1976 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams219
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsArizona (1st title)
Runners-upEastern Michigan (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachJerry Kindall (1st title)
MOPSteve Powers (Arizona)
Seasons

The 1976 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 1976. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1976 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the thirtieth time in 1976, 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 first time.[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1976 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. 18 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 16 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular season winner Conference tournament Tournament venue • city Tournament winner
Atlantic Coast ConferenceClemson1976 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournamentBeautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SCClemson
Big Eight ConferenceMissouri1976 Big Eight Conference baseball tournamentAll Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OKMissouri
Big Ten ConferenceMichiganNo tournament
EIBLColumbiaNo tournament
Mid-American ConferenceEastern MichiganNo tournament
Pacific-8 ConferenceNorth - Washington State
South - UCLA		No tournament
Southeastern ConferenceAuburnNo tournament
Southern ConferenceFurmanNo tournament
Southwest ConferenceTexasNo tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1976 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 5 Clemson  ‍†‍‡‍y 10–2 .83336–15 .706
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 8–4 .66719–14 .576
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8–4 .66719–17 .528
NC State  ‍‍‍ 6–6 .50020–10 .667
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 5–7 .41722–11 .667
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 4–8 .33317–22 .436
Duke  ‍‍‍ 1–11 .0837–23 .233
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1976[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1976 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Eastern Michigan  ‍†‍‍y 12–3 .80046–16 .742
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 11–7 .61125–20 .556
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 8–6 .57133–11 .750
Miami  ‍‍‍ 10–8 .55640–20 .667
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 9–9 .50034–14 .708
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 8–8 .50033–20 .623
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 8–10 .44425–22 .532
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 7–11 .38929–16 .644
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 6–11 .35314–26 .350
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 4–10 .28615–22 .405
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1976[4]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1976 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Northern Division
No. 6 Washington State x‍‍‍y 16–2–0 .88943–15–0 .741
Oregon State ‍‍‍ 12–6–0 .66731–15–0 .674
Oregon ‍‍‍ 6–12–0 .33320–18–0 .526
Washington ‍‍‍ 2–16–0 .1117–27–0 .206
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
No. 15 UCLA x‍‍‍ 16–8–0 .66735–25–0 .583
Southern California ‍‍‍ 15–8–1 .64633–36–2 .479
Stanford ‍‍‍ 14–10–0 .58342–23–0 .646
California ‍‍‍ 9–14–1 .39633–20–1 .620
UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍ 5–19–0 .20817–29–0 .370
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1976[5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1976 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern
BYU  x‍‍‍ 15–3 .83326–21 .553
Wyoming  ‍‍‍ 10–7 .58822–29 .431
Utah  ‍‍‍ 8–9 .47115–26 .366
Colorado State  ‍‍‍ 2–16 .11118–26 .409
Southern
No. 3 Arizona State  x‍‍‍y 17–1 .94465–10 .867
No. 1 Arizona  ‍‍‍y 12–6 .66756–17 .767
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 4–14 .22228–24 .538
UTEP  ‍‍‍ 3–15 .1679–25 .265
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1976[6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1976 season marked the thirtieth 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 first championship with a 7–1 win over Eastern Michigan in the final.[1]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Clemson9
Auburn4
Clemson2
Eastern Michigan310
Eastern Michigan3
Maine2
Eastern Michigan2
Arizona State1
Arizona State710
Eastern Michigan6
Arizona6
Arizona State9Arizona7
Washington State3
Washington State6
Oklahoma1Eastern Michigan1
Arizona5Arizona7
Lower round 1Lower round 2Arizona State1
Washington State3
Auburn8Maine6
Arizona State7
Maine9
Maine0
Clemson6
Arizona10Arizona10
Oklahoma2

Award winners

All-America team

References

  1. 1 2 3 W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 41–43. ISBN 9780786418428. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1976". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  4. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1976". Boyds World. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  5. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1976". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  6. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1976". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
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