1972 NCAA University Division baseball season

1972 NCAA University Division baseball season
Number of teams	211
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Southern California
Runners-up	Arizona State
MOP	Russ McQueen (Southern California)
Seasons
← 1971	1973 →

The 1972 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 1972. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1972 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty sixth time in 1972, 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 for the third year in a row, en route to five consecutive titles.^[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1972 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 13 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	Virginia
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma
Big Ten Conference	Iowa
EIBL	Cornell Harvard
Mid-American Conference	Bowling Green
Pacific-8 Conference	North - Washington State/Oregon South - Southern California
Southeastern Conference	Ole Miss
Southern Conference	Richmond
Southwest Conference	Texas TCU

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1972 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Northern Division #25 Washington State ^x 14 – 4   .778     29 – 13   .690 Oregon 14 – 4   .778     –   – Washington 5 – 12   .294     13 – 18   .419 Oregon State 2 – 15   .118     13 – 24   .351 Southern Division #1 Southern California ^x^y 14 – 4   .778     46 – 11   .807 #30 California 9 – 9   .500     33 – 21   .611 #12 Stanford 9 – 9   .500     37 – 17   .685 UCLA 4 – 14   .222     32 – 33   .492 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1972[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1972 season marked the twenty sixth 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 eighth championship, and third in a row, with a 1–0 win over Arizona State in the final.^[1]

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Winner's Bracket

Ole Miss

6

Southern California

8

Southern California

5*

Connecticut

4*

Texas

0*

Connecticut

3*

Southern California

0

Arizona State

3

Temple

1*

Oklahoma

2*

Oklahoma

0

Arizona State

1

Iowa

1

Arizona State

2

Loser's Bracket

Ole Miss

8

Texas

9

Texas

7

Oklahoma

1

Temple

13

Iowa

9

Temple

7

Connecticut

4

Semifinals

Finals

if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals

Arizona State

1

Arizona State

0

Temple

0

Southern California

1

Arizona State

1

Southern California

3

Texas

3*

Southern California

4*

*extra innings

Award winners

All-America team

References

1. W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 41–43. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1972". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 17, 2014.