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1977 NCAA Division I baseball season

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1977 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams228
Defending ChampionsArizona
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsArizona State (4th title)
Runners-upSouth Carolina (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachJim Brock (1st title)
MOPBob Horner (Arizona State)
Seasons
← 1976
1978 →

The 1977 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 1977. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1977 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the thirty first time in 1977, 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 State claimed the championship for the fourth time.[1]

Conference winners

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This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1977 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. 20 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 14 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular season winner Conference tournament Tournament venue • city Tournament winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Clemson 1977 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Beautiful Tiger FieldClemson, SC Wake Forest
Big Eight Conference East - Oklahoma
West - Missouri
1977 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament All Sports StadiumOklahoma City, OK Oklahoma
Big Ten Conference Minnesota No tournament
EIBL Cornell/Columbia No tournament
Mid-American Conference Central Michigan No tournament
Pacific-8 Conference North - Washington State
South - Southern California
No tournament
Southeastern Conference East - Florida
West - Ole Miss
1977 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Swayze FieldOxford, MS Ole Miss
Southern California Baseball Association Cal State Los Angeles No tournament
Southern Conference East Carolina No tournament
Southwest Conference Texas A&M 1977 Southwest Conference baseball tournament Disch–Falk FieldAustin, TX Baylor
Western Athletic Conference North - BYU
South - Arizona State
1977 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Series Packard StadiumTempe, AZ Arizona State

Conference standings

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The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1977 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 9 1   .900 42 10   .808
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 7 4   .636 14 12   .538
No. 14 Wake Forest  ‍‍y 7 5   .583 31 13   .705
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 6 6   .500 18 17   .514
NC State  ‍‍‍ 5 5   .500 27 12   .692
Duke  ‍‍‍ 1 7   .125 9 16   .360
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 1 8   .111 11 22   .333
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1977[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1977 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Minnesota  ‍‍‍y 15 3   .833 39 12   .765
No. 19 Michigan  ‍‍‍y 14 4   .778 33 15   .688
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 11 5   .688 25 24   .510
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 10 8   .556 40 14   .741
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 10 8   .556 28 26   .519
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 8 10   .444 23 25   .479
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 7 9   .438 27 16   .628
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 7 11   .389 22 27   .449
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 4 14   .222 21 26   .447
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 2 16   .111 14 27   .341
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1977[4][5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1977 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
No. 13 Florida  x‍‍‍y 14 9   .609 39 19   .672
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 13 10   .565 25 25   .500
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 11 12   .478 24 24   .500
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 10 12   .455 22 20   .524
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 9 14   .391 22 24   .478
Western Division
Ole Miss  x‍‍y 15 9   .625 40 18   .690
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 11 9   .550 33 15   .688
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 11 9   .550 28 18   .609
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 10 9   .526 27 18   .600
LSU  ‍‍‍ 4 15   .211 17 27   .386
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1977[6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1977 Southern California Baseball Association standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 4 Cal State Los Angeles  ‍‍‍y 42 22 0   .656 17 7 0   .708
No. 20 Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍y 44 14 0   .759 17 7 0   .708
San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 49 16 1   .750 16 8 0   .667
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 23 27 2   .462 12 11 1   .521
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 20 33 0   .377 10 14 0   .417
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 18 25 0   .419 7 17 0   .292
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 11 43 1   .209 4 19 1   .188
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1977[7]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1977 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 16 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 18 4 0   .818 37 16 0   .698
No. 18 Texas  ‍‍‍ 17 7 0   .708 53 9 0   .855
No. 7 Baylor  ‍‍y 15 9 0   .625 43 15 0   .741
Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 14 10 0   .583 33 18 0   .647
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 12 12 0   .500 25 24 0   .510
Houston  ‍‍‍ 11 12 1   .479 27 17 1   .611
Texas Christian  ‍‍‍ 9 13 1   .413 22 22 1   .500
Rice  ‍‍‍ 7 15 0   .318 15 26 0   .366
Southern Methodist  ‍‍‍ 1 22 0   .043 14 33 0   .298
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1977
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1977 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
BYU  x‍‍‍ 16 2   .889 35 17   .673
Colorado State  ‍‍‍ 7 11   .389 38 25   .603
Wyoming  ‍‍‍ 7 11   .389 17 30   .362
Utah  ‍‍‍ 6 12   .333 17 28   .378
Southern
No. 1 Arizona State  x‍‍‍y 15 3   .833 57 12   .826
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 11 7   .611 38 25   .603
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 7 11   .389 32 20   .615
UTEP  ‍‍‍ 3 15   .167 26 24   .520
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1977[8]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

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The 1977 season marked the thirty 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 Arizona State claiming their fourth championship with a 2–1 win over South Carolina in the final.[1]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Southern Illinois10
Temple5
Southern Illinois3
Arizona State2
Arizona State10
Clemson7
Southern Illinois4
South Carolina5
Cal State Los Angeles7
South Carolina2
Minnesota4
Cal State Los Angeles2Arizona State6
South Carolina6
South Carolina310
Baylor2South Carolina1
Arizona State10Arizona State2
Lower round 1Lower round 2Southern Illinois0
Cal State Los Angeles1
Temple4Clemson0
Southern Illinois9
Clemson13
Cal State Los Angeles7
Arizona State8
Minnesota411Minnesota4
Baylor3

Award winners

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All-America team

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References

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  1. ^ a b c 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 25, 2014.
  2. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  3. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1977". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  4. ^ 2019 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  5. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1977". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  6. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1977". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  7. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1977". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  8. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1977". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 25, 2014.