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Baseball season

1979 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams246
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsCal State Fullerton (1st title)
Runners-upArkansas (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachAugie Garrido (1st title)
MOPTony Hudson (Cal State Fullerton)
Seasons
← 19781980 →

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.

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. The Trans America Athletic Conference, as a new league, did not earn an automatic bid.

Conference Regular season winner Conference tournament Tournament venue • city Tournament winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Clemson No tournament
Big Eight Conference East - Oklahoma
West - Missouri		 1979 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma
Big Ten Conference Michigan State No tournament
Eastern 8 1979 Eastern 8 Conference baseball tournament Hershey, PA George Washington
ECAC 1979 Eastern College Athletic Conference baseball tournament Worcester, MA Connecticut
EIBL Navy No tournament
Mid-American Conference Miami (OH) No tournament
Pacific-10 Conference North - Washington State
South - UCLA		 No tournament
Southeastern Conference East - Florida
West - Mississippi State		 1979 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS Mississippi State
SCBA Cal State Fullerton No tournament
Southern Conference 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 Mercer

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1979 Eastern College Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Metropolitan
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ –   – 32 – 11   .744
No. 28 St. John's  ‍‍‍ –   – 26 – 11   .703
Fordham  ‍‍‍ –   – 18 – 13   .581
Canisius  ‍‍‍ –   – 8 – 20   .286
New England
Maine  ‍‍‍ –   – 23 – 9   .719
No. 8 Connecticut  ‍‍‡‍ –   – 31 – 13   .705
Fairfield  ‍‍‍ –   – 21 – 12   .636
UMass  ‍‍‍ –   – 24 – 17   .585
Holy Cross  ‍‍‍ –   – 16 – 13   .552
Providence  ‍‍‍ –   – 14 – 13   .519
South
George Washington  ‍‍‍ –   – 22 – 9   .710
James Madison  ‍‍‍ –   – 31 – 13   .705
Richmond  ‍‍‍ –   – 23 – 18   .561
Catholic University  ‍‍‍ –   – 16 – 15   .516
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍ –   – 16 – 30   .348
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ –   – 8 – 23   .258
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1979
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1979 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ –   – 55 – 11   .833
No. 11 Hawaii  ‍‍‍ –   – 69 – 15   .821
No. 23 Texas–Pan American  ‍‍‍ –   – 52 – 12   .813
Air Force  ‍‍‍ –   – 33 – 13   .717
No. 27 Florida State  ‍‍‍ –   – 43 – 17   .717
Mercer  ‍‍‍ –   – 38 – 16   .704
Villanova  ‍‍‍ –   – 16 – 9   .640
Detroit  ‍‍‍ –   – 34 – 22   .607
No. 11 Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ –   – 25 – 17   .595
Stetson  ‍‍‍ –   – 26 – 24   .520
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ –   – 15 – 16   .484
Campbell  ‍‍‍ –   – 17 – 20   .459
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ –   – 14 – 19   .424
Louisville  ‍‍‍ –   – 18 – 27   .400
Northern Iowa  ‍‍‍ –   – 11 – 17   .393
Lafayette  ‍‍‍ –   – 9 – 15   .375
Hofstra  ‍‍‍ –   – 6 – 18   .250
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1979
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1979 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
No. 29 Washington State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 3   .800 40 – 10   .800
Washington  ‍‍‍ 11 – 5   .688 37 – 13   .740
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 11   .267 21 – 19   .525
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 3 – 11   .214 14 – 27   .341
Southern
No. 9 UCLA  ‍‍‍ 21 – 9   .700 43 – 18   .705
No. 5 Arizona  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567 43 – 25   .632
California  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14   .533 31 – 25   .554
Southern California  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 33 – 24   .579
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 35 – 23   .603
Arizona State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 22   .267 32 – 31   .508
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1979
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1979 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
No. 19 Florida  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8   .667 40 – 20   .667
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 29 – 18   .617
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11 – 11   .500 24 – 18   .571
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 25 – 22   .532
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 8 – 14   .364 21 – 25   .457
Western Division
No. 6 Mississippi State  ‍‍‡‍ 17 – 2   .895 48 – 12   .800
LSU  ‍‍‍ 13 – 7   .650 34 – 20   .630
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 9 – 10   .474 24 – 13   .649
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 7 – 14   .333 21 – 21   .500
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 4 – 17   .190 18 – 27   .400
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1979
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1979 Southern California Baseball Association standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
#1 Cal State Fullerton †  ‍‍‍ 23 – 4   .852 60 – 14   .811
No. 3 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 19 – 9   .679 47 – 16   .746
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 17 – 10   .630 40 – 22   .645
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 14 – 12   .538 32 – 19   .627
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 12 – 16   .429 29 – 34   .460
Cal State Los Angeles  ‍‍‍ 9 – 19   .321 25 – 39   .391
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19   .296 22 – 37   .373
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20   .259 17 – 31   .354
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1979
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1979 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Texas  ‍†‍‡‍ 22 – 2   .917 61 – 8   .884
No. 2 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 19 – 5   .792 49 – 15   .766
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 13 – 9   .591 34 – 15   .694
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 13 – 10   .565 30 – 20   .600
Houston  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 27 – 17   .614
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 16 – 23   .410
Southern Methodist  ‍‍‍ 7 – 16   .304 21 – 26   .447
Texas Christian  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 21 – 24   .467
Rice  ‍‍‍ 5 – 19   .208 20 – 29   .408
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1979
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1979 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Mercer ‍‍‡‍ 0 – 0   – 38 – 16   .704
Oklahoma City ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 31 – 23   .574
Centenary ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 28 – 19   .596
Northeast Louisiana ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 22 – 26   .458
Hardin–Simmons ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 14 – 25   .359
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 1979
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 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.

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Arkansas5
Pepperdine4
Arkansas10
Arizona3
Arizona5
Miami (FL)1
Arkansas9
Texas4
Texas11
Arkansas10
Connecticut5
Texas8Cal State Fullerton13
Mississippi State2
Mississippi State6
Cal State Fullerton1Cal State Fullerton2
Cal State Fullerton8Arkansas1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Pepperdine5
Mississippi State4
Pepperdine9Pepperdine5
Texas4
Miami (FL)3
Pepperdine6
Arizona3
Connecticut3Cal State Fullerton16
Cal State Fullerton8

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1979 College Baseball All-America Team

References

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