1980 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1980 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 1980. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1980 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the thirty fourth time in 1980, 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. Arizona claimed the championship for the second time.[1]

1980 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	249
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Arizona (2nd title)
Runners-up	Hawaii (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Jerry Kindall (2nd title)
MOP	Terry Francona (Arizona)
Seasons

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1980 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Seven regionals of four teams and one of six each competed in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 21 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue • City	Tournament Winner
ACC	North Carolina	1980 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Doak Field • Raleigh, NC	Clemson
Big 8	East - Nebraska West - Oklahoma State	1980 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament	All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	Missouri
Big Ten	Michigan	No Tournament
Eastern 8		1980 Eastern 8 Conference Baseball Tournament	The Ellipse • Washington, DC	UMass
EIBL	Harvard	No Tournament
MAC	Central Michigan	No Tournament
Pac-10	North - Washington State South - Arizona/California	No Tournament
SEC	East - Florida West - Auburn	1980 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament	Perry Field • Gainesville, FL	Vanderbilt
SoCon	East Tennessee State	No Tournament
SWC	Texas	1980 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament	Olsen Field • College Station, TX	Texas
TAAC	N/A	1980 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Luther Williams Field • Macon, GA	Georgia Southern
WAC	North - BYU South - Hawaii	1980 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Series		Hawaii

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1980 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT North Carolina  ‍†‍‍ 11 – 1   .917     39 – 17   .696 Maryland  ‍‍‍ 9 – 4   .692     24 – 10   .706 No. 8 Clemson  ‍‍‡‍^y 6 – 5   .545     38 – 21   .644 NC State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 6   .538     21 – 12   .636 Virginia  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6   .500     21 – 13   .618 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 5 – 8   .385     17 – 13   .567 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 3 – 10   .231     8 – 19   .296 Duke  ‍‍‍ 2 – 9   .182     17 – 11   .607 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1980[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1980 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT No. 6 Michigan  ‍†‍‍^y 14 – 2 – 0   .875     36 – 18 – 1   .664 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 14 – 4 – 0   .778     33 – 13 – 0   .717 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 11 – 5 – 0   .688     31 – 14 – 0   .689 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8 – 0   .556     23 – 24 – 1   .490 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9 – 0   .438     27 – 24 – 0   .529 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375     18 – 25 – 0   .419 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375     17 – 25 – 0   .405 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375     18 – 33 – 1   .356 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11 – 0   .313     20 – 21 – 1   .488 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 13 – 0   .188     15 – 35 – 0   .300 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1980[4][5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1980 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Northern Washington State  ^x‍‍‍ 11 – 3   .786     36 – 10   .783 Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9   .471     33 – 16   .673 Washington  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400     33 – 20   .623 Oregon  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10   .375     19 – 21   .475 Southern No. 1 Arizona  ^x‍‍‍^y 17 – 13   .567     45 – 21   .682 No. 3 California  ^x‍‍‍^y 17 – 13   .567     44 – 23   .657 Arizona State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500     38 – 25   .603 UCLA  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500     31 – 22   .585 Stanford  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433     29 – 24   .547 Southern California  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433     27 – 24   .529 x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1980[6]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Eastern Division Florida  ^x‍‍‍ 16 – 8   .667     40 – 16   .714 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‡‍^y 13 – 9   .591     34 – 21   .618 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 9 – 10   .474     33 – 12   .733 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 8 – 11   .421     25 – 21   .543 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14   .300     23 – 21   .523 Western Division Auburn  ^x‍‍‍ 15 – 8   .652     27 – 24   .529 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500     24 – 22   .522 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11   .476     31 – 19   .620 LSU  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9   .471     23 – 19   .548 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13   .381     18 – 28   .391 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1980[7]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1980 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Georgia Southern ‍‍‡‍^y 0 – 0   –     38 – 21   .644 Mercer ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   –     31 – 18   .633 Centenary ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   –     34 – 19   .642 Northeast Louisiana ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   –     20 – 15   .571 Hardin–Simmons ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   –     25 – 25   .500 Northwestern State ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   –     23 – 23   .500 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1980[8]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1980 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT North BYU  ^x‍‍‍^y 14 – 3   .824     41 – 18   .695 Wyoming  ‍‍‍ 11 – 6   .647     23 – 20   .535 Utah  ‍‍‍ 5 – 12   .294     17 – 19   .472 Colorado State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 13   .235     17 – 37   .315 South No. 2 Hawaii  ^x‍‍‡‍^y 19 – 5   .792     60 – 18   .769 New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8   .667     43 – 20   .683 San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478     40 – 26   .606 UTEP  ‍‍‍ 1 – 22   .043     22 – 39   .361 x – Division champion ‡ – Championship Series champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of 18 November 2016; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1980 season marked the thirty 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 Arizona claiming their second championship with a 5–3 win over Hawaii in the final.[1]

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round
	Winner's Bracket
		St. John's	6
		Arizona	1
							St. John's	2
							Hawaii	7
		Hawaii	7
		Florida State	6
												Hawaii	9
												Miami (FL)	3
		Miami (FL)	13
		Clemson	5
							Miami (FL)	3
							Michigan	2
		Michigan	9^11
		California	8
						Loser's Bracket
							Arizona	5
							Florida State	3				Michigan	0
												Arizona	8
							Clemson	4
							California	6				St. John's	5
												California	8

Semifinals

Finals

if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals

Hawaii

4

Hawaii

3

Arizona

6^11

Arizona

5

Arizona

10

California

9

Miami (FL)

3

California

4

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1980 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 October 3, 2014.
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3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1980". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
4. 2019 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
5. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1980". Boyd's World. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
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7. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1980". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
8. Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 3. Retrieved September 21, 2013.