1975 NCAA Division I baseball season

1975 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	220
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Texas
Runners-up	South Carolina
MOP	Mickey Reichenbach (Texas)
Seasons
← 1974	1976 →

The 1975 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 1975. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1975 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty ninth time in 1975, 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. Texas claimed the championship for the third time.^[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1975 season. For the first time, the NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Eight regionals of four teams each competed in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 15 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 17 teams earned at-large selections.^[1][2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue • City	Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Clemson/NC State	1975 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	NC State
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma	No Tournament
Big Ten Conference	Michigan	No Tournament
EIBL	Penn	No Tournament
Mid-American Conference	Eastern Michigan	No Tournament
Pacific-8 Conference	North - Oregon State South - Southern California	No Tournament
Southeastern Conference	LSU	No Tournament
Southern Conference	The Citadel	No Tournament
Southwest Conference	Texas	No Tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1975 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #25 Clemson †^y 10 – 2   .833     33 – 10   .767 #15 NC State †‡^y 10 – 2   .833     27 – 7   .794 Maryland 7 – 3   .700     15 – 8   .652 North Carolina 4 – 7   .364     17 – 9   .654 Virginia 4 – 7   .364     14 – 12   .538 Wake Forest 3 – 9   .250     9 – 20   .310 Duke 2 – 10   .167     9 – 18   .333 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1975[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1975 Southwest Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #1 Texas †^y 23 – 1   .958     59 – 6   .908 Texas A&M ^y 17 – 7   .708     32 – 15   .681 TCU 12 – 12   .500     29 – 17   .630 Baylor 11 – 13   .458     25 – 19   .568 Rice 11 – 13   .458     19 – 16   .543 Texas Tech 9 – 15   .375     22 – 23   .489 Arkansas 8 – 14   .364     20 – 22   .476 Houston 8 – 16   .333     18 – 25   .419 SMU 7 – 15   .318     12 – 22   .353 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1975[4][5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1975 season marked the twenty ninth 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 Texas claiming their third championship with a 5–1 win over South Carolina in the final.^[1]

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round
	Winner's Bracket
		Arizona State	5
		Cal State Fullerton	3
							Arizona State	5
							Texas	2
		Texas	4
		Oklahoma	2
												Arizona State	3
												South Carolina	6
		South Carolina	3
		Seton Hall	1
							South Carolina	5^6
							Eastern Michigan	1
		Eastern Michigan	2^10
		Florida State	1
						Loser's Bracket
							Cal State Fullerton	4
							Oklahoma	11				Eastern Michigan	0
												Oklahoma	7
							Seton Hall	11
							Florida State	0				Texas	12
												Seton Hall	0

Semifinals

Finals

if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals

South Carolina

6

Texas

5

Texas

17

South Carolina

1

South Carolina

4

Arizona State

1

Arizona State

1^11

Oklahoma

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 21, 2014.
2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1975". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
4. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1975". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
5. "Texas Baseball 2010 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Texas at Austin. p. 172. Retrieved August 21, 2014.