1978 NCAA Division I baseball season
| Number of teams | 239 |
| NCAA Tournament | |
| College World Series | |
| Champions | Southern California |
| Runners-up | Arizona State |
| MOP | Rod Boxberger (Southern California) |
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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.[1]
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.[1][2]
| Conference | Regular Season Winner | Conference Tournament | Tournament Venue • City | Tournament Winner |
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| Atlantic Coast Conference | Clemson | 1978 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament | Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC | Clemson |
| Big Eight Conference | East - Oklahoma West - Missouri | 1978 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament | All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK | Oklahoma State |
| Big Ten Conference | Michigan | No Tournament | ||
| EIBL | Harvard | No Tournament | ||
| Mid-American Conference | Eastern Michigan | No Tournament | ||
| Pacific-8 Conference | North - Washington State South - Southern California | No Tournament | ||
| Southeastern Conference | East - Florida West - Auburn | 1978 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament | Perry Field • Gainesville, FL | Auburn |
| Southern Conference | Marshall | No Tournament | ||
| Southwest Conference | Texas A&M | 1978 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament | Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | Baylor |
Conference standings
The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:
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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.[1]
| First Round | Second Round | Third Round | |||||||||||
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| Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Baylor | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Michigan | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts | 11 | ||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 13 | ||||||||||||
| St. John's | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Loser's Bracket | |||||||||||||
| Baylor | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 12 | Oral Roberts | 3 | ||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 5 | ||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 9 | ||||||||||||
| St. John's | 5 | Michigan | 6 | ||||||||||
| North Carolina | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Semifinals | Finals | if needed | |||||||||||
| Re-ordered Semi-finals | |||||||||||||
| Southern California | 3 | ||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 3 | ||||||||||||
Award winners
All-America team
References
- 1 2 3 W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 41–43. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- ↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1978". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1978". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1978". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 26, 2014.