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1979 NCAA Division I baseball season

1979 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams 246
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions Cal State Fullerton
Runners-up Arkansas
MOP Tony Hudson (Cal State Fullerton)
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Eastern College Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Metropolitan
Seton Hall y       32 11   .744
#28 St. John's y       26 11   .703
Fordham       18 13   .581
Canisius       8 20   .286
New England
Maine       23 9   .719
#8 Connecticut y       31 13   .705
Fairfield       21 12   .636
UMass       24 17   .585
Holy Cross       16 13   .552
Providence       14 13   .519
South
George Washington y       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 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
#19 Florida xy 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
#6 Mississippi State xy 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 y 23 4   .852     60 14   .811
#3 Pepperdine y 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 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

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.

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.

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

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.



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