1981 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1981 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 1981. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1981 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the thirty fifth time in 1981, 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 State claimed the championship for the fifth time.[1]

1981 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams248
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsArizona State (5th title)
Runners-upOklahoma State (9th CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachJim Brock (2nd title)
MOPStan Holmes (Arizona State)
Seasons

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1981 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 ConferenceClemson/NC State1981 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournamentBoshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NCClemson
Big Eight ConferenceMissouri1981 Big Eight Conference baseball tournamentAll Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OKOklahoma State
Big Ten ConferenceEast - Michigan
West - Minnesota		1981 Big Ten Conference baseball tournamentRay Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, MIMichigan
EIBLYaleNo tournament
Mid-American ConferenceCentral Michigan1981 Mid-American Conference baseball tournamentBill Theunissen Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MIEastern Michigan
Midwestern City ConferenceNorth - Xavier
South - Oral Roberts		1981 Midwestern City Conference baseball tournamentTulsa, OKOral Roberts
Pacific-10 ConferenceNorth - Washington
South - Arizona State		No tournament
Southeastern ConferenceEast - Florida
West - Mississippi State/Alabama		1981 Southeastern Conference baseball tournamentDudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSFlorida
Southern ConferenceEast Tennessee State/Marshall/Western CarolinaNo tournament
Southwest ConferenceTexas1981 Southwest Conference baseball tournamentDisch–Falk Field • Austin, TXTexas
Trans America Athletic ConferenceEast - Georgia Southern
West - Hardin–Simmons		1981 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournamentHunter Field • Abilene, TXMercer

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1981 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Clemson  ‍†‍‡‍y 10–4 .71434–24 .586
NC State  ‍†‍‍ 10–4 .71433–12 .733
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 7–3 .70023–13 .639
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 8–5 .61528–20 .583
Duke  ‍‍‍ 6–6 .50029–10 .744
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 6–7 .46238–15 .717
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 3–9 .25017–13 .567
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 1–13 .07114–24 .368
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1981[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1981 Big Eight Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 30 Missouri  ‍†‍‍y 17–6 .73943–16 .729
No. 2 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‡‍y 12–6 .66752–17 .754
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 12–11 .52232–19 .627
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 11–11 .50042–22 .656
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .45840–15 .727
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 8–12 .40034–21 .618
Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 6–18 .25034–22 .607
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1981[4]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1981 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Michigan  x‍‍‡‍y 10–4 .71441–20 .672
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 8–6 .57134–30 .531
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 7–9 .43834–18 .654
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 6–8 .42923–28 .451
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 5–9 .35723–25 .479
West
Minnesota  x‍‍‍ 13–3 .81337–16 .698
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 11–3 .78635–26 .574
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 8–6 .57144–21 .677
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 3–13 .18824–36 .400
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 3–13 .18817–33 .340
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1981[5][6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1981 Eastern 8 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
East
Rutgers  x‍‍‡‍ 5–3–0 .62518–19–1 .487
UMass  ‍‍‍ 4–4–0 .50022–17–0 .564
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ 3–5–0 .37514–18–0 .438
West
West Virginia  x‍‍‍ 6–2–0 .75017–18–0 .486
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 7–3–0 .70025–8–0 .758
George Washington  ‍‍‍ 3–3–0 .50018–20–0 .474
Duquesne  ‍‍‍ 0–8–0 .00013–12–0 .520
x – Division champion
‡ – Championship Series champion
As of June 30, 1981
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1981 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Central Michigan  ‍†‍‍ 13–3–0 .81337–13–0 .740
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14–3–1 .80632–21–1 .602
Miami  ‍‍‍ 12–5–1 .69422–27–1 .450
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y 9–7–0 .56337–29–0 .561
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 8–9–0 .47130–20–0 .600
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6–10–2 .38919–26–2 .426
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 5–8–0 .38513–18–1 .422
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 5–8–0 .38513–18–1 .422
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 5–13–0 .27812–34–0 .261
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 4–12–0 .25018–22–0 .450
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1981[7]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1981 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern
Washington  x‍‍‍ 12–6 .66734–18 .654
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 11–7 .61129–14 .674
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 11–7 .61127–25 .519
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 2–16 .11116–21 .432
Southern
No. 1 Arizona State  x‍‍‍y 26–4 .86755–13 .809
Stanford  ‍‍‍y 16–14 .53343–22 .662
Southern California  ‍‍‍ 15–15 .50034–24 .586
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 14–16 .46730–22 .577
California  ‍‍‍ 12–18 .40031–31 .500
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 7–23 .23321–35 .375
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1981[8]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1981 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern Division
No. 15 Florida  x‍‍‡‍y 16–7 .69642–17 .712
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 13–9 .59139–16 .709
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 10–13 .43522–27 .449
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 9–12 .42926–25 .510
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 8–15 .34823–23 .500
Western Division
No. 6 Mississippi State  x‍‍‍y 17–6 .73946–17 .730
Alabama  x‍‍‍ 17–6 .73941–15 .732
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 8–14 .36424–24 .500
LSU  ‍‍‍ 7–14 .33323–30 .434
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 7–16 .30427–27 .500
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1981[9]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1981 Southern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 17 East Tennessee State  ‍†‍‍y 12–4 .75044–17 .721
Western Carolina  ‍‍‍ 12–4 .75025–14 .641
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 12–4 .75022–17 .564
The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 11–5 .68831–13 .705
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 8–8 .50035–17 .673
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 7–9 .43818–26 .409
Chattanooga  ‍‍‍ 6–10 .37528–24 .538
Furman  ‍‍‍ 4–12 .25011–33 .250
VMI  ‍‍‍ 0–16 .0003–37 .075
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1981[10]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1981 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
East
Georgia Southern x‍†‍‍ 9–0–0 1.00041–22–1 .648
Mercer ‍‍‡‍ 3–4–0 .42939–12–1 .760
Arkansas–Little Rock ‍‍‍ 0–6–0 .00022–25–0 .468
West
Hardin–Simmons x‍‍‍ 8–4–0 .66720–28–0 .417
Centenary ‍‍‍ 8–4–0 .66733–29–0 .532
Northeast Louisiana ‍‍‍ 6–6–0 .50033–22–0 .600
Northwestern State ‍‍‍ 2–10–0 .16716–42–0 .276
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 1981[11]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series
Main article: 1981 College World Series

The 1981 season marked the thirty fifth 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 State claiming their fifth championship with a 7–4 win over Oklahoma State in the final.[1]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Mississippi State4
Michigan1
Mississippi State3
Arizona State4
Arizona State11
Texas2
Arizona State10
Oklahoma State1113
Oklahoma State810
Oklahoma State8
South Carolina5
Oklahoma State12Texas1513
Miami (FL)6
Miami (FL)6
Maine1Oklahoma State4
Texas3Arizona State7
Lower round 1Lower round 2Arizona State12
Miami (FL)4
Michigan5Texas5
Arizona State10
Texas6
South Carolina7
Mississippi State5
South Carolina12South Carolina6
Maine7

Award winners

All-America team
Main article: 1981 College Baseball All-America Team

References
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  5. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
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