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This is a list of Big West Conference champions in college baseball. The Big West Conference is composed of nine schools which participate in baseball, with each school playing all of the others in three game series. The team with the best record is named champion, and wins the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

The conference began sponsoring baseball under the name Pacific Coast Athletic Association in 1970 and crowned a champion each year through 1976. Beginning in 1977, the league joined with the West Coast Conference for baseball, with competition in two separate conferences - the Northern California Baseball Association and the Southern California Baseball Association. This arrangement lasted through the 1984 season, when the league once again began sponsoring baseball for its members. In 1988, the conference adopted the Big West name. In 1990, the league held a divisional playoff, and in 1997 and 1998, the league held a tournament to determine its champion. in 2025, the league is bringing back a tournament to determine its champion.

Champions

Pacific Coast Athletic Association

Year Regular Season Champion Record
1970 No. 23 Long Beach State 11–4
1971 No. 21 San Jose State
Fresno State		 13–8
1972 No. 17 UC Santa Barbara 14–4
1973 Cal State Los Angeles 13–5
1974 No. 12 Cal State Los Angeles 18–5
1975 No. 8 Cal State Fullerton 14–7
1976 No. 26 Cal State Fullerton 17–4

Northern California Baseball Association

Year Champion Record
1977 No. 21 Fresno State 26–10
1978 Santa Clara 23–8
1979 No. 26 Fresno State 23–13
1980 No. 24 Fresno State 31–3
1981 No. 20 Fresno State 26–10
1982 No. 13 Fresno State
Santa Clara		 30–6
26–10
1983 No. 11 Fresno State 22–8
1984 No. 14 Fresno State 28–2

Southern California Baseball Association

Year Champion Record
1977 No. 20 Cal State Fullerton
No. 4 Cal State Los Angeles		 17–7
1978 No. 21 Cal State Fullerton 24–4
1979 No. 1 Cal State Fullerton 23–4
1980 No. 23 Cal State Fullerton 20–8
1981 No. 9 Cal State Fullerton 22–6
1982 No. 8 Cal State Fullerton 23–5
1983 No. 20 Cal State Fullerton
No. 13 UC Santa Barbara		 22–6
1984 No. 1 Cal State Fullerton 22–6

Pacific Coast Athletic Association/Big West Conference

Year Regular Season Champion Record Postseason Champion
1985 No. 12 Fresno State (North)
Cal State Fullerton (South)		 23–7
21–9		 Fresno State def. Cal State Fullerton (2–0)
1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Baseball Championship Series
1986 No. 9 UC Santa Barbara 18–3
1987 No. 7 Cal State Fullerton 18–3
1988 No. 7 Fresno State 20–1
1989 No. 8 Long Beach State
No. 12 Fresno State		 17–4
1990 No. 28 Fresno State
No. 9 Cal State Fullerton		 13–5
1991 No. 6 Fresno State
Cal State Fullerton		 15–6
1992 No. 23 Long Beach State 18–5
1993 No. 3 Long Beach State 17–4
1994 No. 19 Nevada
No. 20 Long Beach State
No. 3 Cal State Fullerton		 16–5
16–5
15–5
1995 No. 1 Cal State Fullerton 18–3 (1) Cal State Fullerton def. (2) Long Beach State 8–4
1995 Big West Conference baseball tournament
1996 Long Beach State 15–6 (2) UNLV def. (1) Long Beach State 11–2
1996 Big West Conference baseball tournament
1997 Nevada (North)
No. 24 Long Beach State/No. 21 Cal State Fullerton (South)		 20–10
22–8		 (3) Cal State Fullerton def. (1) Long Beach State 7–2, 15–6
1997 Big West Conference baseball tournament
1998 Nevada (North)
No. 11 Cal State Fullerton (South)		 17–10
25–5		 (3) Long Beach State def. (4) Sacramento State 24–10
1998 Big West Conference baseball tournament
1999 No. 6 Cal State Fullerton 25–5
2000 Nevada
No. 22 Cal State Fullerton		 21–9
2001 No. 3 Cal State Fullerton 14–4
2002 No. 28 Cal State Fullerton 19–5
2003 No. 11 Long Beach State 16–5
2004 No. 1 Cal State Fullerton 19–2
2005 No. 9 Cal State Fullerton 16–5
2006 No. 4 Cal State Fullerton 18–3
2007 No. 7 UC Riverside 16–5
2008 No. 11 Cal State Fullerton
No. 19 Long Beach State		 16–8
2009 No. 9 UC Irvine 22–2
2010 No. 12 Cal State Fullerton 21–3
2011 No. 18 Cal State Fullerton 19–5
2012 No. 19 Cal State Fullerton 17–7
2013 No. 10 Cal State Fullerton 23–4
2014 No. 19 Cal Poly 19–5
2015 No. 6 Cal State Fullerton 19–5
2016 No. 28 Cal State Fullerton 17–7
2017 No. 9 Long Beach State 20–4
2018 Cal State Fullerton 18–6
2019 UC Santa Barbara 19–5
2020 Season cancelled in March due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 No. 17 UC Irvine 32–8
2022 No. 17 UC Santa Barbara 27–3
2023 UC San Diego 21–9
2024 TBD

References

  1. "Big West Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big West Conference. pp. 11–14. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 14, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
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