1976 NCAA Division I baseball season

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1976 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams219
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
ChampionsArizona
Runners-upEastern Michigan
MOPSteve Powers (Arizona)
Seasons
← 1975
1977 →

The 1976 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 1976. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1976 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the thirtieth time in 1976, 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. Arizona claimed the championship for the first time.[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1976 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Seven regionals of four teams and one of six each competed in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 18 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 16 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular Season Winner Conference Tournament Tournament Venue • City Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Clemson 1976 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC Clemson
Big Eight Conference Missouri 1976 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK Missouri
Big Ten Conference Michigan No Tournament
EIBL Columbia No Tournament
Mid-American Conference Eastern Michigan No Tournament
Pacific-8 Conference North - Washington State
South - UCLA		 No Tournament
Southeastern Conference Auburn No Tournament
Southern Conference Furman No Tournament
Southwest Conference Texas No Tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1976 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Clemson  ‍†‍‡‍y 10 – 2   .833 36 – 15   .706
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4   .667 19 – 14   .576
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4   .667 19 – 17   .528
NC State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6   .500 20 – 10   .667
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 5 – 7   .417 22 – 11   .667
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 4 – 8   .333 17 – 22   .436
Duke  ‍‍‍ 1 – 11   .083 7 – 23   .233
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1976[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1976 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
BYU  x‍‍‍ 15 – 3   .833 26 – 21   .553
Wyoming  ‍‍‍ 10 – 7   .588 22 – 29   .431
Utah  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9   .471 15 – 26   .366
Colorado State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 16   .111 18 – 26   .409
Southern
No. 3 Arizona State  x‍‍‍y 17 – 1   .944 65 – 10   .867
No. 1 Arizona  ‍‍‍y 12 – 6   .667 56 – 17   .767
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 4 – 14   .222 28 – 24   .538
UTEP  ‍‍‍ 3 – 15   .167 9 – 25   .265
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1976[4]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1976 College World Series

The 1976 season marked the thirtieth 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 Arizona claiming their first championship with a 7–1 win over Eastern Michigan in the final.[1] Template:8TeamBracket-ACC80-03

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1976 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 23, 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 23, 2014.
  3. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1976". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  4. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1976". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 23, 2014.


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