1979 NCAA Division I baseball season

1979 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	246
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Cal State Fullerton
Runners-up	Arkansas
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]

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.

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue • City	Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Clemson	No Tournament
Big Eight Conference	East - Oklahoma West - Missouri	1979 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament	All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma
Big Ten Conference	Michigan State	No Tournament
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 Field • Starkville, 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 Field • Austin, TX	Texas
Trans America Athletic Conference	N/A	1979 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Centenary Park • Shreveport, LA	Mercer

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1979 Eastern College Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Metropolitan
Seton Hall ^y		–		–	32	–	11	.744
#28 St. John's ^y		–		–	26	–	11	.703
Fordham		–		–	18	–	13	.581
Canisius		–		–	8	–	20	.286
New England
Maine		–		–	23	–	9	.719
#8 Connecticut ‡^y		–		–	31	–	13	.705
Fairfield		–		–	21	–	12	.636
UMass		–		–	24	–	17	.585
Holy Cross		–		–	16	–	13	.552
Providence		–		–	14	–	13	.519
South
George Washington ^y		–		–	22	–	9	.710
James Madison		–		–	31	–	13	.705
Richmond		–		–	23	–	18	.561
Catholic University		–		–	16	–	15	.516
Old Dominion		–		–	16	–	30	.348
Georgetown		–		–	8	–	23	.258

x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1979^[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1979 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern Division
#19 Florida ^x^y	16	–	8	.667	40	–	20	.667
Kentucky	13	–	11	.542	29	–	18	.617
Georgia	11	–	11	.500	24	–	18	.571
Tennessee	10	–	14	.417	25	–	22	.532
Vanderbilt	8	–	14	.364	21	–	25	.457
Western Division
#6 Mississippi State ^x‡^y	17	–	2	.895	48	–	12	.800
LSU	13	–	7	.650	34	–	20	.630
Ole Miss	9	–	10	.474	24	–	13	.649
Auburn	7	–	14	.333	21	–	21	.500
Alabama	4	–	17	.190	18	–	27	.400

x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1979^[4]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1979 Southern California Baseball Association standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#1 Cal State Fullerton †^y	23	–	4	.852	60	–	14	.811
#3 Pepperdine ^y	19	–	9	.679	47	–	16	.746
Long Beach State	17	–	10	.630	40	–	22	.645
San Diego	14	–	12	.538	32	–	19	.627
Loyola Marymount	12	–	16	.429	29	–	34	.460
Cal State Los Angeles	9	–	19	.321	25	–	39	.391
UC Irvine	8	–	19	.296	22	–	37	.373
UC Santa Barbara	7	–	20	.259	17	–	31	.354

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1979^[5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1979 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Mercer ‡	0	–	0	–	38	–	16	.704
Oklahoma City	0	–	0	–	31	–	23	.574
Centenary	0	–	0	–	28	–	19	.596
Northeast Louisiana	0	–	0	–	22	–	26	.458
Hardin–Simmons	0	–	0	–	14	–	25	.359

‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1979^[6]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1979 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]

First Round			Second Round			Third Round

Winner's Bracket
	Arkansas	5
	Pepperdine	4
				Arkansas	10
				Arizona	3
	Arizona	5
	Miami (FL)	1
							Arkansas	9
							Texas	4
	Texas	11
	Connecticut	5
				Texas	8
				Mississippi State	2
	Mississippi State	6
	Cal State Fullerton	1
			Loser's Bracket
				Pepperdine	9
				Miami (FL)	3		Mississippi State	4
							Pepperdine	5¹⁰
				Connecticut	3
				Cal State Fullerton	8		Arizona	3
							Cal State Fullerton	16

Semifinals			Finals			if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals
	Arkansas	10					Cal State Fullerton	2
	Cal State Fullerton	13					Arkansas	1
				Cal State Fullerton	8
				Pepperdine	5
	Texas	4
	Pepperdine	6

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1979 College Baseball All-America Team

References

1 2 3 W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 41–43. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1979". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1979". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1979". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
↑ Altantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 2. Retrieved September 21, 2013.

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