1974 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1974 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 1974. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1974 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty eighth time in 1974, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Southern California claimed the championship for the fifth year in a row, the first team to claim five consecutive titles.^[1]

1974 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	221
NCAA tournament
College World Series
Champions	Southern California (10th title)
Runners-up	Miami (FL) (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Rod Dedeaux (10th title)
MOP	George Milke (Southern California)
Seasons

Realignment

• Arkansas rejoined the Southwest Conference after nearly 50 years, having departed the conference in 1926.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1974 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA tournament. 15 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.^[1][2]

Conference	Regular season winner	Conference tournament	Tournament venue • city	Tournament winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Clemson	1974 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament	Doak Field • Raleigh, NC	NC State
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma	No tournament
Big Ten Conference	Iowa/Minnesota	No tournament
EIBL	Harvard	No tournament
Mid-American Conference	Miami (OH)	No tournament
Pacific-8 Conference	North - Oregon/Washington State South - Southern California	No tournament
Southeastern Conference	Vanderbilt	No tournament
Southern Conference	East Carolina	No tournament
Southwest Conference	Texas	No tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1974 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Clemson  ‍†‍‍ 10 – 1   .909 23 – 15   .605 North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 9 – 3   .750 22 – 8   .733 NC State  ‍‍‡‍y 7 – 5   .583 22 – 12   .647 Maryland  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6   .500 11 – 17   .393 Virginia  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6   .500 21 – 17   .553 Duke  ‍‍‍ 3 – 8   .273 9 – 16   .360 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 0 – 12   .000 8 – 20   .286 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1974[3] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1974 Great Plains Athletic Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 6 Northern Colorado  ‍†‍‍y 5 – 1   .833 32 – 13   .711 Southern Colorado State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 3   .250 15 – 21   .417 Emporia State  ‍‍‍ 0 – 2   .000 –   – † – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1974[4] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1974 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 8 Seton Hall  ‍†‍‍y 14 – 2 – 0   .875 33 – 10 – 1   .761 Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍ 12 – 4 – 0   .750 22 – 9 – 0   .710 C. W. Post  ‍‍‍ 11 – 5 – 0   .688 21 – 9 – 0   .700 LIU  ‍‍‍ 10 – 6 – 0   .625 17 – 13 – 0   .567 Iona  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9 – 0   .438 10 – 13 – 0   .435 Manhattan  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375 9 – 12 – 0   .429 Wagner  ‍‍‍ 2 – 13 – 0   .133 6 – 15 – 0   .286 CCNY  ‍‍‍ 2 – 13 – 0   .133 2 – 19 – 0   .095 St. Francis (NY)  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0 – 0   – 8 – 12 – 0   .400 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 17, 1974[5] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1974 NCAA Division I District 3 baseball independents standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 10 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y –   – 48 – 8   .857 No. 2 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y –   – 51 – 11   .823 South Alabama  ‍‍‍ –   – 30 – 8   .789 No. 11 Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍y –   – 47 – 14   .770 Stetson  ‍‍‍ –   – 30 – 13   .698 Florida State  ‍‍‍ –   – 37 – 25   .597 Marshall  ‍‍‍ –   – 21 – 15   .583 South Florida  ‍‍‍ –   – 21 – 16   .568 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ –   – 20 – 17   .541 Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ –   – 15 – 15   .500 Mercer  ‍‍‍ –   – 15 – 19   .441 Western Carolina  ‍‍‍ –   – 11 – 14   .440 Georgetown  ‍‍‍ –   – 7 – 11   .389 Jacksonville  ‍‍‍ –   – 19 – 36   .345 y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1974[6] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1974 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Northern Division Washington State x‍‍‍ 14 – 4   .778 38 – 9   .809 No. 29 Oregon ‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667 –   – Oregon State ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 16 – 23   .410 Washington ‍‍‍ 5 – 12   .294 10 – 28   .263 Southern Division No. 1 Southern California x‍‍‍y 11 – 7   .611 50 – 20   .714 Stanford ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 28 – 19   .596 California ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 25 – 24   .510 UCLA ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 26 – 35   .426 x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1974[7] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1974 Southwest Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 4 Texas  ‍†‍‍y 20 – 4   .833 54 – 8   .871 No. 21 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 17 – 7   .708 31 – 13   .705 No. 22 TCU  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 31 – 17   .646 Rice  ‍‍‍ 12 – 11   .522 24 – 18   .571 Baylor  ‍‍‍ 12 – 11   .522 24 – 18   .571 Houston  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13   .435 20 – 21   .488 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 22 – 21   .512 Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 11 – 22   .333 SMU  ‍‍‍ 4 – 20   .167 16 – 26   .381 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1974[8] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1974 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Northern BYU  x‍‍‍ 12 – 5   .706 29 – 17   .630 Utah  ‍‍‍ 11 – 7   .611 18 – 25   .419 Wyoming  ‍‍‍ 7 – 10   .412 28 – 28   .500 Colorado State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 12   .250 13 – 24   .351 Southern No. 9 Arizona  x‍‍‡‍y 16 – 2   .889 58 – 6   .906 No. 19 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 12 – 6   .667 39 – 24   .619 New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 28 – 23   .549 UTEP  ‍‍‍ 2 – 16   .111 24 – 27   .471 x – Division champion ‡ – Playoff champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1974[9] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1974 College World Series

The 1974 season marked the twenty eighth 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 Southern California claiming their tenth championship, and fifth in a row, with a 7–3 win over Miami (FL) in the final.^[1]

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Final
	Miami		4
	Harvard		1
						Miami		5
						Oklahoma		1
	Oklahoma		10
	Northern Colorado		1
											Miami		7
											Southern California		3
	Southern California		9
																Miami		3
	Texas		2
						Southern California		5								Southern Illinois		4
						Southern Illinois		3
	Southern Illinois		5
	Seton Hall		1																							Miami		3
																					Southern Illinois		2			Southern California		7
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Southern California		7
											Northern Colorado		2
						Harvard		2			Southern Illinois		5
																Southern California		5
						Northern Colorado		4
																Texas		3
											Texas		10
						Texas		12			Oklahoma		4
						Seton Hall		2

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1974 College Baseball All-America Team

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