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1992 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams274
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
ChampionsPepperdine (1st title)
Runners-upCal State Fullerton (7th CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachAndy Lopez (1st title)
MOPPhil Nevin (Cal State Fullerton)
Seasons
← 1991
1993 →

The 1992 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 1992. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1992 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty sixth time in 1992, 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. Pepperdine claimed the championship for the first time.[1]

Realignment

Format changes

  • With the addition of two new teams, the SEC split into Eastern and Western divisions.
  • The Mid-Continent Conference reorganized its divisions, dropping the Blue/Gray alignment for Eastern and Western Divisions.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1992 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. 24 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 24 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular Season Winner Conference Tournament Tournament Venue • City Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Clemson 1992 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament Greenville Municipal StadiumGreenville, SC NC State
Big East Conference St. John's 1992 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament Muzzy FieldBristol, CT Providence
Big Eight Conference Oklahoma State 1992 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament All Sports StadiumOklahoma City, OK Oklahoma State
Big South Conference Coastal Carolina 1992 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament Charles Watson StadiumConway, SC Coastal Carolina
Big Ten Conference Ohio State 1992 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament Trautman FieldColumbus, OH Minnesota
Big West Conference Long Beach State No Tournament
EIBL Yale No Tournament
Metro Conference VCU 1992 Metro Conference Baseball Tournament Turchin StadiumNew Orleans, LA Tulane
Mid-American Conference Kent State 1992 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament Gene Michael FieldKent, OH Kent State
Midwestern Collegiate Conference Notre Dame 1992 Midwestern City Conference Baseball Tournament South Bend, IN Notre Dame
Mid-Continent Conference Eastern - Wright State
Western - Eastern Illinois
1992 Mid-Continent Conference Baseball Tournament Chicago, IL Wright State
Pacific-10 Conference North - Washington
South - Arizona
No Tournament
Southeastern Conference Eastern - Florida
Western - LSU
1992 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA LSU
Southern Conference Western Carolina 1992 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament College ParkCharleston, SC Western Carolina
Southwest Conference Texas No tournament
Trans America Athletic Conference East - Stetson/FIU
West - Southeastern Louisiana
1992 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament Southeastern Louisiana DiamondHammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana
West Coast Conference Pepperdine No tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1992 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 19 5   .792 50 14   .781
No. 5 Florida State  ‍‍‍y 16 7   .696 49 21   .700
No. 29 NC State  ‍‍y 15 9   .625 46 18   .719
No. 24 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍y 14 9   .609 45 19   .703
Duke  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 38 16   .704
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 36 22   .621
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 31 27   .534
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 7 15   .318 27 28   .491
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 3 19   .136 21 30   .412
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 14 5 0   .737 30 13 0   .698
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 14 7 0   .667 28 27 0   .509
Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 13 7 0   .650 25 20 1   .554
Providence  ‍‍y 12 8 0   .600 29 23 0   .558
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 9 10 0   .474 22 21 0   .512
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 6 15 0   .286 12 30 1   .291
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 5 13 0   .278 23 21 0   .523
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 5 13 0   .278 18 17 1   .514
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[4][5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Coastal Carolina  ‍ 13 5 0   .722 33 27 0   .550
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 10 6 0   .625 28 25 0   .528
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 10 7 0   .588 29 29 0   .500
Radford  ‍‍‍ 8 8 0   .500 28 23 0   .549
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 8 10 0   .444 20 28 0   .417
Campbell  ‍‍‍ 6 9 0   .400 16 38 1   .300
Liberty  ‍‍‍ 5 11 0   .313 20 27 1   .427
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 3 13 0   .188 12 34 0   .261
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 19 Ohio State  ‍‍‍y 20 8   .714 40 21   .656
No. 25 Minnesota  ‍‍y 18 10   .643 42 21   .667
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 17 11   .607 36 19   .655
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 16 12   .571 36 20   .643
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 14 14   .500 35 20   .636
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 13 15   .464 30 25   .545
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 12 16   .429 26 28   .481
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 11 17   .393 24 24   .500
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 11 17   .393 21 32   .396
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 8 20   .286 18 38   .321
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[7][8]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Big West Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 23 Long Beach State  ‍‍‍y 18 5   .783 36 21   .632
No. 2 Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍y 17 7   .708 46 17   .730
Fresno State  ‍‍‍y 16 8   .667 37 20   .649
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 30 24   .556
San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 32 21   .604
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 23 27   .460
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 9 14   .391 30 23   .566
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 6 18   .250 20 33   .377
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 6 18   .250 17 33   .340
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[9]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Kent State  ‍y 24 7 0   .774 45 13 0   .776
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 20 12 0   .625 33 22 0   .600
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 18 12 1   .597 31 27 1   .534
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 14 13 0   .519 23 27 0   .460
Miami  ‍‍‍ 16 15 0   .516 32 22 0   .593
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14 16 0   .467 25 26 0   .490
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10 15 0   .400 22 26 0   .458
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 7 18 0   .280 18 29 0   .383
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 7 22 1   .250 14 25 1   .363
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[10]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 16 Florida  x‍‍‍y 16 8   .667 44 20   .688
No. 28 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 13 11   .542 42 22   .656
Georgia  ‍‍‍y 12 11   .522 35 25   .583
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 11 12   .478 29 24   .547
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 35 20   .636
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 33 23   .589
Western
No. 9 LSU  xy 18 6   .750 50 16   .758
No. 21 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 15 9   .625 40 22   .645
Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 10 13   .435 31 26   .544
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 30 25   .545
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 9 14   .391 29 26   .527
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 34 21   .618
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[11]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 17 Western Carolina †‡y ‍‍‍ 17 4   .810 44 21   .677
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍ 15 6   .714 31 27   .534
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 11 8   .579 31 20   .608
The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 10 9   .526 35 20   .636
Furman  ‍‍‍ 11 10   .524 21 31   .404
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 6 14   .300 17 34   .333
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 5 13   .278 15 26   .366
VMI  ‍‍‍ 4 15   .211 11 39   .220
† – Conference champion
‡ – SoCon Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[12]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Stetson x‍‍‍y 13 5   .722 38 21   .644
FIU x‍‍‍ 13 5   .722 36 23   .610
Mercer ‍‍‍ 8 10   .444 29 20   .592
College of Charleston ‍‍‍ 2 16   .111 16 29   .356
West
Southeastern Louisiana xy 12 4   .750 38 22   .633
Centenary x‍‍ 12 4   .750 31 27   .534
Samford ‍‍‍ 0 16   .000 13 43   .232
Georgia State ‍‍‍ 0 0   2 30   .063
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[13]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍y 23 4   .852 48 11   .814
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 14 13   .519 28 24   .538
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 14 16   .467 23 32   .418
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 13 16   .448 16 39   .291
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 10 16   .385 16 36   .308
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 9 18   .333 15 36   .294
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[14]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1992 season marked the forty sixth 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 Pepperdine claiming their first championship with a 3–2 win over Cal State Fullerton in the final.[1]

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Miami (FL) 413
8 California 3
1 Miami (FL) 4
4 Cal State Fullerton 3
4 Cal State Fullerton 7
5 Florida State 2
1 Miami (FL) 5 1
4 Cal State Fullerton 7 8
8 California 4
5 Florida State 5
5 Florida State 0
4 Cal State Fullerton 6
4 Cal State Fullerton 2
7 Pepperdine 3
2 Wichita State 0
7 Pepperdine 6
7 Pepperdine 7
3 Texas 0
3 Texas 15
6 Oklahoma 3
7 Pepperdine 5
3 Texas 4
2 Wichita State 4
6 Oklahoma 8
6 Oklahoma 5
3 Texas 8

Award winners

All-America team

References

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