1975 NCAA Division I baseball season

1975 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	220
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Texas
Runners-up	South Carolina
MOP	Mickey Reichenbach (Texas)
Seasons

The 1975 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 1975. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1975 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty ninth time in 1975, 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. Texas claimed the championship for the third time.^[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1975 season. For the first time, the NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Eight regionals of four teams each competed in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 15 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 17 teams earned at-large selections.^[1]^[2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue • City	Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Clemson/NC State	1975 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	NC State
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma	No Tournament
Big Ten Conference	Michigan	No Tournament
EIBL	Penn	No Tournament
Mid-American Conference	Eastern Michigan	No Tournament
Pacific-8 Conference	North - Oregon State South - Southern California	No Tournament
Southeastern Conference	LSU	No Tournament
Southern Conference	The Citadel	No Tournament
Southwest Conference	Texas	No Tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1975 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#25 Clemson †^y	10	–	2	.833	33	–	10	.767
#15 NC State †‡^y	10	–	2	.833	27	–	7	.794
Maryland	7	–	3	.700	15	–	8	.652
North Carolina	4	–	7	.364	17	–	9	.654
Virginia	4	–	7	.364	14	–	12	.538
Wake Forest	3	–	9	.250	9	–	20	.310
Duke	2	–	10	.167	9	–	18	.333

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1975^[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1975 Southwest Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#1 Texas †^y	23	–	1	.958	59	–	6	.908
Texas A&M ^y	17	–	7	.708	32	–	15	.681
TCU	12	–	12	.500	29	–	17	.630
Baylor	11	–	13	.458	25	–	19	.568
Rice	11	–	13	.458	19	–	16	.543
Texas Tech	9	–	15	.375	22	–	23	.489
Arkansas	8	–	14	.364	20	–	22	.476
Houston	8	–	16	.333	18	–	25	.419
SMU	7	–	15	.318	12	–	22	.353

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1975^[4]^[5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1975 season marked the twenty ninth 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 Texas claiming their third championship with a 5–1 win over South Carolina in the final.^[1]

First Round			Second Round			Third Round

Winner's Bracket
	Arizona State	5
	Cal State Fullerton	3
				Arizona State	5
				Texas	2
	Texas	4
	Oklahoma	2
							Arizona State	3
							South Carolina	6
	South Carolina	3
	Seton Hall	1
				South Carolina	5⁶
				Eastern Michigan	1
	Eastern Michigan	2¹⁰
	Florida State	1
			Loser's Bracket
				Cal State Fullerton	4
				Oklahoma	11		Eastern Michigan	0
							Oklahoma	7
				Seton Hall	11
				Florida State	0		Texas	12
							Seton Hall	0

Semifinals

Finals

if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals

South Carolina

Texas

South Carolina

South Carolina

Arizona State

Arizona State

1¹¹

Oklahoma

Award winners

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 21, 2014.
↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1975". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1975". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
↑ "Texas Baseball 2010 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Texas at Austin. p. 172. Retrieved August 21, 2014.

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