1978 NCAA Division I baseball season

1978 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams 239
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions Southern California
Runners-up Arizona State
MOP Rod Boxberger (Southern California)
Seasons

← 1977

1979 →

The 1978 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 1978. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1978 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the thirty second time in 1978, 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. Southern California claimed the championship for the eleventh time.[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1978 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]

Conference Regular Season Winner Conference Tournament Tournament Venue • City Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Clemson 1978 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC Clemson
Big Eight Conference East - Oklahoma
West - Missouri 		1978 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference Michigan No Tournament
EIBL Harvard No Tournament
Mid-American Conference Eastern Michigan No Tournament
Pacific-8 Conference North - Washington State
South - Southern California 		No Tournament
Southeastern Conference East - Florida
West - Auburn 		1978 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament Perry Field • Gainesville, FL Auburn
Southern Conference Marshall No Tournament
Southwest Conference Texas A&M 1978 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX Baylor

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1978 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#25 Clemson †‡y 10 – 2   .833     39 – 14   .736
#3 North Carolina y 9 – 3   .750     38 – 17   .691
Wake Forest 7 – 5   .583     23 – 14   .622
Maryland 5 – 6   .455     14 – 14   .500
NC State 5 – 7   .417     23 – 16   .590
Virginia 4 – 8   .333     18 – 14   .563
Duke 1 – 10   .091     12 – 22   .353
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1978[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1978 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
Florida x 18 – 4   .818     34 – 15   .694
Georgia 11 – 12   .478     30 – 19   .612
Tennessee 11 – 12   .478     25 – 21   .543
Vanderbilt 10 – 13   .435     31 – 17   .646
Kentucky 6 – 15   .286     20 – 25   .444
Western Division
#22 Auburn x‡y 15 – 8   .652     33 – 21   .611
#14 Mississippi State y 13 – 8   .619     38 – 18   .679
Ole Miss 12 – 11   .522     27 – 21   .563
Alabama 10 – 11   .476     23 – 20   .535
LSU 6 – 18   .250     12 – 34   .261
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1978[4]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1978 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Northern Division
#16 Washington State xy 15 – 3   .833     41 – 17   .707
Oregon 7 – 9   .438     –   –
Oregon State 6 – 9   .400     22 – 22   .500
Washington 5 – 12   .294     29 – 16   .644
Southern Division
#1 Southern California xy 15 – 3   .833     54 – 9   .857
#15 UCLA 9 – 9   .500     39 – 20   .661
California 6 – 12   .333     35 – 27   .565
Stanford 6 – 12   .333     35 – 20   .636
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1978[5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1978 season marked the thirty second 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 eleventh championship with a 10–3 win over Arizona State in the final.[1]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
   Michigan 4  
   Baylor 0    
       Michigan 3  
       Southern California 11    
   Southern California 9          
   Miami (FL) 3        
       Southern California 5
       Arizona State 2
   Oral Roberts 11        
   North Carolina 0          
       Oral Roberts 6    
       Arizona State 7  
   Arizona State 13    
   St. John's 2  
  Loser's Bracket
   Baylor 1  
   Miami (FL) 12      Oral Roberts 3
     Miami (FL) 5
   North Carolina 9  
   St. John's 5      Michigan 6
     North Carolina 7
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
   Southern California 3        
   North Carolina 2            
       Southern California 10    
       Arizona State 3  
   Arizona State 11    
   Miami (FL) 3  

Award winners

All-America team

References

  1. 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 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  3. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1978". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  4. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1978". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  5. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1978". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
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