2014 NCAA Division I baseball season

2014 NCAA Division I baseball season
Duration	February 13, 2014–June 25, 2014
Number of teams	302
Preseason #1	Cal State Fullerton (CB, Coaches, NCBWA) Virginia (BA)
Tournament
Duration	May 30–June 25, 2014
Most conference bids	SEC (10)
College World Series
Champions	Vanderbilt
Runners-up	Virginia
MOP	Dansby Swanson (Vanderbilt)
Seasons

The 2014 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, began on February 14, 2014. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and 2014 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, ended on June 25, 2014 with the final game of the best-of-three championship series between Vanderbilt and Virginia, won by Vanderbilt.

Realignment

There were many significant conference changes that took effect prior to the season.

• Notre Dame and Pittsburgh departed the original Big East for the ACC, joining the Atlantic and Coastal Divisions respectively, and making that a 14-team conference for baseball (the other 2013 arrival in the ACC, Syracuse, does not sponsor baseball).
• The Big East split into two leagues:

• The legal successor, composed of Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Rutgers, and South Florida, along with Conference USA departures Houston, Memphis, Temple, and UCF, formed the American.
• Georgetown, Seton Hall, St. John's, and Villanova joined with Butler and Xavier from the Atlantic 10 and Creighton of the MVC to reform the Big East.

• The Great West Conference ceased operations after all but two baseball members secured a place in other conferences. Full member NJIT and baseball affiliate NYIT became Division I Independents.
• George Mason moved from the CAA to the Atlantic 10.
• College of Charleston moved from the Southern Conference to the CAA.
• Conference USA replaced its departing members with Florida Atlantic, FIU, Middle Tennessee, and North Texas of the Sun Belt, Louisiana Tech and UTSA of the WAC, Old Dominion from the CAA and Charlotte from the Atlantic 10.
• Oakland moved from The Summit League to the Horizon League.
• The MAAC added Quinnipiac and Monmouth, both formerly of the NEC.
• San Jose State moved from the WAC to the Mountain West.
• Dallas Baptist shifted its baseball-only membership in the WAC to the MVC.
• New Orleans joined the Southland after previously playing as an Independent. Houston Baptist departed the Great West to join the Southland.
• The Sun Belt added former WAC members Texas State and Texas–Arlington, plus Georgia State from the CAA.
• Former Great West full members Utah Valley, Chicago State, Texas–Pan American, as well as associate members North Dakota and Northern Colorado, joined the WAC.
• Pacific rejoined the West Coast Conference, a league in which it was a charter member. The Tigers departed the Big West Conference, now a nine-team league.

This was also the final season for several teams in their then-current leagues:

• Maryland would leave the ACC for the Big Ten.
• Louisville and Rutgers would spend only the 2014 season in The American; they respectively left for the ACC and Big Ten.
• A third team from The American, Temple, announced that it would drop the sport after the season.
• East Carolina and Tulane would leave C-USA for The American.
• Western Kentucky would leave the Sun Belt for C-USA
• Appalachian State, Davidson, Georgia Southern, and Elon would all leave the Southern Conference (SoCon). Appalachian State and Georgia Southern joined the Sun Belt, Davidson the Atlantic 10, and Elon the CAA.
• East Tennessee State and Mercer would leave the Atlantic Sun for the SoCon. ETSU returned to the SoCon after a nine-year absence.
• VMI would leave the Big South and return to the SoCon after an 11-year absence.
• Oral Roberts would return to The Summit League after two seasons in the Southland.

Reclassifications from Division II

• UMass Lowell joined the America East.
• Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word joined the Southland.
• Grand Canyon joined the WAC.

Eligibility investigations

The Philadelphia Phillies selected college juniors Ben Wetzler of Oregon State University in the fifth round and Jason Monda of the University of Washington in the sixth round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft. Both entered into negotiations with the Phillies with the help of a financial adviser, which is against National Collegiate Athletic Association rules, but is "something that reportedly happens all the time". Both also chose to return to college for their senior year. The Phillies reported Wetzler and Monda to the NCAA, which cleared Monda and suspended Wetzler for the first 11 games, which is 20%, of the college season.^[1][2]

Season outlook

For the full rankings, see 2014 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

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

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

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

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

Conference standings

2014 America East Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Stony Brook † 18 – 5   .783     35 – 18   .660 Hartford 16 – 7   .696     31 – 23   .574 UMass Lowell 10 – 10   .500     20 – 22   .476 Binghamton ‡y 11 – 12   .478     25 – 26   .490 Maine 10 – 11   .476     24 – 29   .453 UMBC 7 – 17   .292     17 – 29   .370 Albany 7 – 17   .292     12 – 33   .267 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 6, 2014[7]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 American Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #12 Louisville †y 19 – 5   .792     48 – 15   .762 UCF 17 – 7   .708     36 – 23   .610 #16 Houston ‡y 14 – 9   .609     48 – 16   .750 Rutgers 14 – 9   .609     30 – 25   .545 South Florida 10 – 14   .417     27 – 31   .466 Temple 9 – 14   .391     15 – 32   .319 Connecticut 9 – 14   .391     27 – 31   .466 Memphis 8 – 16   .333     30 – 29   .508 Cincinnati 6 – 18   .250     22 – 31   .415 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 6, 2014[8]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Saint Louis † 18 – 7 – 1   .712     34 – 21 – 1   .616 Saint Joseph's 18 – 8 – 0   .692     35 – 16 – 0   .686 George Mason ‡y 16 – 9 – 0   .640     34 – 22 – 0   .607 VCU 15 – 10 – 0   .600     37 – 20 – 0   .649 Richmond 13 – 12 – 0   .520     24 – 28 – 1   .462 Dayton 14 – 13 – 0   .519     24 – 30 – 0   .444 Fordham 13 – 14 – 0   .481     24 – 30 – 0   .444 George Washington 12 – 15 – 0   .444     20 – 30 – 0   .400 UMass 12 – 15 – 0   .444     15 – 31 – 0   .326 La Salle 9 – 15 – 1   .380     14 – 34 – 1   .296 Rhode Island 7 – 18 – 0   .280     13 – 40 – 0   .245 St. Bonaventure 6 – 17 – 0   .261     12 – 30 – 0   .286 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 7, 2014[9]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2014 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Atlantic #21 Florida State xy 21 – 9 – 0   .700     43 – 17 – 0   .717 #16 Maryland y 15 – 14 – 0   .517     40 – 23 – 0   .635 Clemson y 15 – 14 – 0   .517     36 – 25 – 0   .590 Wake Forest 15 – 15 – 0   .500     30 – 26 – 0   .536 NC State 13 – 17 – 0   .433     32 – 23 – 0   .582 Boston College 10 – 20 – 0   .333     22 – 33 – 0   .400 Notre Dame 9 – 21 – 0   .300     22 – 31 – 0   .415 Coastal #22 Miami (FL) xy 24 – 6 – 0   .800     44 – 19 – 0   .698 #2 Virginia y 22 – 8 – 0   .733     47 – 14 – 0   .770 Duke 16 – 14 – 0   .533     33 – 25 – 0   .569 North Carolina y 15 – 15 – 0   .500     35 – 27 – 0   .565 Georgia Tech ‡y 14 – 16 – 0   .467     37 – 27 – 0   .578 Pittsburgh 11 – 19 – 0   .367     22 – 30 – 0   .423 Virginia Tech 9 – 21 – 0   .300     21 – 31 – 1   .406 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of January 16, 2015[10]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Florida Gulf Coast † 19 – 8   .704     39 – 22   .639 Mercer 18 – 9   .667     38 – 17   .691 Kennesaw State ‡y 17 – 9   .654     40 – 24   .625 Lipscomb 17 – 10   .630     33 – 28   .541 East Tennessee State 13 – 13   .500     27 – 30   .474 Jacksonville 13 – 13   .500     21 – 33   .389 Stetson 13 – 14   .481     26 – 34   .433 North Florida 11 – 16   .407     22 – 31   .415 USC Upstate 6 – 20   .231     17 – 38   .309 Northern Kentucky 6 – 21   .222     14 – 37   .275 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 8, 2014[11]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Big 12 Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #10 Oklahoma State †y 18 – 6   .750     48 – 18   .727 #2 TCU ‡y 17 – 7   .708     48 – 18   .727 Kansas y 15 – 9   .625     35 – 26   .574 #7 Texas Tech y 14 – 10   .583     45 – 21   .682 #6 Texas y 13 – 11   .542     46 – 21   .687 West Virginia 9 – 14   .391     28 – 26   .519 Baylor 8 – 15   .348     26 – 31   .456 Oklahoma 8 – 16   .333     29 – 29   .500 Kansas State 5 – 19   .208     25 – 30   .455 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship As of June 21, 2014[12]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2014 Big East Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT #30 Creighton † 14 – 4 – 0   .778     32 – 17 – 1   .650 St. John's 13 – 5 – 0   .722     35 – 20 – 0   .636 Seton Hall 11 – 7 – 0   .611     38 – 15 – 0   .717 Xavier ‡y 8 – 10 – 0   .444     30 – 29 – 0   .508 Butler 7 – 11 – 0   .389     20 – 30 – 0   .400 Georgetown 5 – 13 – 0   .278     19 – 29 – 0   .396 Villanova 5 – 13 – 0   .278     16 – 34 – 0   .320 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 2, 2014[13]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Big South Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT North Liberty xy 23 – 3 – 0   .885     41 – 18 – 0   .695 Campbell ‡y 18 – 8 – 0   .692     41 – 21 – 0   .661 High Point 18 – 8 – 0   .692     33 – 22 – 0   .600 Radford 17 – 10 – 0   .630     33 – 23 – 0   .589 VMI 11 – 16 – 0   .407     25 – 23 – 0   .521 Longwood 9 – 18 – 0   .333     22 – 33 – 0   .400 South Winthrop x 14 – 13 – 0   .519     27 – 33 – 0   .450 Coastal Carolina 13 – 13 – 0   .500     24 – 33 – 0   .421 Charleston Southern 12 – 14 – 0   .462     30 – 26 – 0   .536 Gardner–Webb 11 – 15 – 0   .423     24 – 31 – 0   .436 Presbyterian 9 – 18 – 0   .333     19 – 34 – 1   .361 UNC Asheville 4 – 22 – 0   .154     13 – 40 – 0   .245 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 1, 2014[14]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT #8 Indiana †‡y 21 – 3 – 0   .875     42 – 13 – 0   .764 #26 Nebraska y 18 – 6 – 0   .750     40 – 19 – 0   .678 Illinois 17 – 7 – 0   .708     32 – 21 – 0   .604 Minnesota 13 – 11 – 0   .542     27 – 24 – 0   .529 Michigan 13 – 11 – 0   .542     30 – 29 – 1   .508 Michigan State 11 – 13 – 0   .458     31 – 26 – 0   .544 Iowa 10 – 14 – 0   .417     30 – 23 – 0   .566 Ohio State 10 – 14 – 0   .417     30 – 28 – 0   .517 Northwestern 7 – 16 – 0   .304     19 – 33 – 0   .365 Purdue 6 – 18 – 0   .250     13 – 37 – 0   .260 Penn State 5 – 18 – 0   .217     18 – 32 – 0   .360 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 25, 2014[15]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2014 Big West Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT #19 Cal Poly †y 19 – 5 – 0   .792     47 – 12 – 0   .797 Long Beach State y 17 – 7 – 0   .708     34 – 26 – 0   .567 #8 UC Irvine y 15 – 9 – 0   .625     40 – 23 – 0   .635 #29 Cal State Fullerton y 14 – 10 – 0   .583     24 – 24 – 0   .500 UC Santa Barbara 12 – 12 – 0   .500     34 – 17 – 1   .663 UC Riverside 12 – 12 – 0   .500     26 – 28 – 0   .481 UC Davis 7 – 17 – 0   .292     23 – 31 – 0   .426 Hawaii 6 – 18 – 0   .250     22 – 31 – 0   .415 Cal State Northridge 6 – 18 – 0   .250     18 – 38 – 0   .321 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 9, 2014[16]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Conference USA baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT #17 Rice †‡y 23 – 7 – 0   .767     41 – 18 – 0   .695 UAB 20 – 10 – 0   .667     35 – 21 – 0   .625 Southern Miss 19 – 11 – 0   .633     35 – 25 – 0   .583 Middle Tennessee 17 – 13 – 0   .567     31 – 27 – 0   .534 Old Dominion y 17 – 13 – 0   .567     36 – 24 – 0   .600 FIU 16 – 14 – 0   .533     36 – 20 – 0   .643 East Carolina 16 – 14 – 0   .533     33 – 26 – 0   .559 UTSA 16 – 14 – 0   .533     35 – 26 – 0   .574 Florida Atlantic 14 – 16 – 0   .467     28 – 25 – 0   .528 Tulane 10 – 18 – 0   .357     23 – 29 – 0   .442 Marshall 10 – 19 – 0   .345     20 – 31 – 0   .392 Charlotte 10 – 19 – 0   .345     19 – 31 – 1   .382 Louisiana Tech 5 – 25 – 0   .167     15 – 35 – 0   .300 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 26, 2014[17]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Horizon League baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Wright State † 25 – 4   .862     34 – 19   .642 UIC 17 – 13   .567     25 – 28   .472 Valparaiso 12 – 12   .500     25 – 28   .472 Milwaukee 10 – 14   .417     21 – 28   .429 Oakland 7 – 17   .292     12 – 33   .267 Youngstown State 6 – 17   .261     15 – 36   .294 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 24, 2014[18]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2014 Mid-American Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT East Division Miami (OH) x 18 – 9 – 0   .667     29 – 25 – 0   .537 Kent State 16 – 11 – 0   .593     32 – 21 – 0   .604 Bowling Green 15 – 12 – 0   .556     25 – 25 – 0   .500 Buffalo 13 – 13 – 0   .500     24 – 24 – 0   .500 Akron 12 – 15 – 0   .444     25 – 28 – 0   .472 Ohio 7 – 20 – 0   .259     11 – 40 – 0   .216 West Division Ball State x 22 – 4 – 0   .846     38 – 16 – 0   .704 Central Michigan 19 – 8 – 0   .704     35 – 21 – 0   .625 Western Michigan 11 – 16 – 0   .407     22 – 29 – 0   .431 Toledo 11 – 16 – 0   .407     21 – 32 – 0   .396 Northern Illinois 11 – 16 – 0   .407     17 – 35 – 1   .330 Eastern Michigan 6 – 21 – 0   .222     19 – 34 – 0   .358 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 18, 2014[19]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Northern Delaware State x 17 – 7 – 0   .708     30 – 17 – 0   .638 Norfolk State 14 – 10 – 0   .583     20 – 25 – 0   .444 Coppin State 9 – 15 – 0   .375     12 – 33 – 0   .267 Maryland Eastern Shore 8 – 16 – 0   .333     13 – 35 – 0   .271 Southern Florida A&M x 14 – 10 – 0   .583     25 – 25 – 0   .500 Bethune-Cookman x 14 – 10 – 0   .583     24 – 31 – 0   .436 North Carolina Central 12 – 12 – 0   .500     19 – 32 – 1   .375 Savannah State 11 – 13 – 0   .458     21 – 30 – 0   .412 North Carolina A&T 9 – 15 – 0   .375     17 – 32 – 0   .347 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 16, 2014[20]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Mountain West Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT UNLV †y 20 – 10 – 0   .667     36 – 25 – 0   .590 New Mexico † 20 – 10 – 0   .667     37 – 20 – 1   .647 San Diego State ‡y 17 – 13 – 0   .567     42 – 21 – 0   .667 Nevada 15 – 15 – 0   .500     31 – 27 – 0   .534 Fresno State 13 – 17 – 0   .433     28 – 29 – 0   .491 Air Force 10 – 20 – 0   .333     20 – 34 – 0   .370 San Jose State 10 – 20 – 0   .333     19 – 38 – 0   .333 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship As of June 1, 2014[21]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2014 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT #2 Oregon State †y 23 – 7 – 0   .767     42 – 12 – 0   .778 #13 Washington y 21 – 9 – 0   .700     39 – 15 – 1   .718 #18 Arizona State y 19 – 11 – 0   .633     33 – 22 – 0   .600 #20 Oregon y 18 – 12 – 0   .600     42 – 18 – 0   .700 Stanford y 16 – 14 – 0   .533     29 – 23 – 0   .558 Southern California 16 – 14 – 0   .533     29 – 24 – 0   .547 Washington State 14 – 16 – 0   .467     24 – 29 – 0   .453 California 13 – 17 – 0   .433     26 – 27 – 0   .491 UCLA 12 – 18 – 0   .400     25 – 30 – 1   .455 Arizona 9 – 21 – 0   .300     22 – 33 – 0   .400 Utah 4 – 26 – 0   .133     16 – 36 – 0   .308 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 26, 2014[22]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Eastern #25 Florida x†y 21 – 9 – 0   .700     40 – 23 – 0   .635 #23 South Carolina y 18 – 12 – 0   .600     44 – 18 – 0   .710 #1 Vanderbilt y 17 – 13 – 0   .567     51 – 21 – 0   .708 Kentucky y 14 – 16 – 0   .467     37 – 25 – 0   .597 Tennessee 12 – 18 – 0   .400     31 – 23 – 0   .574 Georgia 11 – 18 – 1   .383     26 – 29 – 1   .473 Missouri 6 – 24 – 0   .200     20 – 33 – 0   .377 Western #4 Ole Miss xy 19 – 11 – 0   .633     48 – 21 – 0   .696 #15 LSU ‡y 17 – 11 – 1   .603     46 – 16 – 1   .738 #28 Mississippi State y 18 – 12 – 0   .600     39 – 24 – 0   .619 Arkansas y 16 – 14 – 0   .533     40 – 25 – 0   .615 #29 Alabama y 15 – 14 – 0   .517     37 – 24 – 0   .607 Texas A&M y 14 – 16 – 0   .467     36 – 26 – 0   .581 Auburn 10 – 20 – 0   .333     28 – 28 – 0   .500 x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of 20:27, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[23][24]; Rankings from NCBWA	2014 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Western Carolina † 20 – 6   .769     37 – 18   .673 Davidson 17 – 8   .680     29 – 19   .604 Georgia Southern ‡y 15 – 12   .556     40 – 23   .635 Samford 15 – 12   .556     35 – 25   .583 Wofford 12 – 14   .462     32 – 28   .533 Appalachian State 12 – 14   .462     21 – 34   .382 Elon 12 – 15   .444     27 – 26   .509 Furman 11 – 15   .423     26 – 32   .448 UNC Greensboro 8 – 16   .333     21 – 28   .429 The Citadel 8 – 18   .308     24 – 34   .414 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2014[25]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2014 Southland Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Sam Houston State †‡y 22 – 8   .733     41 – 17   .707 Nicholls State 21 – 9   .700     32 – 26   .552 Northwestern State 19 – 11   .633     33 – 26   .559 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 19 – 11   .633     31 – 27   .534 Southeastern Louisiana y 18 – 12   .600     37 – 23   .617 Central Arkansas 17 – 13   .567     32 – 22   .593 McNeese State 17 – 13   .567     30 – 28   .517 Lamar 16 – 14   .533     31 – 25   .554 Oral Roberts 15 – 15   .500     30 – 26   .536 Houston Baptist 12 – 18   .400     23 – 28   .451 Incarnate Word* 9 – 15   .375     18 – 32   .360 Stephen F. Austin 11 – 19   .367     20 – 35   .364 Abilene Christian* 6 – 18   .250     17 – 35   .327 New Orleans 2 – 28   .067     11 – 38   .224 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 24, 2014[26]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball *Ineligible for postseason play due to Division I transition	2014 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT East Alabama State x 21 – 3   .875     37 – 20   .649 Alabama A&M 12 – 9   .571     21 – 32   .396 Alcorn State 10 – 12   .455     11 – 42   .208 Jackson State ‡y 9 – 15   .375     31 – 23   .574 Mississippi Valley State 4 – 18   .182     4 – 38   .095 West Arkansas–Pine Bluff x 16 – 7   .696     22 – 28   .440 Texas Southern 13 – 9   .591     23 – 29   .442 Prairie View A&M 11 – 12   .478     21 – 30   .412 Grambling State 11 – 13   .458     16 – 32   .333 Southern 6 – 16   .273     10 – 26   .278 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 24, 2014[27]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #9 Louisiana–Lafayette †‡y 26 – 4   .867     58 – 10   .853 Texas–Arlington 19 – 11   .633     32 – 26   .552 Arkansas State 18 – 12   .600     32 – 26   .552 Texas State 16 – 14   .533     30 – 28   .517 WKU 15 – 15   .500     29 – 28   .509 Troy 11 – 18   .379     25 – 32   .439 South Alabama 11 – 18   .379     22 – 33   .400 Arkansas–Little Rock 11 – 19   .367     25 – 29   .463 Georgia State 11 – 19   .367     25 – 31   .446 Louisiana–Monroe 11 – 19   .367     23 – 36   .390 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2014[28]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2014 West Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #11 Pepperdine †‡y 18 – 9   .667     42 – 16   .724 Loyola Marymount 17 – 10   .630     32 – 24   .571 Gonzaga 17 – 10   .630     26 – 29   .473 Santa Clara 16 – 11   .593     26 – 30   .464 San Diego 16 – 11   .593     34 – 20   .630 Pacific 15 – 12   .556     26 – 27   .491 BYU 12 – 15   .444     22 – 31   .415 San Francisco 11 – 16   .407     25 – 29   .463 Saint Mary's 8 – 19   .296     16 – 39   .291 Portland 5 – 22   .185     11 – 41   .212 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship As of June 7, 2014[29]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Sacramento State †‡y 21 – 6   .778     36 – 22   .621 Grand Canyon 19 – 8   .704     30 – 23   .566 Texas–Pan American 17 – 10   .630     27 – 30   .474 Utah Valley 16 – 11   .593     28 – 28   .500 Cal State Bakersfield 15 – 12   .556     26 – 32   .448 Seattle 13 – 11   .542     26 – 27   .491 New Mexico State 11 – 13   .458     23 – 31   .426 North Dakota 8 – 16   .333     10 – 29   .256 Chicago State 5 – 19   .208     17 – 37   .315 Northern Colorado 4 – 23   .148     10 – 43   .189 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 24, 2014[30]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Conference winners and tournaments

Twenty-nine 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 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Coach of the Year	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue (City)	Tournament Winner
America East Conference	Stony Brook	Kevin Krause, Stony Brook[31]	Matt Senk, Stony Brook[31]	2014 America East Conference Baseball Tournament	Edward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MA	Binghamton
American Athletic Conference	Louisville	Jeff Gardner, Louisville[32]	Terry Rooney, UCF[32]	2014 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL	Houston
Atlantic 10 Conference	Saint Louis	Collin Forgey, Saint Joseph's[33]	Fritz Hamburg, Saint Joseph's[33]	2014 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament	Billiken Sports Center • St. Louis, MO	George Mason
Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic - Florida State Coastal - Miami (FL)	D. J. Stewart, Florida State[34]	Brian O'Connor, Virginia[34]	2014 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	NewBridge Bank Park • Greensboro, NC	Georgia Tech
Atlantic Sun Conference	Florida Gulf Coast	Max Pentecost, Kennesaw State[35]	Dave Tollett, Florida Gulf Coast[35]	2014 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament	Swanson Stadium • Fort Myers, FL	Kennesaw State
Big 12 Conference	Oklahoma State	Zach Fish, Oklahoma State[36]	Josh Holliday, Oklahoma State[36]	2014 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament	Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK	TCU
Big East Conference	Creighton	Reagan Fowler, Creighton and D. J. Ruhlman, Seton Hall[37]	Ed Servais, Creighton[37]	2014 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament	MCU Park • Brooklyn, NY	Xavier
Big South Conference	North - Liberty South - Winthrop	Ryan Seiz, Liberty[38]	Jim Toman, Liberty[38]	2014 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament	Winthrop Ballpark • Rock Hill, SC	Campbell
Big Ten Conference	Indiana	Sam Travis, Indiana[39]	Tracy Smith, Indiana[39]	2014 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE	Indiana
Big West Conference	Cal Poly			No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Colonial Athletic Association	William & Mary	Michael Katz, William & Mary	Brian Murphy, William & Mary	2014 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament	Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC	College of Charleston
Conference USA	Rice	Aramis Garcia, Florida International[40]	Brian Shoop, UAB[40]	2014 Conference USA Baseball Tournament	Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS	Rice
Horizon League	Wright State			2014 Horizon League Baseball Tournament	Kapco Park • Milwaukee, WI	Youngstown State
Ivy League	Gehrig - Penn/Columbia Rolfe - Yale/Dartmouth	Alec Keller, Princeton[41]	N/A	2014 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series	Campus Sites	Columbia
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Canisius			2014 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	FirstEnergy Park • Lakewood, NJ	Siena
Mid-American Conference	East - Miami (OH) West - Ball State			2014 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament	All Pro Freight Stadium • Avon, OH	Kent State
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	Northern - Delaware State Southern - Bethune-Cookman/Florida A&M			2014 Mid–Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Marty L. Miller Field • Norfolk, VA	Bethune-Cookman
Missouri Valley Conference	Evansville			2014 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament	Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	Dallas Baptist
Mountain West Conference	UNLV/New Mexico			2014 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament	Earl E. Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV	San Diego State
Northeast Conference	Bryant			2014 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament	Dodd Stadium • Norwich, CT	Bryant
Ohio Valley Conference	Southeast Missouri State			2014 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament	The Ballpark at Jackson • Jackson, TN	Jacksonville State
Pac-12 Conference	Oregon State			No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Patriot League	Bucknell/Army	Kash Manzelli, Navy[42]	Scott Heather, Bucknell[42]	2014 Patriot League Baseball Tournament	Campus Sites	Bucknell
Southeastern Conference	East – Florida West – Mississippi	A. J. Reed, Kentucky[43]	Kevin O'Sullivan, Florida[43]	2014 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL	LSU
Southern Conference	Western Carolina			2014 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament	Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Georgia Southern
Southland Conference	Sam Houston State			2014 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament	Bear Stadium • Conway, AR	Southeastern Louisiana
Southwestern Athletic Conference	East - Alabama State West - Arkansas–Pine Bluff			2014 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Wesley Barrow Stadium • New Orleans, LA	Jackson State
The Summit League	Omaha			2014 The Summit League Baseball Tournament	Erv Huether Field • Brookings, SD	North Dakota State
Sun Belt Conference	Louisiana-Lafayette			2014 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament	Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL	Louisiana-Lafayette
West Coast Conference	Pepperdine			2014 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Banner Island Ballpark • Stockton, CA	Pepperdine
Western Athletic Conference	Sacramento State			2014 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Cubs Park • Mesa, AZ	Sacramento State

College World Series

The 2014 season marked the sixty eighth 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 Commodores claiming their first championship with a two games to one series win over Virginia in the final.^[44]

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Final
		UC Irvine	3
		Texas	1
							UC Irvine	4
							Vanderbilt	6
		Louisville	3
		Vanderbilt	5
												Vanderbilt	0	4
											Texas	4	310
		Texas	4
		Louisville	1
							Texas	1
							UC Irvine	0
																	Vanderbilt	9	2	3
																3	Virginia	8	7	2
		Texas Tech	2
	7	TCU	3
						7	TCU	2
						3	Virginia	315
		Ole Miss	1
	3	Virginia	2
											3	Virginia	4	–
											Ole Miss	1	–
		Texas Tech	1
		Ole Miss	2
							Ole Miss	6
						7	TCU	4

Award winners

Consensus All-American teams

Major player of the year awards

• Dick Howser Trophy: A. J. Reed, Kentucky^[45]
• Baseball America: A. J. Reed, Kentucky^[46]
• Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger: A. J. Reed, Kentucky^[47]
• American Baseball Coaches Association: A. J. Reed, Kentucky^[48]
• Golden Spikes Award: A. J. Reed, Kentucky^[49]

Major freshman of the year awards

• Baseball America Freshman Of The Year: Zach Collins, Miami^[50]
• Collegiate Baseball Freshman Player of the Year: Jake Noll, Florida Gulf Coast^[51]
• Collegiate Baseball Freshman Pitcher of the Year: Zach Plesac, Ball State^[51]

Major coach of the year awards

• American Baseball Coaches Association: Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt
• Baseball America: Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt
• Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year: Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt
• National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) National Coach of the Year: Mike Gillespie, UC Irvine
• ABCA/Baseball America Assistant Coach of the Year: Butch Thompson, Mississippi State

Other major awards

• Senior CLASS Award (baseball) (outstanding Senior of the Year in baseball): Andrew Morales, UC Irvine^[52]
• Johnny Bench Award (Catcher of the Year): Max Pentecost, Kennesaw State
• Brooks Wallace Award (Shortstop of the Year): Trea Turner, NC State
• John Olerud Award (best two-way player): A. J. Reed, Kentucky^[53]
• American Baseball Coaches Association Gold Glove:

Coaching changes

This table lists programs that changed head coaches at any point from the first day of the 2014 season until the day before the first day of the 2015 season.

Team	Former coach	Interim coach	New coach	Reason
Arizona State	Esmay, TimTim Esmay		Smith, TracyTracy Smith	Esmay resigned on June 9, 2014.[54][55]
Brown	Drabinski, MarekMarek Drabinski		Grant Achilles	Drabinski resigned on April 11, 2014. The Bears were 6–15, 0–8 in the Ivy League and coming off a loss to Connecticut.[56]
Campbell	Goff, GregGreg Goff		Haire, JustinJustin Haire	Goff resigned to take the coaching position at Louisiana Tech.[57]
Illinois State	Kingston, MarkMark Kingston		Durkac, BoBo Durkac	Kingston resigned on June 4 to take the coaching position at South Florida[58][59]
Indiana	Smith, TracyTracy Smith		Chris Lemonis	Smith resigned on June 9 to take the coaching position at Arizona State.[55]
Louisiana Tech	Simoneaux, WadeWade Simoneaux		Goff, GregGreg Goff	Simoneaux was fired on May 19 at the end of a 15-35 season, finishing last in C-USA.[60]
Mississippi Valley State	Shanks, DougDoug Shanks		Stevens, AaronAaron Stevens	Shanks retired November 12.[61]
New Mexico State	Ward, RockyRocky Ward		Green, BrianBrian Green	Ward was fired on May 27 at the end of a 23 - 31 season, finishing 7th in the WAC.[62]
Northern Illinois	Mathey, EdEd Mathey		Kunigonis, MikeMike Kunigonis	Mathey resigned on November 20 to take over at Division III North Central College.[63]
Rhode Island	Foster, JimJim Foster		Cerrato, RaphaelRaphael Cerrato	Foster resigned to take an assistant coaching job with Boston College on July 17, 2014.[64] Cerrato was originally announced as interim head coach on July 17, 2014, interim tag lifted on June 23, 2015.[65]
Rutgers	Hill, FredFred Hill		Litterio, JoeJoe Litterio	Hill announced on February 20, 2014 that he would retire.[66]
Sam Houston State	Pierce, DavidDavid Pierce		Deggs, MattMatt Deggs	Pierce resigned to take the coaching position at Tulane.[67]
San Diego State	Gwynn, TonyTony Gwynn		Martinez, MarkMark Martinez	Gwynn died of cancer on June 16. The San Diego Padres Hall of Famer and San Diego State alumnus had gone on medical leave in March 2014 for treatment.[68]
South Florida	Prado, LeloLelo Prado		Kingston, MarkMark Kingston	Prado accepted a non-coaching position in the South Florida Athletic Department on May 19, 2014.[69]
Tulane	Jones, RickRick Jones		David Pierce	Jones retired on May 24 after 21 years of coaching the Green Wave.[70]
VMI	Ikenberry, MarlinMarlin Ikenberry		Hadra, JonathanJonathan Hadra	Ikenberry resigned November 3 to pursue a private sector opportunity.[71] Hadra was initially named interim head coach, and announced as permanent head coach on November 13.[72]

See also

• 2014 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
• 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

References