1999 NCAA Division I baseball season

1999 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	274
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Miami (FL)
Runners-up	Florida State
MOP	Marshall McDougall (Florida State)
Seasons

The 1999 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 1999. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1999 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fifty third time in 1999, consisted of one team from each of eight super regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Miami (FL) claimed the championship for the third time.

Format changes

• The Big West Conference, Mid-Continent Conference, and Pacific-10 Conference dissolved their two division formats.
• The Trans America Athletic Conference dissolved its unique three division format.
• The West Coast Conference divided into two divisions of four teams each, named West and Coast.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1999 season. The NCAA sponsored regional and super regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the sixteen regionals consisted of four teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to eight best of three Super Regionals. The winners of each Super Regional advanced to Omaha. 29 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 35 teams earned at-large selections.

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue • City	Tournament Winner
America East Conference	Towson	1999 America East Conference Baseball Tournament	Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE	Delaware
Atlantic Coast Conference	Florida State	1999 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC	Wake Forest
Big 12 Conference	Texas A&M	1999 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament	AT&T Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK	Nebraska
Big East Conference	Notre Dame	1999 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament	Mercer County Waterfront Park • Trenton, NJ	Providence
Big Ten Conference	Ohio State	1999 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament	Bill Davis Stadium • Columbus, OH	Michigan
Big West Conference	Cal State Fullerton	No tournament
Conference USA	Houston	1999 Conference USA Baseball Tournament	USA Stadium • Millington, TN	Tulane
Ivy League	Gehrig - Princeton Rolfe - Harvard	1999 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series	Joseph J. O'Donnell Field • Cambridge, MA	Harvard
Mid-American Conference	East - Bowling Green West - Ball State	1999 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament	Warren E. Steller Field • Bowling Green, OH	Bowling Green
Midwestern Collegiate Conference	Butler	1999 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Baseball Tournament	Chicago, IL	Milwaukee
Mid-Continent Conference	Oral Roberts	1999 Mid-Continent Conference Baseball Tournament	J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OK	Oral Roberts
Pacific-10 Conference	Stanford	No tournament
Southeastern Conference	Eastern - South Carolina Western - LSU	1999 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL	Alabama
Southern Conference	The Citadel	1999 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament	Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	The Citadel
Trans America Athletic Conference	Florida Atlantic	1999 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Osceola County Stadium • Kissimmee, FL	Jacksonville
West Coast Conference	Coast - Pepperdine West - Loyola Marymount	1999 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series		Loyola Marymount

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1999 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 2 Florida State  ‍†‍‍y 22 – 2   .917 57 – 14   .803 No. 10 Wake Forest  ‍‍‡‍y 16 – 7   .696 47 – 16   .746 No. 13 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 13 – 10   .565 42 – 27   .609 No. 28 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 13 – 11   .542 41 – 18   .695 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 38 – 20   .655 NC State  ‍‍‍y 11 – 13   .458 37 – 25   .597 Virginia  ‍‍‍ 8 – 15   .348 21 – 35   .375 Maryland  ‍‍‍ 6 – 17   .261 23 – 33   .411 Duke  ‍‍‍ 4 – 18   .182 24 – 31   .436 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1999 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1999 Big 12 Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 7 Texas A&M  ‍†‍‍y 23 – 6   .793 53 – 17   .757 No. 9 Baylor  ‍‍‍y 20 – 7   .741 50 – 15   .769 No. 22 Texas Tech  ‍‍‍y 18 – 8   .692 42 – 17   .712 No. 8 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y 18 – 9   .667 46 – 21   .687 Nebraska  ‍‍‡‍y 16 – 9   .640 42 – 18   .700 Texas  ‍‍‍y 17 – 13   .567 36 – 26   .581 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13   .519 37 – 19   .661 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 30 – 29   .508 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 18   .379 26 – 29   .473 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 4 – 26   .133 14 – 40   .259 Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 28   .067 17 – 36   .321 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1999 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1999 Big East Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Notre Dame  ‍†‍‍y 20 – 5 – 0   .800 43 – 18 – 0   .705 Rutgers  ‍‍‍y 19 – 7 – 0   .731 37 – 21 – 0   .638 Providence  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 8 – 0   .692 49 – 16 – 0   .754 Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 14 – 11 – 0   .560 32 – 19 – 1   .625 St. John's  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11 – 1   .540 32 – 22 – 2   .589 West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 12 – 13 – 0   .480 29 – 28 – 0   .509 Villanova  ‍‍‍ 11 – 15 – 0   .423 27 – 26 – 1   .509 Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 11 – 15 – 0   .423 27 – 27 – 0   .500 Boston College  ‍‍‍ 10 – 15 – 1   .404 26 – 21 – 1   .552 Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 10 – 16 – 0   .385 27 – 24 – 0   .529 Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 2 – 24 – 0   .077 18 – 34 – 0   .346 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1999 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1999 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 11 Ohio State  ‍†‍‍y 25 – 3   .893 50 – 14   .781 Minnesota  ‍‍‍y 21 – 7   .750 46 – 18   .719 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 24 – 22   .522 Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y 15 – 13   .536 34 – 30   .531 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 14 – 14   .500 37 – 17   .685 Penn State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15   .444 32 – 23   .582 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 17   .370 28 – 25   .528 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 10 – 17   .370 24 – 30   .444 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 10 – 18   .357 24 – 29   .453 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 6 – 22   .214 22 – 34   .393 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1999 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1999 Conference USA baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 24 Houston  ‍†‍‍y 20 – 7   .741 40 – 24   .625 No. 21 Tulane  ‍‍‡‍y 19 – 8   .704 48 – 17   .738 Southern Miss  ‍‍‍y 18 – 9   .667 40 – 23   .635 Memphis  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 28 – 26   .519 South Florida  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 31 – 27   .534 Louisville  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13   .519 37 – 19   .661 UNC Charlotte  ‍‍‍ 13 – 14   .481 26 – 26   .500 Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 9 – 18   .333 30 – 29   .508 UAB  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20   .259 22 – 31   .415 Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 5 – 22   .185 19 – 39   .328 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1999 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1999 Mid-American Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT East Bowling Green  x‍‍‡‍y 21 – 10 – 0   .677 36 – 24 – 0   .600 Miami  ‍‍‍ 20 – 12 – 0   .625 34 – 27 – 0   .557 Kent State  ‍‍‍ 19 – 12 – 0   .613 33 – 25 – 0   .569 Ohio  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13 – 0   .567 26 – 28 – 0   .481 Akron  ‍‍‍ 10 – 22 – 0   .313 10 – 22 – 0   .313 Marshall  ‍‍‍ 4 – 26 – 1   .145 12 – 43 – 1   .223 West Ball State  x‍‍‍ 25 – 6 – 0   .806 42 – 18 – 0   .700 Toledo  ‍‍‍ 23 – 9 – 0   .719 39 – 20 – 0   .661 Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 20 – 12 – 0   .625 30 – 28 – 0   .517 Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15 – 0   .500 24 – 32 – 0   .429 Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 12 – 19 – 1   .391 21 – 32 – 1   .398 Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 1 – 31 – 0   .031 4 – 51 – 1   .080 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1999 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1999 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 1 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y –   – 50 – 13   .794 Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍ –   – 36 – 17   .679 Texas–Pan American  ‍‍‍ –   – 30 – 22   .577 Belmont  ‍‍‍ –   – 28 – 24   .538 Cal State Northridge  ‍‍‍ –   – 28 – 24   .538 C. W. Post  ‍‍‍ –   – 15 – 28   .349 NYIT  ‍‍‍ –   – 15 – 32   .319 Pace  ‍‍‍ –   – 14 – 35   .286 Southern Utah  ‍‍‍ –   – 14 – 35   .286 Hawaii–Hilo  ‍‍‍ –   – 9 – 37   .196 y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1999 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1999 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Eastern Division South Carolina  x‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 35 – 23   .603 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 25 – 32   .439 Florida  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 31 – 25   .554 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20   .333 28 – 28   .500 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 8 – 20   .286 25 – 30   .455 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 8 – 22   .267 22 – 33   .400 Western Division No. 17 Arkansas  x‍†‍‍y 22 – 8   .733 42 – 23   .646 No. 4 Alabama  ‍‍‡‍y 21 – 9   .700 53 – 16   .768 No. 14 LSU  ‍‍‍y 18 – 11   .621 41 – 24   .631 No. 15 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 18 – 12   .600 46 – 19   .708 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 17 – 13   .567 34 – 28   .548 No. 30 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 15 – 14   .517 42 – 21   .667 x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1999 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1999 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT The Citadel  ‍†‍‡‍y 24 – 5   .828 41 – 20   .672 College of Charleston  ‍‍‍ 19 – 10   .655 31 – 24   .564 Western Carolina  ‍‍‍ 18 – 10   .643 36 – 22   .621 East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 11   .621 29 – 25   .537 UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‍ 16 – 12   .571 29 – 26   .527 Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍ 13 – 15   .464 29 – 29   .500 VMI  ‍‍‍ 13 – 16   .448 22 – 27   .449 Furman  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 22 – 35   .386 Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20   .333 14 – 38   .269 Davidson  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21   .300 11 – 37   .229 Wofford  ‍‍‍ 7 – 23   .233 14 – 36   .280 † – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1999 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1999 College World Series

The 1999 season marked the fifty third 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 Miami (FL) claiming their third championship with a 6–5 win over Florida State in the final.

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	5	Alabama	11
		Oklahoma State	3
						5	Alabama	1
						1	Miami (FL)	8
	8	Rice	4
	1	Miami (FL)	8
											1	Miami (FL)	5	—
											5	Alabama	2	—
		Oklahoma State	2
	8	Rice	7
						8	Rice	5
						5	Alabama	6
																	1	Miami (FL)	6
																	2	Florida State	5
	6	Stanford	9
	3	Cal State Fullerton	2
						6	Stanford	10
						2	Florida State	6
	7	Texas A&M	3
	2	Florida State	7
											6	Stanford	6	11
											2	Florida State	8	1413
	3	Cal State Fullerton	4
	7	Texas A&M	2
						3	Cal State-Fullerton	2
						2	Florida State	7

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1999 College Baseball All-America Team