1970 NCAA University Division baseball season

1970 NCAA University Division baseball season
Number of teams	207
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Southern California
Runners-up	Florida State
MOP	Gene Ammann (Florida State)
Seasons
← 1969	1971 →

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 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Northern Division #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 #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[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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 an 2–1, fifteen inning win over Florida State in the final.^[1]

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round
	Winner's Bracket
		Texas	12
		Delaware	4
							Texas	7
							Ohio	2
		Ohio	4
		Southern California	1
												Texas	5
												Florida State	1
		Florida State	4
		Arizona	0
							Florida State	6
							Dartmouth	0
		Dartmouth	7
		Iowa State	6
						Loser's Bracket
							Delaware	1
							Southern California	7				Dartmouth	1
												Southern California	6
							Arizona	1
							Iowa State	7				Ohio	9
												Iowa State	6

Semifinals

Finals

if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals

Texas

7

Southern California

2^15

Southern California

8^14

Florida State

1

Texas

2

Florida State

11

Florida State

2

Ohio

0

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 15, 2014.
2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1970". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 15, 2014.