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
← 1997 1999 →

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 ^x‡^y	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 ^x^y	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 ^x^y	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 ^x^y	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 ^x^y	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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