1970 NCAA University Division baseball season
| Number of teams | 207 |
| NCAA Tournament | |
| College World Series | |
| Champions | Southern California |
| Runners-up | Florida State |
| MOP | Gene Ammann (Florida State) |
| Seasons | |
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← 1969 |
1971 → |
The 1970 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1970. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1970 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty fourth time in 1970, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Southern California claimed the championship.[1]
Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1970 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 11 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 15 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]
| Conference | Regular Season Winner |
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| Atlantic Coast Conference | Maryland |
| Big Eight Conference | Iowa State |
| Big Ten Conference | Minnesota |
| EIBL | Dartmouth |
| Mid-American Conference | Ohio |
| Pacific-8 Conference | North - Washington State South - Southern California |
| Southeastern Conference | Mississippi State |
| Southern Conference | North - William & Mary South - East Carolina |
| Southwest Conference | Texas |
Conference standings
The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:
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College World Series
The 1970 season marked the twenty fourth 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 Southern California claiming their sixth championship with an 2–1, fifteen inning win over Florida State in the final.[1]
| First Round | Second Round | Third Round | |||||||||||
| Winner's Bracket | |||||||||||||
| Texas | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Delaware | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Texas | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Ohio | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Ohio | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Texas | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Florida State | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Florida State | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Arizona | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Florida State | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Loser's Bracket | |||||||||||||
| Delaware | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 7 | Dartmouth | 1 | ||||||||||
| Southern California | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Arizona | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 7 | Ohio | 9 | ||||||||||
| Iowa State | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Semifinals | Finals | if needed | |||||||||||
| Re-ordered Semi-finals | |||||||||||||
| Texas | 7 | Southern California | 215 | ||||||||||
| Southern California | 814 | Florida State | 1 | ||||||||||
| Texas | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Florida State | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Florida State | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Ohio | 0 | ||||||||||||
Award winners
All-America team
References
- 1 2 3 W.C. Madden and Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 41–43. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
- ↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
- ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1970". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
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