1980 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1980 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 1980. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1980 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the thirty fourth time in 1980, 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 second time.^[1]

1980 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	249
NCAA tournament
College World Series
Champions	Arizona (2nd title)
Runners-up	Hawaii (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Jerry Kindall (2nd title)
MOP	Terry Francona (Arizona)
Seasons

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1980 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. 21 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
ACC	North Carolina	1980 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament	Doak Field • Raleigh, NC	Clemson
Big 8	East - Nebraska West - Oklahoma State	1980 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament	All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	Missouri
Big Ten	Michigan	No tournament
Eastern 8		1980 Eastern 8 Conference baseball tournament	The Ellipse • Washington, DC	UMass
EIBL	Harvard	No tournament
Metro		1980 Metro Conference baseball tournament	Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL	Florida State
MAC	Central Michigan	No tournament
Pac-10	North - Washington State South - Arizona/California	No tournament
SEC	East - Florida West - Auburn	1980 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament	Perry Field • Gainesville, FL	Vanderbilt
SoCon	East Tennessee State	No tournament
SWC	Texas	1980 Southwest Conference baseball tournament	Olsen Field • College Station, TX	Texas
TAAC	N/A	1980 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament	Luther Williams Field • Macon, GA	Georgia Southern
WAC	North - BYU South - Hawaii	1980 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Series	UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI		Hawaii

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1980 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT North Carolina  ‍†‍‍ 11 – 1   .917 39 – 17   .696 Maryland  ‍‍‍ 9 – 4   .692 24 – 10   .706 No. 8 Clemson  ‍‍‡‍y 6 – 5   .545 38 – 21   .644 NC State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 6   .538 21 – 12   .636 Virginia  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6   .500 21 – 13   .618 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 5 – 8   .385 17 – 13   .567 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 3 – 10   .231 8 – 19   .296 Duke  ‍‍‍ 2 – 9   .182 17 – 11   .607 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1980[3] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1980 Big Ten Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 6 Michigan  ‍†‍‍y 14 – 2 – 0   .875 36 – 18 – 1   .664 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 14 – 4 – 0   .778 33 – 13 – 0   .717 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 11 – 5 – 0   .688 31 – 14 – 0   .689 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8 – 0   .556 23 – 24 – 1   .490 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9 – 0   .438 27 – 24 – 0   .529 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375 18 – 25 – 0   .419 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375 17 – 25 – 0   .405 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375 18 – 33 – 1   .356 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11 – 0   .313 20 – 21 – 1   .488 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 13 – 0   .188 15 – 35 – 0   .300 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1980[4][5] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1980 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 4 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y –   – 59 – 12   .831 No. 7 Florida State  ‍‍‍y –   – 51 – 12   .810 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ –   – 29 – 8   .784 Air Force  ‍‍‍ –   – 27 – 9   .750 No. 10 Gonzaga  ‍‍‍y –   – 39 – 15   .722 Stetson  ‍‍‍ –   – 34 – 18   .654 Louisville  ‍‍‍ –   – 38 – 21   .644 Detroit  ‍‍‍ –   – 32 – 21   .604 Campbell  ‍‍‍ –   – 18 – 18   .500 Lafayette  ‍‍‍ –   – 11 – 13   .458 Northern Iowa  ‍‍‍ –   – 12 – 16   .429 Hofstra  ‍‍‍ –   – 7 – 28   .200 y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1980[6] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Northern Washington State  x‍‍‍ 11 – 3   .786 36 – 10   .783 Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9   .471 33 – 16   .673 Washington  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400 33 – 20   .623 Oregon  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10   .375 19 – 21   .475 Southern No. 1 Arizona  x‍‍‍y 17 – 13   .567 45 – 21   .682 No. 3 California  x‍‍‍y 17 – 13   .567 44 – 23   .657 Arizona State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 38 – 25   .603 UCLA  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 31 – 22   .585 Stanford  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 29 – 24   .547 Southern California  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 27 – 24   .529 x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1980[7] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1980 Southeastern Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Eastern Division Florida  x‍‍‍ 16 – 8   .667 40 – 16   .714 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‡‍y 13 – 9   .591 34 – 21   .618 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 9 – 10   .474 33 – 12   .733 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 8 – 11   .421 25 – 21   .543 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14   .300 23 – 21   .523 Western Division Auburn  x‍‍‍ 15 – 8   .652 27 – 24   .529 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500 24 – 22   .522 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11   .476 31 – 19   .620 LSU  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9   .471 23 – 19   .548 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13   .381 18 – 28   .391 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1980[8] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1980 Southern Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 22 East Tennessee State  ‍†‍‍y 14 – 1   .933 39 – 7   .848 Marshall  ‍‍‍ 10 – 3   .769 17 – 11   .607 Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5   .667 17 – 19   .472 Western Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 – 5   .615 22 – 15   .595 The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6   .600 23 – 14   .622 Davidson  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8   .467 15 – 24   .385 Furman  ‍‍‍ 2 – 10   .167 7 – 22   .241 Chattanooga  ‍‍‍ 1 – 11   .083 12 – 20   .375 VMI  ‍‍‍ 0 – 12   .000 4 – 22   .154 y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1980[9] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Southwest Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 11 Texas ‍†‍‡‍y 18 – 6   .750 53 – 13   .803 No. 28 Texas A&M ‍‍‍ 17 – 6   .739 38 – 14   .731 No. 19 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 15 – 8   .652 44 – 22   .667 Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 28 – 23   .549 Baylor ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 25 – 19   .568 Rice ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 14 – 29   .326 TCU ‍‍‍ 7 – 14   .333 19 – 28   .404 SMU ‍‍‍ 7 – 15   .318 21 – 22   .488 Houston ‍‍‍ 6 – 17   .261 17 – 28   .378 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1980[10] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1980 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Georgia Southern ‍‍‡‍y 0 – 0   – 38 – 21   .644 Mercer ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 31 – 18   .633 Centenary ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 34 – 19   .642 Northeast Louisiana ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 20 – 15   .571 Hardin–Simmons ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 25 – 25   .500 Northwestern State ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 23 – 23   .500 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1980[11] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1980 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT North BYU  x‍‍‍y 14 – 3   .824 41 – 18   .695 Wyoming  ‍‍‍ 11 – 6   .647 23 – 20   .535 Utah  ‍‍‍ 5 – 12   .294 17 – 19   .472 Colorado State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 13   .235 17 – 37   .315 South No. 2 Hawaii  x‍‍‡‍y 19 – 5   .792 60 – 18   .769 New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8   .667 43 – 20   .683 San Diego State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478 40 – 26   .606 UTEP  ‍‍‍ 1 – 22   .043 22 – 39   .361 x – Division champion ‡ – Championship Series champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of 18 November 2016 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1980 College World Series

The 1980 season marked the thirty fourth 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 second championship with a 5–3 win over Hawaii in the final.^[1]

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Final
	St. John's		6
	Arizona		1
						St. John's		2
						Hawaii		7
	Hawaii		7
	Florida State		6
											Hawaii		9
											Miami (FL)		3
	Miami (FL)		13
																Hawaii		4
	Clemson		5
						Miami (FL)		3								Arizona		611
						Michigan		2
	Michigan		911
	California		8																							Hawaii		3
																					Arizona		10			Arizona		5
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										California		9
											Michigan		0
						Arizona		5			Arizona		8
																Miami (FL)		3
						Florida State		3
																California		4
											St. John's		5
						Clemson		4			California		8
						California		6

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1980 College Baseball All-America Team

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