tournament and the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament
Conference does not have conference tournament, so team won the autobid for finishing in first
Team received at-large bid to NCAA tournament

College World Series

The 2005 season marked the fifty ninth NCAA baseball tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Texas claiming their sixth championship with a two games to none series win over Florida in the final.

Bracket

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
               
Tennessee 4
7 Florida 6
7 Florida7
3 Nebraska 4
Arizona State 3
3 Nebraska 5
7 Florida1 6
Arizona State 63
Tennessee 2
Arizona State4
Arizona State8
3 Nebraska 7
7 Florida 2 2
Texas46
8 Oregon State 1
1 Tulane 3
1 Tulane 0
Texas5
Texas 5
4 Baylor 1
Texas4
4 Baylor 3
8 Oregon State 3
4 Baylor4
4 Baylor8
1 Tulane 7

Award winners

All-America team

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