1970 NCAA University Division baseball season

1970 NCAA University Division baseball season
Number of teams	207
Preseason No. 1	Southern California
Defending Champions	Arizona State
NCAA tournament
College World Series
Duration	June 12, 1970 – June 18, 1970
Champions	Southern California (6th title)
Runners-up	Florida State (5 CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Rod Dedeaux (6th title)
MOP	Gene Ammann (Florida State)
Seasons

The 1970 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1970. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1970 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty fourth time in 1970, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Southern California claimed the championship.^[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1970 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA tournament. 11 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 15 teams earned at-large selections.^[1][2]

Conference	Regular season winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Maryland
Big Eight Conference	Iowa State
Big Ten Conference	Minnesota
EIBL	Dartmouth
Mid-American Conference	Ohio
Pacific-8 Conference	North - Washington State South - Southern California
Southeastern Conference	Mississippi State
Southern Conference	North - William & Mary South - East Carolina
Southwest Conference	Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1970 Big Eight Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 6 Iowa State  ‍†‍‍^y 13 – 5   .722 19 – 11   .633 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 10 – 7   .588 15 – 8   .652 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 11 – 8   .579 15 – 11   .577 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 10 – 9   .526 20 – 17   .541 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9   .471 12 – 13   .480 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 13 – 16   .448 Colorado  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 14 – 16   .467 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313 12 – 16   .429 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1970[3] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1970 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 5 Dartmouth  ‍†‍‍^y 11 – 2 – 0   .846 24 – 10 – 0   .706 Harvard  ‍‍‍ 10 – 4 – 0   .714 24 – 7 – 0   .774 Princeton  ‍‍‍ 10 – 4 – 0   .714 20 – 8 – 0   .714 Navy  ‍‍‍ 9 – 5 – 0   .643 20 – 7 – 0   .741 Cornell  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7 – 1   .464 19 – 17 – 2   .526 Brown  ‍‍‍ 5 – 7 – 0   .417 13 – 14 – 2   .483 Penn  ‍‍‍ 4 – 8 – 1   .346 7 – 12 – 2   .381 Army  ‍‍‍ 4 – 9 – 0   .308 7 – 14 – 0   .333 Yale  ‍‍‍ 3 – 9 – 0   .250 6 – 23 – 0   .207 Columbia  ‍‍‍ 3 – 10 – 0   .231 4 – 11 – 0   .267 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament	1970 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Northern Division No. 13 Washington State ^x‍‍‍ 9 – 6   .600 30 – 11   .732 Oregon State ‍‍‍ 5 – 6   .455 –   – Oregon ‍‍‍ 5 – 9   .357 –   – Washington ‍‍‍ 4 – 12   .250 8 – 22   .267 Southern Division No. 1 Southern California ^x‍‍‍^y 11 – 3   .786 45 – 13   .776 UCLA ‍‍‍ 8 – 7   .533 26 – 24   .520 California ‍‍‍ 9 – 8   .529 28 – 19   .596 Stanford ‍‍‍ 8 – 9   .471 36 – 16   .692 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1970[5] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1970 Southwest Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 3 Texas  ‍†‍‍^y 14 – 1   .933 45 – 8   .849 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 13 – 4   .765 25 – 9   .735 Rice  ‍‍‍ 10 – 7   .588 18 – 11   .621 TCU  ‍‍‍ 9 – 8   .529 17 – 15   .531 Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333 12 – 16   .429 Baylor  ‍‍‍ 4 – 14   .222 16 – 21   .432 SMU  ‍‍‍ 3 – 14   .176 3 – 29   .094 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1970[6] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1970 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Northern No. 27 BYU  ‍‍‍ 14 – 3   .824 31 – 14   .689 Wyoming  ‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667 19 – 14   .576 Utah  ‍‍‍ 3 – 10   .231 20 – 18   .526 Colorado State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 12   .143 9 – 18   .333 Southern No. 7 Arizona  ‍‍‍^y 11 – 7   .611 44 – 18   .710 Arizona State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500 30 – 22   .577 New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500 27 – 18   .600 UTEP  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 26 – 23   .531 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1970[7] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1970 College World Series

The 1970 season marked the twenty 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 Southern California claiming their sixth championship with a 2–1, fifteen inning win over Florida State in the final.^[1]

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Final
	Texas		12
	Delaware		4
						Texas		7
						Ohio		2
	Ohio		4
	Southern California		1
											Texas		5
											Florida State		1
	Florida State		4
																Texas		7
	Arizona		0
						Florida State		6								Southern California		8^14
						Dartmouth		0
	Dartmouth		7
	Iowa State		6																							Southern California		2^15
																					Texas		2			Florida State		1
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Florida State		11
											Dartmouth		1
						Delaware		1			Southern California		6
																Florida State		2
						Southern California		7
																Ohio		0
											Ohio		9
						Arizona		1			Iowa State		6
						Iowa State		7

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1970 College Baseball All-America Team

References

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