1984 NCAA Division I baseball season

1984 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams256
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsCal State Fullerton (2nd title)
Runners-upTexas (21st CWS Appearance)
Winning coachAugie Garrido (2nd title)
MOPJohn Fishel (Cal State Fullerton)
Seasons

The 1984 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 1984. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1984 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the thirty eighth time in 1984, 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 and format changes

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1984 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Six regionals of four teams and two of six each competed in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 25 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 11 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular season winner Conference tournament Tournament venue • city Tournament winner
Atlantic Coast Conference North Carolina 1984 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Durham Athletic Park • Durham, NC North Carolina
Atlantic 10 Conference East - Temple
West - West Virginia/Penn State		 1984 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament Erny Field • Philadelphia, PA Temple
Big Eight Conference Oklahoma State 1984 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference East - Michigan
West - Minnesota		 1984 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament Siebert Field • Minneapolis, MN Michigan
EIBL Harvard No tournament
Mid-American Conference Central Michigan No tournament
Mid-Continent N/A 1984 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament Chicago, IL Southwest Missouri State
Midwestern City Conference North - Xavier
South - Oklahoma City		 1984 Midwestern City Conference baseball tournament Cincinnati, OH Oklahoma City
Pacific-10 Conference North - Portland State/Washington State
South - Arizona State		 No tournament
Southeastern Conference East - Florida
West - Mississippi State		 1984 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Perry Field • Gainesville, FL Florida
Southern Conference North - Appalachian State
South - Western Carolina		 1984 Southern Conference baseball tournament Hennon Stadium • Cullowhee, NC Appalachian State
Southwest Conference Texas 1984 Southwest Conference baseball tournament Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX Texas
Trans America Athletic Conference East - Georgia Southern
West - Nicholls State		 1984 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament Centenary Park/SPAR Stadium • Shreveport, LA Nicholls State

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1984 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Clemson  ‍†‍‍ 12 – 2   .857 38 – 17   .691
No. 22 North Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍y 12 – 2   .857 44 – 13   .772
NC State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 3   .750 32 – 8   .800
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7   .462 18 – 14   .563
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 5 – 7   .417 36 – 19   .655
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 4 – 10   .286 25 – 17   .595
Duke  ‍‍‍ 3 – 8   .273 25 – 13   .658
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 1 – 13   .071 17 – 25   .405
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1984[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1984 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
East
Temple  x‍‍‡‍y 9 – 2 – 0   .818 33 – 14 – 0   .702
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5 – 0   .545 22 – 18 – 0   .550
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5 – 0   .545 14 – 19 – 0   .424
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 4 – 7 – 0   .364 13 – 21 – 0   .382
UMass  ‍‍‍ 3 – 9 – 0   .250 18 – 26 – 0   .409
West
West Virginia  x‍‍‍ 9 – 3 – 0   .750 22 – 11 – 1   .662
Penn State  x‍‍‍ 9 – 3 – 0   .750 24 – 17 – 0   .585
George Washington  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4 – 0   .667 14 – 15 – 0   .483
Duquesne  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7 – 0   .300 10 – 10 – 0   .500
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍ 0 – 12 – 0   .000 6 – 19 – 1   .250
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1984
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1984 Big Eight Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Oklahoma State  ‍†‍‡‍y 15 – 3   .833 61 – 15   .803
No. 26 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍y 14 – 4   .778 42 – 15   .737
No. 29 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 15 – 6   .714 46 – 20   .697
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8   .467 27 – 20   .574
Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 18 – 27   .400
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 4 – 14   .222 24 – 25   .490
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 18   .182 14 – 24   .368
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1984[4]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1984 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
East
Michigan  x‍‍‡‍y 11 – 5 – 0   .688 43 – 20 – 0   .683
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7 – 0   .533 32 – 26 – 0   .552
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 8 – 0   .500 30 – 17 – 0   .638
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9 – 0   .400 44 – 20 – 0   .688
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375 29 – 26 – 0   .527
West
Minnesota  x‍‍‍ 11 – 5 – 0   .688 31 – 20 – 0   .608
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6 – 1   .594 44 – 18 – 1   .706
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8 – 0   .467 31 – 26 – 0   .544
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7 – 1   .464 25 – 25 – 1   .500
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 3 – 10 – 0   .231 22 – 32 – 0   .407
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1984[5][6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1984 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0 – 0   – 28 – 8 – 1   .770
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0 – 0   – 19 – 11 – 0   .633
Southwest Missouri State  ‍‍‡‍ 0 – 0 – 0   – 35 – 22 – 0   .614
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0 – 0   – 26 – 20 – 1   .564
Northern Iowa  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0 – 0   – 12 – 18 – 0   .400
UIC  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0 – 0   – 19 – 35 – 0   .352
Cleveland State  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0 – 0   – 10 – 38 – 1   .214
‡ – Tournament champion
As of 1984[7]
1984 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
Washington State  x‍‍‍y 15 – 6   .714 41 – 20   .672
Portland State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 6   .714 39 – 17   .696
Eastern Washington  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10   .524 30 – 23   .566
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 11   .500 22 – 23   .489
Portland  ‍‍‍ 10 – 12   .455 23 – 18   .561
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14   .300 23 – 29   .442
Washington  ‍‍‍ 6 – 15   .286 16 – 27   .372
Southern
No. 3 Arizona State  x‍‍‍y 23 – 7   .767 55 – 20   .733
No. 24 Southern California  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12   .600 44 – 23   .657
No. 12 Stanford  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12   .600 38 – 26   .594
California  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 39 – 28   .582
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19   .367 22 – 36   .379
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 8 – 22   .267 28 – 32   .467
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1984[8]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1984 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
No. 28 Florida  x‍‍‡‍y 18 – 4   .818 43 – 16   .729
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478 27 – 21   .563
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 9 – 11   .450 28 – 17   .622
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 9 – 13   .409 24 – 22   .522
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 7 – 14   .333 25 – 23   .521
Western Division
No. 10 Mississippi State  x‍‍‍y 18 – 5   .783 45 – 16   .738
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 12 – 10   .545 35 – 18   .660
LSU  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 32 – 23   .582
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 8 – 14   .364 27 – 24   .529
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 7 – 16   .304 22 – 24   .478
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1984[9]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1984 Southern California Baseball Association standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Cal State Fullerton  ‍†‍‍y 22 – 6   .786 66 – 20   .767
No. 23 UNLV  ‍‍‍y 17 – 10   .630 42 – 24   .636
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 15 – 11   .577 46 – 21   .687
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 16 – 12   .571 41 – 21   .661
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 15   .464 32 – 34   .485
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍ 11 – 17   .393 23 – 34   .404
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 10 – 18   .357 23 – 38   .377
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 6 – 21   .222 20 – 36   .357
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1984[10]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1984 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
Appalachian State  x‍‍‡‍y 12 – 2   .857 35 – 7   .833
VMI  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7   .462 16 – 18   .471
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 5 – 8   .385 11 – 16   .407
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 9   .250 9 – 19   .321
Southern
Western Carolina  x‍‍‍ 13 – 3   .813 37 – 20   .649
The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 12 – 5   .706 26 – 21   .553
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 5 – 12   .294 12 – 16   .429
Furman  ‍‍‍ 4 – 14   .222 16 – 19   .457
x – Division champion
‡ – SoCon Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1984[11]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1984 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Texas  ‍†‍‡‍y 16 – 5   .762 60 – 14   .811
Rice  ‍‍‍ 13 – 8   .619 41 – 14   .745
No. 19 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 13 – 8   .619 41 – 21   .661
Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9   .571 40 – 16   .714
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12   .429 26 – 23   .531
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12   .429 33 – 22   .600
Houston  ‍‍‍ 6 – 15   .286 32 – 33   .492
TCU  ‍‍‍ 6 – 15   .286 25 – 22   .532
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1984[12]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1984 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Georgia Southern x‍‍‍ 13 – 4   .765 32 – 37   .464
Mercer ‍‍‍ 10 – 6   .625 23 – 23   .500
Georgia State ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313 22 – 31   .415
Samford ‍‍‍ 5 – 12   .294 8 – 42   .160
West
Nicholls State x‍†‍‡‍ 18 – 5   .783 38 – 21   .644
Hardin–Simmons ‍‍‍ 17 – 6   .739 25 – 31   .446
Arkansas–Little Rock ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 20 – 30   .400
Centenary ‍‍‍ 7 – 14   .333 28 – 25   .528
Northwestern State ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 17 – 45   .274
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1984[13]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1984 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 27 Stetson  ‍‍‍y –   – 46 – 13   .780
No. 5 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y –   – 48 – 28   .632
Campbell  ‍‍‍ –   – 24 – 15   .615
Hofstra  ‍‍‍ –   – 12 – 14   .462
Villanova  ‍‍‍ –   – 14 – 20   .412
Richmond  ‍‍‍ –   – 14 – 22   .389
Lafayette  ‍‍‍ –   – 13 – 24   .351
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1984[14]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1984 College World Series

The 1984 season marked the thirty eighth 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 second championship with a 3–1 win over Texas in the final.[1]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Texas6
New Orleans3
Texas6
Cal State Fullerton4
Cal State Fullerton8
Michigan4
Texas8
Arizona State4
Arizona State9
Texas3
Miami (FL)6
Arizona State23Oklahoma State18
Oklahoma State12
Oklahoma State9
Maine5Cal State Fullerton3
Oklahoma State2Texas1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Cal State Fullerton10
Oklahoma State810
New Orleans11New Orleans7
Arizona State1
Michigan3
Cal State Fullerton6
Cal State Fullerton13
Miami (FL)13Miami (FL)5
Maine7

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1984 College Baseball All-America Team

References

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