1976 NCAA Division I baseball season

1976 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	219
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Arizona
Runners-up	Eastern Michigan
MOP	Steve Powers (Arizona)
Seasons
← 1975	1977 →

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 Conference	Clemson	1976 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC	Clemson
Big Eight Conference	Missouri	1976 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament	All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	Missouri
Big Ten Conference	Michigan	No Tournament
EIBL	Columbia	No Tournament
Mid-American Conference	Eastern Michigan	No Tournament
Pacific-8 Conference	North - Washington State South - UCLA	No Tournament
Southeastern Conference	Auburn	No Tournament
Southern Conference	Furman	No Tournament
Southwest Conference	Texas	No Tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1976 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#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 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		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
#3 Arizona State ^x^y	17	–	1	.944	65	–	10	.867
#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^[4]; 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 2 3 W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 41–43. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1976". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1976". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 23, 2014.

NCAA college baseball seasons

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