2016 NCAA Division I baseball season

2016 NCAA Division I baseball season
Duration	February 19, 2016–June 2016
Number of teams	300
Preseason #1	Florida (Unanimous)
Tournament
Duration	May–June, 2016
College World Series
Seasons
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The 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, begins in February 2016. The season will progress through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and conclude with the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and 2016 College World Series. The College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, will end in June 2016.

Realignment

• Northern Kentucky left the Atlantic Sun Conference for the Horizon League.
• NJIT joined the Atlantic Sun, leaving the ranks of Independents.
• Texas–Pan American Broncs merged with the University of Texas at Brownsville to form Texas–Rio Grande Valley. The new institution retained Texas–Pan American's membership in the Western Athletic Conference
• Akron, of the Mid-American Conference, discontinued its program.

Season outlook

For the full rankings, see 2016 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Collegiate Baseball News [1] Ranking Team 1 Florida 2 Louisville 3 Vanderbilt 4 Miami (FL) 5 Texas A&M 6 Louisiana–Lafayette 7 LSU 8 Oregon State 9 Virginia 10 UCLA 11 Mississippi State 12 Cal State Fullerton 13 California 14 Oregon 15 TCU 16 Florida State 17 Missouri State 18 Houston 19 Tulane 20 Rice 21 Georgia Tech 22 North Carolina 23 Michigan 24 Arkansas 25 Oklahoma State

Baseball America[2] Ranking Team 1 Florida 2 Louisville 3 Texas A&M 4 Virginia 5 Oregon State 6 Miami (FL) 7 Vanderbilt 8 California 9 Oklahoma State 10 UCLA 11 LSU 12 Houston 13 Louisiana–Lafayette 14 Oregon 15 Michigan 16 Southern California 17 Florida State 18 TCU 19 NC State 20 Mississippi State 21 Oklahoma 22 Cal State Fullerton 23 Coastal Carolina 24 Ole Miss 25 Kentucky

Coaches[3] Ranking Team 1 Florida 21 2 Louisville 2 3 Vanderbilt 3 4 Texas A&M 1 5 LSU 1 6 Miami (FL) 7 Virginia 3 8 Oregon State 9 UCLA 10 Oklahoma State 11 TCU 12 California 13 Louisiana–Lafayette 14 Florida State 15 Oregon 16 Cal State Fullerton 17 Mississippi State 18 Houston 19 NC State 20 North Carolina 21 Southern California 22 Arkansas 23 South Carolina 24 Rice 25 Missouri State

NCBWA[4] Ranking Team 1 Florida 2 Louisville 3 Vanderbilt 4 Texas A&M 5 Oregon State 6 Miami (FL) 7 LSU 8 Virginia 9 UCLA 10 California 11 Oklahoma State 12 TCU 13 Louisiana–Lafayette 14 Florida State 15 Houston 16 Cal State Fullerton 17 Oregon 18 Southern California 19 Mississippi State 20 NC State 21 North Carolina 22 Arkansas 23 Coastal Carolina 24 South Carolina 25 Michigan

Conference standings

2016 American Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Tulane 9 – 5 – 0   .643     29 – 14 – 0   .674 Cincinnati 9 – 6 – 1   .594     21 – 24 – 1   .467 East Carolina 9 – 6 – 1   .594     28 – 16 – 1   .633 Connecticut 8 – 7 – 0   .533     24 – 20 – 0   .545 UCF 7 – 9 – 0   .438     23 – 24 – 0   .489 Memphis 7 – 9 – 0   .438     16 – 30 – 0   .348 Houston 6 – 9 – 0   .400     25 – 19 – 0   .568 South Florida 6 – 10 – 0   .375     21 – 24 – 0   .467 ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 6, 2016[5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2016 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Atlantic #4 Florida State 14 – 6   .700     29 – 13   .690 #7 Louisville 14 – 7   .667     35 – 9   .795 #9 NC State 12 – 7   .632     31 – 12   .721 Notre Dame 9 – 10   .474     25 – 18   .581 Wake Forest 10 – 11   .476     27 – 17   .614 Clemson 11 – 13   .458     28 – 15   .651 Boston College 9 – 13   .409     23 – 17   .575 Coastal #3 Miami (FL) 14 – 5   .737     33 – 8   .805 #11 Virginia 14 – 10   .583     30 – 17   .638 #23 Georgia Tech 10 – 10   .500     30 – 14   .682 North Carolina 9 – 12   .429     28 – 15   .651 Duke 10 – 14   .417     25 – 20   .556 Pittsburgh 8 – 12   .400     21 – 17   .553 Virginia Tech 5 – 19   .208     15 – 30   .333 ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 3, 2016[6]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2016 Big 12 Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT #10 Texas Tech 14 – 4 – 0   .778     34 – 13 – 0   .723 #16 Oklahoma State 12 – 6 – 0   .667     28 – 15 – 0   .651 #12 TCU 11 – 7 – 0   .611     30 – 12 – 0   .714 Texas 9 – 9 – 0   .500     21 – 24 – 0   .467 West Virginia 8 – 9 – 0   .471     24 – 19 – 0   .558 Oklahoma 7 – 11 – 0   .389     22 – 22 – 1   .500 Kansas 5 – 9 – 0   .357     19 – 26 – 1   .424 Kansas State 5 – 10 – 0   .333     23 – 23 – 0   .500 Baylor 6 – 12 – 0   .333     20 – 24 – 0   .455 ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 5, 2016[7]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2016 Big South Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #25 Coastal Carolina 13 – 2   .867     31 – 14   .689 High Point 9 – 6   .600     26 – 17   .605 Campbell 9 – 6   .600     22 – 21   .512 Winthrop 8 – 7   .533     23 – 20   .535 Presbyterian 9 – 9   .500     23 – 21   .523 Longwood 9 – 9   .500     25 – 20   .556 Gardner–Webb 9 – 9   .500     31 – 16   .660 Liberty 7 – 8   .467     22 – 23   .489 Radford 6 – 9   .400     14 – 30   .318 UNC Asheville 5 – 10   .333     15 – 27   .357 Charleston Southern 3 – 12   .200     15 – 27   .357 ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 5, 2016[8]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2016 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT #20 Minnesota 11 – 3 – 0   .786     29 – 13 – 0   .690 Indiana 11 – 4 – 0   .733     26 – 16 – 0   .619 Michigan State 10 – 5 – 0   .667     30 – 11 – 0   .732 Michigan 9 – 5 – 0   .643     31 – 12 – 0   .721 Maryland 9 – 6 – 0   .600     24 – 19 – 0   .558 Nebraska 9 – 6 – 0   .600     28 – 16 – 0   .636 Penn State 10 – 8 – 0   .556     25 – 20 – 0   .556 Ohio State 8 – 7 – 0   .533     29 – 15 – 1   .656 Illinois 7 – 8 – 0   .467     23 – 19 – 0   .548 Iowa 7 – 8 – 0   .467     21 – 21 – 0   .500 Rutgers 6 – 9 – 0   .400     23 – 22 – 0   .511 Northwestern 2 – 16 – 0   .111     10 – 34 – 0   .227 Purdue 2 – 16 – 0   .111     7 – 34 – 0   .171 ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 5, 2016[9]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2016 Big West Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT #17 Cal State Fullerton 9 – 3 – 0   .750     27 – 16 – 0   .628 #13 UC Santa Barbara 8 – 4 – 0   .667     30 – 10 – 1   .744 #24 Long Beach State 9 – 6 – 0   .600     26 – 17 – 0   .605 Cal Poly 7 – 5 – 0   .583     26 – 17 – 0   .605 UC Riverside 7 – 5 – 0   .583     20 – 21 – 0   .488 UC Irvine 7 – 8 – 0   .467     25 – 17 – 0   .595 Hawaii 7 – 8 – 0   .467     18 – 23 – 0   .439 Cal State Northridge 4 – 11 – 0   .267     25 – 16 – 0   .610 UC Davis 2 – 10 – 0   .167     13 – 25 – 0   .342 As of May 5, 2016[10]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2016 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT UNC Wilmington 11 – 2 – 0   .846     31 – 10 – 0   .756 William & Mary 11 – 6 – 0   .647     22 – 22 – 0   .500 Elon 12 – 8 – 0   .600     23 – 23 – 0   .500 Northeastern 7 – 7 – 0   .500     23 – 20 – 0   .535 Towson 7 – 8 – 0   .467     17 – 28 – 0   .378 College of Charleston 7 – 8 – 0   .467     23 – 19 – 1   .547 James Madison 8 – 10 – 0   .444     18 – 26 – 0   .409 Delaware 5 – 10 – 0   .333     27 – 18 – 0   .600 Hofstra 4 – 13 – 0   .235     13 – 30 – 0   .302 ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 5, 2016[11]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2016 Conference USA baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #18 Southern Miss 15 – 6   .714     31 – 14   .689 #21 Rice 15 – 6   .714     28 – 14   .667 Florida Atlantic 14 – 7   .667     30 – 12   .714 Marshall 13 – 8   .619     24 – 17   .585 Louisiana Tech 12 – 9   .571     28 – 14   .667 Old Dominion 10 – 11   .476     27 – 17   .614 Western Kentucky 10 – 11   .476     24 – 21   .533 UAB 10 – 11   .476     19 – 25   .432 FIU 9 – 12   .429     22 – 24   .478 Charlotte 8 – 13   .381     19 – 26   .422 UTSA 6 – 15   .286     15 – 28   .349 Middle Tennessee 4 – 17   .190     17 – 28   .378 ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 5, 2016[12]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2016 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Dallas Baptist 4 – 1 – 0   .800     24 – 11 – 0   .686 Evansville 4 – 2 – 0   .667     21 – 14 – 0   .600 Indiana State 4 – 2 – 0   .667     24 – 13 – 0   .649 Wichita State 3 – 3 – 0   .500     13 – 24 – 0   .351 Bradley 2 – 3 – 0   .400     16 – 13 – 0   .552 #16 Missouri State 2 – 3 – 0   .400     27 – 8 – 0   .771 Southern Illinois 2 – 4 – 0   .333     21 – 16 – 1   .566 Illinois State 1 – 4 – 0   .200     10 – 25 – 0   .286 ‡ – Tournament champion As of April 22, 2016[13]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseballl
2016 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #27 Washington 9 – 6   .600     19 – 13   .594 #14 California 9 – 6   .600     22 – 11   .667 Utah 8 – 5   .615     13 – 21   .382 Stanford 7 – 5   .583     19 – 12   .613 Oregon 7 – 6   .538     17 – 14   .548 #17 Oregon State 7 – 6   .538     25 – 9   .735 Arizona 7 – 8   .467     23 – 14   .622 USC 5 – 7   .417     16 – 19   .457 UCLA 7 – 9   .438     17 – 18   .486 Arizona State 6 – 9   .400     20 – 14   .588 Washington State 5 – 10   .333     12 – 21   .364 As of April 22, 2016[14]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2016 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Eastern #2 South Carolina 16 – 5 – 0   .762     36 – 9 – 0   .800 #1 Florida 15 – 6 – 0   .714     39 – 7 – 0   .848 #6 Vanderbilt 14 – 9 – 0   .609     36 – 11 – 0   .766 #28 Kentucky 11 – 11 – 0   .500     27 – 19 – 0   .587 Georgia 7 – 15 – 0   .318     22 – 24 – 0   .478 Missouri 7 – 16 – 0   .304     24 – 24 – 0   .500 Tennessee 6 – 16 – 0   .273     24 – 22 – 0   .522 Western #5 Texas A&M 15 – 8 – 0   .652     36 – 10 – 0   .783 #8 Mississippi State 14 – 9 – 0   .609     32 – 14 – 1   .691 #26 Ole Miss 13 – 9 – 0   .591     35 – 12 – 0   .745 #27 LSU 12 – 10 – 0   .545     29 – 16 – 0   .644 Alabama 11 – 11 – 0   .500     26 – 20 – 0   .565 Auburn 7 – 15 – 0   .318     20 – 25 – 0   .444 Arkansas 7 – 15 – 0   .318     26 – 20 – 0   .565 ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 2, 2016[15]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2016 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Western Carolina 10 – 2   .833     20 – 16   .556 UNC Greensboro 7 – 2   .778     28 – 11   .718 Mercer 8 – 4   .667     23 – 15   .605 Samford 6 – 6   .500     21 – 17   .553 Furman 4 – 5   .444     15 – 22   .405 Wofford 5 – 7   .417     21 – 18   .538 East Tennessee State 3 – 6   .333     16 – 20   .444 The Citadel 3 – 6   .333     13 – 25   .342 VMI 2 – 10   .167     18 – 23   .439 ‡ – Tournament champion As of April 22, 2016[16]; Rankings from Collegiate Basseball
2016 Southland Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Southeastern Louisiana 18 – 3   .857     31 – 13   .705 Sam Houston State 17 – 4   .810     28 – 17   .622 Lamar 16 – 5   .762     31 – 11   .738 Northwestern State 14 – 10   .583     25 – 18   .581 McNeese State 13 – 11   .542     23 – 18   .561 Nicholls State 10 – 11   .476     20 – 25   .444 New Orleans 10 – 11   .476     26 – 17   .605 Stephen F. Austin 11 – 13   .458     23 – 22   .511 Houston Baptist 9 – 12   .429     20 – 23   .465 Central Arkansas 9 – 12   .429     18 – 23   .439 Incarnate Word † 5 – 16   .238     12 – 32   .273 Abilene Christian † 5 – 16   .238     13 – 28   .317 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 4 – 17   .190     14 – 29   .326 ‡ – Tournament champion † Ineligible for league and NCAA tournaments due to transition from Division II As of May 3, 2016[17]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2016 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #28 South Alabama 16 – 2   .889     28 – 10   .737 Louisiana–Lafayette 10 – 5   .667     25 – 12   .676 Arkansas–Little Rock 11 – 7   .611     18 – 17   .514 Texas State 9 – 6   .600     21 – 17   .553 Troy 8 – 7   .533     22 – 16   .579 Georgia Southern 9 – 9   .500     23 – 15   .605 Louisiana–Monroe 6 – 9   .400     15 – 22   .405 Texas–Arlington 6 – 9   .400     20 – 18   .526 Georgia State 5 – 10   .333     16 – 20   .444 Arkansas State 5 – 13   .278     15 – 21   .417 Appalachian State 5 – 13   .278     10 – 27   .270 ‡ – Tournament champion As of April 22, 2016[18]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2016 West Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Saint Mary's 13 – 6   .684     25 – 18   .581 BYU 13 – 7   .650     31 – 12   .721 Gonzaga 13 – 8   .619     25 – 15   .625 Pepperdine 11 – 9   .550     21 – 20   .512 Loyola Marymount 12 – 10   .545     24 – 22   .522 San Francisco 12 – 10   .545     18 – 29   .383 San Diego 10 – 11   .476     23 – 25   .479 Pacific 9 – 10   .474     18 – 21   .462 Santa Clara 6 – 13   .316     19 – 24   .442 Portland 2 – 17   .105     15 – 28   .349 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship As of May 6, 2016[19]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Conference winners and tournaments

Thirty athletic conferences each end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament or a double-elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Coach of the Year	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue (City)	Tournament Winner
America East Conference				2016 America East Conference Baseball Tournament	Edward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MA
American Athletic Conference				2016 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL
Atlantic 10 Conference				2016 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament	Houlihan Park • Bronx, NY
Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic - Coastal -			2016 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC
Atlantic Sun Conference				2016 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament	Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh Stadium • Nashville, TN
Big 12 Conference				2016 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament	Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK
Big East Conference				2016 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament	Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium • Aberdeen, MD
Big South Conference	North - South -			2016 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament	Lexington County Baseball Stadium • Lexington, SC
Big Ten Conference				2016 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament	TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE
Big West Conference				No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Colonial Athletic Association				2016 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament	CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriot's Point • Mount Pleasant, SC
Conference USA				2016 Conference USA Baseball Tournament	Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS
Horizon League				2016 Horizon League Baseball Tournament	Campus Sites
Ivy League	Gehrig - Rolfe -		N/A	2016 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series	Campus Sites
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference				2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Dutchess Stadium • Wappingers Falls, NY
Mid-American Conference	East - West -			2016 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament	All Pro Freight Stadium • Avon, OH
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	Northern - Southern -			2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Arthur W. Perdue Stadium • Salisbury, MD
Missouri Valley Conference				2016 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament	Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium • Terre Haute, IN
Mountain West Conference				2016 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament	Santa Ana Star Park • Albuquerque, NM
Northeast Conference				2016 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament	Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium • Norwich, CT
Ohio Valley Conference				2016 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament	The Ballpark at Jackson • Jackson, TN
Pac-12 Conference				No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Patriot League				2016 Patriot League Baseball Tournament	Campus Sites
Southeastern Conference	East – West –			2016 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL
Southern Conference				2016 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament	Fluor Field at the West End • Greenville, SC
Southland Conference				2016 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament	Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX
Southwestern Athletic Conference	East - West -			2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Wesley Barrow Stadium • New Orleans, LA
Summit League				2016 Summit League Baseball Tournament	J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OK
Sun Belt Conference				2016 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament	Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX
West Coast Conference				2016 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Banner Island Ballpark • Stockton, CA
Western Athletic Conference				2016 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Hohokam Stadium • Mesa, AZ

College World Series

The 2016 College World Series will begin on June 18 in Omaha, Nebraska.

Coaching changes

This table lists programs that changed head coaches at any point from the first day of the 2016 season until the day before the first day of the 2016 season.

Team	Former coach	Interim coach	New coach	Reason

See also

• 2016 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
• 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

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