1995 NCAA Division I baseball season

1995 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams276
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsCal State Fullerton (3rd title)
Runners-upSouthern California (18th CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachAugie Garrido (3rd title)
MOPMark Kotsay (Cal State Fullerton)
Seasons
← 1994
1996 →

The 1995 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 1995. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1995 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty ninth time in 1995, 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. Cal State Fullerton claimed the championship for the second time.[1]

Realignment

Format changes

  • With the addition of six schools, the Midwestern Collegiate Conference divided into East and West Divisions.
  • The Trans America Athletic Conference dissolved its divisions.
  • The Patriot League also dissolved its divisions and did not host a Tournament for the 1995 season.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1995 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the eight regionals consisted of six teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. In order to provide all conference champions with an automatic bid, 12 conference champions participated in a play-in round. The six winners joined the other 18 conference champions with automatic bids, 24 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular season winner Conference Tournament Tournament Venue • City Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Clemson 1995 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Greenville Municipal StadiumGreenville, SC Florida State
Big East Conference Providence 1995 Big East Conference baseball tournament Muzzy FieldBristol, CT Pittsburgh Panthers baseball
Big Eight Conference Oklahoma State 1995 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament All Sports StadiumOklahoma City, OK Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference Ohio State 1995 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament Trautman FieldColumbus, OH Ohio State
Big West Conference Cal State Fullerton 1995 Big West Conference baseball tournament Blair FieldLong Beach, CA Cal State Fullerton
Colonial Athletic Association James Madison 1995 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament Grainger StadiumKinston, NC Old Dominion
Ivy League Gehrig - Penn
Rolfe - Yale
1995 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series Yale FieldNew Haven, CT Penn
Metro Conference 1995 Metro Conference baseball tournament Tom and Lib Phillips FieldCharlotte, NC South Florida
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Northern - Le Moyne
Southern - Fairfield
1995 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament Heritage ParkColonie, NY Siena
Mid-American Conference Bowling Green 1995 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament Warren E. Steller FieldBowling Green, OH Central Michigan
Midwestern Collegiate Conference East - Detroit
West - Notre Dame
1995 Midwestern City Conference baseball tournament South Bend, IN Wright State
Mid-Continent Conference Youngstown State 1995 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament Monier FieldCharleston, IL Troy
North Atlantic Conference Delaware 1995 North Atlantic Conference baseball tournament Frawley StadiumWilmington, DE Delaware
Northeast Conference Rider 1995 Northeast Conference baseball tournament Ewing Township, NJ Rider
Pacific-10 Conference North - Washington State
South - Southern California
no tournament
Patriot League Navy no tournament
Southeastern Conference Eastern - Tennessee 1995 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament[a] Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, TN Tennessee
Western - Auburn Dudy Noble FieldStarkville, MS Alabama
Southern Conference The Citadel 1995 Southern Conference baseball tournament College ParkCharleston, SC The Citadel
Southland Conference Northwestern State 1996 Southland Conference baseball tournament Fair Grounds FieldShreveport, LA Northeast Louisiana
Southwest Conference Texas Tech 1995 Southwest Conference baseball tournament Olsen FieldCollege Station, TX Texas Tech
Trans America Athletic Conference FIU 1995 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament Homestead Sports ComplexHomestead, FL UCF
West Coast Conference Pepperdine No tournament
  1. ^ The SEC held separate tournaments for its Eastern and Western Divisions in 1995. Tennessee was awarded the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1995 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 20 4   .833 54 14   .794
No. 5 Florida State  ‍‍y 16 7   .696 53 16   .768
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍y 16 8   .667 38 22   .633
No. 25 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 14 10   .583 39 23   .629
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 34 24   .586
NC State  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 36 24   .600
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 8 15   .348 26 29   .473
Duke  ‍‍‍ 4 20   .167 30 27   .526
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 4 20   .167 20 37   .351
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1995[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Providence  ‍‍‍ 16 5 0   .762 44 15 0   .746
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 14 7 0   .667 38 16 0   .704
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 14 7 0   .667 40 16 0   .714
Pittsburgh  ‍‍y 12 9 0   .571 39 16 0   .709
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 12 9 0   .571 18 16 0   .529
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 8 13 0   .381 21 24 0   .467
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 4 17 0   .190 17 34 0   .333
Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 4 17 0   .190 13 30 1   .307
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1995[4][5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 26 Ohio State  ‍y 18 10   .643 40 23   .635
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 16 12   .571 31 27   .534
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 15 13   .536 36 19   .655
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 15 13   .536 28 29   .491
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 13 13   .500 25 29   .463
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 14 14   .500 25 31   .446
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 13 15   .464 29 24   .547
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 12 16   .429 33 23   .589
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 12 16   .429 24 27   .471
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10 16   .385 24 29   .453
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1995[6][7]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Big West Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Cal State Fullerton  ‍ 18 3   .857 57 9   .864
No. 16 Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 16 5   .762 38 25   .603
Nevada  ‍‍‍ 12 9   .571 35 18   .660
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 11 10   .524 32 21   .604
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 9 12   .429 32 22   .593
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 8 13   .381 22 24   .478
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 5 16   .238 26 26   .500
San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 5 16   .238 21 33   .389
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 1995 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of June 30, 1995[8]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
George Mason  ‍y 13 4   .765 39 18   .684
Richmond  ‍‍‍ 12 5   .706 32 17   .653
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍ 11 7   .611 39 19   .672
James Madison  ‍‍‍ 8 9   .471 26 24   .520
East Carolina  ‍‍‍ 7 10   .412 25 24   .510
UNC Wilmington  ‍‍‍ 7 11   .389 23 38   .377
William & Mary  ‍‍‍ 2 14   .125 18 27   .400
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[9]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y   48 17   .738
Hawaii–Hilo  ‍‍‍   21 26   .447
Oral Roberts  ‍‍‍   21 34   .382
West Chester  ‍‍‍   16 29   .356
Colgate  ‍‍‍   6 16   .273
Southern Utah  ‍‍‍   10 32   .238
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1995[10]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Ivy League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Lou Gehrig
Penn  x‍‍y 13 5 0   .722 25 21 0   .543
Cornell  ‍‍‍ 10 10 0   .500 20 19 0   .513
Columbia  ‍‍‍ 9 9 0   .500 15 24 1   .388
Princeton  ‍‍‍ 8 12 0   .400 15 26 0   .366
Red Rolfe
Yale  x‍‍‍ 13 7 0   .650 23 20 0   .535
Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 12 8 0   .600 19 17 0   .528
Brown  ‍‍‍ 7 13 0   .350 14 27 0   .341
Harvard  ‍‍‍ 6 14 0   .300 10 25 0   .286
x – Division champion
‡ – Championship Series champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1995[11]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
Siena  x‍‍y 14 4   .778 31 17   .646
Le Moyne  ‍‍‍ 12 6   .667 19 21   .475
Canisius  ‍‍‍ 7 11   .389 21 20   .512
Niagara  ‍‍‍ 3 15   .167 14 26   .350
Southern
Fairfield  x‍‍‍ 13 5   .722 23 22   .511
Iona  ‍‍‍ 12 6   .667 21 27   .438
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍ 10 8   .556 18 24   .429
Manhattan  ‍‍‍ 1 17   .056 5 42   .106
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1995[12]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 22 8 0   .733 34 20 0   .630
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 19 10 0   .655 40 19 0   .678
Central Michigan  ‍‍y 19 12 0   .613 41 19 0   .683
Akron  ‍‍‍ 18 12 0   .600 26 22 0   .542
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 19 13 0   .594 31 22 1   .583
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 18 13 0   .581 22 31 0   .415
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 15 17 0   .469 31 25 0   .554
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 9 21 0   .300 21 32 0   .396
Miami  ‍‍‍ 8 23 0   .258 21 35 0   .375
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 7 25 0   .219 15 41 0   .268
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1995[13]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Mid-Continent Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
East
Youngstown State  x‍‍‍ 16 4 0   .800 37 17 0   .685
Troy State  ‍‍y 13 6 0   .684 27 23 1   .539
Pace  ‍‍‍ 10 10 0   .500 21 26 1   .448
Central Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 7 13 0   .350 16 25 0   .390
NYIT  ‍‍‍ 7 13 0   .350 23 22 1   .511
C.W. Post  ‍‍‍ 6 13 0   .316 18 29 0   .383
West
Eastern Illinois  x‍‍‍ 15 5 0   .750 28 19 0   .596
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12 10 0   .545 21 21 1   .500
Northeastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12 12 0   .500 17 35 0   .327
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 10 14 0   .417 23 29 0   .442
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 7 15 0   .318 16 29 0   .356
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1995[14]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Northeast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Rider  ‍ 16 5 0   .762 35 18 1   .657
St. Francis  ‍‍‍ 13 8 0   .619 26 17 0   .605
Long Island  ‍‍‍ 10 11 0   .476 18 28 0   .391
Marist  ‍‍‍ 10 11 0   .476 14 26 1   .354
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍ 9 12 0   .429 20 25 0   .444
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 9 12 0   .429 13 25 0   .342
Wagner  ‍‍‍ 9 12 0   .429 15 30 0   .333
Monmouth  ‍‍‍ 8 13 0   .381 19 33 0   .365
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Patriot League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Navy  ‍‍‍y 19 5   .792 33 20   .623
Fordham  ‍‍‍ 16 8   .667 30 20   .600
Army  ‍‍‍ 15 9   .625 22 23   .489
Lehigh  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 23 23   .500
Bucknell  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 19 27   .413
Lafayette  ‍‍‍ 6 18   .250 9 36   .200
Holy Cross  ‍‍‍ 6 18   .250 10 33   .233
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1995[15]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 4 Tennessee  xy 22 8   .733 54 16   .771
Florida  ‍‍‍ 12 14   .462 32 24   .571
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 12 14   .462 32 25   .561
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 9 17   .346 29 29   .500
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 10 19   .345 29 32   .475
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 8 19   .296 29 32   .475
Western
No. 9 Auburn  x‍‍‍y 19 8   .704 50 13   .794
No. 14 Alabama  ‍‍y 18 11   .621 42 23   .646
No. 18 LSU  ‍‍‍y 17 12   .586 47 18   .723
No. 17 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 14 12   .538 40 22   .645
Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 13 15   .464 38 23   .623
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 11 16   .407 34 25   .576
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1995[16]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
The Citadel  ‍y 19 5   .792 39 19   .672
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍ 14 10   .583 35 24   .593
Western Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 32 24   .571
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 19 32   .373
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 11 12   .478 25 27   .481
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 10 13   .435 17 30   .362
VMI  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 19 28   .404
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 9 15   .375 12 38   .240
Furman  ‍‍‍ 9 15   .375 16 32   .333
† – Conference champion
‡ – SoCon Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1995[17]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Southland Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 19 5   .792 37 13   .740
McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 17 6   .739 39 14   .736
Northeast Louisiana  ‍‍y 16 7   .696 34 20   .630
Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 14 10   .583 26 30   .464
Texas–San Antonio  ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 31 23   .574
Southwest Texas State  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 23 31   .426
Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 22 32   .407
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 23 28   .451
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 0 24   .000 2 40   .048
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1995[18]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 Texas Tech  ‍y 16 8   .667 51 14   .785
No. 15 Rice  ‍‍‍y 15 9   .625 43 19   .694
No. 12 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 15 9   .625 44 22   .667
No. 23 Texas  ‍‍‍y 14 10   .583 44 19   .698
Texas Christian  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 27 29   .482
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 7 17   .292 25 28   .472
Houston  ‍‍‍ 6 18   .250 26 29   .473
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1995[19]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 20 FIU ‍‍‍y 27 3 0   .900 50 11 0   .820
No. 21 UCF ‍‍y 23 7 0   .767 49 13 0   .790
Stetson ‍‍‍ 19 11 0   .633 34 25 0   .576
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍ 17 13 0   .567 27 31 0   .466
Centenary ‍‍‍ 14 13 0   .519 23 27 0   .460
Campbell ‍‍‍ 12 18 0   .400 26 29 0   .473
Georgia State ‍‍‍ 11 17 0   .393 20 33 0   .377
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍ 10 18 0   .357 17 31 0   .354
Mercer ‍‍‍ 9 18 0   .333 15 36 2   .302
Samford ‍‍‍ 10 20 0   .333 21 30 0   .412
College of Charleston ‍‍‍ 8 22 0   .267 17 29 0   .370
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1995[20]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1995 season marked the forty-ninth 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 Cal State Fullerton claiming their third championship with an 11–5 win over Southern California in the final.[1]

Bracket

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
6 Southern California 0
3 Miami (FL) 15
3 Miami (FL) 4
2 Florida State 2
7 Oklahoma 2
2 Florida State 3
3 Miami (FL) 5 3
Bracket One
6 Southern California 7 7
7 Oklahoma 4
6 Southern California 9
2 Florida State 11
6 Southern California 16
6 Southern California 5
1 Cal State Fullerton 11
5 Tennessee 3
4 Clemson 1
5 Tennessee 1
1 Cal State Fullerton 11
8 Stanford 5
1 Cal State Fullerton 6
1 Cal State Fullerton 11
Bracket Two
5 Tennessee 0
8 Stanford 8
4 Clemson 3
5 Tennessee 6
8 Stanford 2

Award winners

All-America team

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