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Baseball season
The 2015 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 in February 2015. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and 2015 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 24, 2015, with the final game of the best-of-three championship series between Vanderbilt and Virginia , won by Virginia.
Realignment
There were many significant conference changes that took effect prior to the season.
In addition, the 2015 season was the last for Northern Kentucky in the Atlantic Sun and for NJIT as an independent. In July 2015, Northern Kentucky joined the Horizon League , and the Atlantic Sun replaced the Norse with NJIT. It was also the last for Texas–Pan American (UTPA) as an institution. UTPA merged with the University of Texas at Brownsville in July 2015 to form the new University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). The UTPA athletic program was inherited by UTRGV, with the nickname of Vaqueros , and UTRGV maintains UTPA's membership in the Western Athletic Conference .
The Big South Conference dropped its divisional format.
New stadiums
Season outlook
For the full rankings, see 2015 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Conference standings
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 2015 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
2015 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
Edward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MA
Stony Brook
American Athletic Conference
Houston
Cliff Godwin , East Carolina
2015 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL
East Carolina
Atlantic 10 Conference
Saint Louis
2015 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament
Barcroft Park • Arlington, VA
VCU
Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic - Louisville Coastal - Miami (FL)
2015 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC
Florida State
Atlantic Sun Conference
North Florida
2015 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament
Swanson Stadium • Fort Myers, FL
Lipscomb
Big 12 Conference
TCU
2015 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament
ONEOK Field • Tulsa, OK
Texas
Big East Conference
St. John's
2015 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament
TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE
St. John's
Big South Conference
Radford
2015 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament
John Henry Moss Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC
Radford
Big Ten Conference
Illinois
David Kerian, Illinois
Dan Hartleb, Illinois
2015 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament
Target Field • Minneapolis, MN
Michigan
Big West Conference
Cal State Fullerton
No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Colonial Athletic Association
College of Charleston
2015 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriot's Point • Mount Pleasant, SC
UNC Wilmington
Conference USA
Rice
2015 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS
FIU
Horizon League
UIC
2015 Horizon League Baseball Tournament
Oil City Stadium • Whiting, IN
Wright State
Ivy League
Gehrig - Columbia /Penn Rolfe - Dartmouth
—
2015 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series
Campus sites
Columbia
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Rider
2015 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
Dutchess Stadium • Wappingers Falls, NY
Canisius
Mid-American Conference
East - Kent State West - Central Michigan
2015 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament
All Pro Freight Stadium • Avon, OH
Ohio
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Northern - Norfolk State Southern - Florida A&M
2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
Arthur W. Perdue Stadium • Salisbury, MD
Florida A&M
Missouri Valley Conference
Missouri State
2015 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament
Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS
Missouri State
Mountain West Conference
Nevada
2015 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament
William Peccole Park • Reno, NV
San Diego State
Northeast Conference
Bryant
2015 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament
Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium • Norwich, CT
Sacred Heart
Ohio Valley Conference
Southeast Missouri State
2015 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament
The Ballpark at Jackson • Jackson, TN
Morehead State
Pac-12 Conference
UCLA
Scott Kingery , Arizona
John Savage, UCLA
No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Patriot League
Navy
2015 Patriot League Baseball Tournament
Campus sites
Lehigh
Southeastern Conference
East - Vanderbilt
West - LSU
Andrew Benintendi , Arkansas
Paul Mainieri, LSU
2015 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL
Florida
Southern Conference
Mercer
2015 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament
Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC
Mercer
Southland Conference
Southeastern Louisiana
2015 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament
Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX
Houston Baptist
Southwestern Athletic Conference
East- Alabama State West - Arkansas–Pine Bluff
2015 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
Wesley Barrow Stadium • New Orleans, LA
Texas Southern
The Summit League
Oral Roberts
2015 The Summit League Baseball Tournament
Sioux Falls Stadium • Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Oral Roberts
Sun Belt Conference
South Alabama
2015 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament
Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL
Louisiana–Lafayette
West Coast Conference
San Diego
2015 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
Banner Island Ballpark • Stockton, CA
Pepperdine
Western Athletic Conference
Grand Canyon
2015 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
Sloan Park • Mesa, AZ
Cal State Bakersfield
College World Series
The 2015 College World Series will begin on June 13 in Omaha, Nebraska .
First round
Second round
Semifinals
Championship series
Virginia
5
Arkansas
3
Virginia
1
4
Florida
0
5
Miami (FL)
3
4
Florida
15
Virginia
5
5
4
Florida
10
4
Arkansas
3
5
Miami (FL)
4
5
Miami (FL)
2
4
Florida
10
Virginia
1
3
4
Vanderbilt
5
0
2
2
LSU
3
7
TCU
10
7
TCU
0
Vanderbilt
1
Cal State Fullerton
3
Vanderbilt
4
Vanderbilt
7
–
7
TCU
1
–
2
LSU
5
Cal State Fullerton
3
2
LSU
4
7
TCU
8
Coaching changes
This table lists programs that changed head coaches at any point from the first day of the 2015 season until the day before the first day of the 2016 season.
See also
References
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