1974 NCAA Division I baseball season

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1974 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams221
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
ChampionsSouthern California
Runners-upMiami (FL)
MOPDave Winfield (Minnesota)
Seasons
← 1973
1975 →

The 1974 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 1974. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1974 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty eighth time in 1974, 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 for the fifth year in a row, the first team to claim five consecutive titles.[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1974 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 15 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular Season Winner Conference Tournament Tournament Venue • City Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Clemson 1974 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament Doak Field • Raleigh, NC NC State
Big Eight Conference Oklahoma No Tournament
Big Ten Conference Iowa/Minnesota No Tournament
EIBL Harvard No Tournament
Mid-American Conference Miami (OH) No Tournament
Pacific-8 Conference North - Oregon/Washington State
South - Southern California		 No Tournament
Southeastern Conference Vanderbilt No Tournament
Southern Conference East Carolina No Tournament
Southwest Conference Texas No Tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1974 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Clemson  ‍†‍‍ 10 – 1   .909 23 – 15   .605
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 9 – 3   .750 22 – 8   .733
NC State  ‍‍‡‍y 7 – 5   .583 22 – 12   .647
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6   .500 11 – 17   .393
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6   .500 21 – 17   .553
Duke  ‍‍‍ 3 – 8   .273 9 – 16   .360
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 0 – 12   .000 8 – 20   .286
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1974[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1974 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern Division
Washington State x‍‍‍ 14 – 4   .778 38 – 9   .809
No. 29 Oregon ‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667 –   –
Oregon State ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 16 – 23   .410
Washington ‍‍‍ 5 – 12   .294 10 – 28   .263
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California x‍‍‍y 11 – 7   .611 50 – 20   .714
Stanford ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 28 – 19   .596
California ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 25 – 24   .510
UCLA ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 26 – 35   .426
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1974[4]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1974 College World Series

The 1974 season marked the twenty 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 Southern California claiming their tenth championship, and fifth in a row, with a 7–3 win over Miami (FL) in the final.[1] Template:ACCBaseball80-03

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1974 College Baseball 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 20, 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 20, 2014.
  3. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1974". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  4. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1974". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 20, 2014.


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