1990 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1990 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 1990. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1990 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty fourth time in 1990, 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. Georgia claimed the championship for the first time.[1]

1990 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	269
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Georgia (1st title)
Runners-up	Oklahoma State (16th CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Steve Webber (1st title)
MOP	Mike Rebhan (Georgia)
Seasons

Format change

The Big East Conference dissolved its divisional format and played as a single eight team division.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1990 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. 25 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 23 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue • City	Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	North Carolina	1990 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC	North Carolina
Big East Conference	Seton Hall	1990 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament	Muzzy Field • Bristol, CT	Connecticut
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma State	1990 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament	All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma State
Big South Conference	Coastal Carolina	1990 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament	Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC	Campbell
Big Ten Conference	Iowa	1990 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament	Duane Banks Field • Iowa City, IA	Illinois
Big West Conference	Cal State Fullerton/Fresno State	No Tournament
EIBL	Penn	No Tournament
Metro Conference	Florida State	1990 Metro Conference Baseball Tournament	Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS	Florida State
Mid-American Conference	Central Michigan	No Tournament
Midwestern Collegiate Conference	North - Notre Dame South - Evansville	1990 Midwestern City Conference Baseball Tournament	South Bend, IN	Evansville
Mid-Continent Conference	Blue - UIC Gray - Southwest Missouri State	1990 Mid-Continent Conference Baseball Tournament	Chicago, IL	UIC
Pacific-10 Conference	North - Washington State South - Stanford	No Tournament
Southeastern Conference	LSU	1990 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL	Mississippi State/LSU[lower-alpha 1]
Southern Conference	The Citadel	1990 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament	College Park • Charleston, SC	The Citadel
Southwest Conference	Arkansas	1990 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament	Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	Texas
Trans America Athletic Conference	East - Georgia Southern West - Centenary	1990 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Centenary Park • Shreveport, LA	Stetson

1. Mississippi State and LSU were declared co-champions after the championship game was suspended due to rain.

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1990 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 21 North Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍^y 17 – 4   .810     51 – 18   .739 No. 30 Clemson  ‍‍‍^y 14 – 6   .700     43 – 23   .652 No. 26 NC State  ‍‍‍^y 14 – 7   .667     48 – 20   .706 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10   .500     35 – 24   .593 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍^y 9 – 9   .500     46 – 25   .648 Virginia  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389     21 – 32   .396 Duke  ‍‍‍ 4 – 15   .211     28 – 25   .528 Maryland  ‍‍‍ 2 – 15   .118     22 – 26   .458 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1990[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1990 Big East Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Seton Hall  ‍†‍‍ 16 – 4 – 0   .800     35 – 18 – 0   .660 St. John's  ‍‍‍ 15 – 6 – 0   .714     29 – 18 – 0   .617 Villanova  ‍‍‍ 13 – 8 – 0   .619     33 – 16 – 0   .673 Connecticut  ‍‍‡‍^y 12 – 9 – 0   .571     27 – 19 – 1   .585 Providence  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10 – 0   .524     27 – 21 – 0   .563 Boston College  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13 – 0   .381     20 – 22 – 1   .477 Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 4 – 16 – 0   .200     17 – 30 – 0   .362 Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 4 – 17 – 0   .190     8 – 23 – 0   .258 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1990[4][5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1990 Big Eight Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #2 Oklahoma State ^†‡y ‍‍‍ 18 – 6   .750     56 – 17   .767 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542     30 – 27   .526 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500     42 – 26   .618 Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458     33 – 27   .550 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458     28 – 27   .509 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417     27 – 31   .466 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375     31 – 26   .544 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1990[6]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Big South Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Coastal Carolina  ‍†‍‍ 14 – 2 – 0   .875     40 – 19 – 0   .678 Radford  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7 – 0   .533     24 – 27 – 0   .471 UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9 – 0   .471     25 – 25 – 1   .500 Baptist  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7 – 0   .462     12 – 36 – 0   .250 Campbell  ‍‍‡‍^y 6 – 8 – 0   .429     15 – 33 – 0   .313 Augusta State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 8 – 0   .385     22 – 30 – 0   .423 Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11 – 0   .313     22 – 28 – 1   .441 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1990[7]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1990 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Iowa  ‍†‍‍^y 22 – 6   .786     38 – 19   .667 No. 23 Illinois  ‍‍‡‍^y 19 – 9   .679     43 – 21   .672 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 19 – 9   .679     36 – 24   .600 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 12   .571     31 – 29   .517 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14 – 14   .500     33 – 24   .579 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 14 – 14   .500     30 – 27   .526 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 15   .464     28 – 24   .538 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19   .296     27 – 31   .466 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 8 – 20   .286     16 – 41   .281 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 6 – 21   .222     24 – 32   .429 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1990[8][9]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1990 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 4 LSU  ‍†‍‡‍^y 20 – 7   .741     54 – 19   .740 No. 1 Georgia  ‍‍‍^y 18 – 9   .667     52 – 19   .732 No. 5 Mississippi State  ‍‍‡‍^y 17 – 9   .654     50 – 21   .704 Auburn  ‍‍‍ 13 – 13   .500     34 – 24   .586 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 12 – 13   .480     28 – 30   .483 Florida  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478     29 – 30   .492 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13   .435     34 – 21   .618 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 10 – 16   .385     23 – 29   .442 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 9 – 18   .333     28 – 31   .475 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 8 – 18   .308     27 – 29   .482 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1990[10]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT No. 6 The Citadel  ‍†‍‡‍^y 13 – 1 – 0   .929     46 – 14 – 0   .767 Western Carolina  ‍‍‍ 10 – 7 – 0   .588     37 – 25 – 0   .597 Marshall  ‍‍‍ 10 – 7 – 0   .588     20 – 19 – 0   .513 VMI  ‍‍‍ 6 – 8 – 0   .429     12 – 26 – 0   .316 Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9 – 0   .400     19 – 22 – 1   .464 Furman  ‍‍‍ 6 – 11 – 0   .353     20 – 24 – 0   .455 East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 12 – 0   .250     10 – 31 – 0   .244 † – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the 1990 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of June 30, 1990[11]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball[12]	1990 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT East No. 8 Georgia Southern ^x‍†‍‍^y 17 – 1   .944     50 – 19   .725 Stetson ‍‍‡‍^y 10 – 8   .556     33 – 31   .516 Samford ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313     25 – 28   .472 Mercer ‍‍‍ 2 – 14   .125     15 – 34   .306 West Centenary ^x‍‍‍ 12 – 3   .800     40 – 18   .690 Arkansas–Little Rock ‍‍‍ 8 – 7   .533     33 – 20   .623 Hardin–Simmons ‍‍‍ 3 – 9   .250     16 – 41   .281 x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1990[13]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1990 season marked the forty 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 Georgia claiming their first championship with a 2–1 win over Oklahoma State in the final.[1]

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Stanford	5^10
	8	Georgia Southern	4
						1	Stanford	2
						4	Georgia	16
	4	Georgia	3
	5	Mississippi State	0
											4	Georgia	2	5
										1	Stanford	4	1
	8	Georgia Southern	1
	5	Mississippi State	15
						1	Stanford	6
						5	Mississippi State	1
																4	Georgia	2
																3	Oklahoma State	1
	2	LSU	8
	7	The Citadel	2
						2	LSU	1
						3	Oklahoma State	7
	3	Oklahoma State	14
	6	Cal State Fullerton	4
											3	Oklahoma State	14	—
										2	LSU	3	—
	7	The Citadel	8^12
	6	Cal State Fullerton	7
						2	LSU	6
						7	The Citadel	1

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1990 College Baseball All-America Team

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