1980 NCAA Division I baseball season

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]

1980 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams249
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsArizona (2nd title)
Runners-upHawaii (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachJerry Kindall (2nd title)
MOPTerry Francona (Arizona)
Seasons

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
ACCNorth Carolina1980 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournamentDoak FieldRaleigh, NCClemson
Big 8East - Nebraska
West - Oklahoma State
1980 Big Eight Conference baseball tournamentAll Sports StadiumOklahoma City, OKMissouri
Big TenMichiganNo tournament
Eastern 81980 Eastern 8 Conference baseball tournamentThe EllipseWashington, DCUMass
EIBLHarvardNo tournament
Metro1980 Metro Conference baseball tournamentSeminole FieldTallahassee, FLFlorida State
MACCentral MichiganNo tournament
Pac-10North - Washington State
South - Arizona/California
No tournament
SECEast - Florida
West - Auburn
1980 Southeastern Conference baseball tournamentPerry FieldGainesville, FLVanderbilt
SoConEast Tennessee StateNo tournament
SWCTexas1980 Southwest Conference baseball tournamentOlsen FieldCollege Station, TXTexas
TAACN/A1980 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournamentLuther Williams FieldMacon, GAGeorgia Southern
WACNorth - BYU
South - Hawaii
1980 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Championship SeriesUH StadiumHonolulu, HIHawaii

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1980 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North Carolina   111 .9173917 .696
Maryland   94 .6922410 .706
No. 8 Clemson  y 65 .5453821 .644
NC State   76 .5382112 .636
Virginia   66 .5002113 .618
Wake Forest   58 .3851713 .567
Georgia Tech   310 .231819 .296
Duke   29 .1821711 .607
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 6 Michigan  y 1420 .87536181 .664
Minnesota   1440 .77833130 .717
Iowa   1150 .68831140 .689
Wisconsin   1080 .55623241 .490
Purdue   790 .43827240 .529
Ohio State   6100 .37518250 .419
Indiana   6100 .37517250 .405
Illinois   6100 .37518331 .356
Northwestern   5110 .31320211 .488
Michigan State   3130 .18815350 .300
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[4][5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Miami (FL)  y  5912 .831
No. 7 Florida State  y  5112 .810
Notre Dame    298 .784
Air Force    279 .750
No. 10 Gonzaga  y  3915 .722
Stetson    3418 .654
Louisville    3821 .644
Detroit    3221 .604
Campbell    1818 .500
Lafayette    1113 .458
Northern Iowa    1216 .429
Hofstra    728 .200
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern
Washington State  x 113 .7863610 .783
Oregon State   89 .4713316 .673
Washington   69 .4003320 .623
Oregon   610 .3751921 .475
Southern
No. 1 Arizona  xy 1713 .5674521 .682
No. 3 California  xy 1713 .5674423 .657
Arizona State   1515 .5003825 .603
UCLA   1515 .5003122 .585
Stanford   1317 .4332924 .547
Southern California   1317 .4332724 .529
x Division champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[7]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern Division
Florida  x 168 .6674016 .714
Vanderbilt  y 139 .5913421 .618
Georgia   910 .4743312 .733
Kentucky   811 .4212521 .543
Tennessee   614 .3002321 .523
Western Division
Auburn  x 158 .6522724 .529
Ole Miss   99 .5002422 .522
Mississippi State   1011 .4763119 .620
LSU   89 .4712319 .548
Alabama   813 .3811828 .391
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[8]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Southern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 22 East Tennessee State  y 141 .933397 .848
Marshall   103 .7691711 .607
Appalachian State   105 .6671719 .472
Western Carolina   85 .6152215 .595
The Citadel   96 .6002314 .622
Davidson   78 .4671524 .385
Furman   210 .167722 .241
Chattanooga   111 .0831220 .375
VMI   012 .000422 .154
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[9]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Georgia Southern y 00 3821 .644
Mercer  00 3118 .633
Centenary  00 3419 .642
Northeast Louisiana  00 2015 .571
Hardin–Simmons  00 2525 .500
Northwestern State  00 2323 .500
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[10]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North
BYU  xy 143 .8244118 .695
Wyoming   116 .6472320 .535
Utah   512 .2941719 .472
Colorado State   413 .2351737 .315
South
No. 2 Hawaii  xy 195 .7926018 .769
New Mexico   168 .6674320 .683
San Diego State   1112 .4784026 .606
UTEP   122 .0432239 .361
x Division champion
Championship Series champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of 18 November 2016
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]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
St. John's6
Arizona1
St. John's2
Hawaii7
Hawaii7
Florida State6
Hawaii9
Miami (FL)3
Miami (FL)13
Hawaii4
Clemson5
Miami (FL)3Arizona611
Michigan2
Michigan911
California8Hawaii3
Arizona10Arizona5
Lower round 1Lower round 2California9
Michigan0
Arizona5Arizona8
Miami (FL)3
Florida State3
California4
St. John's5
Clemson4California8
California6

Award winners

All-America team

References

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