1994 NCAA Division I baseball season

1994 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	276
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Oklahoma
Runners-up	Georgia Tech
MOP	Chip Glass (Oklahoma)
Seasons
← 1993	1995 →

The 1994 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 1994. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1994 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty eighth time in 1994, 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. Oklahoma claimed the championship for the second time.^[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1994 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. In order to provide all conference champions with an automatic bid, 12 conference champions participated in a play-in round. The six winners joined the other 18 conference champions with automatic bids, 24 teams earned at-large selections.^[1][2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue • City	Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Clemson	1994 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC	Clemson
Big East Conference	Pittsburgh	1994 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament	Muzzy Field • Bristol, CT	Connecticut
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma State	1994 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament	All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference	Ohio State	1994 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament	C. O. Brown Stadium • Battle Creek, MI	Ohio State
Big West Conference	Cal State Fullerton/Long Beach State/Nevada	No Tournament
Ivy League	Gehrig - Penn Rolfe - Yale	1994 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series	Palmer Field • Middletown, CT	Yale
Metro Conference		1994 Metro Conference Baseball Tournament	Parkway Field • Louisville, KY	Virginia Tech
Mid-American Conference	Kent State	1994 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament	Gene Michael Field • Kent, OH	Central Michigan
Midwestern Collegiate Conference	Notre Dame	1994 Midwestern City Conference Baseball Tournament	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame
Mid-Continent Conference	Wright State	No Tournament
North Atlantic Conference	Delaware	1994 North Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament	Friedman Diamond • Brookline, MA	Northeastern
Pacific-10 Conference	North - Oregon State South - Stanford	No Tournament
Southeastern Conference	Eastern - Tennessee	1994 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament[lower-alpha 1]	Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY	Tennessee
	Western - LSU		Swayze Field • Oxford, MS	LSU
Southern Conference	Western Carolina	1994 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament	College Park • Charleston, SC	The Citadel
Southwest Conference	TCU	1994 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament	Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	Texas
Trans America Athletic Conference	East - FIU West - Mercer	1994 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Claude Smith Field • Macon, GA	Southeastern Louisiana
West Coast Conference	Santa Clara	No tournament

1. The SEC held separate tournaments for its Eastern and Western Divisions in 1994. LSU was awarded the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1994 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #9 Clemson †‡^y 20 – 4   .833     57 – 18   .760 #2 Georgia Tech ^y 16 – 8   .667     50 – 17   .746 Duke 16 – 8   .667     33 – 20   .623 #6 Florida State ^y 14 – 9   .609     53 – 22   .707 NC State ^y 13 – 11   .542     46 – 18   .719 North Carolina 10 – 13   .435     34 – 21   .618 Wake Forest 10 – 14   .417     37 – 20   .649 Maryland 6 – 18   .250     24 – 30   .444 Virginia 2 – 22   .083     20 – 34   .370 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1994[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1994 Big East Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Pittsburgh † 16 – 5 – 0   .762     31 – 16 – 1   .656 Providence 13 – 8 – 0   .619     32 – 21 – 0   .604 Seton Hall 12 – 8 – 0   .600     32 – 21 – 1   .602 Connecticut ‡^y 12 – 9 – 0   .571     30 – 18 – 0   .625 St. John's 10 – 8 – 0   .556     20 – 16 – 0   .556 Georgetown 6 – 12 – 1   .342     17 – 31 – 1   .357 Boston College 5 – 14 – 0   .263     14 – 23 – 2   .385 Villanova 4 – 14 – 0   .222     16 – 23 – 0   .410 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1994[4][5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1994 Big Eight Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #12 Oklahoma State †‡^y 21 – 6   .778     49 – 17   .742 #1 Oklahoma ^y 21 – 9   .700     50 – 17   .746 #25 Kansas ^y 17 – 9   .654     40 – 18   .690 Iowa State 15 – 14   .517     30 – 28   .517 Nebraska 14 – 16   .467     32 – 28   .533 Missouri 9 – 19   .321     32 – 26   .552 Kansas State 3 – 27   .100     13 – 43   .232 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1994[6]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #11 Ohio State †‡^y 25 – 2   .926     49 – 9   .845 #28 Minnesota ^y 21 – 7   .750     42 – 21   .667 Michigan 13 – 15   .464     29 – 29   .500 Michigan State 13 – 15   .464     26 – 29   .473 Iowa 13 – 15   .464     22 – 32   .407 Penn State 12 – 15   .444     25 – 24   .510 Indiana 12 – 16   .429     33 – 23   .589 Illinois 12 – 16   .429     26 – 26   .500 Northwestern 10 – 18   .357     34 – 22   .607 Purdue 8 – 20   .286     16 – 39   .291 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1994[7][8]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1994 Mid-American Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #29 Kent State †^y 18 – 7   .720     33 – 17   .660 Ohio 18 – 10   .643     34 – 19   .642 Bowling Green 16 – 10   .615     29 – 18   .617 Central Michigan ‡^y 18 – 12   .600     38 – 21   .644 Western Michigan 18 – 12   .600     30 – 23   .566 Eastern Michigan 15 – 12   .556     29 – 27   .518 Toledo 12 – 16   .429     23 – 31   .426 Akron 10 – 16   .385     29 – 25   .537 Miami 9 – 21   .300     18 – 36   .333 Ball State 4 – 22   .154     17 – 32   .347 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1994[9]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1994 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Eastern #10 Tennessee ^x‡^y 24 – 5   .828     52 – 14   .788 #21 Florida ^y 16 – 9   .640     40 – 23   .635 Kentucky 11 – 14   .440     32 – 25   .561 South Carolina 11 – 15   .423     35 – 23   .603 Vanderbilt 10 – 20   .333     28 – 30   .483 Georgia 9 – 19   .321     22 – 35   .386 Western #7 LSU ^x†‡^y 21 – 6   .778     46 – 20   .697 Mississippi State 15 – 12   .556     36 – 23   .610 #8 Auburn ^y 16 – 13   .552     44 – 21   .677 Arkansas 13 – 13   .500     30 – 27   .526 Ole Miss 12 – 14   .462     30 – 26   .536 Alabama 4 – 22   .154     21 – 35   .375 x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1994[10]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1994 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Western Carolina †^y 19 – 4   .826     45 – 18   .714 Georgia Southern 15 – 7   .682     31 – 25   .554 Marshall 12 – 9   .571     23 – 20   .535 East Tennessee State 12 – 11   .522     19 – 21   .475 The Citadel ‡^y 11 – 13   .458     32 – 34   .485 Appalachian State 10 – 13   .435     22 – 26   .458 VMI 10 – 13   .435     21 – 29   .420 Davidson 10 – 14   .417     20 – 31   .392 Furman 4 – 19   .174     9 – 35   .205 † – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1994[11]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1994 season marked the forty eighth 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 Oklahoma claiming their second championship with a 13–5 win over Georgia Tech in the final.^[1]

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	2	Georgia Tech	2
	7	Cal State Fullerton	0
						2	Georgia Tech	12
						6	Florida State	4
	6	Florida State	6
	3	LSU	3
											2	Georgia Tech	3	—
										7	Cal State Fullerton	2	—
	7	Cal State Fullerton	20
	3	LSU	6
						7	Cal State Fullerton	10
						6	Florida State	3
																2	Georgia Tech	5
																4	Oklahoma	13
	8	Arizona State	4
	1	Miami (FL)	0
						8	Arizona State	3
						4	Oklahoma	4
	4	Oklahoma	5
	5	Auburn	4
											4	Oklahoma	6	—
										8	Arizona State	1	—
	1	Miami (FL)	7
	5	Auburn	5
						1	Miami (FL)	5
						8	Arizona State	9

Award winners

All-America team

References

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