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1978 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams239
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
ChampionsSouthern California
Runners-upArizona State
MOPRod Boxberger (Southern California)
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →

The 1978 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 1978. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1978 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the thirty second time in 1978, 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. Southern California claimed the championship for the eleventh time.[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1978 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. 21 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 1978 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC Clemson
Big Eight Conference East - Oklahoma
West - Missouri		 1978 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference Michigan No Tournament
EIBL Harvard No Tournament
Mid-American Conference Eastern Michigan No Tournament
Pacific-8 Conference North - Washington State
South - Southern California		 No Tournament
Southeastern Conference East - Florida
West - Auburn		 1978 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament Perry Field • Gainesville, FL Auburn
Southern Conference Marshall No Tournament
Southwest Conference Texas A&M 1978 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX Baylor

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1978 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 25 Clemson  ‍†‍‡‍y 10 – 2   .833 39 – 14   .736
No. 3 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 9 – 3   .750 38 – 17   .691
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583 23 – 14   .622
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6   .455 14 – 14   .500
NC State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 7   .417 23 – 16   .590
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 4 – 8   .333 18 – 14   .563
Duke  ‍‍‍ 1 – 10   .091 12 – 22   .353
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1978[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1978 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
Florida  x‍‍‍ 18 – 4   .818 34 – 15   .694
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478 30 – 19   .612
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478 25 – 21   .543
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13   .435 31 – 17   .646
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 6 – 15   .286 20 – 25   .444
Western Division
No. 22 Auburn  x‍‍‡‍y 15 – 8   .652 33 – 21   .611
No. 14 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 13 – 8   .619 38 – 18   .679
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 12 – 11   .522 27 – 21   .563
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11   .476 23 – 20   .535
LSU  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 12 – 34   .261
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1978[4]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1978 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern Division
No. 16 Washington State  x‍‍‍y 15 – 3   .833 41 – 17   .707
Oregon ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438 –   –
Oregon State ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400 22 – 22   .500
Washington ‍‍‍ 5 – 12   .294 29 – 16   .644
Southern Division
#1 Southern California xy ‍‍‍ 15 – 3   .833 54 – 9   .857
No. 15 UCLA ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500 39 – 20   .661
California ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 35 – 27   .565
Stanford ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 35 – 20   .636
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1978[5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1978 College World Series

The 1978 season marked the thirty second 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 eleventh championship with a 10–3 win over Arizona State in the final.[1] Template:8TeamBracket-ACC80-03

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1978 College Baseball All-America Team

References

  1. ^ a b c The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. 2004. pp. 41–43. Retrieved August 26, 2014. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  2. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  3. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1978". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  4. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1978". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  5. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1978". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 26, 2014.


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