1970 NCAA University Division baseball season

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1970 NCAA University Division baseball season
Number of teams207
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
ChampionsSouthern California
Runners-upFlorida State
MOPGene Ammann (Florida State)
Seasons
← 1969
1971 →

The 1970 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1970. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1970 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty fourth time in 1970, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Southern California claimed the championship.[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1970 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 11 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 15 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Maryland
Big Eight Conference Iowa State
Big Ten Conference Minnesota
EIBL Dartmouth
Mid-American Conference Ohio
Pacific-8 Conference North - Washington State
South - Southern California
Southeastern Conference Mississippi State
Southern Conference North - William & Mary
South - East Carolina
Southwest Conference Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1970 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern Division
No. 13 Washington State x‍‍‍ 9 6   .600 30 11   .732
Oregon State ‍‍‍ 5 6   .455  
Oregon ‍‍‍ 5 9   .357  
Washington ‍‍‍ 4 12   .250 8 22   .267
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California x‍‍‍y 11 3   .786 45 13   .776
UCLA ‍‍‍ 8 7   .533 26 24   .520
California ‍‍‍ 9 8   .529 28 19   .596
Stanford ‍‍‍ 8 9   .471 36 16   .692
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1970[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1970 season marked the twenty fourth 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 sixth championship with a 2–1, fifteen inning win over Florida State in the final.[1]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Texas12
Delaware4
Texas7
Ohio2
Ohio4
Southern California1
Texas5
Florida State1
Florida State4
Texas7
Arizona0
Florida State6Southern California814
Dartmouth0
Dartmouth7
Iowa State6Southern California215
Texas2Florida State1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Florida State11
Dartmouth1
Delaware1Southern California6
Florida State2
Southern California7
Ohio0
Ohio9
Arizona1Iowa State6
Iowa State7

Award winners

All-America team

References

  1. ^ a b c W.C. Madden; Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 41–43. Retrieved August 15, 2014. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  3. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1970". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 15, 2014.