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Baseball season

1978 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams239
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsUSC (11th title)
Runners-upArizona State (10th CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachRod Dedeaux (11th title)
MOPRod Boxberger (USC)
Seasons
← 19771979 →

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.

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.

Conference Regular season winner Conference tournament Tournament venue • city Tournament winner
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
Western Athletic Conference North - BYU
South - Arizona State		 1978 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Series Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ Arizona State

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1978 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 25 Clemson  ‍†‍‡‍ 10 – 2   .833 39 – 14   .736
No. 3 North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 9 – 3   .750 38 – 17   .691
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583 23 – 14   .622
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6   .455 14 – 14   .500
NC State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 7   .417 23 – 16   .590
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 4 – 8   .333 18 – 14   .563
Duke  ‍‍‍ 1 – 10   .091 12 – 22   .353
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1978
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1978 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 6 Michigan  ‍†‍‍ 13 – 3 – 0   .813 30 – 17 – 0   .638
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 5 – 0   .688 33 – 21 – 0   .611
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 10 – 6 – 0   .625 23 – 21 – 1   .522
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6 – 0   .600 28 – 17 – 0   .622
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 7 – 7 – 0   .500 25 – 17 – 0   .595
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9 – 0   .500 24 – 23 – 0   .511
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 5 – 8 – 0   .385 20 – 23 – 0   .465
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375 17 – 18 – 1   .486
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12 – 0   .333 25 – 22 – 1   .531
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 3 – 13 – 0   .188 16 – 26 – 0   .381
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1978
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1978 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ –   – 50 – 12   .806
No. 28 Hawaii  ‍‍‍ –   – 38 – 14   .731
No. 11 Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ –   – 33 – 14   .702
Detroit  ‍‍‍ –   – 33 – 16   .673
Mercer  ‍‍‍ –   – 32 – 16   .667
Stetson  ‍‍‍ –   – 33 – 17   .660
Richmond  ‍‍‍ –   – 21 – 12   .636
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ –   – 27 – 17   .614
Air Force  ‍‍‍ –   – 22 – 15   .595
Northern Iowa  ‍‍‍ –   – 17 – 16   .515
Lafayette  ‍‍‍ –   – 11 – 12   .478
Campbell  ‍‍‍ –   – 12 – 15   .444
Villanova  ‍‍‍ –   – 11 – 18   .379
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ –   – 12 – 25   .324
Hofstra  ‍‍‍ –   – 7 – 18   .280
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1978
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1978 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern Division
No. 16 Washington State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 3   .833 41 – 17   .707
Oregon ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438 –   –
Oregon State ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400 22 – 22   .500
Washington ‍‍‍ 5 – 12   .294 29 – 16   .644
Southern Division
#1 Southern California  ‍‍‍ 15 – 3   .833 54 – 9   .857
No. 15 UCLA ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500 39 – 20   .661
California ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 35 – 27   .565
Stanford ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 35 – 20   .636
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1978
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1978 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
Florida  ‍‍‍ 18 – 4   .818 34 – 15   .694
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478 30 – 19   .612
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478 25 – 21   .543
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13   .435 31 – 17   .646
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 6 – 15   .286 20 – 25   .444
Western Division
No. 22 Auburn  ‍‍‡‍ 15 – 8   .652 33 – 21   .611
No. 14 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 8   .619 38 – 18   .679
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 12 – 11   .522 27 – 21   .563
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11   .476 23 – 20   .535
LSU  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 12 – 34   .261
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1978
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1978 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 Texas A&M ‍†‍‍ 19 – 5   .792 39 – 16   .709
No. 18 Arkansas ‍‍‍ 18 – 6   .750 31 – 13   .705
No. 8 Baylor ‍‍‡‍ 15 – 9   .625 32 – 19   .627
No. 13 Houston ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 30 – 21   .588
Texas ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 36 – 16   .692
SMU ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 25 – 29   .463
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 23 – 25   .479
TCU ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 18 – 29   .383
Rice ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 18 – 29   .383
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1978
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1978 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
BYU  ‍‍‍ 16 – 2   .889 37 – 15   .712
Wyoming  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 35 – 24   .593
Colorado State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 20 – 26   .435
Utah  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 8 – 27   .229
Southern
No. 2 Arizona State  ‍‍‡‍ 15 – 3   .833 56 – 12   .824
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 13 – 5   .722 42 – 13   .764
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 5 – 12   .294 31 – 24   .564
UTEP  ‍‍‍ 2 – 15   .118 26 – 26   .500
x – Division champion
‡ – Championship Series champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1978
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 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.

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
Michigan4
Baylor0
Michigan3
Southern California11
Southern California9
Miami (FL)3
Southern California5
Arizona State2
Oral Roberts11
Southern California3
North Carolina0
Oral Roberts6North Carolina2
Arizona State7
Arizona State13
St. John's2
Southern California10
Lower round 1Lower round 2Arizona State3
Oral Roberts3
Baylor1Miami (FL)5
Arizona State11
Miami (FL)12
Miami (FL)3
Michigan6
North Carolina9North Carolina7
St. John's5


Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1978 College Baseball All-America Team

References

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