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Baseball season

1980 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams249
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsArizona (2nd title)
Runners-upHawaii (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachJerry Kindall (2nd title)
MOPTerry Francona (Arizona)
Seasons
← 19791981 →

The 1980 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 1980. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1980 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the thirty fourth time in 1980, 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. Arizona claimed the championship for the second time.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1980 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
ACC North Carolina 1980 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Doak Field • Raleigh, NC Clemson
Big 8 East - Nebraska
West - Oklahoma State		 1980 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK Missouri
Big Ten Michigan No tournament
Eastern 8 1980 Eastern 8 Conference baseball tournament The Ellipse • Washington, DC UMass
EIBL Harvard No tournament
Metro 1980 Metro Conference baseball tournament Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL Florida State
MAC Central Michigan No tournament
Pac-10 North - Washington State
South - Arizona/California		 No tournament
SEC East - Florida
West - Auburn		 1980 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Perry Field • Gainesville, FL Vanderbilt
SoCon East Tennessee State No tournament
SWC Texas 1980 Southwest Conference baseball tournament Olsen Field • College Station, TX Texas
TAAC N/A 1980 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament Luther Williams Field • Macon, GA Georgia Southern
WAC North - BYU
South - Hawaii		 1980 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Series UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI Hawaii

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1980 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North Carolina  ‍†‍‍ 11 – 1   .917 39 – 17   .696
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 9 – 4   .692 24 – 10   .706
No. 8 Clemson  ‍‍‡‍ 6 – 5   .545 38 – 21   .644
NC State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 6   .538 21 – 12   .636
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6   .500 21 – 13   .618
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 5 – 8   .385 17 – 13   .567
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 3 – 10   .231 8 – 19   .296
Duke  ‍‍‍ 2 – 9   .182 17 – 11   .607
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 6 Michigan  ‍†‍‍ 14 – 2 – 0   .875 36 – 18 – 1   .664
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 14 – 4 – 0   .778 33 – 13 – 0   .717
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 11 – 5 – 0   .688 31 – 14 – 0   .689
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8 – 0   .556 23 – 24 – 1   .490
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9 – 0   .438 27 – 24 – 0   .529
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375 18 – 25 – 0   .419
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375 17 – 25 – 0   .405
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375 18 – 33 – 1   .356
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11 – 0   .313 20 – 21 – 1   .488
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 13 – 0   .188 15 – 35 – 0   .300
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ –   – 59 – 12   .831
No. 7 Florida State  ‍‍‍ –   – 51 – 12   .810
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ –   – 29 – 8   .784
Air Force  ‍‍‍ –   – 27 – 9   .750
No. 10 Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ –   – 39 – 15   .722
Stetson  ‍‍‍ –   – 34 – 18   .654
Louisville  ‍‍‍ –   – 38 – 21   .644
Detroit  ‍‍‍ –   – 32 – 21   .604
Campbell  ‍‍‍ –   – 18 – 18   .500
Lafayette  ‍‍‍ –   – 11 – 13   .458
Northern Iowa  ‍‍‍ –   – 12 – 16   .429
Hofstra  ‍‍‍ –   – 7 – 28   .200
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 3   .786 36 – 10   .783
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9   .471 33 – 16   .673
Washington  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400 33 – 20   .623
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10   .375 19 – 21   .475
Southern
No. 1 Arizona  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567 45 – 21   .682
No. 3 California  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567 44 – 23   .657
Arizona State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 38 – 25   .603
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 31 – 22   .585
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 29 – 24   .547
Southern California  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 27 – 24   .529
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
Florida  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8   .667 40 – 16   .714
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‡‍ 13 – 9   .591 34 – 21   .618
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 9 – 10   .474 33 – 12   .733
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 8 – 11   .421 25 – 21   .543
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14   .300 23 – 21   .523
Western Division
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 15 – 8   .652 27 – 24   .529
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500 24 – 22   .522
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11   .476 31 – 19   .620
LSU  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9   .471 23 – 19   .548
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13   .381 18 – 28   .391
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 22 East Tennessee State  ‍†‍‍ 14 – 1   .933 39 – 7   .848
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 10 – 3   .769 17 – 11   .607
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5   .667 17 – 19   .472
Western Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 – 5   .615 22 – 15   .595
The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6   .600 23 – 14   .622
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8   .467 15 – 24   .385
Furman  ‍‍‍ 2 – 10   .167 7 – 22   .241
Chattanooga  ‍‍‍ 1 – 11   .083 12 – 20   .375
VMI  ‍‍‍ 0 – 12   .000 4 – 22   .154
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 Texas ‍†‍‡‍ 18 – 6   .750 53 – 13   .803
No. 28 Texas A&M ‍‍‍ 17 – 6   .739 38 – 14   .731
No. 19 Arkansas ‍‍‍ 15 – 8   .652 44 – 22   .667
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 28 – 23   .549
Baylor ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 25 – 19   .568
Rice ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 14 – 29   .326
TCU ‍‍‍ 7 – 14   .333 19 – 28   .404
SMU ‍‍‍ 7 – 15   .318 21 – 22   .488
Houston ‍‍‍ 6 – 17   .261 17 – 28   .378
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Georgia Southern ‍‍‡‍ 0 – 0   – 38 – 21   .644
Mercer ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 31 – 18   .633
Centenary ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 34 – 19   .642
Northeast Louisiana ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 20 – 15   .571
Hardin–Simmons ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 25 – 25   .500
Northwestern State ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 23 – 23   .500
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
BYU  ‍‍‍ 14 – 3   .824 41 – 18   .695
Wyoming  ‍‍‍ 11 – 6   .647 23 – 20   .535
Utah  ‍‍‍ 5 – 12   .294 17 – 19   .472
Colorado State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 13   .235 17 – 37   .315
South
No. 2 Hawaii  ‍‍‡‍ 19 – 5   .792 60 – 18   .769
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8   .667 43 – 20   .683
San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478 40 – 26   .606
UTEP  ‍‍‍ 1 – 22   .043 22 – 39   .361
x – Division champion
‡ – Championship Series champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of 18 November 2016
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1980 College World Series

The 1980 season marked the thirty fourth 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 Arizona claiming their second championship with a 5–3 win over Hawaii in the final.

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
St. John's6
Arizona1
St. John's2
Hawaii7
Hawaii7
Florida State6
Hawaii9
Miami (FL)3
Miami (FL)13
Hawaii4
Clemson5
Miami (FL)3Arizona6
Michigan2
Michigan9
California8Hawaii3
Arizona10Arizona5
Lower round 1Lower round 2California9
Michigan0
Arizona5Arizona8
Miami (FL)3
Florida State3
California4
St. John's5
Clemson4California8
California6

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1980 College Baseball All-America Team

References

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