1994 NCAA Division I baseball season

1994 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	276
NCAA tournament
College World Series
Champions	Oklahoma (2nd title)
Runners-up	Georgia Tech (12th CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Larry Cochell (1st title)
MOP	Chip Glass (Oklahoma)
Seasons
←  1993 1995  →

The 1994 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 1994. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1994 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty eighth time in 1994, 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. Oklahoma claimed the championship for the second time. ^[1]

Realignment

• Florida Atlantic joined the Trans America Athletic Conference after reclassifying from NCAA Division II.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1994 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the eight regionals consisted of six teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. In order to provide all conference champions with an automatic bid, 12 conference champions participated in a play-in round. The six winners joined the other 18 conference champions with automatic bids, 24 teams earned at-large selections. ^{[1] [2]}

Conference	Regular season winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue • City	Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Clemson	1994 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament	Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC	Clemson
Big East Conference	Pittsburgh	1994 Big East Conference baseball tournament	Muzzy Field • Bristol, CT	Connecticut
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma State	1994 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament	All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference	Ohio State	1994 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament	C. O. Brown Stadium • Battle Creek, MI	Ohio State
Big West Conference	Cal State Fullerton/Long Beach State/Nevada	no tournament
Colonial Athletic Association	Old Dominion	1994 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament	Bud Metheny Baseball Complex • Norfolk, VA	Old Dominion
Ivy League	Gehrig - Penn Rolfe - Yale	1994 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series	Palmer Field • Middletown, CT	Yale
Metro Conference		1994 Metro Conference baseball tournament	Parkway Field • Louisville, KY	Virginia Tech
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Northern - Canisius Southern - Iona	1994 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament	Heritage Park • Colonie, NY	Saint Peter's
Mid-American Conference	Kent State	1994 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament	Gene Michael Field • Kent, OH	Central Michigan
Midwestern Collegiate Conference	Notre Dame	1994 Midwestern City Conference baseball tournament	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame
Mid-Continent Conference	Wright State	no tournament
North Atlantic Conference	Delaware	1994 North Atlantic Conference baseball tournament	Friedman Diamond • Brookline, MA	Northeastern
Northeast Conference	Fairleigh Dickinson/Rider	1994 Northeast Conference baseball tournament	Ewing Township, NJ	Rider
Pacific-10 Conference	North - Oregon State South - Stanford	no tournament
Patriot League	North - Army/Fordham South - Navy	1994 Patriot League baseball tournament	Max Bishop Stadium • Annapolis, MD	Navy
Southeastern Conference	Eastern - Tennessee	1994 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament [lower-alpha 1]	Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY	Tennessee
	Western - LSU		Swayze Field • Oxford, MS	LSU
Southern Conference	Western Carolina	1994 Southern Conference baseball tournament	College Park • Charleston, SC	The Citadel
Southwest Conference	TCU	1994 Southwest Conference baseball tournament	Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	Texas
Trans America Athletic Conference	East - FIU West - Mercer	1994 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament	Claude Smith Field • Macon, GA	Southeastern Louisiana
West Coast Conference	Santa Clara	No tournament

1. The SEC held separate tournaments for its Eastern and Western Divisions in 1994. LSU was awarded the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1994 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 9 Clemson  ‍†‍‡‍y 20 – 4   .833 57 – 18   .760 No. 2 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍y 16 – 8   .667 50 – 17   .746 Duke  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8   .667 33 – 20   .623 No. 6 Florida State  ‍‍‍y 14 – 9   .609 53 – 22   .707 NC State  ‍‍‍y 13 – 11   .542 46 – 18   .719 North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13   .435 34 – 21   .618 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 37 – 20   .649 Maryland  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 24 – 30   .444 Virginia  ‍‍‍ 2 – 22   .083 20 – 34   .370 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1994 [3] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1994 Big East Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Pittsburgh  ‍†‍‍ 16 – 5 – 0   .762 31 – 16 – 1   .656 Providence  ‍‍‍ 13 – 8 – 0   .619 32 – 21 – 0   .604 Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 12 – 8 – 0   .600 32 – 21 – 1   .602 Connecticut  ‍‍‡‍y 12 – 9 – 0   .571 30 – 18 – 0   .625 St. John's  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8 – 0   .556 20 – 16 – 0   .556 Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12 – 1   .342 17 – 31 – 1   .357 Boston College  ‍‍‍ 5 – 14 – 0   .263 14 – 23 – 2   .385 Villanova  ‍‍‍ 4 – 14 – 0   .222 16 – 23 – 0   .410 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1994 [4] [5] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1994 Big Eight Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 12 Oklahoma State  ‍†‍‡‍y 21 – 6   .778 49 – 17   .742 No. 1 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍y 21 – 9   .700 50 – 17   .746 No. 25 Kansas  ‍‍‍y 17 – 9   .654 40 – 18   .690 Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 14   .517 30 – 28   .517 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16   .467 32 – 28   .533 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 9 – 19   .321 32 – 26   .552 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 27   .100 13 – 43   .232 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1994 [6] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1994 Big Ten Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 11 Ohio State  ‍†‍‡‍y 25 – 2   .926 49 – 9   .845 No. 28 Minnesota  ‍‍‍y 21 – 7   .750 42 – 21   .667 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 13 – 15   .464 29 – 29   .500 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 15   .464 26 – 29   .473 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 13 – 15   .464 22 – 32   .407 Penn State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15   .444 25 – 24   .510 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 12 – 16   .429 33 – 23   .589 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12 – 16   .429 26 – 26   .500 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 10 – 18   .357 34 – 22   .607 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 8 – 20   .286 16 – 39   .291 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1994 [7] [8] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1994 Big West Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 20 Long Beach State  ‍†‍‍y 16 – 5   .762 41 – 19   .683 No. 19 Nevada  ‍†‍‍y 16 – 5   .762 41 – 15   .732 No. 3 Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍y 15 – 5   .750 47 – 16   .746 San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12   .429 29 – 26   .527 Pacific  ‍‍‍ 8 – 12   .400 36 – 18   .667 UNLV  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13   .381 27 – 28   .491 UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 7 – 14   .333 21 – 33   .389 New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 17   .190 21 – 31   .404 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1994 [9] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1994 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 30 Old Dominion  ‍†‍‡‍y 14 – 4 – 0   .778 40 – 14 – 0   .741 James Madison  ‍‍‍ 11 – 7 – 0   .611 40 – 19 – 1   .675 Richmond  ‍‍‍ 11 – 7 – 0   .611 36 – 19 – 0   .655 UNC Wilmington  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8 – 0   .556 30 – 28 – 0   .517 East Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9 – 0   .471 36 – 18 – 0   .667 William & Mary  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11 – 0   .389 24 – 23 – 1   .510 George Mason  ‍‍‍ 1 – 16 – 0   .059 18 – 32 – 1   .363 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1994 [10] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1994 Ivy League baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Lou Gehrig Penn  x‍‍‍ 14 – 6 – 0   .700 25 – 12 – 1   .671 Columbia  ‍‍‍ 12 – 8 – 0   .600 18 – 24 – 0   .429 Princeton  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10 – 0   .500 21 – 19 – 0   .525 Cornell  ‍‍‍ 7 – 13 – 0   .350 12 – 25 – 0   .324 Red Rolfe Yale  x‍‍‡‍y 14 – 6 – 0   .700 24 – 19 – 0   .558 Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 9 – 11 – 0   .450 16 – 21 – 0   .432 Harvard  ‍‍‍ 7 – 13 – 0   .350 13 – 22 – 1   .375 Brown  ‍‍‍ 7 – 13 – 0   .350 10 – 28 – 0   .263 x – Division champion ‡ – Championship Series champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1994 [11] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1994 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Northern Canisius  x‍‍‍ 17 – 1   .944 28 – 14   .667 Le Moyne  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500 18 – 15   .545 Siena  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 15 – 22   .405 Niagara  ‍‍‍ 2 – 16   .111 9 – 29   .237 Southern Iona  x‍‍‍ 13 – 5   .722 21 – 22   .488 Saint Peter's  ‍‍‡‍ 11 – 7   .611 18 – 22   .450 Fairfield  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 15 – 22   .405 Manhattan  ‍‍‍ 2 – 16   .111 2 – 31   .061 x – Division champion As of June 30, 1994 [12] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1994 Mid-American Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 29 Kent State  ‍†‍‍y 18 – 7   .720 33 – 17   .660 Ohio  ‍‍‍ 18 – 10   .643 34 – 19   .642 Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 16 – 10   .615 29 – 18   .617 Central Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 12   .600 38 – 21   .644 Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12   .600 30 – 23   .566 Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 29 – 27   .518 Toledo  ‍‍‍ 12 – 16   .429 23 – 31   .426 Akron  ‍‍‍ 10 – 16   .385 29 – 25   .537 Miami  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21   .300 18 – 36   .333 Ball State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 22   .154 17 – 32   .347 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1994 [13] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1994 Northeast Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍†‍‍ 15 – 6 – 0   .714 26 – 16 – 0   .619 Rider  ‍†‍‡‍y 15 – 6 – 0   .714 33 – 18 – 2   .642 Long Island  ‍‍‍ 14 – 7 – 0   .667 25 – 19 – 0   .568 Wagner  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10 – 0   .524 19 – 22 – 0   .463 St. Francis  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11 – 0   .476 17 – 21 – 0   .447 Monmouth  ‍‍‍ 7 – 13 – 0   .350 13 – 23 – 0   .361 Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 6 – 15 – 0   .286 11 – 27 – 0   .289 Marist  ‍‍‍ 5 – 15 – 0   .250 10 – 29 – 0   .256 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1994 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Northern Oregon State  x‍‍‍ 22 – 8   .733 35 – 19   .648 No. 16 Washington  ‍‍‍y 20 – 10   .667 46 – 18   .719 Portland State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16   .467 30 – 24   .556 Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 29 – 23   .558 Washington State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19   .367 35 – 26   .574 Portland  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20   .333 22 – 33   .400 Southern No. 13 Stanford  x‍‍‍y 21 – 9   .700 36 – 24   .600 No. 4 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 20 – 10   .667 45 – 18   .714 No. 14 Southern California  ‍‍‍y 19 – 11   .633 41 – 20   .672 California  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 25 – 35   .417 UCLA  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19   .367 22 – 36   .379 Arizona  ‍‍‍ 7 – 23   .233 15 – 40   .273 x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1994 [14] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1994 Patriot League baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT North Army  x‍‍‍ 17 – 3 – 0   .850 25 – 17 – 0   .595 Fordham  x‍‍‍ 17 – 3 – 0   .850 28 – 19 – 0   .596 Holy Cross  ‍‍‍ 11 – 9 – 0   .550 14 – 18 – 0   .438 Colgate  ‍‍‍ 1 – 17 – 0   .056 1 – 28 – 0   .034 South Navy  x‍‍‡‍ 11 – 9 – 0   .550 24 – 18 – 1   .570 Lafayette  ‍‍‍ 8 – 12 – 0   .400 11 – 25 – 0   .306 Lehigh  ‍‍‍ 8 – 12 – 0   .400 11 – 17 – 0   .393 Bucknell  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13 – 0   .278 10 – 25 – 0   .286 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1994 [15] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1994 Southeastern Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Eastern No. 10 Tennessee  x‍†‍‡‍y 24 – 5   .828 52 – 14   .788 No. 21 Florida  ‍‍‍y 16 – 9   .640 40 – 23   .635 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 11 – 14   .440 32 – 25   .561 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 11 – 15   .423 35 – 23   .603 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20   .333 28 – 30   .483 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 9 – 19   .321 22 – 35   .386 Western No. 7 LSU  x‍‍‡‍y 21 – 6   .778 46 – 20   .697 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 36 – 23   .610 No. 8 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 16 – 13   .552 44 – 21   .677 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 13 – 13   .500 30 – 27   .526 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 12 – 14   .462 30 – 26   .536 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 4 – 22   .154 21 – 35   .375 x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1994 [16] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1994 Southern Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Western Carolina  ‍†‍‍y 19 – 4   .826 45 – 18   .714 Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍ 15 – 7   .682 31 – 25   .554 Marshall  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9   .571 23 – 20   .535 East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 11   .522 19 – 21   .475 The Citadel  ‍‍‡‍y 11 – 13   .458 32 – 34   .485 Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13   .435 22 – 26   .458 VMI  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13   .435 21 – 29   .420 Davidson  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 20 – 31   .392 Furman  ‍‍‍ 4 – 19   .174 9 – 35   .205 † – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1994 [17] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1994 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT East FIU  x‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667 38 – 21   .644 Stetson  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500 37 – 21   .638 UCF  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 29 – 26   .527 College of Charleston  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 27 – 21   .563 Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 31 – 23   .574 West Mercer  x‍†‍‍ 15 – 9   .625 32 – 21   .604 Southeastern Louisiana  x‍†‍‡‍y 15 – 9   .625 34 – 30   .531 Samford  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 19 – 33   .365 Centenary  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 23 – 28   .451 Georgia State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 12 – 42   .222 x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1994 [18] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1994 College World Series

The 1994 season marked the forty 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 Oklahoma claiming their second championship with a 13–5 win over Georgia Tech in the final. ^[1]

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	2	Georgia Tech	2
	7	Cal State Fullerton	0
						2	Georgia Tech	12
						6	Florida State	4
	6	Florida State	6
	3	LSU	3
											2	Georgia Tech	3	—
											7	Cal State Fullerton	2	—
	7	Cal State Fullerton	20
	3	LSU	6
						7	Cal State Fullerton	10
						6	Florida State	3
																	2	Georgia Tech	5
																	4	Oklahoma	13
	8	Arizona State	4
	1	Miami (FL)	0
						8	Arizona State	3
						4	Oklahoma	4
	4	Oklahoma	5
	5	Auburn	4
											4	Oklahoma	6	—
											8	Arizona State	1	—
	1	Miami (FL)	7
	5	Auburn	5
						1	Miami (FL)	5
						8	Arizona State	9

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1994 College Baseball All-America Team

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