2016 NCAA Division I baseball season

2016 NCAA Division I baseball season
Duration	February 19, 2016–June 2016
Number of teams	301
Preseason #1	Florida (Unanimous)
Tournament
Duration	May–June, 2016
College World Series
Seasons
← 2015	2017 →

The 2016 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, begins in February 2016. The season will progress through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and conclude with the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and 2016 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, will end in June 2016.

Realignment

Northern Kentucky left the Atlantic Sun Conference for the Horizon League.
NJIT joined the Atlantic Sun, leaving the ranks of independents.
Texas–Pan American Broncs merged with the University of Texas at Brownsville to form Texas–Rio Grande Valley. The new institution retained Texas–Pan American's membership in the Western Athletic Conference

Season outlook

For the full rankings, see 2016 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Collegiate Baseball News ^[1]
Ranking	Team
1	Florida
2	Louisville
3	Vanderbilt
4	Miami (FL)
5	Texas A&M
6	Louisiana–Lafayette
7	LSU
8	Oregon State
9	Virginia
10	UCLA
11	Mississippi State
12	Cal State Fullerton
13	California
14	Oregon
15	TCU
16	Florida State
17	Missouri State
18	Houston
19	Tulane
20	Rice
21	Georgia Tech
22	North Carolina
23	Michigan
24	Arkansas
25	Oklahoma State

Baseball America^[2]
Ranking	Team
1	Florida
2	Louisville
3	Texas A&M
4	Virginia
5	Oregon State
6	Miami (FL)
7	Vanderbilt
8	California
9	Oklahoma State
10	UCLA
11	LSU
12	Houston
13	Louisiana–Lafayette
14	Oregon
15	Michigan
16	Southern California
17	Florida State
18	TCU
19	NC State
20	Mississippi State
21	Oklahoma
22	Cal State Fullerton
23	Coastal Carolina
24	Ole Miss
25	Kentucky

Coaches^[3]
Ranking	Team
1	Florida 21
2	Louisville 2
3	Vanderbilt 3
4	Texas A&M 1
5	LSU 1
6	Miami (FL)
7	Virginia 3
8	Oregon State
9	UCLA
10	Oklahoma State
11	TCU
12	California
13	Louisiana–Lafayette
14	Florida State
15	Oregon
16	Cal State Fullerton
17	Mississippi State
18	Houston
19	NC State
20	North Carolina
21	Southern California
22	Arkansas
23	South Carolina
24	Rice
25	Missouri State

NCBWA^[4]
Ranking	Team
1	Florida
2	Louisville
3	Vanderbilt
4	Texas A&M
5	Oregon State
6	Miami (FL)
7	LSU
8	Virginia
9	UCLA
10	California
11	Oklahoma State
12	TCU
13	Louisiana–Lafayette
14	Florida State
15	Houston
16	Cal State Fullerton
17	Oregon
18	Southern California
19	Mississippi State
20	NC State
21	North Carolina
22	Arkansas
23	Coastal Carolina
24	South Carolina
25	Michigan

Conference standings

2016 American Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Cincinnati	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Connecticut	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
East Carolina	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#18 Houston	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Memphis	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
South Florida	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#19 Tulane	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UCF	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

‡ – Tournament champion As of October 24, 2015^[5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2016 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Atlantic
Boston College	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Clemson	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#16 Florida State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#2 Louisville	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
NC State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#27 Notre Dame	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Wake Forest	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Coastal
Duke	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#21 Georgia Tech	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#4 Miami (FL)	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#22 North Carolina	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Pittsburgh	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Virginia	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#9 Virginia Tech	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

‡ – Tournament champion As of December 3, 2015^[6]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2016 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Baylor	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Kansas	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Kansas State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Oklahoma	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#25 Oklahoma State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#15 TCU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Texas	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Texas Tech	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
West Virginia	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

‡ – Tournament champion As of February 1, 2016^[7]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2016 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Illinois	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Indiana	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Iowa	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Maryland	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#23 Michigan	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Michigan State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Minnesota	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Nebraska	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Northwestern	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Ohio State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Penn State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Purdue	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Rutgers	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

‡ – Tournament champion As of January 5, 2016^[8]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2016 Big West Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Cal Poly	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#12 Cal State Fullerton	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Cal State Northridge	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Hawaii	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Long Beach State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UC Davis	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UC Irvine	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UC Riverside	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UC Santa Barbara	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

As of December 28, 2015^[9]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2016 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
College of Charleston	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Delaware	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Elon	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Hofstra	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
James Madison	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Northeastern	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Towson	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UNC Wilmington	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
William & Mary	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

‡ – Tournament champion As of January 29, 2016^[10]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2016 Conference USA baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Charlotte	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
FIU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Florida Atlantic	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Louisiana Tech	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Marshall	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Middle Tennessee	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Old Dominion	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#20 Rice	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Southern Miss	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UAB	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UTSA	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
WKU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

‡ – Tournament champion As of January 15, 2016^[11]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2016 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Bradley	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Dallas Baptist	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Evansville	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Illinois State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Indiana State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#17 Missouri State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Southern Illinois	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Wichita State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

‡ – Tournament champion As of January 19, 2016^[12]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseballl

2016 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Arizona	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Arizona State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#13 California	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#8 Oregon State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#14 Oregon	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Stanford	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#10 UCLA	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
USC	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Utah	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Washington	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Washington State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

As of December 28, 2015^[13]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2016 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern
#1 Florida	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Georgia	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Kentucky	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Missouri	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
South Carolina	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Tennessee	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#3 Vanderbilt	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Western
Alabama	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#24 Arkansas	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Auburn	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#7 LSU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#11 Mississippi State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Ole Miss	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#5 Texas A&M	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

‡ – Tournament champion As of October 19, 2015^[14]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2016 Southern Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
The Citadel	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
East Tennessee State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Furman	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Mercer	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Samford	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UNC Greensboro	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
VMI	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Western Carolina	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Wofford	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

‡ – Tournament champion As of February 17, 2016^[15]; Rankings from Collegiate Basseball

2016 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Appalachian State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Arkansas–Little Rock	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Arkansas State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Georgia Southern	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Georgia State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
#6 Louisiana–Lafayette	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Louisiana–Monroe	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
South Alabama	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Texas–Arlington	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Texas State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Troy	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

‡ – Tournament champion As of December 28, 2015^[16]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Conference winners and tournaments

Thirty 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 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Coach of the Year	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue (City)
America East Conference			2016 America East Conference Baseball Tournament	Edward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MA
American Athletic Conference			2016 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL
Atlantic 10 Conference			2016 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament	Houlihan Park • Bronx, NY
Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic - Coastal -		2016 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC
Atlantic Sun Conference			2016 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament	Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh Stadium • Nashville, TN
Big 12 Conference			2016 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament	Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK
Big East Conference			2016 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament	Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium • Aberdeen, MD
Big South Conference	North - South -		2016 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament	Lexington County Baseball Stadium • Lexington, SC
Big Ten Conference			2016 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament	TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE
Big West Conference			No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Colonial Athletic Association			2016 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament	CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriot's Point • Mount Pleasant, SC
Conference USA			2016 Conference USA Baseball Tournament	Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS
Horizon League			2016 Horizon League Baseball Tournament	Campus Sites
Ivy League	Gehrig - Rolfe -	N/A	2016 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series	Campus Sites
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference			2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Dutchess Stadium • Wappingers Falls, NY
Mid-American Conference	East - West -		2016 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament	All Pro Freight Stadium • Avon, Ohio
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	Northern - Southern -		2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Arthur W. Perdue Stadium • Salisbury, MD
Missouri Valley Conference			2016 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament	Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium • Terre Haute, IN
Mountain West Conference			2016 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament	Santa Ana Star Park • Albuquerque, NM
Northeast Conference			2016 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament	Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium • Norwich, CT
Ohio Valley Conference			2016 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament	The Ballpark at Jackson • Jackson, TN
Pac-12 Conference			No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Patriot League			2016 Patriot League Baseball Tournament	Campus Sites
Southeastern Conference	East – West –		2016 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL
Southern Conference			2016 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament	Fluor Field at the West End • Greenville, SC
Southland Conference			2016 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament	Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX
Southwestern Athletic Conference	East - West -		2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Wesley Barrow Stadium • New Orleans, LA
Summit League			2016 Summit League Baseball Tournament	J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OK
Sun Belt Conference			2016 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament	Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX
West Coast Conference			2016 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Banner Island Ballpark • Stockton, CA
Western Athletic Conference			2016 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Hohokam Stadium • Mesa, AZ

College World Series

Main article: 2016 College World Series

The 2016 College World Series will begin on June 18 in Omaha, Nebraska.

Coaching changes

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

Team	Former coach	Interim coach	New coach	Reason

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