1992 NCAA Division I baseball season

1992 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams274
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsPepperdine (1st title)
Runners-upCal State Fullerton (7th CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachAndy Lopez (1st title)
MOPPhil Nevin (Cal State Fullerton)
Seasons
← 1991
1993 →

The 1992 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 1992. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1992 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty sixth time in 1992, 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. Pepperdine claimed the championship for the first time.[1]

Realignment

Format changes

  • With the addition of two new teams, the SEC split into Eastern and Western divisions.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1992 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. 24 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 24 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular season winner Conference Tournament Tournament Venue • City Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Clemson 1992 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC NC State
Big East Conference St. John's 1992 Big East Conference baseball tournament Muzzy Field • Bristol, CT Providence
Big Eight Conference Oklahoma State 1992 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma State
Big South Conference Coastal Carolina 1992 Big South Conference baseball tournament Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC Coastal Carolina
Big Ten Conference Ohio State 1992 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament Trautman Field • Columbus, OH Minnesota
Big West Conference Long Beach State no tournament
Colonial Athletic Association George Mason 1992 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament Harrington Field • Greenville, NC George Mason
EIBL Yale no tournament
Metro Conference VCU 1992 Metro Conference baseball tournament Turchin Stadium • New Orleans, LA Tulane
Mid-American Conference Kent State 1992 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament Gene Michael Field • Kent, OH Kent State
Midwestern Collegiate Conference Notre Dame 1992 Midwestern City Conference baseball tournament South Bend, IN Notre Dame
Mid-Continent Conference Blue - Wright State
Gray - Eastern Illinois		 1992 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament Chicago, IL Wright State
Pacific-10 Conference North - Washington
South - Arizona		 no tournament
Southeastern Conference Eastern - Florida
Western - LSU		 1992 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA LSU
Southern Conference Western Carolina 1992 Southern Conference baseball tournament College Park • Charleston, SC Western Carolina
Southwest Conference Texas No tournament
Trans America Athletic Conference East - Stetson/FIU
West - Southeastern Louisiana		 1992 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament Southeastern Louisiana Diamond • Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana
West Coast Conference Pepperdine No tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1992 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 Clemson  ‍†‍‍y 19 – 5   .792 50 – 14   .781
No. 5 Florida State  ‍‍‍y 16 – 7   .696 49 – 21   .700
No. 29 NC State  ‍‍‡‍y 15 – 9   .625 46 – 18   .719
No. 24 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍y 14 – 9   .609 45 – 19   .703
Duke  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 38 – 16   .704
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 36 – 22   .621
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 31 – 27   .534
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 7 – 15   .318 27 – 28   .491
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 3 – 19   .136 21 – 30   .412
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
St. John's  ‍†‍‍ 14 – 5 – 0   .737 30 – 13 – 0   .698
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 14 – 7 – 0   .667 28 – 27 – 0   .509
Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 13 – 7 – 0   .650 25 – 20 – 1   .554
Providence  ‍‍‡‍y 12 – 8 – 0   .600 29 – 23 – 0   .558
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 9 – 10 – 0   .474 22 – 21 – 0   .512
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 6 – 15 – 0   .286 12 – 30 – 1   .291
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13 – 0   .278 23 – 21 – 0   .523
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13 – 0   .278 18 – 17 – 1   .514
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[4][5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Coastal Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍ 13 – 5 – 0   .722 33 – 27 – 0   .550
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 10 – 6 – 0   .625 28 – 25 – 0   .528
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 10 – 7 – 0   .588 29 – 29 – 0   .500
Radford  ‍‍‍ 8 – 8 – 0   .500 28 – 23 – 0   .549
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10 – 0   .444 20 – 28 – 0   .417
Campbell  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9 – 0   .400 16 – 38 – 1   .300
Liberty  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11 – 0   .313 20 – 27 – 1   .427
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 3 – 13 – 0   .188 12 – 34 – 0   .261
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 19 Ohio State  ‍†‍‍y 20 – 8   .714 40 – 21   .656
No. 25 Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 10   .643 42 – 21   .667
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 17 – 11   .607 36 – 19   .655
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 16 – 12   .571 36 – 20   .643
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 14 – 14   .500 35 – 20   .636
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 13 – 15   .464 30 – 25   .545
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 12 – 16   .429 26 – 28   .481
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 17   .393 24 – 24   .500
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 11 – 17   .393 21 – 32   .396
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 8 – 20   .286 18 – 38   .321
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[7][8]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Big West Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 23 Long Beach State  ‍†‍‍y 18 – 5   .783 36 – 21   .632
No. 2 Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍y 17 – 7   .708 46 – 17   .730
Fresno State  ‍‍‍y 16 – 8   .667 37 – 20   .649
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 30 – 24   .556
San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 32 – 21   .604
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 23 – 27   .460
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 9 – 14   .391 30 – 23   .566
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 20 – 33   .377
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 17 – 33   .340
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[9]
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[10]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Kent State  ‍†‍‡‍y 24 – 7 – 0   .774 45 – 13 – 0   .776
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 20 – 12 – 0   .625 33 – 22 – 0   .600
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12 – 1   .597 31 – 27 – 1   .534
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13 – 0   .519 23 – 27 – 0   .460
Miami  ‍‍‍ 16 – 15 – 0   .516 32 – 22 – 0   .593
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 25 – 26 – 0   .490
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10 – 15 – 0   .400 22 – 26 – 0   .458
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 7 – 18 – 0   .280 18 – 29 – 0   .383
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 7 – 22 – 1   .250 14 – 25 – 1   .363
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[11]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Mid-Continent Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Blue Division
Wright State  x‍‍‡‍ 17 – 3   .850 40 – 16   .714
Akron  ‍‍‍ 15 – 7   .682 42 – 18   .700
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 16   .273 13 – 29   .310
Cleveland State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 17   .227 12 – 34   .261
Gray Division
Eastern Illinois  x‍‍‍ 13 – 7   .650 24 – 30   .444
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 11 – 9   .550 16 – 31   .340
UIC  ‍‍‍ 12 – 10   .545 23 – 27   .460
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 11 – 11   .500 19 – 30   .388
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6 – 16   .273 18 – 36   .333
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 1992[12]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y –   – 55 – 10   .846
Nevada  ‍‍‍ –   – 43 – 11   .796
No. 26 Cal State Northridge  ‍‍‍y –   – 38 – 16   .704
Sacramento State  ‍‍‍ –   – 32 – 25   .561
Chapman  ‍‍‍ –   – 29 – 24   .547
Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍ –   – 25 – 27   .481
UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‍ –   – 20 – 26   .435
Northeastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ –   – 16 – 32   .333
Wisconsin–Milwaukee  ‍‍‍ –   – 14 – 32   .304
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ –   – 12 – 36   .250
Southern Utah  ‍‍‍ –   – 4 – 43   .085
Georgia State  ‍‍‍ –   – 2 – 28   .067
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[13]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 16 Florida  x‍‍‍y 16 – 8   .667 44 – 20   .688
No. 28 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 13 – 11   .542 42 – 22   .656
Georgia  ‍‍‍y 12 – 11   .522 35 – 25   .583
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478 29 – 24   .547
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 35 – 20   .636
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 33 – 23   .589
Western
No. 9 LSU  x‍†‍‡‍y 18 – 6   .750 50 – 16   .758
No. 21 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 15 – 9   .625 40 – 22   .645
Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13   .435 31 – 26   .544
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 30 – 25   .545
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 9 – 14   .391 29 – 26   .527
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 34 – 21   .618
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[14]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 17 Western Carolina †‡y ‍‍‍ 17 – 4   .810 44 – 21   .677
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍ 15 – 6   .714 31 – 27   .534
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 8   .579 31 – 20   .608
The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 10 – 9   .526 35 – 20   .636
Furman  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10   .524 21 – 31   .404
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14   .300 17 – 34   .333
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13   .278 15 – 26   .366
VMI  ‍‍‍ 4 – 15   .211 11 – 39   .220
† – Conference champion
‡ – SoCon Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[15]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Stetson x‍‍‍y 13 – 5   .722 38 – 21   .644
FIU x‍‍‍ 13 – 5   .722 36 – 23   .610
Mercer ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 29 – 20   .592
College of Charleston ‍‍‍ 2 – 16   .111 16 – 29   .356
West
Southeastern Louisiana x‍†‍‡‍y 12 – 4   .750 38 – 22   .633
Centenary x‍†‍‍ 12 – 4   .750 31 – 27   .534
Samford ‍‍‍ 0 – 16   .000 13 – 43   .232
Georgia State ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 2 – 30   .063
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[16]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Pepperdine  ‍†‍‍y 23 – 4   .852 48 – 11   .814
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13   .519 28 – 24   .538
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16   .467 23 – 32   .418
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 13 – 16   .448 16 – 39   .291
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 10 – 16   .385 16 – 36   .308
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 9 – 18   .333 15 – 36   .294
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[17]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1992 College World Series

The 1992 season marked the forty sixth 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 Pepperdine claiming their first championship with a 3–2 win over Cal State Fullerton in the final.[1]

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Miami (FL) 413
8 California 3
1 Miami (FL) 4
4 Cal State Fullerton 3
4 Cal State Fullerton 7
5 Florida State 2
1 Miami (FL) 5 1
4 Cal State Fullerton 7 8
8 California 4
5 Florida State 5
5 Florida State 0
4 Cal State Fullerton 6
4 Cal State Fullerton 2
7 Pepperdine 3
2 Wichita State 0
7 Pepperdine 6
7 Pepperdine 7
3 Texas 0
3 Texas 15
6 Oklahoma 3
7 Pepperdine 5 —
3 Texas 4 —
2 Wichita State 4
6 Oklahoma 8
6 Oklahoma 5
3 Texas 8

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1992 College Baseball All-America Team

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