1979 NCAA Division I baseball season

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1979 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams246
NCAA tournament
College World Series
Champions Cal State Fullerton (1st title)
Runners-up Arkansas (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach Augie Garrido (1st title)
MOP Tony Hudson (Cal State Fullerton)
Seasons
  1978
1980  

The 1979 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 1979. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1979 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the thirty third time in 1979, 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. Cal State Fullerton claimed the championship for the first time. [1]

Contents

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1979 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Seven regionals of four teams and one of six each competed in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 21 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections. [1] [2] The Trans America Athletic Conference, as a new league, did not earn an automatic bid.

ConferenceRegular season winnerConference tournamentTournament venue • cityTournament winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Clemson No tournament
Big Eight Conference East - Oklahoma
West - Missouri
1979 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament All Sports StadiumOklahoma City, OK Oklahoma
Big Ten Conference Michigan State No tournament
Eastern 8 1979 Eastern 8 Conference baseball tournament Hershey, PA George Washington
ECAC 1979 Eastern College Athletic Conference baseball tournament Worcester, MA Connecticut
EIBL Navy No tournament
Mid-American Conference Miami (OH) No tournament
Pacific-10 Conference North - Washington State
South - UCLA
No tournament
Southeastern Conference East - Florida
West - Mississippi State
1979 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Dudy Noble FieldStarkville, MS Mississippi State
SCBA Cal State Fullerton No tournament
Southern Conference The Citadel No tournament
Southwest Conference Texas 1979 Southwest Conference baseball tournament Disch–Falk FieldAustin, TX Texas
Trans America Athletic Conference N/A 1979 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament Centenary ParkShreveport, LA Mercer

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1979 Eastern College Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Metropolitan
Seton Hall  y 3211 .744
No. 28 St. John's  y 2611 .703
Fordham   1813 .581
Canisius   820 .286
New England
Maine   239 .719
No. 8 Connecticut  y 3113 .705
Fairfield   2112 .636
UMass   2417 .585
Holy Cross   1613 .552
Providence   1413 .519
South
George Washington  y 229 .710
James Madison   3113 .705
Richmond   2318 .561
Catholic University   1615 .516
Old Dominion   1630 .348
Georgetown   823 .258
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1979 [3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1979 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 7 Miami (FL)  y 5511 .833
No. 11 Hawaii  y 6915 .821
No. 23 Texas–Pan American  y 5212 .813
Air Force   3313 .717
No. 27 Florida State  y 4317 .717
Mercer   3816 .704
Villanova   169 .640
Detroit   3422 .607
No. 11 Gonzaga   2517 .595
Stetson   2624 .520
Georgia Tech   1516 .484
Campbell   1720 .459
Notre Dame   1419 .424
Louisville   1827 .400
Northern Iowa   1117 .393
Lafayette   915 .375
Hofstra   618 .250
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1979 [4]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1979 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern
No. 29 Washington State  x123 .8004010 .800
Washington  115 .6883713 .740
Oregon State  411 .2672119 .525
Oregon  311 .2141427 .341
Southern
No. 9 UCLA  xy219 .7004318 .705
No. 5 Arizona  y1713 .5674325 .632
California  1614 .5333125 .554
Southern California  1515 .5003324 .579
Stanford  1317 .4333523 .603
Arizona State  822 .2673231 .508
x Division champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1979 [5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1979 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern Division
No. 19 Florida  xy168 .6674020 .667
Kentucky  1311 .5422918 .617
Georgia  1111 .5002418 .571
Tennessee  1014 .4172522 .532
Vanderbilt  814 .3642125 .457
Western Division
No. 6 Mississippi State  xy172 .8954812 .800
LSU  137 .6503420 .630
Ole Miss  910 .4742413 .649
Auburn  714 .3332121 .500
Alabama  417 .1901827 .400
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1979 [6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1979 Southern California Baseball Association standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
#1 Cal State Fullerton y 234 .8526014 .811
No. 3 Pepperdine  y199 .6794716 .746
Long Beach State  1710 .6304022 .645
San Diego  1412 .5383219 .627
Loyola Marymount  1216 .4292934 .460
Cal State Los Angeles  919 .3212539 .391
UC Irvine  819 .2962237 .373
UC Santa Barbara  720 .2591731 .354
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1979 [7]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1979 Southwest Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Texas  y222 .917618 .884
No. 2 Arkansas  y195 .7924915 .766
Baylor  139 .5913415 .694
Texas A&M  1310 .5653020 .600
Houston  1113 .4582717 .614
Texas Tech  915 .3751623 .410
Southern Methodist  716 .3042126 .447
Texas Christian  717 .2922124 .467
Rice  519 .2082029 .408
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1979 [8]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1979 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Mercer  00 3816 .704
Oklahoma City  00 3123 .574
Centenary  00 2819 .596
Northeast Louisiana  00 2226 .458
Hardin–Simmons  00 1425 .359
Tournament champion
As of June 30, 1979 [9]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1979 season marked the thirty third 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 Cal State Fullerton claiming their first championship with a 2–1 win over Arkansas in the final. [1]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Arkansas 5
Pepperdine 4
Arkansas10
Arizona3
Arizona 5
Miami (FL) 1
Arkansas9
Texas4
Texas 11
Arkansas10
Connecticut 5
Texas8Cal State Fullerton13
Mississippi State2
Mississippi State 6
Cal State Fullerton 1Cal State Fullerton2
Cal State Fullerton8Arkansas1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Pepperdine5
Mississippi State4
Pepperdine9Pepperdine510
Texas4
Miami (FL)3
Pepperdine6
Arizona3
Connecticut3Cal State Fullerton16
Cal State Fullerton8

Award winners

All-America team

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