1971 NCAA University Division baseball season

The 1971 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 1971. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1971 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty fifth time in 1971, 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]

1971 NCAA University Division baseball season
Number of teams	208
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Southern California (7th title)
Runners-up	Southern Illinois (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Rod Dedeaux (7th title)
MOP	Jerry Tabb (Tulsa)
Seasons

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1971 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 10 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Maryland
Big Eight Conference	Iowa State
Big Ten Conference	Michigan State
EIBL	Harvard
Mid-American Conference	Ohio
Midwestern Conference	Southern Illinois
Pacific-8 Conference	North - Washington State South - Southern California
Southeastern Conference	Mississippi State
Southern Conference	The Citadel Furman
Southwest Conference	Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1971 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Northern Division No. 19 Washington State ^x‍‍‍ 7 – 8   .467     34 – 15   .694 Oregon ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438     –   – Oregon State ‍‍‍ 6 – 10   .375     –   – Washington ‍‍‍ 1 – 14   .067     9 – 19   .321 Southern Division No. 1 Southern California ^x‍‍‍^y 17 – 0   1.000     46 – 11   .807 Stanford ‍‍‍ 11 – 6   .647     39 – 20   .661 UCLA ‍‍‍ 11 – 6   .647     38 – 17   .691 California ‍‍‍ 5 – 12   .294     24 – 24   .500 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1971[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | 1971 Midwestern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 2 Southern Illinois  ‍†‍‍^y 11 – 1   .917     43 – 9   .827 Indiana State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4   .667     22 – 8   .733 Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6   .455     24 – 15   .615 Ball State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7   .300     13 – 18   .419 Illinois State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 10   .231     17 – 20   .459 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 17, 1971[4]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1971 season marked the twenty fifth 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 seventh championship with a 7–2 win over Southern Illinois in the final.[1]

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round
	Winner's Bracket
		Harvard	4
		BYU	1
							Harvard	8
							Tulsa	9
		Tulsa	5
		Mississippi State	2
												Tulsa	9
												Southern Illinois	4
		Southern California	5
		Seton Hall	1
							Southern California	3
							Southern Illinois	8
		Southern Illinois	5
		Texas–Pan American	4
						Loser's Bracket
							BYU	3
							Mississippi State	1				Southern California	8
												BYU	6
							Seton Hall	2
							Texas–Pan American	8				Harvard	0
												Texas–Pan American	1

	Semifinals					Finals					if needed
	Re-ordered Semi-finals
		Tulsa	4									Southern California	7
		Southern California	8									Southern Illinois	2
							Southern California	3
							Tulsa	2
		Southern Illinois	8
		Texas–Pan American	6

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1971 College Baseball 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 -- 1971". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
4. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1971". Boyds World. Retrieved May 26, 2019.