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1998 NCAA Division I baseball season

1998 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams 273
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions Southern California
Runners-up Arizona State
MOP Wes Rachels (Southern California)
Seasons
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1998 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#8 Florida State y 18 4   .818     53 20   .726
#15 Georgia Tech y 14 9   .609     41 22   .651
#23 Clemson y 14 9   .609     43 16   .729
NC State y 12 9   .571     39 21   .650
#27 Wake Forest y 13 10   .565     43 23   .652
#18 North Carolina y 13 10   .565     42 23   .646
Duke 8 15   .348     38 20   .655
Maryland 5 18   .217     26 30   .464
Virginia 5 18   .217     28 26   .519
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1998; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1998 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
#14 Texas A&M y 21 9 0   .700     46 20 0   .697
#28 Baylor y 18 10 0   .643     41 20 1   .669
#29 Texas Tech y 18 11 0   .621     44 20 0   .688
#22 Oklahoma y 17 11 0   .607     42 20 0   .677
Missouri 17 12 0   .586     36 18 0   .667
Oklahoma State y 15 12 0   .556     40 21 0   .656
Nebraska 10 13 0   .435     24 20 0   .545
Texas 11 18 0   .379     23 32 1   .420
Iowa State 10 18 0   .357     20 27 0   .426
Kansas State 9 19 0   .321     20 32 0   .385
Kansas 7 20 0   .259     22 29 0   .431
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1998; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1998 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
#30 Rutgers y 17 3 0   .850     33 16 0   .673
Notre Dame 15 4 0   .789     41 17 0   .707
St. John's 14 7 0   .667     28 17 1   .620
Providence 14 8 1   .630     31 22 1   .583
West Virginia 13 9 0   .591     37 17 1   .682
Seton Hall 12 10 0   .545     25 23 0   .521
Connecticut 12 11 0   .522     25 17 0   .595
Villanova 6 15 0   .286     26 21 1   .552
Pittsburgh 5 16 0   .238     12 27 1   .313
Boston College 4 15 1   .225     17 23 1   .427
Georgetown 5 19 0   .208     22 34 0   .393
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1998; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1998 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Illinois y 5 39   .114     19   1.000
Minnesota y 19 9   .679     43 13   .768
Ohio State 18 9   .667     36 16   .692
Penn State 15 11   .577     28 24   .538
Indiana 14 14   .500     29 27   .518
Iowa 9 15   .375     19 27   .413
Michigan 9 15   .375     21 27   .438
Northwestern 10 18   .357     27 26   .509
Purdue 9 18   .333     23 29   .442
Michigan State 8 16   .333     25 27   .481
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1998; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1998 Big West Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Northern
Nevada x 17 10   .630     31 22   .585
Sacramento State 15 19   .441     23 25   .479
Pacific 12 17   .414     25 22   .532
New Mexico State 8 21   .276     23 29   .442
Souuthern
#11 Cal State Fullerton x 25 5   .833     47 17   .734
#4 Long Beach State 23 7   .767     37 20   .649
UC Santa Barbara 11 18   .379     18 30   .375
Cal Poly 7 21   .250     16 42   .276
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 30, 1985; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1998 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#25 Tulane y 22 5   .815     48 15   .762
Houston 21 6   .778     34 25   .576
UNC Charlotte y 19 8   .704     43 19   .694
UAB 15 12   .556     29 24   .547
Louisville 14 13   .519     31 24   .564
Southern Miss 12 15   .444     30 28   .517
Memphis 12 15   .444     10 24   .294
South Florida 9 18   .333     21 36   .368
Saint Louis 4 20   .167     10 38   .208
Cincinnati 4 20   .167     15 38   .283
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1998; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1998 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
East
Bowling Green xy 17 10 0   .630     34 21 0   .618
Kent State 17 12 0   .586     27 28 0   .491
Miami 17 13 0   .567     33 26 0   .559
Ohio 13 17 0   .433     31 24 0   .564
Akron 10 18 0   .357     20 31 0   .392
Marshall 9 21 0   .300     18 35 0   .340
West
Ball State x 23 8 0   .742     39 18 0   .684
Central Michigan 23 9 0   .719     34 25 0   .576
Western Michigan 16 16 0   .500     26 29 0   .473
Eastern Michigan 14 16 0   .467     27 27 0   .500
Toledo 13 17 0   .433     20 32 0   .385
Northern Illinois 8 23 0   .258     10 30 1   .256
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1998; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1998 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Northern
#13 Washington xy 17 7   .708     41 17   .707
Oregon State 15 9   .625     35 14   .714
Washington State 12 12   .500     25 24   .510
Portland State 4 20   .167     17 34   .333
Southern
#9 Stanford xy 22 8   .733     42 14   .750
#1 Southern California y 21 9   .700     49 17   .742
#2 Arizona State y 18 11   .621     41 23   .641
Arizona 12 18   .400     33 23   .589
UCLA 11 19   .367     23 33   .411
California 5 24   .172     22 32   .407
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1998; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1998 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
#7 Florida xy 21 8   .724     46 18   .719
#19 South Carolina y 19 10   .655     42 16   .724
Kentucky 12 18   .400     26 31   .456
Tennessee 11 17   .393     36 20   .643
Georgia 8 21   .276     24 30   .444
Vanderbilt 6 24   .200     25 28   .472
Western Division
#3 LSU xy 21 9   .700     48 19   .716
#16 Alabama y 19 10   .655     43 16   .729
#12 Auburn y 16 12   .571     46 18   .719
#6 Mississippi State y 14 15   .483     37 20   .649
Arkansas y 13 14   .481     37 19   .661
Ole Miss 13 15   .464     30 23   .566
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1998; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1998 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 1998. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1998 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fifty second time in 1998, 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. Southern California claimed the championship for the twelfth time, and first since 1978.

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1998 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 1998 season marked the fifty second 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 Southern California claiming their record twelfth championship with a 21–14 win over Arizona State in the final.



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