1992 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1992 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 1992. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1992 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty sixth time in 1992, 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. Pepperdine claimed the championship for the first time.[1]

1992 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	274
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Pepperdine (1st title)
Runners-up	Cal State Fullerton (7th CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Andy Lopez (1st title)
MOP	Phil Nevin (Cal State Fullerton)
Seasons

Realignment

• Florida State and South Carolina departed the Metro Conference for the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Southeastern Conference, respectively.
• Arkansas left the Southwest Conference for the Southeastern Conference.
• Georgia Southern and Arkansas–Little Rock moved from the Trans America Athletic Conference (TAAC) to the Southern Conference and the Sun Belt Conference, respectively.
• College of Charleston and Southeastern Louisiana joined the TAAC after reclassifying to NCAA Division I. Meanwhile, Georgia State restarted its program in the TAAC after 5 seasons without varsity baseball.

Format changes

• With the addition of two new teams, the SEC split into Eastern and Western divisions.
• The Mid-Continent Conference reorganized its divisions, dropping the Blue/Gray alignment for Eastern and Western Divisions.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1992 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. 24 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 24 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue • City	Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Clemson	1992 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC	NC State
Big East Conference	St. John's	1992 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament	Muzzy Field • Bristol, CT	Providence
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma State	1992 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament	All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma State
Big South Conference	Coastal Carolina	1992 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament	Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC	Coastal Carolina
Big Ten Conference	Ohio State	1992 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament	Trautman Field • Columbus, OH	Minnesota
Big West Conference	Long Beach State	No Tournament
EIBL	Yale	No Tournament
Metro Conference	VCU	1992 Metro Conference Baseball Tournament	Turchin Stadium • New Orleans, LA	Tulane
Mid-American Conference	Kent State	1992 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament	Gene Michael Field • Kent, OH	Kent State
Midwestern Collegiate Conference	Notre Dame	1992 Midwestern City Conference Baseball Tournament	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame
Mid-Continent Conference	Eastern - Wright State Western - Eastern Illinois	1992 Mid-Continent Conference Baseball Tournament	Chicago, IL	Wright State
Pacific-10 Conference	North - Washington South - Arizona	No Tournament
Southeastern Conference	Eastern - Florida Western - LSU	1992 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	LSU
Southern Conference	Western Carolina	1992 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament	College Park • Charleston, SC	Western Carolina
Southwest Conference	Texas	No tournament
Trans America Athletic Conference	East - Stetson/FIU West - Southeastern Louisiana	1992 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Southeastern Louisiana Diamond • Hammond, LA	Southeastern Louisiana
West Coast Conference	Pepperdine	No tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1992 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 10 Clemson  ‍†‍‍^y 19 – 5   .792     50 – 14   .781 No. 5 Florida State  ‍‍‍^y 16 – 7   .696     49 – 21   .700 No. 29 NC State  ‍‍‡‍^y 15 – 9   .625     46 – 18   .719 No. 24 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍^y 14 – 9   .609     45 – 19   .703 Duke  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500     38 – 16   .704 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458     36 – 22   .621 North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333     31 – 27   .534 Maryland  ‍‍‍ 7 – 15   .318     27 – 28   .491 Virginia  ‍‍‍ 3 – 19   .136     21 – 30   .412 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1992 Big East Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT St. John's  ‍†‍‍ 14 – 5 – 0   .737     30 – 13 – 0   .698 Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 14 – 7 – 0   .667     28 – 27 – 0   .509 Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 13 – 7 – 0   .650     25 – 20 – 1   .554 Providence  ‍‍‡‍^y 12 – 8 – 0   .600     29 – 23 – 0   .558 Villanova  ‍‍‍ 9 – 10 – 0   .474     22 – 21 – 0   .512 Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 6 – 15 – 0   .286     12 – 30 – 1   .291 Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13 – 0   .278     23 – 21 – 0   .523 Boston College  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13 – 0   .278     18 – 17 – 1   .514 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992[4][5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1992 Big South Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Coastal Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍ 13 – 5 – 0   .722     33 – 27 – 0   .550 Davidson  ‍‍‍ 10 – 6 – 0   .625     28 – 25 – 0   .528 Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 10 – 7 – 0   .588     29 – 29 – 0   .500 Radford  ‍‍‍ 8 – 8 – 0   .500     28 – 23 – 0   .549 UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10 – 0   .444     20 – 28 – 0   .417 Campbell  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9 – 0   .400     16 – 38 – 1   .300 Liberty  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11 – 0   .313     20 – 27 – 1   .427 Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 3 – 13 – 0   .188     12 – 34 – 0   .261 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992[6]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 19 Ohio State  ‍†‍‍^y 20 – 8   .714     40 – 21   .656 No. 25 Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍^y 18 – 10   .643     42 – 21   .667 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 17 – 11   .607     36 – 19   .655 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 16 – 12   .571     36 – 20   .643 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 14 – 14   .500     35 – 20   .636 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 13 – 15   .464     30 – 25   .545 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 12 – 16   .429     26 – 28   .481 Penn State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 17   .393     24 – 24   .500 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 11 – 17   .393     21 – 32   .396 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 8 – 20   .286     18 – 38   .321 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992[7][8]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1992 Big West Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 23 Long Beach State  ‍†‍‍^y 18 – 5   .783     36 – 21   .632 No. 2 Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍^y 17 – 7   .708     46 – 17   .730 Fresno State  ‍‍‍^y 16 – 8   .667     37 – 20   .649 UNLV  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542     30 – 24   .556 San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500     32 – 21   .604 UC Irvine  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417     23 – 27   .460 UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 9 – 14   .391     30 – 23   .566 New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250     20 – 33   .377 Pacific  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250     17 – 33   .340 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992[9]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1992 Mid-American Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Kent State  ‍†‍‡‍^y 24 – 7 – 0   .774     45 – 13 – 0   .776 Ohio  ‍‍‍ 20 – 12 – 0   .625     33 – 22 – 0   .600 Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12 – 1   .597     31 – 27 – 1   .534 Ball State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13 – 0   .519     23 – 27 – 0   .460 Miami  ‍‍‍ 16 – 15 – 0   .516     32 – 22 – 0   .593 Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467     25 – 26 – 0   .490 Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10 – 15 – 0   .400     22 – 26 – 0   .458 Toledo  ‍‍‍ 7 – 18 – 0   .280     18 – 29 – 0   .383 Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 7 – 22 – 1   .250     14 – 25 – 1   .363 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992[10]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Eastern No. 16 Florida  ^x‍‍‍^y 16 – 8   .667     44 – 20   .688 No. 28 South Carolina  ‍‍‍^y 13 – 11   .542     42 – 22   .656 Georgia  ‍‍‍^y 12 – 11   .522     35 – 25   .583 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478     29 – 24   .547 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417     35 – 20   .636 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417     33 – 23   .589 Western No. 9 LSU  ^x‍†‍‡‍^y 18 – 6   .750     50 – 16   .758 No. 21 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍^y 15 – 9   .625     40 – 22   .645 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13   .435     31 – 26   .544 Auburn  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417     30 – 25   .545 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 9 – 14   .391     29 – 26   .527 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333     34 – 21   .618 x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992[11]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1992 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 17 Western Carolina ^†‡y ‍‍‍ 17 – 4   .810     44 – 21   .677 Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍ 15 – 6   .714     31 – 27   .534 East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 8   .579     31 – 20   .608 The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 10 – 9   .526     35 – 20   .636 Furman  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10   .524     21 – 31   .404 Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14   .300     17 – 34   .333 Marshall  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13   .278     15 – 26   .366 VMI  ‍‍‍ 4 – 15   .211     11 – 39   .220 † – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992[12]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1992 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT East Stetson ^x‍‍‍^y 13 – 5   .722     38 – 21   .644 FIU ^x‍‍‍ 13 – 5   .722     36 – 23   .610 Mercer ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444     29 – 20   .592 College of Charleston ‍‍‍ 2 – 16   .111     16 – 29   .356 West Southeastern Louisiana ^x‍†‍‡‍^y 12 – 4   .750     38 – 22   .633 Centenary ^x‍†‍‍ 12 – 4   .750     31 – 27   .534 Samford ‍‍‍ 0 – 16   .000     13 – 43   .232 Georgia State ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   –     2 – 30   .063 x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992[13]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 West Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 1 Pepperdine  ‍†‍‍^y 23 – 4   .852     48 – 11   .814 San Diego  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13   .519     28 – 24   .538 Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16   .467     23 – 32   .418 San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 13 – 16   .448     16 – 39   .291 Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 10 – 16   .385     16 – 36   .308 Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 9 – 18   .333     15 – 36   .294 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992[14]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1992 season marked the forty sixth 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 Pepperdine claiming their first championship with a 3–2 win over Cal State Fullerton in the final.[1]

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Miami (FL)	4
	8	California	3
						1	Miami (FL)	4
						4	Cal State Fullerton	3
	4	Cal State Fullerton	7
	5	Florida State	2
											1	Miami (FL)	5	1
										4	Cal State Fullerton	7	8
	8	California	4
	5	Florida State	5
						5	Florida State	0
						4	Cal State Fullerton	6
																4	Cal State Fullerton	2
																7	Pepperdine	3
	2	Wichita State	0
	7	Pepperdine	6
						7	Pepperdine	7
						3	Texas	0
	3	Texas	15
	6	Oklahoma	3
											7	Pepperdine	5	—
										3	Texas	4	—
	2	Wichita State	4
	6	Oklahoma	8
						6	Oklahoma	5
						3	Texas	8

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1992 College Baseball All-America Team

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