2015 NCAA Division I baseball season

2015 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	301
Preseason No. 1	Vanderbilt (Unanimous)
Defending Champions	Vanderbilt
Tournament
Duration	May 29–June 24, 2015
Most conference bids	ACC and SEC (7)
College World Series
Champions	Virginia (1st title)
Runners-up	Vanderbilt (3rd CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Brian O'Connor (1st title)
MOP	Josh Sborz (Virginia)
Seasons
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The 2015 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 in February 2015. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2015 College World Series. The College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska, at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, ended on June 24, 2015, with the final game of the best-of-three championship series between Vanderbilt and Virginia, won by Virginia.

Realignment

Further information: 2010–13 NCAA conference realignment

There were many significant conference changes that took effect prior to the season.

• Maryland left the ACC for the Big Ten.
• Louisville and Rutgers left The American, joining the ACC and Big Ten respectively.
• A third team from The American, Temple, dropped baseball.
• East Carolina and Tulane left Conference USA for The American.
• Western Kentucky left the Sun Belt for Conference USA.
• Appalachian State, Davidson, Georgia Southern, and Elon all left the Southern Conference (SoCon). Appalachian State and Georgia Southern joined the Sun Belt, Davidson the Atlantic 10, and Elon the CAA.
• East Tennessee State and Mercer left the Atlantic Sun for the SoCon. ETSU returned to the SoCon after a nine-year absence.
• VMI left the Big South and returned to the SoCon after an 11-year absence.
• Oral Roberts returned to The Summit League after two seasons in the Southland.

In addition, the 2015 season was the last for Northern Kentucky in the Atlantic Sun and for NJIT as an independent. In July 2015, Northern Kentucky joined the Horizon League, and the Atlantic Sun replaced the Norse with NJIT. It was also the last for Texas–Pan American (UTPA) as an institution. UTPA merged with the University of Texas at Brownsville in July 2015 to form the new University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). The UTPA athletic program was inherited by UTRGV, with the nickname of Vaqueros, and UTRGV maintains UTPA's membership in the Western Athletic Conference.

Format changes

• The Big South Conference dropped its divisional format.

New stadiums

• West Virginia opened the new Monongalia County Ballpark, with a fixed capacity of 2,500 plus extra hillside seating. The venue replaced Hawley Field, which closed for conference games after the 2012 season because it did not meet standards of the Big 12 Conference, which WVU joined in 2012. The Mountaineers played their 2013 and 2014 home conference games at several venues around the state, while Hawley Field remained in use for non-conference games. Once the college baseball season is over, the ballpark will be used by the West Virginia Black Bears, a Class A Short Season affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Season outlook

For the full rankings, see 2015 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Collegiate Baseball News [1] Ranking Team 1 Vanderbilt 2 TCU 3 Virginia 4 LSU 5 Oklahoma State 6 Florida 7 Texas 8 Houston 9 Texas Tech 10 UCLA 11 Florida State 12 Louisville 13 Cal Poly 14 Miami (FL) 15 Oregon 16 UC Santa Barbara 17 Cal State Fullerton 18 Stanford 19 Arizona State 20 Mississippi State 21 South Carolina 22 Rice 23 Liberty 24 North Carolina 25 College of Charleston

Perfect Game USA [2] Ranking Team 1 Vanderbilt 2 Virginia 3 TCU 4 Florida 5 UCLA 6 Texas 7 LSU 8 Houston 9 Louisville 10 Miami (FL) 11 Florida State 12 Texas Tech 13 Oklahoma State 14 South Carolina 15 Oregon 16 Arkansas 17 North Carolina 18 UC Santa Barbara 19 Cal State Fullerton 20 Arizona State 21 Rice 22 Stanford 23 Mississippi State 24 Kennesaw State 25 Texas A&M

Baseball America [3] Ranking Team 1 Vanderbilt 2 LSU 3 Houston 4 Virginia 5 Texas Tech 6 Florida 7 TCU 8 Oklahoma State 9 Miami (FL) 10 Texas 11 UCLA 12 Louisville 13 South Carolina 14 Mississippi State 15 Rice 16 Maryland 17 North Carolina 18 Arizona State 19 Kennesaw State 20 Oregon 21 Florida State 22 UCF 23 Cal State Fullerton 24 Clemson 25 Liberty

Coaches [4] Ranking Team 1 Vanderbilt 2 Virginia 3 TCU 4 LSU 5 Florida 6 Texas 7 Louisville 8 Oklahoma State 9 UCLA 10 South Carolina 11 Houston 12 Florida State 13 Texas Tech 14 Miami (FL) 15 North Carolina 16 Oregon 17 Rice 18 Ole Miss 19 Cal State Fullerton 20 Maryland 21 Arizona State 22 Stanford 23 Texas A&M 24 Cal Poly 25 Mississippi State

NCBWA [5] Ranking Team 1 Vanderbilt 2 Virginia 3 TCU 4 LSU 5 Florida 6 Texas 7 Houston 8 Oklahoma State 9 UCLA 10 Louisville 11 South Carolina 12 Texas Tech 13 Miami (FL) 14 North Carolina 15 Rice 16 Florida State 17 Oregon 18 Cal State Fullerton 19 Ole Miss 20 Maryland 21 Arizona State 22 Mississippi State 23 Cal Poly 24 Stanford 25 Texas A&M

Conference standings

2015 America East Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Stony Brook †‡y ‍‍‍ 18 – 4 – 1   .804 35 – 16 – 1   .683 UMBC  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10 – 0   .583 34 – 20 – 0   .630 Maine  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10 – 0   .500 24 – 28 – 0   .462 UMass Lowell * ‍‍‍ 10 – 10 – 0   .500 17 – 26 – 0   .395 Hartford  ‍‍‍ 10 – 12 – 0   .455 23 – 31 – 0   .426 Albany  ‍‍‍ 7 – 13 – 0   .350 14 – 28 – 0   .333 Binghamton  ‍‍‍ 6 – 16 – 1   .283 17 – 24 – 2   .419 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Ineligible for league and NCAA tournaments due to transition from Division II As of June 30, 2015 [6] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2015 American Athletic Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Houston  ‍†‍‍y 16 – 8 – 0   .667 43 – 20 – 0   .683 East Carolina‡y ‍‍‍ 15 – 9 – 0   .625 40 – 22 – 0   .645 Tulane  ‍‍‍y 13 – 11 – 0   .542 35 – 25 – 0   .583 South Florida y ‍‍‍ 13 – 11 – 0   .542 34 – 26 – 1   .566 Memphis  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12 – 0   .500 37 – 21 – 0   .638 Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458 35 – 25 – 0   .583 UCF  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14 – 0   .417 31 – 27 – 0   .534 Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18 – 0   .250 15 – 41 – 0   .268 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2015 [7] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2015 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Saint Louis  ‍†‍‍ 16 – 8 – 0   .667 35 – 21 – 0   .625 Richmond  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9 – 0   .625 28 – 25 – 0   .528 Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9 – 0   .625 26 – 25 – 1   .510 No. 15 VCU  ‍‍‡‍y 14 – 10 – 0   .583 40 – 25 – 0   .615 Davidson  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10 – 0   .583 28 – 22 – 0   .560 George Washington  ‍‍‍ 13 – 10 – 0   .565 32 – 22 – 0   .593 Fordham  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11 – 0   .542 22 – 32 – 0   .407 La Salle  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12 – 0   .500 24 – 27 – 1   .471 George Mason  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12 – 0   .500 23 – 27 – 1   .461 UMass  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12 – 0   .500 16 – 27 – 0   .372 Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12 – 0   .478 21 – 28 – 0   .429 Dayton  ‍‍‍ 5 – 19 – 0   .208 16 – 38 – 0   .296 St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍ 3 – 21 – 0   .125 16 – 28 – 2   .370 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2015 [8] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2015 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Atlantic No. 10 Louisville  x‍‍‍y 25 – 5   .833 47 – 18   .723 No. 26 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 17 – 13   .567 37 – 23   .617 No. 12 Florida State  ‍‍‡‍y 17 – 13   .567 44 – 21   .677 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 16 – 13   .552 32 – 29   .525 NC State  ‍‍‍y 15 – 14   .517 36 – 23   .610 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 27 – 26   .509 Boston College  ‍‍‍ 10 – 19   .345 27 – 27   .500 Coastal No. 6 Miami (FL)  x‍‍‍y 22 – 8   .733 50 – 16   .758 No. 1 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 15 – 15   .500 44 – 24   .647 North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13 – 16   .448 34 – 24   .586 Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 13 – 16   .448 27 – 27   .500 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 32 – 23   .582 Duke  ‍‍‍ 10 – 19   .345 31 – 22   .585 Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21   .300 20 – 32   .385 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2015 [9] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2015 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT North Florida  ‍†‍‍ 16 – 5 – 0   .762 45 – 16 – 0   .738 Lipscomb  ‍‍‡‍y 13 – 8 – 0   .619 39 – 20 – 0   .661 Stetson  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9 – 0   .571 29 – 30 – 0   .492 Jacksonville  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9 – 0   .571 26 – 30 – 0   .464 Florida Gulf Coast  ‍‍‍ 11 – 9 – 0   .550 30 – 26 – 1   .535 Kennesaw State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10 – 0   .500 28 – 28 – 0   .500 Northern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 5 – 16 – 0   .238 17 – 34 – 0   .333 USC Upstate  ‍‍‍ 4 – 17 – 0   .190 15 – 38 – 0   .283 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2015 [10] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2015 Big 12 Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 4 TCU  ‍†‍‍y 18 – 5   .783 51 – 15   .773 No. 19 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y 14 – 8   .636 38 – 20   .655 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 34 – 27   .557 Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 31 – 24   .564 Texas  ‍‍‡‍y 11 – 13   .458 30 – 27   .526 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 27 – 30   .474 West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 9 – 13   .409 27 – 27   .500 Baylor  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 23 – 32   .418 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 8 – 15   .348 23 – 32   .418 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [11]
2015 Big East Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 30 St. John's  ‍‍‍ 14 – 3   .824 28 – 24   .538 Creighton  ‍‍‍ 13 – 4   .765 27 – 14   .659 Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500 21 – 20   .512 Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 22 – 22   .500 Butler  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 18 – 27   .400 Villanova  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 19 – 24   .442 Xavier  ‍‍‍ 3 – 15   .167 13 – 33   .283 ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 4, 2015 [12] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2015 Big South Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Radford  ‍‍‍ 20 – 4   .833 39 – 14   .736 Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍ 17 – 7   .708 35 – 18   .660 Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8   .667 38 – 17   .691 Liberty  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8   .667 33 – 21   .611 High Point  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 27 – 24   .529 Campbell  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 31 – 23   .574 Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 23 – 28   .451 Longwood  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 21 – 32   .396 Gardner–Webb  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 22 – 31   .415 Presbyterian  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 27 – 28   .491 UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 5 – 19   .208 21 – 34   .382 ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 17, 2015 [13] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2015 Big Ten Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 9 Illinois  ‍†‍‍y 21 – 1 – 0   .955 50 – 10 – 1   .828 No. 20 Iowa  ‍‍‍y 19 – 5 – 0   .792 41 – 18 – 0   .695 No. 14 Maryland  ‍‍‍y 14 – 10 – 0   .583 42 – 24 – 0   .636 Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y 14 – 10 – 0   .583 39 – 25 – 0   .609 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10 – 0   .583 34 – 23 – 0   .596 Indiana  ‍‍‍y 12 – 10 – 0   .545 35 – 24 – 0   .593 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11 – 0   .542 35 – 21 – 0   .625 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 9 – 14 – 0   .391 34 – 23 – 0   .596 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15 – 0   .375 21 – 30 – 0   .412 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16 – 0   .333 18 – 36 – 0   .333 Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17 – 0   .292 19 – 35 – 1   .355 Penn State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 16 – 0   .273 18 – 30 – 0   .375 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 6 – 17 – 0   .261 20 – 34 – 0   .370 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 8, 2015 [14] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2015 Big West Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT #6 Cal State Fullerton †y ‍‍‍ 19 – 5 – 0   .792 39 – 25 – 0   .609 #25 UC Santa Barbara y ‍‍‍ 16 – 8 – 0   .667 40 – 17 – 1   .698 UC Irvine  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9 – 0   .625 33 – 23 – 0   .589 Cal Poly  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10 – 0   .583 27 – 27 – 0   .500 Hawaii  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12 – 0   .500 21 – 32 – 0   .396 Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458 28 – 26 – 0   .519 UC Davis  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15 – 0   .375 30 – 26 – 1   .535 Cal State Northridge  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16 – 0   .333 33 – 24 – 0   .579 UC Riverside  ‍‍‍ 4 – 20 – 0   .167 15 – 40 – 0   .273 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 8, 2015 [15] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2015 Conference USA baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 20 Rice  ‍†‍‍y 22 – 8 – 0   .733 35 – 18 – 0   .660 #24 Florida Atlantic y ‍‍‍ 19 – 10 – 0   .655 38 – 15 – 0   .717 Southern Miss  ‍‍‍ 19 – 10 – 0   .655 35 – 16 – 1   .683 Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 19 – 11 – 0   .633 30 – 25 – 0   .545 UTSA  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13 – 0   .567 32 – 23 – 0   .582 UAB  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15 – 0   .500 30 – 24 – 0   .556 Old Dominion  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17 – 0   .433 27 – 27 – 0   .500 FIU  ‍‍‡‍y 13 – 17 – 0   .433 25 – 29 – 0   .463 Marshall  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400 20 – 32 – 0   .385 Charlotte  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19 – 0   .367 19 – 29 – 0   .396 WKU  ‍‍‍ 10 – 19 – 0   .345 24 – 28 – 0   .462 Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍ 8 – 21 – 0   .276 25 – 27 – 0   .481 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 5, 2015 [16] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2015 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 13 Missouri State  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 3   .857 41 – 10   .804 No. 21 Dallas Baptist  ‍‍‍y 15 – 6   .714 41 – 11   .788 Bradley  ‍‍‍y 10 – 11   .476 32 – 18   .640 Wichita State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11   .476 24 – 31   .436 Illinois State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12   .429 27 – 25   .519 Evansville  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13   .381 29 – 22   .569 Indiana State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13   .381 27 – 24   .529 Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6 – 15   .286 11 – 44   .200 ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 16, 2015 [17] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2015 Mountain West Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 29 Nevada  ‍‍‍ 21 – 6   .778 38 – 12   .760 San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 17 – 10   .630 32 – 18   .640 New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 24 – 23   .511 Fresno State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 24 – 25   .490 Air Force  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 21 – 24   .467 UNLV  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 22 – 25   .468 San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 19   .208 12 – 37   .245 ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 6, 2015 [18] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2015 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT NJIT  ‍‍‍   –     – 20 – 19   .513 NYIT  ‍‍‍   –     – 14 – 26   .350 As of May 5, 2015 [19] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2015 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 2 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y 22 – 8 – 0   .733 42 – 14 – 0   .750 No. 12 Oregon State  ‍‍‍y 19 – 10 – 1   .650 38 – 16 – 1   .700 No. 16 California  ‍‍‍y 18 – 12 – 0   .600 34 – 19 – 0   .642 No. 17 USC  ‍‍‍y 18 – 12 – 0   .600 37 – 19 – 0   .661 No. 18 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 18 – 12 – 0   .600 34 – 21 – 0   .618 Oregon  ‍‍‍y 16 – 14 – 0   .533 37 – 23 – 0   .617 Washington  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 29 – 25 – 0   .537 Arizona  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400 31 – 24 – 0   .564 Washington State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19 – 0   .367 29 – 27 – 0   .518 Stanford  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21 – 0   .300 24 – 32 – 0   .429 Utah  ‍‍‍ 7 – 22 – 1   .250 16 – 36 – 1   .311 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 25, 2015 [20] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2015 Southeastern Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Eastern No. 2 Vanderbilt  x‍‍‍y 20 – 10   .667 51 – 21   .708 No. 3 Florida  ‍‍‡‍y 19 – 11   .633 52 – 18   .743 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 30 – 28   .517 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 14 – 15   .483 30 – 25   .545 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 32 – 25   .561 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 11 – 18   .379 24 – 26   .480 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 10 – 19   .345 26 – 28   .481 Western No. 5 LSU  x‍†‍‍y 21 – 8   .724 54 – 12   .818 No. 11 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 18 – 10   .643 50 – 14   .781 No. 7 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 17 – 12   .586 40 – 25   .615 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 15 – 14   .517 30 – 28   .517 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 13 – 17   .433 36 – 26   .581 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 32 – 28   .533 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 22   .267 24 – 30   .444 x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2015 Southland Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Southeastern Louisiana  ‍†‍‍ 25 – 5 – 0   .833 42 – 17 – 0   .712 Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 20 – 8 – 0   .714 31 – 23 – 0   .574 Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 11 – 0   .621 34 – 19 – 1   .639 McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12 – 0   .600 32 – 25 – 0   .561 Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍ 17 – 12 – 0   .586 31 – 28 – 0   .525 Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14 – 0   .533 29 – 24 – 0   .547 Houston Baptist  ‍‍‡‍y 14 – 13 – 0   .519 28 – 27 – 0   .509 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 13 – 14 – 0   .481 26 – 27 – 0   .491 Abilene Christian *  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17 – 0   .433 17 – 38 – 0   .309 Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 11 – 18 – 0   .379 17 – 34 – 0   .333 Incarnate Word *  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19 – 0   .367 21 – 33 – 0   .389 Lamar  ‍‍‍ 10 – 19 – 0   .345 21 – 31 – 0   .404 New Orleans  ‍‍‍ 3 – 27 – 0   .100 14 – 40 – 0   .259 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 31, 2015 [21] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball *Ineligible for postseason play due to Division I transition	2015 Summit League baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Oral Roberts  ‍‍‍ 22 – 5   .815 35 – 14   .714 South Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 17 – 10   .630 31 – 20   .608 IPFW  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15   .444 25 – 23   .521 Omaha †  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16   .407 18 – 28   .391 Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 10 – 17   .370 17 – 30   .362 North Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 18   .333 18 – 28   .391 ‡ – Tournament champion † Ineligible for league and NCAA tournaments due to transition from Division II As of May 12, 2015 [22] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2015 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT South Alabama  ‍†‍‍ 19 – 9 – 0   .679 37 – 20 – 0   .649 Troy  ‍‍‍ 18 – 10 – 0   .643 30 – 25 – 0   .545 No. 16 Louisiana–Lafayette  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 11 – 0   .621 42 – 23 – 0   .646 Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12 – 0   .600 30 – 27 – 0   .526 Georgia State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 13 – 0   .536 30 – 27 – 0   .526 Texas State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 24 – 30 – 1   .445 UT Arlington  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 24 – 32 – 0   .429 Arkansas State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 17 – 0   .414 27 – 30 – 0   .474 Arkansas–Little Rock  ‍‍‍ 12 – 17 – 0   .414 16 – 33 – 0   .327 Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400 25 – 29 – 0   .463 Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 21 – 0   .276 17 – 36 – 0   .321 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 11, 2015 [23] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Conference winners and tournaments

Twenty-nine athletic conferences each end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament or a double-elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Conference	Regular season winner	Conference player of the year	Conference coach of the year	Conference tournament	Tournament venue (city)	Tournament winner
America East Conference	Stony Brook			2015 America East Conference baseball tournament	Edward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MA	Stony Brook
American Athletic Conference	Houston		Cliff Godwin, East Carolina	2015 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament	Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL	East Carolina
Atlantic 10 Conference	Saint Louis			2015 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament	Barcroft Park • Arlington, VA	VCU
Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic - Louisville Coastal - Miami (FL)			2015 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament	Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC	Florida State
Atlantic Sun Conference	North Florida			2015 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball tournament	Swanson Stadium • Fort Myers, FL	Lipscomb
Big 12 Conference	TCU			2015 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament	ONEOK Field • Tulsa, OK	Texas
Big East Conference	St. John's			2015 Big East Conference baseball tournament	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE	St. John's
Big South Conference	Radford			2015 Big South Conference baseball tournament	John Henry Moss Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC	Radford
Big Ten Conference	Illinois	David Kerian, Illinois	Dan Hartleb, Illinois	2015 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament	Target Field • Minneapolis, MN	Michigan
Big West Conference	Cal State Fullerton			No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Colonial Athletic Association	College of Charleston			2015 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament	CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriot's Point • Mount Pleasant, SC	UNC Wilmington
Conference USA	Rice			2015 Conference USA baseball tournament	Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS	FIU
Horizon League	UIC			2015 Horizon League baseball tournament	Oil City Stadium • Whiting, IN	Wright State
Ivy League	Gehrig - Columbia/Penn Rolfe - Dartmouth		—	2015 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series	Campus sites	Columbia
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Rider			2015 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament	Dutchess Stadium • Wappingers Falls, NY	Canisius
Mid-American Conference	East - Kent State West - Central Michigan			2015 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament	All Pro Freight Stadium • Avon, OH	Ohio
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	Northern - Norfolk State Southern - Florida A&M			2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament	Arthur W. Perdue Stadium • Salisbury, MD	Florida A&M
Missouri Valley Conference	Missouri State			2015 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament	Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS	Missouri State
Mountain West Conference	Nevada			2015 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament	William Peccole Park • Reno, NV	San Diego State
Northeast Conference	Bryant			2015 Northeast Conference baseball tournament	Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium • Norwich, CT	Sacred Heart
Ohio Valley Conference	Southeast Missouri State			2015 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament	The Ballpark at Jackson • Jackson, TN	Morehead State
Pac-12 Conference	UCLA	Scott Kingery, Arizona	John Savage, UCLA	No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Patriot League	Navy			2015 Patriot League baseball tournament	Campus sites	Lehigh
Southeastern Conference	East - Vanderbilt West - LSU	Andrew Benintendi, Arkansas	Paul Mainieri, LSU	2015 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL	Florida
Southern Conference	Mercer			2015 Southern Conference baseball tournament	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Mercer
Southland Conference	Southeastern Louisiana			2015 Southland Conference baseball tournament	Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX	Houston Baptist
Southwestern Athletic Conference	East- Alabama State West - Arkansas–Pine Bluff			2015 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament	Wesley Barrow Stadium • New Orleans, LA	Texas Southern
The Summit League	Oral Roberts			2015 The Summit League baseball tournament	Sioux Falls Stadium • Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Oral Roberts
Sun Belt Conference	South Alabama			2015 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament	Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL	Louisiana–Lafayette
West Coast Conference	San Diego			2015 West Coast Conference baseball tournament	Banner Island Ballpark • Stockton, CA	Pepperdine
Western Athletic Conference	Grand Canyon			2015 Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament	Sloan Park • Mesa, AZ	Cal State Bakersfield

College World Series

Main article: 2015 College World Series

The 2015 College World Series will begin on June 13 in Omaha, Nebraska.

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Championship series
		Virginia	5
		Arkansas	3
							Virginia	1
						4	Florida	0
	5	Miami (FL)	3
	4	Florida	15
												Virginia	5	5
											4	Florida	10	4
		Arkansas	3
	5	Miami (FL)	4
						5	Miami (FL)	2
						4	Florida	10
																		Virginia	1	3	4
																		Vanderbilt	5	0	2
	2	LSU	3
	7	TCU	10
						7	TCU	0
							Vanderbilt	1
		Cal State Fullerton	3
		Vanderbilt	4
												Vanderbilt	7	–
											7	TCU	1	–
	2	LSU	5
		Cal State Fullerton	3
						2	LSU	4
						7	TCU	8

Coaching changes

This table lists programs that changed head coaches at any point from the first day of the 2015 season until the day before the first day of the 2016 season.

Team	Former coach	Interim coach	New coach	Reason
Arizona	Andy Lopez		Jay Johnson	Retired [24]
Auburn	Sunny Golloway		Butch Thompson	Fired [25]
Baylor	Steve Smith		Steve Rodriguez	Fired [26]
Cal State Bakersfield	Bill Kernen		Bob Macaluso	Retired [27]
Clemson	Jack Leggett		Monte Lee [28]	Fired [29]
College of Charleston	Monte Lee		Matt Heath [30]	Resigned to accept coaching position at Clemson.
Eastern Illinois	Jim Schmitz		Jason Anderson	Fired
Eastern Kentucky	Jason Stein		Edwin Thompson	Fired
James Madison	Spanky McFarland		Marlin Ikenberry	Retired
Nevada	Jay Johnson		T. J. Bruce [31]	Resigned to accept coaching position at Arizona.
Northwestern	Paul Stevens		Spencer Allen [32]	Retired [33]
Pacific	Ed Sprague Jr.		Mike Neu	Fired
Pepperdine	Steve Rodriguez		Rick Hiretensteiner [34]	Resigned to accept coaching position at Baylor.
Portland	Chris Sperry		Geoff Loomis [35]	Fired [36]
Washington State	Donnie Marbut		Marty Lees [37]	Fired [38]
Western Kentucky	Matt Myers		John Pawlowski [39]	Fired [40]

See also

• Baseball portal

• 2015 College Baseball All-America Team
• 2015 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
• 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

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