1974 NCAA Division I baseball season

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1974 NCAA Division I baseball season
NCAA 70s logo.svg
Number of teams221
NCAA tournament
College World Series
Champions Southern California (10th title)
Runners-up Miami (FL) (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach Rod Dedeaux (10th title)
MOP George Milke (Southern California)
Seasons
  1973
1975  

The 1974 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1974. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1974 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the 28th time in 1974, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Southern California claimed the championship for the fifth year in a row, the first team to claim five consecutive titles. [1]

Contents

Realignment

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1974 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA tournament. 15 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections. [1] [2]

ConferenceRegular season winnerConference tournamentTournament venue • cityTournament winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Clemson 1974 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Doak FieldRaleigh, NC NC State
Big Eight Conference Oklahoma No tournament
Big Ten Conference Iowa/Minnesota No tournament
EIBL Harvard No tournament
Mid-American Conference Miami (OH) No tournament
Pacific-8 Conference North - Oregon/Washington State
South - Southern California
No tournament
Southeastern Conference Vanderbilt No tournament
Southern Conference East Carolina No tournament
Southwest Conference Texas No tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1974 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Clemson  101 .9092315 .605
North Carolina  93 .750228 .733
NC State  y75 .5832212 .647
Maryland  66 .5001117 .393
Virginia  66 .5002117 .553
Duke  38 .273916 .360
Wake Forest  012 .000820 .286
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1974 [3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1974 Big Eight Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 5 Oklahoma  y183 .857438 .843
Kansas State  147 .6673116 .660
Missouri  129 .5712814 .667
Colorado  1011 .4762719 .587
Oklahoma State  912 .4292417 .585
Iowa State  710 .4121717 .500
Kansas  612 .3331722 .436
Nebraska  416 .2001327 .325
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1974 [4]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1974 Great Plains Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 6 Northern Colorado  y51 .8333213 .711
Southern Colorado State  13 .2501521 .417
Emporia State  02 .000 
Conference champion
y Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1974 [5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1974 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 8 Seton Hall  y1420 .87533101 .761
Fairleigh Dickinson  1240 .7502290 .710
C. W. Post  1150 .6882190 .700
LIU  1060 .62517130 .567
Iona  790 .43810130 .435
Manhattan  6100 .3759120 .429
Wagner  2130 .1336150 .286
CCNY  2130 .1332190 .095
St. Francis (NY)  000 8120 .400
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 17, 1974 [6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1974 NCAA Division I District 3 baseball independents standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 10 South Carolina  y 488 .857
No. 2 Miami (FL)  y 5111 .823
South Alabama   308 .789
No. 11 Georgia Southern  y 4714 .770
Stetson   3013 .698
Florida State   3725 .597
Marshall   2115 .583
South Florida   2116 .568
Georgia Tech   2017 .541
Virginia Tech   1515 .500
Mercer   1519 .441
Western Carolina   1114 .440
Georgetown   711 .389
Jacksonville   1936 .345
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1974 [7]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1974 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern Division
Washington State  x144 .778389 .809
No. 29 Oregon  126 .667 
Oregon State  612 .3331623 .410
Washington  512 .2941028 .263
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California  xy117 .6115020 .714
Stanford  108 .5562819 .596
California  810 .4442524 .510
UCLA  711 .3892635 .426
x Division champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1974 [8]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1974 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Texas  y204 .833548 .871
No. 21 Texas A&M  177 .7083113 .705
No. 22 TCU  1410 .5833117 .646
Rice  1211 .5222418 .571
Baylor  1211 .5222418 .571
Houston  1013 .4352021 .488
Arkansas  915 .3752221 .512
Texas Tech  915 .3751122 .333
SMU  420 .1671626 .381
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1974 [9]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1974 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern
BYU  x125 .7062917 .630
Utah  117 .6111825 .419
Wyoming  710 .4122828 .500
Colorado State  412 .2501324 .351
Southern
No. 9 Arizona  xy162 .889586 .906
No. 19 Arizona State  y126 .6673924 .619
New Mexico  612 .3332823 .549
UTEP  216 .1112427 .471
x Division champion
Playoff champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1974 [10]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1974 season marked the twenty eighth 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 Southern California claiming their tenth championship, and fifth in a row, with a 7–3 win over Miami (FL) in the final. [1]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Miami 4
Harvard 1
Miami5
Oklahoma1
Oklahoma 10
Northern Colorado 1
Miami7
Southern California3
Southern California 9
Miami3
Texas 2
Southern California5Southern Illinois4
Southern Illinois3
Southern Illinois 5
Seton Hall 1Miami3
Southern Illinois2Southern California7
Lower round 1Lower round 2Southern California7
Northern Colorado2
Harvard2Southern Illinois5
Southern California5
Northern Colorado4
Texas3
Texas10
Texas12Oklahoma4
Seton Hall2

Award winners

All-America team

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