1990 NCAA Division I baseball season

1990 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	269
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Georgia
Runners-up	Oklahoma State
MOP	Mike Rebhan (Georgia)
Seasons

The 1990 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 1990. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1990 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty fourth time in 1990, 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. Georgia claimed the championship for the first time.

Format change

The Big East Conference dissolved its divisional format and played as a single eight team division.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1990 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the eight regionals consisted of six teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 25 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 23 teams earned at-large selections.

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue • City	Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	North Carolina	1990 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC	North Carolina
Big East Conference	Seton Hall	1990 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament	Muzzy Field • Bristol, CT	Connecticut
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma State	1990 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament	All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference	Iowa	1990 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament	Duane Banks Field • Iowa City, IA	Illinois
Big West Conference	Cal State Fullerton/Fresno State	No Tournament
EIBL	Penn	No Tournament
Metro Conference	Florida State	1990 Metro Conference Baseball Tournament	Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS	Florida State
Mid-American Conference	Central Michigan	No Tournament
Midwestern Collegiate Conference	North - Notre Dame South - Evansville	1990 Midwestern City Conference Baseball Tournament	South Bend, IN	Evansville
Mid-Continent Conference	Blue - UIC Gray - Southwest Missouri State	1990 Mid-Continent Conference Baseball Tournament	Chicago, IL	UIC
Pacific-10 Conference	North - Washington State South - Stanford	No Tournament
Southeastern Conference	LSU	1990 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL	Mississippi State/LSU
Southern Conference	The Citadel	1990 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament	College Park • Charleston, SC	The Citadel
Southwest Conference	Arkansas	1990 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament	Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	Texas
Trans America Athletic Conference	East - Georgia Southern West - Centenary	1990 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Centenary Park • Shreveport, LA	Stetson

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1990 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 21 North Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍y 17 – 4   .810 51 – 18   .739 No. 30 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 14 – 6   .700 43 – 23   .652 No. 26 NC State  ‍‍‍y 14 – 7   .667 48 – 20   .706 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10   .500 35 – 24   .593 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍y 9 – 9   .500 46 – 25   .648 Virginia  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 21 – 32   .396 Duke  ‍‍‍ 4 – 15   .211 28 – 25   .528 Maryland  ‍‍‍ 2 – 15   .118 22 – 26   .458 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1990 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1990 Big East Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Seton Hall  ‍†‍‍ 16 – 4 – 0   .800 35 – 18 – 0   .660 St. John's  ‍‍‍ 15 – 6 – 0   .714 29 – 18 – 0   .617 Villanova  ‍‍‍ 13 – 8 – 0   .619 33 – 16 – 0   .673 Connecticut  ‍‍‡‍y 12 – 9 – 0   .571 27 – 19 – 1   .585 Providence  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10 – 0   .524 27 – 21 – 0   .563 Boston College  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13 – 0   .381 20 – 22 – 1   .477 Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 4 – 16 – 0   .200 17 – 30 – 0   .362 Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 4 – 17 – 0   .190 8 – 23 – 0   .258 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1990 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1990 Big Eight Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 2 Oklahoma State †‡y ‍‍‍ 18 – 6   .750 56 – 17   .767 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 30 – 27   .526 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 42 – 26   .618 Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 33 – 27   .550 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 28 – 27   .509 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 27 – 31   .466 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 31 – 26   .544 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1990 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Iowa  ‍†‍‍y 22 – 6   .786 38 – 19   .667 No. 23 Illinois  ‍‍‡‍y 19 – 9   .679 43 – 21   .672 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 19 – 9   .679 36 – 24   .600 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 12   .571 31 – 29   .517 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14 – 14   .500 33 – 24   .579 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 14 – 14   .500 30 – 27   .526 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 15   .464 28 – 24   .538 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19   .296 27 – 31   .466 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 8 – 20   .286 16 – 41   .281 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 6 – 21   .222 24 – 32   .429 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1990 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1990 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 4 LSU  ‍†‍‡‍y 20 – 7   .741 54 – 19   .740 No. 1 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 18 – 9   .667 52 – 19   .732 No. 5 Mississippi State  ‍‍‡‍y 17 – 9   .654 50 – 21   .704 Auburn  ‍‍‍ 13 – 13   .500 34 – 24   .586 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 12 – 13   .480 28 – 30   .483 Florida  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478 29 – 30   .492 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13   .435 34 – 21   .618 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 10 – 16   .385 23 – 29   .442 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 9 – 18   .333 28 – 31   .475 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 8 – 18   .308 27 – 29   .482 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1990 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1990 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 6 The Citadel  ‍†‍‡‍y 13 – 1 – 0   .929 46 – 14 – 0   .767 Western Carolina  ‍‍‍ 10 – 7 – 0   .588 37 – 25 – 0   .597 Marshall  ‍‍‍ 10 – 7 – 0   .588 20 – 19 – 0   .513 VMI  ‍‍‍ 6 – 8 – 0   .429 12 – 26 – 0   .316 Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9 – 0   .400 19 – 22 – 1   .464 Furman  ‍‍‍ 6 – 11 – 0   .353 20 – 24 – 0   .455 East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 12 – 0   .250 10 – 31 – 0   .244 † – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball tournament As of June 30, 1990 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1990 College World Series

The 1990 season marked the forty 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 Georgia claiming their first championship with a 2–1 win over Oklahoma State in the final.

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Stanford	510
	8	Georgia Southern	4
						1	Stanford	2
						4	Georgia	16
	4	Georgia	3
	5	Mississippi State	0
											4	Georgia	2	5
											1	Stanford	4	1
	8	Georgia Southern	1
	5	Mississippi State	15
						1	Stanford	6
						5	Mississippi State	1
																	4	Georgia	2
																	3	Oklahoma State	1
	2	LSU	8
	7	The Citadel	2
						2	LSU	1
						3	Oklahoma State	7
	3	Oklahoma State	14
	6	Cal State Fullerton	4
											3	Oklahoma State	14	—
											2	LSU	3	—
	7	The Citadel	812
	6	Cal State Fullerton	7
						2	LSU	6
						7	The Citadel	1

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1990 College Baseball All-America Team