List of Big West Conference baseball champions

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This is a list of Big West Conference champions in college baseball. The Big West Conference is composed of nine schools which participate in baseball, with each school playing all of the others in three game series. The team with the best record is named champion, and wins the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

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The conference began sponsoring baseball under the name Pacific Coast Athletic Association in 1970 and crowned a champion each year through 1976. Beginning in 1977, the league joined with the West Coast Conference for baseball, with competition in two separate conferences - the Northern California Baseball Association and the Southern California Baseball Association. This arrangement lasted through the 1984 season, when the league once again began sponsoring baseball for its members. In 1988, the conference adopted the Big West name. In 1990, the league held a divisional playoff, and in 1997 and 1998, the league held a tournament to determine its champion. [1] in 2025, the league is bringing back a tournament to determine its champion.

Champions

Pacific Coast Athletic Association

YearRegular Season ChampionRecord
1970No. 23 Long Beach State 11–4
1971No. 21 San Jose State
Fresno State 		13–8
1972No. 17 UC Santa Barbara 14–4
1973 Cal State Los Angeles 13–5
1974No. 12 Cal State Los Angeles 18–5
1975No. 8 Cal State Fullerton 14–7
1976No. 26 Cal State Fullerton 17–4

Pacific Coast Athletic Association/Big West Conference

YearRegular Season ChampionRecordPostseason Champion
1985No. 12 Fresno State (North)
Cal State Fullerton (South)		23–7
21–9
Fresno State def. Cal State Fullerton (2–0)
1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Baseball Championship Series
1986No. 9 UC Santa Barbara 18–3
1987No. 7 Cal State Fullerton 18–3
1988No. 7 Fresno State 20–1
1989No. 8 Long Beach State
No. 12 Fresno State 		17–4
1990No. 28 Fresno State
No. 9 Cal State Fullerton 		13–5
1991No. 6 Fresno State
Cal State Fullerton 		15–6
1992No. 23 Long Beach State 18–5
1993No. 3 Long Beach State 17–4
1994No. 19 Nevada
No. 20 Long Beach State
No. 3 Cal State Fullerton 		16–5
16–5
15–5
1995No. 1 Cal State Fullerton 18–3
(1) Cal State Fullerton def.(2) Long Beach State 8–4
1995 Big West Conference baseball tournament
1996 Long Beach State 15–6
(2) UNLV def.(1) Long Beach State 11–2
1996 Big West Conference baseball tournament
1997 Nevada (North)
No. 24 Long Beach State/No. 21 Cal State Fullerton (South)		20–10
22–8
(3) Cal State Fullerton def.(1) Long Beach State 7–2, 15–6
1997 Big West Conference baseball tournament
1998 Nevada (North)
No. 11 Cal State Fullerton (South)		17–10
25–5
1999No. 6 Cal State Fullerton 25–5
2000 Nevada
No. 22 Cal State Fullerton 		21–9
2001No. 3 Cal State Fullerton 14–4
2002No. 28 Cal State Fullerton 19–5
2003No. 11 Long Beach State 16–5
2004No. 1 Cal State Fullerton 19–2
2005No. 9 Cal State Fullerton 16–5
2006No. 4 Cal State Fullerton 18–3
2007No. 7 UC Riverside 16–5
2008No. 11 Cal State Fullerton
No. 19 Long Beach State 		16–8
2009No. 9 UC Irvine 22–2
2010No. 12 Cal State Fullerton 21–3
2011No. 18 Cal State Fullerton 19–5
2012No. 19 Cal State Fullerton 17–7
2013No. 10 Cal State Fullerton 23–4
2014No. 19 Cal Poly 19–5
2015No. 6 Cal State Fullerton 19–5
2016No. 28 Cal State Fullerton 17–7
2017No. 9 Long Beach State 20–4
2018 Cal State Fullerton 18–6
2019 UC Santa Barbara 19–5
2020Season cancelled in March due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021No. 17 UC Irvine 32–8
2022No. 17 UC Santa Barbara 27–3
2023 UC San Diego 21–9
2024TBD

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References

  1. ↑ "Big West Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big West Conference. pp. 11–14. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 14, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
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