1978 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

1978 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships NCAA_70s_logo.svg Oregon Eugene, Oregon Team Champions: UCLA (6th title) and UTEP (2nd title) June 1−3, 1978 Hayward FieldUniversity of Oregon 1977 1979 57th The 1978 NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested June 1−3 at the 57th annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate Division I outdoor track and field events in the United States. This year's meet was hosted by the University of Oregon at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.NCAA Division I Men's Track and Field Championship Results http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/track_outdoor_champs_records/2012-13/2012_d1_motf.pdf NCAA NCAA.org June 29, 20161978 NCAA Track and Field Championship Results http://www.ustfccca.org/infozone/public-meet-single.php?contno=357 USTFCCCA InfoZone: Single-Meet Report USTFCCCA June 29, 2016 September 13, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150913161732/http://www.ustfccca.org/infozone/public-meet-single.php?contno=357 dead UCLA and UTEP, each with 50 points, tied atop the team standings and were declared co-national champions; it was the Bruins' sixth title and the Miners' second. The USC Trojans track and field team originally won the men's team title with 59 points. However, in June 1980 the title was vacated after their runner Billy Mullins was found to be ineligible. This left the runners-up UCLA and UTEP as co-champions.USC loses its 1978 national track title https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-breeze-usc-loses-its-1978-nati/183606097/ Daily Breeze 24 October 2025 24 3 Jun 1980 Team result Note: Top 10 only (H) = Hosts Rank Team Points UCLAUTEP 50 Oregon (H) 40 Auburn 36 04 4 USC 35 05 5 UC Irvine 28 06 6 BYU 27 07 7 Villanova 26 08 8 MarylandWashington State 25 09 9 Oklahoma 22 10 10 Washington 21 References Category:NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships NCAA NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships