1975 NCAA Division I baseball season

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1975 NCAA Division I baseball season
NCAA 70s logo.svg
Number of teams220
NCAA tournament
College World Series
Champions Texas (3rd title)
Runners-up South Carolina (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach Cliff Gustafson (1st title)
MOP Mickey Reichenbach (Texas)
Seasons
  1974
1976  

The 1975 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 1975. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1975 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the 29th time in 1975, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Texas claimed the championship for the third time. [1]

Contents

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1975 season. For the first time, the NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Eight regionals of four teams each competed in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 15 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 17 teams earned at-large selections. [1] [2]

ConferenceRegular season winnerConference tournamentTournament venue • cityTournament winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Clemson/NC State 1975 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Boshamer StadiumChapel Hill, NC NC State
Big Eight Conference Oklahoma No tournament
Big Ten Conference Michigan No tournament
EIBL Penn No tournament
Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference Seton Hall
Mid-American Conference Eastern Michigan No tournament
Pacific-8 Conference North - Oregon State
South - Southern California
No tournament
Pacific Coast Athletic Association Cal State Fullerton No tournament
Southeastern Conference LSU No tournament
Southern Conference The Citadel No tournament
Southwest Conference Texas No tournament
Western Athletic Conference North - BYU
South - Arizona State
1975 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Series Packard StadiumTempe, AZ Arizona State

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1975 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 25 Clemson  y102 .8333310 .767
No. 15 NC State  y102 .833277 .794
Maryland  73 .700158 .652
North Carolina  47 .364179 .654
Virginia  47 .3641412 .538
Wake Forest  39 .250920 .310
Duke  210 .167918 .333
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1975 [3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1975 Big Eight Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Oklahoma  y153 .8335210 .839
Iowa State  119 .5502319 .548
Kansas State  99 .5002422 .522
Oklahoma State  1010 .5002218 .550
Nebraska  78 .4671220 .375
Missouri  810 .4441720 .459
Colorado  69 .4002214 .611
Kansas  513 .2781525 .375
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1975 [4]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1975 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 6 Seton Hall  y1240 .75033100 .767
Fordham  1240 .75021110 .656
Fairleigh Dickinson  1140 .73323131 .635
C. W. Post  000 20100 .667
Iona  690 .40010210 .323
LIU  6100 .3756180 .250
Manhattan  4120 .2506130 .316
CCNY  190 .1001160 .059
Wagner  000 7130 .350
St. Francis (NY)  000 7160 .304
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 17, 1975 [5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1975 Pacific Coast Athletic Association baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 8 Cal State Fullerton  y1470 .66736161 .689
Pacific  1380 .61933260 .559
San Jose State  990 .50022220 .500
San Diego State  8100 .44422250 .468
Long Beach State  9120 .42930200 .600
Fresno State  7140 .33326330 .441
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1975 [6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1975 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Texas  y231 .958596 .908
Texas A&M  y177 .7083215 .681
TCU  1212 .5002917 .630
Baylor  1113 .4582519 .568
Rice  1113 .4581916 .543
Texas Tech  915 .3752223 .489
Arkansas  814 .3642022 .476
Houston  816 .3331825 .419
SMU  715 .3181222 .353
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1975 [7] [8]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1975 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern
No. 29 BYU  x151 .9382219 .537
Colorado State  810 .4441919 .500
Wyoming  612 .3332624 .520
Utah  511 .3131117 .393
Southern
No. 3 Arizona State  xy162 .8896113 .824
No. 13 Arizona  y144 .7784313 .768
New Mexico  315 .1672624 .520
UTEP  315 .1671826 .409
x Division champion
Playoff champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1975 [9]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1975 season marked the twenty 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 third championship with a 5–1 win over South Carolina in the final. [1]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Arizona State 5
Cal State Fullerton 3
Arizona State5
Texas2
Texas 4
Oklahoma 2
Arizona State3
South Carolina6
South Carolina 3
South Carolina6
Seton Hall 1
South Carolina56Texas17
Eastern Michigan1
Eastern Michigan 210
Florida State 1Texas5
South Carolina4South Carolina1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Arizona State1
Eastern Michigan0
Cal State Fullerton4Oklahoma7
Arizona State111
Oklahoma11
Oklahoma0
Texas12
Seton Hall11Seton Hall10
Florida State0

Award winners

All-America team

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