1978 NCAA Division I baseball season

Baseball season August 2023 July 2026 1978 NCAA Division I baseball season NCAA 70s logo.svg 239 1978 NCAA Division I baseball tournament NCAA tournament 1978 College World Series College World Series USC 11th Arizona State 10th Rod Dedeaux 11th Rod Boxberger USC 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.https://books.google.com/books?id=ox665PJnDXQC The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003 W.C. Madden Patrick J. Stewart amp McFarland & Co. 2004 41–43 9780786418428 August 26, 2014 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.NCAA Men's College World Series Records http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2009CWSfull.pdf NCAA August 26, 2014 7 2009 ConferenceRegular season winnerConference tournamentTournament venue • cityTournament winner Atlantic Coast Conference 1978 Clemson Tigers Clemson 1978 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC 1978 Clemson Tigers Clemson Big Eight Conference East - 1978 Oklahoma Sooners OklahomaWest - 1978 Missouri Tigers Missouri 1978 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK 1978 Oklahoma State Cowboys Oklahoma State Big Ten Conference Michigan No tournament EIBL 1978 Harvard Crimson Harvard No tournament Mid-American Conference 1978 Eastern Michigan Eagles Eastern Michigan No tournament Pacific-8 Conference North - 1978 Washington State Cougars Washington StateSouth - Southern California No tournament Southeastern Conference East - 1978 Florida Gators FloridaWest - 1978 Auburn Tigers Auburn 1978 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Perry Field • Gainesville, FL 1978 Auburn Tigers Auburn Southern Conference 1978 Marshall Thundering Herd Marshall No tournament Southwest Conference 1978 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M 1978 Southwest Conference baseball tournament Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX 1978 Baylor Bears Baylor Western Athletic Conference North - 1978 BYU Cougars BYUSouth - Arizona State 1978 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Series Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ Arizona State Yankee Conference 1978 UMass Minutemen UMass1978 New Hampshire Wildcats New Hampshire No tournament Conference standings The following is an incomplete list of conference standings: College World Series 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. Award winners All-America team 1978 College Baseball All-America Team References