1990 NCAA Division I baseball season

1990 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams269
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsGeorgia (1st title)
Runners-upOklahoma State (16th CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachSteve Webber (1st title)
MOPMike Rebhan (Georgia)
Seasons
← 1989
1991 →

The 1990 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 1990. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1990 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty fourth time in 1990, 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. Georgia claimed the championship for the first time.[1]

Format change

The Big East Conference dissolved its divisional format and played as a single eight team division.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1990 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. 25 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 23 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular season winner Conference tournament Tournament venue • city Tournament winner
Atlantic Coast Conference North Carolina 1990 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC North Carolina
Big East Conference Seton Hall 1990 Big East Conference baseball tournament Muzzy Field • Bristol, CT Connecticut
Big Eight Conference Oklahoma State 1990 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma State
Big South Conference Coastal Carolina 1990 Big South Conference baseball tournament Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC Campbell
Big Ten Conference Iowa 1990 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament Duane Banks Field • Iowa City, IA Illinois
Big West Conference Cal State Fullerton No tournament
Colonial Athletic Association East Carolina 1990 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC East Carolina
EIBL Penn No tournament
Metro Conference Florida State 1990 Metro Conference baseball tournament Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS Florida State
Mid-American Conference Central Michigan No tournament
Midwestern Collegiate Conference North - Notre Dame
South - Evansville		 1990 Midwestern City Conference baseball tournament South Bend, IN Evansville
Mid-Continent Conference Blue - UIC
Gray - Southwest Missouri State		 1990 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament Chicago, IL UIC
Pacific-10 Conference North - Washington State
South - Stanford		 No tournament
Southeastern Conference LSU 1990 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL Mississippi State/LSU[a]
Southern Conference The Citadel 1990 Southern Conference baseball tournament College Park • Charleston, SC The Citadel
Southwest Conference Arkansas 1990 Southwest Conference baseball tournament Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX Texas
Trans America Athletic Conference East - Georgia Southern
West - Centenary		 1990 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament Centenary Park • Shreveport, LA Stetson
  1. ^ Mississippi State and LSU were declared co-champions after the championship game was suspended due to rain.

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1990 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 21 North Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍y 17 – 4   .810 51 – 18   .739
No. 30 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 14 – 6   .700 43 – 23   .652
No. 26 NC State  ‍‍‍y 14 – 7   .667 48 – 20   .706
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10   .500 35 – 24   .593
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍y 9 – 9   .500 46 – 25   .648
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 21 – 32   .396
Duke  ‍‍‍ 4 – 15   .211 28 – 25   .528
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 2 – 15   .118 22 – 26   .458
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Seton Hall  ‍†‍‍ 16 – 4 – 0   .800 35 – 18 – 0   .660
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 15 – 6 – 0   .714 29 – 18 – 0   .617
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 13 – 8 – 0   .619 33 – 16 – 0   .673
Connecticut  ‍‍‡‍y 12 – 9 – 0   .571 27 – 19 – 1   .585
Providence  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10 – 0   .524 27 – 21 – 0   .563
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13 – 0   .381 20 – 22 – 1   .477
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 4 – 16 – 0   .200 17 – 30 – 0   .362
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 4 – 17 – 0   .190 8 – 23 – 0   .258
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[4][5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Big Eight Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Oklahoma State †‡y ‍‍‍ 18 – 6   .750 56 – 17   .767
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 30 – 27   .526
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 42 – 26   .618
Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 33 – 27   .550
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 28 – 27   .509
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 27 – 31   .466
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 31 – 26   .544
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Coastal Carolina  ‍†‍‍ 14 – 2 – 0   .875 40 – 19 – 0   .678
Radford  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7 – 0   .533 24 – 27 – 0   .471
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9 – 0   .471 25 – 25 – 1   .500
Baptist  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7 – 0   .462 12 – 36 – 0   .250
Campbell  ‍‍‡‍y 6 – 8 – 0   .429 15 – 33 – 0   .313
Augusta State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 8 – 0   .385 22 – 30 – 0   .423
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11 – 0   .313 22 – 28 – 1   .441
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[7]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Iowa  ‍†‍‍y 22 – 6   .786 38 – 19   .667
No. 23 Illinois  ‍‍‡‍y 19 – 9   .679 43 – 21   .672
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 19 – 9   .679 36 – 24   .600
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 12   .571 31 – 29   .517
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14 – 14   .500 33 – 24   .579
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 14 – 14   .500 30 – 27   .526
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 15   .464 28 – 24   .538
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19   .296 27 – 31   .466
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 8 – 20   .286 16 – 41   .281
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 6 – 21   .222 24 – 32   .429
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[8][9]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Big West Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Cal State Fullerton  ‍†‍‍y 13 – 5   .722 36 – 23   .610
No. 28 Fresno State  ‍‍‍y 13 – 8   .619 38 – 24   .613
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍y 13 – 8   .619 40 – 22   .645
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9   .571 36 – 22   .621
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11   .476 29 – 24   .547
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11   .476 34 – 25   .576
San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12   .429 43 – 17   .717
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 1 – 17   .056 14 – 40   .259
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[10]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
East Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍y 11 – 2 – 0   .846 47 – 9 – 0   .839
Richmond  ‍‍‍ 9 – 4 – 0   .692 27 – 19 – 1   .585
UNC Wilmington  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6 – 0   .455 23 – 25 – 0   .479
George Mason  ‍‍‍ 6 – 8 – 0   .429 23 – 25 – 0   .479
James Madison  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 0   .375 28 – 30 – 0   .483
William & Mary  ‍‍‍ 1 – 10 – 0   .091 9 – 31 – 1   .232
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[11]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
No. 18 Washington State  x‍‍‍y 19 – 5   .792 47 – 19   .712
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9   .625 30 – 22   .577
Washington  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 30 – 19   .612
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 37 – 21   .638
Portland  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 26 – 25   .510
Portland State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 30 – 24   .556
Eastern Washington  ‍‍‍ 4 – 20   .167 14 – 36   .280
Southern
No. 3 Stanford  x‍‍‍y 24 – 6   .800 59 – 12   .831
No. 9 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 21 – 9   .700 60 – 13   .822
No. 11 Southern California  ‍‍‍y 18 – 12   .600 40 – 22   .645
No. 19 UCLA  ‍‍‍y 14 – 16   .467 41 – 26   .612
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19   .367 26 – 34   .433
California  ‍‍‍ 3 – 27   .100 18 – 43   .295
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[12]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 LSU  ‍†‍‡‍y 20 – 7   .741 54 – 19   .740
No. 1 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 18 – 9   .667 52 – 19   .732
No. 5 Mississippi State  ‍‍‡‍y 17 – 9   .654 50 – 21   .704
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 13 – 13   .500 34 – 24   .586
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 12 – 13   .480 28 – 30   .483
Florida  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478 29 – 30   .492
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13   .435 34 – 21   .618
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 10 – 16   .385 23 – 29   .442
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 9 – 18   .333 28 – 31   .475
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 8 – 18   .308 27 – 29   .482
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[13]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 6 The Citadel  ‍†‍‡‍y 13 – 1 – 0   .929 46 – 14 – 0   .767
Western Carolina  ‍‍‍ 10 – 7 – 0   .588 37 – 25 – 0   .597
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 10 – 7 – 0   .588 20 – 19 – 0   .513
VMI  ‍‍‍ 6 – 8 – 0   .429 12 – 26 – 0   .316
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9 – 0   .400 19 – 22 – 1   .464
Furman  ‍‍‍ 6 – 11 – 0   .353 20 – 24 – 0   .455
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 12 – 0   .250 10 – 31 – 0   .244
† – Conference champion
‡ – SoCon Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of June 30, 1990[14]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball[15]
1990 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 14 Arkansas ‍†‍‍y 16 – 5   .762 47 – 15   .758
No. 13 Texas ‍‍‡‍y 15 – 5   .750 51 – 17   .750
No. 24 Houston ‍‍‍y 12 – 9   .571 44 – 23   .657
Rice ‍‍‍ 11 – 9   .550 33 – 29   .532
Texas A&M ‍‍‍ 11 – 10   .524 43 – 17   .717
Baylor ‍‍‍ 9 – 12   .429 33 – 19   .635
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 5 – 16   .238 31 – 29   .517
TCU ‍‍‍ 4 – 17   .190 27 – 32   .458
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[16]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1990 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 8 Georgia Southern x‍†‍‍y 17 – 1   .944 50 – 19   .725
Stetson ‍‍‡‍y 10 – 8   .556 33 – 31   .516
Samford ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313 25 – 28   .472
Mercer ‍‍‍ 2 – 14   .125 15 – 34   .306
West
Centenary x‍‍‍ 12 – 3   .800 40 – 18   .690
Arkansas–Little Rock ‍‍‍ 8 – 7   .533 33 – 20   .623
Hardin–Simmons ‍‍‍ 3 – 9   .250 16 – 41   .281
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1990[17]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1990 College World Series

The 1990 season marked the forty 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 Georgia claiming their first championship with a 2–1 win over Oklahoma State in the final.[1]

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Stanford 510
8 Georgia Southern 4
1 Stanford 2
4 Georgia 16
4 Georgia 3
5 Mississippi State 0
4 Georgia 2 5
1 Stanford 4 1
8 Georgia Southern 1
5 Mississippi State 15
1 Stanford 6
5 Mississippi State 1
4 Georgia 2
3 Oklahoma State 1
2 LSU 8
7 The Citadel 2
2 LSU 1
3 Oklahoma State 7
3 Oklahoma State 14
6 Cal State Fullerton 4
3 Oklahoma State 14 —
2 LSU 3 —
7 The Citadel 812
6 Cal State Fullerton 7
2 LSU 6
7 The Citadel 1

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1990 College Baseball All-America Team

References

  1. ^ a b c W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 41–43. ISBN 9780786418428. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  2. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  3. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1990". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  4. ^ 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 62. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  5. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1990". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  6. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1990". Boyd's World. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  7. ^ "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 4. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  8. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  9. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1990". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  10. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1990". boydsworld.com. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  11. ^ 2020 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Colonial Athletic Association. p. 17. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  12. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1990". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  13. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1990". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  14. ^ 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 46. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
  15. ^ "1990 Final Collegiate Baseball Poll". Retrieved April 22, 2012.
  16. ^ "Division I Baseball Records" (PDF). NCAA. pp. 39–40. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  17. ^ Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 5. Retrieved July 17, 2019.