1976 NCAA Division I baseball season

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]

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

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
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 5 Clemson  ‍†‍‡‍y 10–2 .833  36–15 .706
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 8–4 .667  19–14 .576
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8–4 .667  19–17 .528
NC State  ‍‍‍ 6–6 .500  20–10 .667
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 5–7 .417  22–11 .667
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 4–8 .333  17–22 .436
Duke  ‍‍‍ 1–11 .083  7–23 .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
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 Eastern Michigan  ‍†‍‍y 12–3 .800  46–16 .742
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 11–7 .611  25–20 .556
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 8–6 .571  33–11 .750
Miami  ‍‍‍ 10–8 .556  40–20 .667
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 9–9 .500  34–14 .708
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 8–8 .500  33–20 .623
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 8–10 .444  25–22 .532
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 7–11 .389  29–16 .644
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 6–11 .353  14–26 .350
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 4–10 .286  15–22 .405
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1976[4]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1976 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Northern
BYU  x‍‍‍ 15–3 .833  26–21 .553
Wyoming  ‍‍‍ 10–7 .588  22–29 .431
Utah  ‍‍‍ 8–9 .471  15–26 .366
Colorado State  ‍‍‍ 2–16 .111  18–26 .409
Southern
No. 3 Arizona State  x‍‍‍y 17–1 .944  65–10 .867
No. 1 Arizona  ‍‍‍y 12–6 .667  56–17 .767
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 4–14 .222  28–24 .538
UTEP  ‍‍‍ 3–15 .167  9–25 .265
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1976[5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series
Main article: 1976 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]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
  Clemson 9  
  Auburn 4    
      Clemson 2  
      Eastern Michigan 310    
  Eastern Michigan 3          
  Maine 2        
      Eastern Michigan 2
      Arizona State 1
  Arizona State 710        
  Arizona 6          
      Arizona State 9    
      Washington State 3  
  Washington State 6    
  Oklahoma 1  
  Loser's Bracket
  Auburn 8  
  Maine 9     Washington State 3
    Maine 6
  Arizona 10  
  Oklahoma 2     Clemson 6
    Arizona 10
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
  Eastern Michigan 6       Eastern Michigan 1
  Arizona 7           Arizona 7
      Arizona 5    
      Arizona State 1  
  Arizona State 7    
  Maine 0  

Award winners

All-America team
Main article: 1976 College Baseball All-America Team

References
  1. 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". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
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