1997 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1997 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 1997. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1997 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fifty first time in 1997, 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. LSU claimed the championship for the fourth time.[1]

1997 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	273
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	LSU (4th title)
Runners-up	Alabama (10th CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Skip Bertman (4th title)
MOP	Brandon Larson (LSU)
Seasons

Realignment

• The Big Eight Conference merged with four members of the Southwest Conference, Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech to form the Big 12 Conference.

Format changes

• The Big West Conference divided into two divisions of four, called Northern and Southern.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1997 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. In order to provide all conference champions with an automatic bid, 10 conference champions participated in a play-in round. The five winners joined the other 19 conference champions with automatic bids, 24 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue • City	Tournament Winner
America East Conference	Delaware	1997 America East Conference Baseball Tournament	Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE	Northeastern
Atlantic Coast Conference	Georgia Tech	1997 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Florida Power Park • St. Petersburg, FL	Florida State
Big 12 Conference	Texas Tech	1997 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament	All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma
Big East Conference	American - West Virginia National - Notre Dame	1997 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament	Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium • Norwich, CT	St. John's
Big South Conference	UNC Greensboro	1997 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament	Knights Stadium • Fort Mill, SC	UNC Greensboro
Big Ten Conference	Michigan	1997 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	Ohio State
Big West Conference	Northern - Nevada Southern - Long Beach State	1997 Big West Conference Baseball Tournament	Blair Field • Long Beach, CA	Cal State Fullerton
Conference USA	Tulane	1997 Conference USA Baseball Tournament	Turchin Stadium • New Orleans, LA	Houston
Ivy League	Gehrig - Princeton Rolfe - Harvard	1997 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series	Joseph J. O'Donnell Field • Cambridge, MA	Harvard
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Northern - Niagara Southern - Fairfield	1997 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Heritage Park • Colonie, NY	Siena
Mid-American Conference	Ohio	1997 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament	Trautwein Field • Athens, OH	Ohio
Midwestern Collegiate Conference	Wright State	1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Baseball Tournament	Dayton, OH	Detroit
Mid-Continent Conference	Eastern - Troy State Western - Northeastern Illinois	1997 Mid-Continent Conference Baseball Tournament	Les Miller Field • Chicago, IL	Troy State
Northeast Conference	Marist/Fairleigh Dickinson	1997 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament	Sussex, NJ	Marist
Pacific-10 Conference	North - Washington South - Stanford	No Tournament
Patriot League	Army	1997 Patriot League Baseball Tournament	Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field • West Point, NY	Army
Southeastern Conference	Eastern - Florida Western - LSU	1997 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament	Golden Park • Columbus, GA	Alabama
Southern Conference	Western Carolina Georgia Southern	1997 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament	Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Western Carolina
Southland Conference	Louisiana - Northwestern State Texas - Southwest Texas State	1997 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament	Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA	Southwest Texas State
Trans America Athletic Conference	Eastern - Mercer Southern - Stetson Western - Jacksonville State	1997 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Conrad Park • DeLand, FL	UCF
West Coast Conference	Santa Clara	No tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1997 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 10 Georgia Tech  ‍†‍‍^y 19 – 4   .826     46 – 15   .754 No. 9 Florida State  ‍‍‡‍^y 18 – 6   .750     50 – 17   .746 No. 23 NC State  ‍‍‍^y 15 – 8   .652     43 – 20   .683 Clemson  ‍‍‍^y 13 – 10   .565     41 – 23   .641 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13   .435     37 – 20   .649 Virginia  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13   .435     32 – 22   .593 Duke  ‍‍‍ 9 – 14   .391     33 – 25   .569 North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250     29 – 31   .483 Maryland  ‍‍‍ 5 – 19   .208     22 – 32   .407 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1997[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1997 Big 12 Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Texas Tech  ‍†‍‍^y 23 – 7   .767     46 – 14   .767 No. 12 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍^y 21 – 9   .700     46 – 19   .708 No. 26 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍^y 19 – 11   .633     39 – 22   .639 No. 17 Oklahoma  ‍‍‡‍^y 18 – 11   .621     39 – 20   .661 Baylor  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12   .600     32 – 23   .582 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 15 – 16   .484     31 – 27   .534 Texas  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15   .444     29 – 22   .569 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400     31 – 25   .554 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20   .333     32 – 24   .571 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 7 – 23   .233     27 – 35   .435 Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 21   .222     12 – 31   .279 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1997[4]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1997 Big East Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT American Division West Virginia  ^x‍‍‍ 17 – 7 – 0   .708     36 – 19 – 0   .655 St. John's  ‍‍‡‍^y 16 – 7 – 0   .696     35 – 17 – 0   .673 Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458     27 – 20 – 0   .574 Providence  ‍‍‍ 10 – 15 – 0   .400     26 – 23 – 1   .530 Boston College  ‍‍‍ 8 – 17 – 0   .320     20 – 23 – 0   .465 Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 8 – 17 – 0   .320     19 – 26 – 0   .422 National Division Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 15 – 6 – 0   .714     41 – 19 – 0   .683 Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11 – 0   .542     28 – 24 – 0   .538 Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11 – 0   .542     32 – 22 – 0   .593 Villanova  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12 – 0   .500     29 – 27 – 0   .518 Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 8 – 15 – 0   .348     19 – 37 – 1   .342 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1997[5][6]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1997 Big South Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT No. 28 UNC Greensboro  ‍†‍‡‍^y 18 – 3 – 0   .857     45 – 17 – 0   .726 Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 14 – 7 – 0   .667     27 – 29 – 1   .482 Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 12 – 8 – 0   .600     21 – 36 – 0   .368 Liberty  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10 – 0   .524     25 – 32 – 0   .439 UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 9 – 11 – 0   .450     20 – 33 – 0   .377 Radford  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12 – 0   .429     26 – 28 – 0   .481 UMBC  ‍‍‍ 5 – 16 – 0   .238     12 – 35 – 0   .255 Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍ 5 – 16 – 0   .238     23 – 31 – 0   .426 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1997[7]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1997 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Michigan  ‍†‍‍ 17 – 9   .654     36 – 22   .621 No. 30 Ohio State  ‍‍‡‍^y 18 – 10   .643     42 – 18   .700 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 17 – 11   .607     30 – 25   .545 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 17 – 11   .607     32 – 27   .542 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 15 – 10   .600     30 – 24   .556 Penn State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 14   .462     29 – 24   .547 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 16   .429     26 – 28   .481 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333     33 – 22   .600 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 9 – 19   .321     20 – 35   .364 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 7 – 16   .304     17 – 30   .362 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1997[8][9]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1997 Big West Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Northern Nevada  ^x‍‍‍ 20 – 10   .667     39 – 21   .650 Pacific  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19   .367     29 – 29   .500 Sacramento State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 22   .267     16 – 39   .291 New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 22   .267     21 – 33   .389 Southern No. 24 Long Beach State  ^x‍‍‍ 22 – 8   .733     39 – 26   .600 No. 21 Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍ 21 – 9   .700     39 – 24   .619 Cal Poly  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500     37 – 21   .638 UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500     26 – 30   .464 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of June 30, 1997[10]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1997 Conference USA baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Tulane  ‍†‍‍ 19 – 7   .731     40 – 21   .656 Houston  ‍‍‡‍^y 19 – 8   .704     40 – 23   .635 South Florida  ‍‍‍^y 18 – 8   .692     39 – 24   .619 Southern Miss  ‍‍‍ 16 – 10   .615     34 – 23   .596 Charlotte  ‍‍‍ 14 – 12   .538     30 – 26   .536 UAB  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13   .519     31 – 29   .517 Louisville  ‍‍‍ 11 – 15   .423     23 – 32   .418 Memphis  ‍‍‍ 9 – 17   .346     20 – 31   .392 Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19   .296     21 – 30   .412 Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 4 – 23   .148     12 – 46   .207 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1997[11]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1997 Ivy League baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Lou Gehrig Princeton ^x‍‍‡‍^y 10 – 10 – 0   .500     20 – 25 – 0   .444 Penn ^x‍‍‍ 10 – 10 – 0   .500     19 – 21 – 0   .475 Cornell  ‍‍‍ 7 – 13 – 0   .350     13 – 26 – 0   .333 Columbia  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14 – 0   .300     12 – 25 – 1   .329 Red Rolfe Harvard ^x‍‍‍ 18 – 2 – 0   .900     34 – 16 – 0   .680 Yale  ‍‍‍ 16 – 4 – 0   .800     24 – 19 – 0   .558 Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 11 – 9 – 0   .550     22 – 16 – 0   .579 Brown  ‍‍‍ 2 – 18 – 0   .100     5 – 37 – 0   .119 x – Division champion ‡ – Championship Series champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1997[12]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1997 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Northern Niagara  ^x‍‍‍ 11 – 7   .611     17 – 21   .447 Siena  ‍‍‡‍^y 10 – 8   .556     21 – 34   .382 Le Moyne  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556     16 – 23   .410 Canisius  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13   .278     18 – 19   .486 Southern Fairfield  ^x‍‍‍ 13 – 5   .722     20 – 25   .444 Iona  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556     19 – 27   .413 Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389     10 – 27   .270 Manhattan  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333     11 – 28   .282 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1997[13]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1997 Mid-American Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Ohio  ‍†‍‡‍^y 22 – 9   .710     43 – 18   .705 Ball State  ‍‍‍ 21 – 10   .677     40 – 19   .678 Kent State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 13   .581     29 – 28   .509 Miami  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567     27 – 28   .491 Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 17 – 14   .548     29 – 25   .537 Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14 – 14   .500     29 – 20   .592 Akron  ‍‍‍ 31 – 23   .574     14 – 16   .467 Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433     24 – 27   .471 Toledo  ‍‍‍ 9 – 20   .310     18 – 33   .353 Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 6 – 24   .200     14 – 39   .264 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1997[14]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1997 Northeast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Marist  ‍†‍‡‍^y 14 – 7 – 0   .667     32 – 19 – 0   .627 Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍†‍‍ 14 – 7 – 0   .667     23 – 24 – 1   .490 Wagner  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9 – 0   .571     17 – 29 – 2   .375 Rider  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9 – 0   .571     20 – 29 – 0   .408 Monmouth  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10 – 0   .524     23 – 25 – 0   .479 Long Island  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11 – 0   .476     17 – 21 – 0   .447 St. Francis  ‍‍‍ 6 – 15 – 0   .286     15 – 24 – 0   .385 Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 5 – 16 – 0   .238     10 – 23 – 1   .309 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1997 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Northern No. 15 Washington  ^x‍‍‍^y 20 – 4   .833     46 – 20   .697 Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 6   .750     38 – 12   .760 Washington State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292     13 – 42   .236 Portland State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 21   .125     10 – 43   .189 Southern No. 4 Stanford  ^x‍‍‍^y 21 – 9   .700     45 – 20   .692 No. 8 UCLA  ‍‍‍^y 19 – 11   .633     45 – 21   .682 No. 13 Southern California  ‍‍‍^y 17 – 13   .567     42 – 20   .677 No. 14 Arizona State  ‍‍‍^y 16 – 14   .533     39 – 22   .639 Arizona  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433     32 – 26   .552 California  ‍‍‍ 4 – 26   .133     21 – 38   .356 x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1997[15]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1997 Patriot League baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Army  ‍†‍‡‍ 15 – 5 – 0   .750     26 – 20 – 1   .564 Navy  ‍‍‍ 12 – 6 – 0   .667     19 – 27 – 0   .413 Bucknell  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10 – 0   .500     25 – 24 – 1   .510 Lehigh  ‍‍‍ 9 – 11 – 0   .450     18 – 24 – 1   .430 Lafayette  ‍‍‍ 7 – 12 – 0   .368     11 – 26 – 0   .297 Holy Cross  ‍‍‍ 5 – 14 – 0   .263     11 – 25 – 0   .306 ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1997[16]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1997 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Eastern No. 16 Florida  ^x‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567     40 – 24   .625 No. 25 Tennessee  ^x‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567     42 – 19   .689 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16   .467     31 – 24   .564 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433     33 – 24   .579 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20   .333     20 – 34   .370 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 8 – 22   .267     28 – 27   .509 Western No. 1 LSU  ^x‍†‍‍ 22 – 7   .759     57 – 13   .814 No. 2 Alabama  ‍‍‡‍ 20 – 9   .690     56 – 14   .800 No. 7 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 19 – 11   .633     47 – 21   .691 No. 6 Auburn  ‍‍‍ 17 – 12   .586     50 – 17   .746 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 15 – 14   .517     36 – 20   .643 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 6 – 24   .200     22 – 31   .415 x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion Rankings from Baseball America	1997 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Western Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍^y 18 – 6   .750     42 – 20   .677 Georgia Southern  ‍†‍‍ 18 – 6   .750     34 – 26   .567 The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 16 – 7   .696     37 – 21   .638 Furman  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542     29 – 23   .558 East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 11   .500     21 – 24   .467 Davidson  ‍‍‍ 8 – 15   .348     18 – 34   .346 Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333     16 – 32   .333 VMI  ‍‍‍ 6 – 13   .316     13 – 35   .271 Marshall  ‍‍‍ 4 – 17   .190     7 – 39   .152 † – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1997[17]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1997 Southland Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Louisiana Northwestern State  ^x‍‍‍ 19 – 9 – 0   .679     35 – 22 – 0   .614 Northeast Louisianae  ‍‍‍ 17 – 11 – 0   .607     33 – 21 – 0   .611 McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19 – 0   .367     19 – 31 – 1   .382 Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 19 – 0   .321     19 – 35 – 0   .352 Texas Southwest Texas State  ^x‍‍‡‍^y 18 – 11 – 0   .621     38 – 26 – 0   .594 Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍ 17 – 11 – 0   .607     36 – 27 – 0   .571 Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 12 – 17 – 0   .414     22 – 35 – 0   .386 Texas–San Antonio  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400     20 – 36 – 0   .357 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1997[18]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1997 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT South Stetson ^x‍‍‍^y 10 – 8 – 0   .556     37 – 26 – 1   .586 FIU ^x‍‍‍^y 10 – 8 – 0   .556     42 – 21 – 0   .667 Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍ 8 – 9 – 0   .471     32 – 24 – 0   .571 UCF ‍‍‡‍^y 7 – 10 – 0   .412     40 – 24 – 0   .625 East Mercer ^x‍‍‍ 12 – 6 – 0   .667     36 – 23 – 0   .610 Georgia State ‍‍‍ 10 – 8 – 0   .556     23 – 30 – 0   .434 Campbell ‍‍‍ 7 – 11 – 0   .389     17 – 40 – 0   .298 College of Charleston ‍‍‍ 7 – 11 – 0   .389     25 – 29 – 1   .464 West Jacksonville State ^x‍†‍‍ 14 – 4 – 0   .778     39 – 13 – 0   .750 Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍ 11 – 7 – 0   .611     34 – 24 – 0   .586 Samford ‍‍‍ 8 – 10 – 0   .444     31 – 29 – 0   .517 Centenary ‍‍‍ 3 – 15 – 0   .167     11 – 39 – 0   .220 x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1997[19]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1997 season marked the fifty first 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 LSU claiming their fourth championship with a 13–6 win over Alabama in the final.[1]

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Alabama	3
	8	Mississippi State	2
						1	Alabama	1
						5	Miami (FL)	6
	4	UCLA	3
	5	Miami (FL)	7
											5	Miami (FL)	6	2
										1	Alabama	8	8
	8	Mississippi State	7
	4	UCLA	5
						1	Alabama	9
						8	Mississippi State	5
																1	Alabama	6
																2	LSU	13
	2	LSU	5
	7	Rice	4
						2	LSU	10
						3	Stanford	5
	3	Stanford	8
	6	Auburn	3
											2	LSU	13	—
										3	Stanford	9	—
	7	Rice	1
	6	Auburn	10
						3	Stanford	11
						6	Auburn	4

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1997 College Baseball All-America Team

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