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1997 NCAA Division I baseball season

1997 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams 273
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions LSU
Runners-up Alabama
MOP Brandon Larson (LSU)
Seasons
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1997 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#10 Georgia Tech †y 19 – 4   .826     46 – 15   .754
#9 Florida State ‡y 18 – 6   .750     50 – 17   .746
#23 NC State y 15 – 8   .652     43 – 20   .683
Clemson y 13 – 10   .565     41 – 23   .641
Wake Forest 10 – 13   .435     37 – 20   .649
Virginia 10 – 13   .435     32 – 22   .593
Duke 9 – 14   .391     33 – 25   .569
North Carolina 6 – 18   .250     29 – 31   .483
Maryland 5 – 19   .208     22 – 32   .407
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1997; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1997 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Texas Tech †y 23 – 7   .767     46 – 14   .767
#12 Oklahoma State y 21 – 9   .700     46 – 19   .708
#26 Texas A&M y 19 – 11   .633     39 – 22   .639
#17 Oklahoma ‡y 18 – 11   .621     39 – 20   .661
Baylor 18 – 12   .600     32 – 23   .582
Missouri 15 – 16   .484     31 – 27   .534
Texas 12 – 15   .444     29 – 22   .569
Kansas 12 – 18   .400     31 – 25   .554
Kansas State 10 – 20   .333     32 – 24   .571
Nebraska 7 – 23   .233     27 – 35   .435
Iowa State 6 – 21   .222     12 – 31   .279
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1997; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1997 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
American Division
West Virginia x 17 – 7 – 0   .708     36 – 19 – 0   .655
St. John's ‡y 16 – 7 – 0   .696     35 – 17 – 0   .673
Connecticut 11 – 13 – 0   .458     27 – 20 – 0   .574
Providence 10 – 15 – 0   .400     26 – 23 – 1   .530
Boston College 8 – 17 – 0   .320     20 – 23 – 0   .465
Pittsburgh 8 – 17 – 0   .320     19 – 26 – 0   .422
National Division
Notre Dame 15 – 6 – 0   .714     41 – 19 – 0   .683
Rutgers 13 – 11 – 0   .542     28 – 24 – 0   .538
Seton Hall 13 – 11 – 0   .542     32 – 22 – 0   .593
Villanova 12 – 12 – 0   .500     29 – 27 – 0   .518
Georgetown 8 – 15 – 0   .348     19 – 37 – 1   .342
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1997; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1997 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Michigan † 17 – 9   .654     36 – 22   .621
#30 Ohio State ‡y 18 – 10   .643     42 – 18   .700
Purdue 17 – 11   .607     30 – 25   .545
Illinois 17 – 11   .607     32 – 27   .542
Minnesota 15 – 10   .600     30 – 24   .556
Penn State 12 – 14   .462     29 – 24   .547
Michigan State 12 – 16   .429     26 – 28   .481
Indiana 8 – 16   .333     33 – 22   .600
Northwestern 9 – 19   .321     20 – 35   .364
Iowa 7 – 16   .304     17 – 30   .362
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1997; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1997 Big West Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Northern
Nevada x 20 – 10   .667     39 – 21   .650
Pacific 11 – 19   .367     29 – 29   .500
Sacramento State 8 – 22   .267     16 – 39   .291
New Mexico State 8 – 22   .267     21 – 33   .389
Southern
#24 Long Beach State x 22 – 8   .733     39 – 26   .600
#21 Cal State Fullerton 21 – 9   .700     39 – 24   .619
Cal Poly 15 – 15   .500     37 – 21   .638
UC Santa Barbara 15 – 15   .500     26 – 30   .464
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 30, 1997; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1997 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Tulane † 19 – 7   .731     40 – 21   .656
Houston ‡y 19 – 8   .704     40 – 23   .635
South Florida y 18 – 8   .692     39 – 24   .619
Southern Miss 16 – 10   .615     34 – 23   .596
Charlotte 14 – 12   .538     30 – 26   .536
UAB 14 – 13   .519     31 – 29   .517
Louisville 11 – 15   .423     23 – 32   .418
Memphis 9 – 17   .346     20 – 31   .392
Saint Louis 8 – 19   .296     21 – 30   .412
Cincinnati 4 – 23   .148     12 – 46   .207
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1997; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1997 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Ohio †‡y 22 – 9   .710     43 – 18   .705
Ball State 21 – 10   .677     40 – 19   .678
Kent State 18 – 13   .581     29 – 28   .509
Miami 17 – 13   .567     27 – 28   .491
Eastern Michigan 17 – 14   .548     29 – 25   .537
Central Michigan 14 – 14   .500     29 – 20   .592
Akron 31 – 23   .574     14 – 16   .467
Bowling Green 13 – 17   .433     24 – 27   .471
Toledo 9 – 20   .310     18 – 33   .353
Western Michigan 6 – 24   .200     14 – 39   .264
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1997; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1997 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Northern
#15 Washington xy 20 – 4   .833     46 – 20   .697
Oregon State 18 – 6   .750     38 – 12   .760
Washington State 7 – 17   .292     13 – 42   .236
Portland State 3 – 21   .125     10 – 43   .189
Southern
#4 Stanford xy 21 – 9   .700     45 – 20   .692
#8 UCLA y 19 – 11   .633     45 – 21   .682
#13 Southern California y 17 – 13   .567     42 – 20   .677
#14 Arizona State y 16 – 14   .533     39 – 22   .639
Arizona 13 – 17   .433     32 – 26   .552
California 4 – 26   .133     21 – 38   .356
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1997; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1997 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern
#16 Florida x 17 – 13   .567     40 – 24   .625
#25 Tennessee x 17 – 13   .567     42 – 19   .689
Vanderbilt 14 – 16   .467     31 – 24   .564
South Carolina 13 – 17   .433     33 – 24   .579
Kentucky 10 – 20   .333     20 – 34   .370
Georgia 8 – 22   .267     28 – 27   .509
Western
#1 LSU x 22 – 7   .759     57 – 13   .814
#2 Alabama ‡ 20 – 9   .690     56 – 14   .800
#7 Mississippi State 19 – 11   .633     47 – 21   .691
#6 Auburn 17 – 12   .586     50 – 17   .746
Arkansas 15 – 14   .517     36 – 20   .643
Ole Miss 6 – 24   .200     22 – 31   .415
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
Rankings from Baseball America

The 1997 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 1997. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1997 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fifty first time in 1997, 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. LSU claimed the championship for the fourth time.

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1997 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the eight regionals consisted of six teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. In order to provide all conference champions with an automatic bid, 10 conference champions participated in a play-in round. The five winners joined the other 19 conference champions with automatic bids, 24 teams earned at-large selections.

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

The 1997 season marked the fifty first 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 LSU claiming their fourth championship with a 13–6 win over Alabama in the final.



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