1990 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1990 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 1990. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1990 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty fourth time in 1990, 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. Georgia claimed the championship for the first time.[1]

1990 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams269
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsGeorgia (1st title)
Runners-upOklahoma State (16th CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachSteve Webber (1st title)
MOPMike Rebhan (Georgia)
Seasons

Format change

The Big East Conference dissolved its divisional format and played as a single eight team division.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1990 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. 25 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 23 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular season winner Conference tournament Tournament venue • city Tournament winner
Atlantic Coast ConferenceNorth Carolina1990 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournamentGreenville Municipal StadiumGreenville, SCNorth Carolina
Big East ConferenceSeton Hall1990 Big East Conference baseball tournamentMuzzy FieldBristol, CTConnecticut
Big Eight ConferenceOklahoma State1990 Big Eight Conference baseball tournamentAll Sports StadiumOklahoma City, OKOklahoma State
Big South ConferenceCoastal Carolina1990 Big South Conference baseball tournamentCharles Watson StadiumConway, SCCampbell
Big Ten ConferenceIowa1990 Big Ten Conference baseball tournamentDuane Banks FieldIowa City, IAIllinois
Big West ConferenceCal State Fullerton/Fresno StateNo tournament
Colonial Athletic AssociationEast Carolina1990 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournamentBrooks FieldWilmington, NCEast Carolina
EIBLPennNo tournament
Metro ConferenceFlorida State1990 Metro Conference baseball tournamentPete Taylor ParkHattiesburg, MSFlorida State
Mid-American ConferenceCentral MichiganNo tournament
Midwestern Collegiate ConferenceNorth - Notre Dame
South - Evansville
1990 Midwestern City Conference baseball tournamentSouth Bend, INEvansville
Mid-Continent ConferenceBlue - UIC
Gray - Southwest Missouri State
1990 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournamentChicago, ILUIC
Pacific-10 ConferenceNorth - Washington State
South - Stanford
No tournament
Southeastern ConferenceLSU1990 Southeastern Conference baseball tournamentHoover Metropolitan StadiumHoover, ALMississippi State/LSU[lower-alpha 1]
Southern ConferenceThe Citadel1990 Southern Conference baseball tournamentCollege ParkCharleston, SCThe Citadel
Southwest ConferenceArkansas1990 Southwest Conference baseball tournamentDisch–Falk FieldAustin, TXTexas
Trans America Athletic ConferenceEast - Georgia Southern
West - Centenary
1990 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournamentCentenary ParkShreveport, LAStetson
  1. Mississippi State and LSU were declared co-champions after the championship game was suspended due to rain.

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1990 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 21 North Carolina  y 174 .8105118 .739
No. 30 Clemson  y 146 .7004323 .652
No. 26 NC State  y 147 .6674820 .706
Wake Forest   1010 .5003524 .593
Georgia Tech  y 99 .5004625 .648
Virginia   711 .3892132 .396
Duke   415 .2112825 .528
Maryland   215 .1182226 .458
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Big East Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Seton Hall   1640 .80035180 .660
St. John's   1560 .71429180 .617
Villanova   1380 .61933160 .673
Connecticut  y 1290 .57127191 .585
Providence   11100 .52427210 .563
Boston College   8130 .38120221 .477
Georgetown   4160 .20017300 .362
Pittsburgh   4170 .1908230 .258
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[4][5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Big Eight Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Oklahoma State †‡y  186 .7505617 .767
Kansas State   1311 .5423027 .526
Nebraska   1212 .5004226 .618
Iowa State   1113 .4583327 .550
Missouri   1113 .4582827 .509
Kansas   1014 .4172731 .466
Oklahoma   915 .3753126 .544
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Big South Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Coastal Carolina   1420 .87540190 .678
Radford   870 .53324270 .471
UNC Asheville   890 .47125251 .500
Baptist   670 .46212360 .250
Campbell  y 680 .42915330 .313
Augusta State   580 .38522300 .423
Winthrop   5110 .31322281 .441
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[7]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Iowa  y 226 .7863819 .667
No. 23 Illinois  y 199 .6794321 .672
Minnesota   199 .6793624 .600
Ohio State   1612 .5713129 .517
Michigan   1414 .5003324 .579
Indiana   1414 .5003027 .526
Michigan State   1315 .4642824 .538
Purdue   819 .2962731 .466
Wisconsin   820 .2861641 .281
Northwestern   621 .2222432 .429
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[8][9]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
East Carolina  y 1120 .8464790 .839
Richmond   940 .69227191 .585
UNC Wilmington   560 .45523250 .479
George Mason   680 .42923250 .479
James Madison   350 .37528300 .483
William & Mary   1100 .0919311 .232
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[10]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern
No. 18 Washington State  xy 195 .7924719 .712
Oregon State   159 .6253022 .577
Washington   1410 .5833019 .612
Gonzaga   1311 .5423721 .638
Portland   1014 .4172625 .510
Portland State   915 .3753024 .556
Eastern Washington   420 .1671436 .280
Southern
No. 3 Stanford  xy 246 .8005912 .831
No. 9 Arizona State  y 219 .7006013 .822
No. 11 Southern California  y 1812 .6004022 .645
No. 19 UCLA  y 1416 .4674126 .612
Arizona   1119 .3672634 .433
California   327 .1001843 .295
x Division champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[11]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 LSU  y 207 .7415419 .740
No. 1 Georgia  y 189 .6675219 .732
No. 5 Mississippi State  y 179 .6545021 .704
Auburn   1313 .5003424 .586
Vanderbilt   1213 .4802830 .483
Florida   1112 .4782930 .492
Alabama   1013 .4353421 .618
Ole Miss   1016 .3852329 .442
Tennessee   918 .3332831 .475
Kentucky   818 .3082729 .482
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[12]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Southern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 6 The Citadel  y 1310 .92946140 .767
Western Carolina   1070 .58837250 .597
Marshall   1070 .58820190 .513
VMI   680 .42912260 .316
Appalachian State   690 .40019221 .464
Furman   6110 .35320240 .455
East Tennessee State   4120 .25010310 .244
Conference champion
SoCon Tournament champion
y Invited to the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of June 30, 1990[13]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball[14]
1990 Southwest Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 14 Arkansas y 165 .7624715 .758
No. 13 Texas y 155 .7505117 .750
No. 24 Houston y 129 .5714423 .657
Rice  119 .5503329 .532
Texas A&M  1110 .5244317 .717
Baylor  912 .4293319 .635
Texas Tech  516 .2383129 .517
TCU  417 .1902732 .458
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[15]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
No. 8 Georgia Southern xy 171 .9445019 .725
Stetson y 108 .5563331 .516
Samford  511 .3132528 .472
Mercer  214 .1251534 .306
West
Centenary x 123 .8004018 .690
Arkansas–Little Rock  87 .5333320 .623
Hardin–Simmons  39 .2501641 .281
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[16]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1990 season marked the forty 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 Georgia claiming their first championship with a 2–1 win over Oklahoma State in the final.[1]

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Stanford 510
8 Georgia Southern 4
1 Stanford 2
4 Georgia 16
4 Georgia 3
5 Mississippi State 0
4 Georgia 2 5
1 Stanford 4 1
8 Georgia Southern 1
5 Mississippi State 15
1 Stanford 6
5 Mississippi State 1
4 Georgia 2
3 Oklahoma State 1
2 LSU 8
7 The Citadel 2
2 LSU 1
3 Oklahoma State 7
3 Oklahoma State 14
6 Cal State Fullerton 4
3 Oklahoma State 14
2 LSU 3
7 The Citadel 812
6 Cal State Fullerton 7
2 LSU 6
7 The Citadel 1

Award winners

All-America team

References

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