1979 NCAA Division I baseball season

Baseball season August 2023 July 2026 1979 NCAA Division I baseball season 246 1979 NCAA Division I baseball tournament NCAA tournament 1979 College World Series College World Series Cal State Fullerton 1st Arkansas 1st Augie Garrido 1st Tony Hudson Cal State Fullerton 1978 1980 The 1979 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 1979. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1979 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the thirty-third time in 1979, 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. Cal State Fullerton claimed the championship for the first 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 1979 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 The Trans America Athletic Conference, as a new league, did not earn an automatic bid. ConferenceRegular season winnerConference tournamentTournament venue • cityTournament winner Atlantic Coast Conference 1979 Clemson Tigers Clemson No tournament Big Eight Conference East - 1979 Oklahoma Sooners OklahomaWest - 1979 Missouri Tigers Missouri 1979 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK 1979 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma Big Ten Conference 1979 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State No tournament Eastern 8 1979 Eastern 8 Conference baseball tournament Hershey, PA 1979 George Washington Colonials George Washington ECAC 1979 Eastern College Athletic Conference baseball tournament Worcester, MA Connecticut EIBL 1979 Navy Midshipmen Navy No tournament Mid-American Conference 1979 Miami RedHawks Miami (OH) No tournament Pacific-10 Conference North - 1979 Washington State Cougars Washington StateSouth - 1979 UCLA Bruins UCLA No tournament Southeastern Conference East - 1979 Florida Gators FloridaWest - Mississippi State 1979 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS Mississippi State SCBA Cal State Fullerton No tournament Southern Conference 1979 The Citadel Bulldogs The Citadel No tournament Southwest Conference Texas 1979 Southwest Conference baseball tournament Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX Texas Trans America Athletic Conference N/A 1979 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament Centenary Park • Shreveport, LA 1979 Mercer Bears Mercer Yankee Conference 1979 Maine Black Bears Maine1979 UMass Minutemen UMass No tournament Conference standings The following is an incomplete list of conference standings: College World Series 1979 College World Series The 1979 season marked the thirty 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 Cal State Fullerton claiming their first championship with a 2–1 win over Arkansas in the final. Award winners All-America team 1979 College Baseball All-America Team References