1995 NCAA Division I baseball season

1995 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams 276
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions Cal State Fullerton
Runners-up Southern California
MOP Mark Kotsay (Cal State Fullerton)
Seasons

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1996 →

The 1995 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 1995. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1995 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty ninth time in 1995, 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 second time.[1]

Realignment

Format changes

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1995 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. In order to provide all conference champions with an automatic bid, 12 conference champions participated in a play-in round. The six winners joined the other 18 conference champions with automatic bids, 24 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular Season Winner Conference Tournament Tournament Venue • City Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Clemson 1995 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC Florida State
Big East Conference Providence 1995 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament Muzzy Field • Bristol, CT Pittsburgh Panthers baseball
Big Eight Conference Oklahoma State 1995 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference Ohio State 1995 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament Trautman Field • Columbus, OH Ohio State
Big West Conference Cal State Fullerton 1995 Big West Conference Baseball Tournament Blair Field • Long Beach, CA Cal State Fullerton
Ivy League Gehrig - Penn
Rolfe - Yale 		1995 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series Yale Field • New Haven, CT Penn
Metro Conference 1995 Metro Conference Baseball Tournament Tom and Lib Phillips Field • Charlotte, NC South Florida
Mid-American Conference Bowling Green 1995 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament Warren E. Steller Field • Bowling Green, OH Central Michigan
Midwestern Collegiate Conference East - Detroit
West - Notre Dame 		1995 Midwestern City Conference Baseball Tournament South Bend, IN Wright State
Mid-Continent Conference Youngstown State 1995 Mid-Continent Conference Baseball Tournament Monier Field • Charleston, IL Troy
North Atlantic Conference Delaware 1995 North Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE Delaware
Pacific-10 Conference North - Washington State
South - Southern California 		No Tournament
Southeastern Conference Eastern - Tennessee 1995 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament[lower-alpha 1] Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN Tennessee
Western - Auburn Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS Alabama
Southern Conference The Citadel 1995 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament College Park • Charleston, SC The Citadel
Southwest Conference Texas Tech 1995 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament Olsen Field • College Station, TX Texas Tech
Trans America Athletic Conference FIU 1995 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament Homestead Athletic Complex • Homestead, FL UCF
West Coast Conference Pepperdine No tournament
  1. ↑ The SEC held separate tournaments for its Eastern and Western Divisions in 1995. Tennessee was awarded the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1995 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#7 Clemson †y 20 – 4   .833     54 – 14   .794
#5 Florida State ‡y 16 – 7   .696     53 – 16   .768
Georgia Tech y 16 – 8   .667     38 – 22   .633
#25 North Carolina y 14 – 10   .583     39 – 23   .629
Wake Forest 13 – 11   .542     34 – 24   .586
NC State 12 – 12   .500     36 – 24   .600
Virginia 8 – 15   .348     26 – 29   .473
Duke 4 – 20   .167     30 – 27   .526
Maryland 4 – 20   .167     20 – 37   .351
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1995[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Providence † 16 – 5 – 0   .762     44 – 15 – 0   .746
Seton Hall 14 – 7 – 0   .667     38 – 16 – 0   .704
Villanova 14 – 7 – 0   .667     40 – 16 – 0   .714
Pittsburgh ‡y 12 – 9 – 0   .571     39 – 16 – 0   .709
St. John's 12 – 9 – 0   .571     18 – 16 – 0   .529
Boston College 8 – 13 – 0   .381     21 – 24 – 0   .467
Georgetown 4 – 17 – 0   .190     17 – 34 – 0   .333
Connecticut 4 – 17 – 0   .190     13 – 30 – 1   .307
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1995[4][5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#26 Ohio State †‡y 18 – 10   .643     40 – 23   .635
Minnesota 16 – 12   .571     31 – 27   .534
Northwestern 15 – 13   .536     36 – 19   .655
Purdue 15 – 13   .536     28 – 29   .491
Penn State 13 – 13   .500     25 – 29   .463
Illinois 14 – 14   .500     25 – 31   .446
Iowa 13 – 15   .464     29 – 24   .547
Indiana 12 – 16   .429     33 – 23   .589
Michigan State 12 – 16   .429     24 – 27   .471
Michigan 10 – 16   .385     24 – 29   .453
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1995[6][7]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Big West Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#1 Cal State Fullerton †‡ 18 – 3   .857     57 – 9   .864
#16 Long Beach State 16 – 5   .762     38 – 25   .603
Nevada 12 – 9   .571     35 – 18   .660
UNLV 11 – 10   .524     32 – 21   .604
New Mexico State 9 – 12   .429     32 – 22   .593
UC Santa Barbara 8 – 13   .381     22 – 24   .478
Pacific 5 – 16   .238     26 – 26   .500
San Jose State 5 – 16   .238     21 – 33   .389
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 1995 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 30, 1995[8]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Bowling Green † 22 – 8 – 0   .733     34 – 20 – 0   .630
Kent State 19 – 10 – 0   .655     40 – 19 – 0   .678
Central Michigan ‡y 19 – 12 – 0   .613     41 – 19 – 0   .683
Akron 18 – 12 – 0   .600     26 – 22 – 0   .542
Western Michigan 19 – 13 – 0   .594     31 – 22 – 1   .583
Eastern Michigan 18 – 13 – 0   .581     22 – 31 – 0   .415
Ohio 15 – 17 – 0   .469     31 – 25 – 0   .554
Toledo 9 – 21 – 0   .300     21 – 32 – 0   .396
Miami 8 – 23 – 0   .258     21 – 35 – 0   .375
Ball State 7 – 25 – 0   .219     15 – 41 – 0   .268
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1995[9]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern
#4 Tennessee x†‡y 22 – 8   .733     54 – 16   .771
Florida 12 – 14   .462     32 – 24   .571
South Carolina 12 – 14   .462     32 – 25   .561
Georgia 9 – 17   .346     29 – 29   .500
Vanderbilt 10 – 19   .345     29 – 32   .475
Kentucky 8 – 19   .296     29 – 32   .475
Western
#9 Auburn xy 19 – 8   .704     50 – 13   .794
#14 Alabama ‡y 18 – 11   .621     42 – 23   .646
#18 LSU y 17 – 12   .586     47 – 18   .723
#17 Ole Miss y 14 – 12   .538     40 – 22   .645
Arkansas y 13 – 15   .464     38 – 23   .623
Mississippi State 11 – 16   .407     34 – 25   .576
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1995[10]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
The Citadel †‡y 19 – 5   .792     39 – 19   .672
Georgia Southern 14 – 10   .583     35 – 24   .593
Western Carolina 13 – 11   .542     32 – 24   .571
Davidson 12 – 12   .500     19 – 32   .373
East Tennessee State 11 – 12   .478     25 – 27   .481
Appalachian State 10 – 13   .435     17 – 30   .362
VMI 10 – 14   .417     19 – 28   .404
Marshall 9 – 15   .375     12 – 38   .240
Furman 9 – 15   .375     16 – 32   .333
† – Conference champion
‡ – SoCon Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1995[11]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#10 Texas Tech †‡y 16 – 8   .667     51 – 14   .785
#15 Rice y 15 – 9   .625     43 – 19   .694
#12 Texas A&M y 15 – 9   .625     44 – 22   .667
#23 Texas y 14 – 10   .583     44 – 19   .698
Texas Christian 11 – 13   .458     27 – 29   .482
Baylor 7 – 14   .333     25 – 28   .472
Houston 6 – 18   .250     26 – 29   .473
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1995[12]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1995 season marked the forty ninth 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 third championship with a 11–5 win over Southern California in the final.[1]

Bracket

  First Round Second Round Semifinals Finals
                                       
6  Southern California 0  
3  Miami (FL) 15  
  3  Miami (FL) 4  
  2  Florida State 2  
7  Oklahoma 2
2  Florida State 3  
  3  Miami (FL) 5 3  
Bracket One
  6  Southern California 7 7  
7  Oklahoma 4  
6  Southern California 9  
  2  Florida State 11
  6  Southern California 16  
  6  Southern California 5
  1  Cal State Fullerton 11
5  Tennessee 3  
4  Clemson 1  
  5  Tennessee 1
  1  Cal State Fullerton 11  
8  Stanford 5
1  Cal State Fullerton 6  
  1  Cal State Fullerton 11 —
Bracket Two
  5  Tennessee 0 —  
8  Stanford 8  
4  Clemson 3  
  5  Tennessee 6
  8  Stanford 2  

Award winners

All-America team

References

  1. 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 January 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
  3. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1995". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  5. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1995". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  6. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  7. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1995". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  8. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1995". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  9. ↑ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  10. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1995". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  11. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1995". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  12. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1995". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
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