1980 NCAA Division I baseball season

1980 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams 249
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions Arizona
Runners-up Hawaii
MOP Terry Francona (Arizona)
Seasons

 1979

1981 

The 1980 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 1980. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1980 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the thirty fourth time in 1980, 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. Arizona claimed the championship for the second time.[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1980 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.[1][2]

Conference Regular Season Winner Conference Tournament Tournament Venue • City Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference North Carolina 1980 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament Doak FieldRaleigh, NC Clemson
Big Eight Conference East - Nebraska
West - Oklahoma State
1980 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament All Sports StadiumOklahoma City, OK Missouri
Big Ten Conference Michigan No Tournament
EIBL Harvard No Tournament
Mid-American Conference Central Michigan No Tournament
Pacific-10 Conference North - Washington State
South - Arizona/California
No Tournament
Southeastern Conference East - Florida
West - Auburn
1980 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament Perry Field • Gainesville, FL Vanderbilt
Southern Conference East Tennessee State No Tournament
Southwest Conference Texas 1980 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament Olsen FieldCollege Station, TX Texas
Trans America Athletic Conference N/A 1980 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament Luther Williams FieldMacon, GA Georgia Southern

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1980 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North Carolina 11 1   .917     39 17   .696
Maryland 9 4   .692     24 10   .706
#8 Clemson y 6 5   .545     38 21   .644
NC State 7 6   .538     21 12   .636
Virginia 6 6   .500     21 13   .618
Wake Forest 5 8   .385     17 13   .567
Georgia Tech 3 10   .231     8 19   .296
Duke 2 9   .182     17 11   .607
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1980[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Northern
Washington State x 11 3   .786     36 10   .783
Oregon State 8 9   .471     33 16   .673
Washington 6 9   .400     33 20   .623
Oregon 6 10   .375     19 21   .475
Southern
#1 Arizona xy 17 13   .567     45 21   .682
#3 California xy 17 13   .567     44 23   .657
Arizona State 15 15   .500     38 25   .603
UCLA 15 15   .500     31 22   .585
Stanford 13 17   .433     29 24   .547
Southern California 13 17   .433     27 24   .529
x Division champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1980[4]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
Florida x 16 8   .667     40 16   .714
Vanderbilt y 13 9   .591     34 21   .618
Georgia 9 10   .474     33 12   .733
Kentucky 8 11   .421     25 21   .543
Tennessee 6 14   .300     23 21   .523
Western Division
Auburn x 15 8   .652     27 24   .529
Ole Miss 9 9   .500     24 22   .522
Mississippi State 10 11   .476     31 19   .620
LSU 8 9   .471     23 19   .548
Alabama 8 13   .381     18 28   .391
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1980[5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Georgia Southern y 0 0       38 21   .644
Mercer 0 0       31 18   .633
Centenary 0 0       34 19   .642
Northeast Louisiana 0 0       20 15   .571
Hardin–Simmons 0 0       25 25   .500
Northwestern State 0 0       23 23   .500
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1980[6]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1980 season marked the thirty fourth 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 Arizona claiming their second championship with a 5–3 win over Hawaii in the final.[1]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
   St. John's 6  
   Arizona 1    
       St. John's 2  
       Hawaii 7    
   Hawaii 7          
   Florida State 6        
       Hawaii 9
       Miami (FL) 3
   Miami (FL) 13        
   Clemson 5          
       Miami (FL) 3    
       Michigan 2  
   Michigan 911    
   California 8  
  Loser's Bracket
   Arizona 5  
   Florida State 3      Michigan 0
     Arizona 8
   Clemson 4  
   California 6      St. John's 5
     California 8
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
   Hawaii 4        Hawaii 3
   Arizona 611            Arizona 5
       Arizona 10    
       California 9  
   Miami (FL) 3    
   California 4  

Award winners

All-America team

References

  1. 1 2 3 W.C. Madden and Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 41–43. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1980". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  4. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1980". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  5. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1980". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  6. Altantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 3. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
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