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1994 NCAA Division I baseball season

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1994 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams276
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsOklahoma (2nd title)
Runners-upGeorgia Tech (12th CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachLarry Cochell (1st title)
MOPChip Glass (Oklahoma)
Seasons
← 1993
1995 →

The 1994 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 1994. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1994 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty eighth time in 1994, 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. Oklahoma claimed the championship for the second time.[1]

Realignment

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Conference winners

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This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1994 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 1994 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament Greenville Municipal StadiumGreenville, SC Clemson
Big East Conference Pittsburgh 1994 Big East Conference baseball tournament Muzzy FieldBristol, CT Connecticut
Big Eight Conference Oklahoma State 1994 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament All Sports StadiumOklahoma City, OK Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference Ohio State 1994 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament C. O. Brown StadiumBattle Creek, MI Ohio State
Big West Conference Cal State Fullerton/Long Beach State/Nevada no tournament
Colonial Athletic Association Old Dominion 1994 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament Bud Metheny Baseball ComplexNorfolk, VA Old Dominion
Ivy League Gehrig - Penn
Rolfe - Yale
1994 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series Palmer FieldMiddletown, CT Yale
Metro Conference 1994 Metro Conference baseball tournament Parkway FieldLouisville, KY Virginia Tech
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Northern - Canisius
Southern - Iona
1994 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament Heritage ParkColonie, NY Saint Peter's
Mid-American Conference Kent State 1994 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament Gene Michael FieldKent, OH Central Michigan
Midwestern Collegiate Conference Notre Dame 1994 Midwestern City Conference baseball tournament South Bend, IN Notre Dame
Mid-Continent Conference Wright State no tournament
North Atlantic Conference Delaware 1994 North Atlantic Conference baseball tournament Friedman DiamondBrookline, MA Northeastern
Northeast Conference Fairleigh Dickinson/Rider 1994 Northeast Conference baseball tournament Ewing Township, NJ Rider
Pacific-10 Conference North - Oregon State
South - Stanford
no tournament
Patriot League North - Army/Fordham
South - Navy
1994 Patriot League baseball tournament Max Bishop StadiumAnnapolis, MD Navy
Southeastern Conference Eastern - Tennessee 1994 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament[a] Cliff Hagan StadiumLexington, KY Tennessee
Western - LSU Swayze FieldOxford, MS LSU
Southern Conference Western Carolina 1994 Southern Conference baseball tournament College ParkCharleston, SC The Citadel
Southwest Conference TCU 1994 Southwest Conference baseball tournament Disch–Falk FieldAustin, TX Texas
Trans America Athletic Conference East - FIU
West - Mercer
1994 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament Claude Smith FieldMacon, GA Southeastern Louisiana
West Coast Conference Santa Clara No tournament
  1. ^ The SEC held separate tournaments for its Eastern and Western Divisions in 1994. LSU was awarded the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Conference standings

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The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1994 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 9 Clemson  ‍y 20 4   .833 57 18   .760
No. 2 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍y 16 8   .667 50 17   .746
Duke  ‍‍‍ 16 8   .667 33 20   .623
No. 6 Florida State  ‍‍‍y 14 9   .609 53 22   .707
NC State  ‍‍‍y 13 11   .542 46 18   .719
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 10 13   .435 34 21   .618
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 37 20   .649
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 6 18   .250 24 30   .444
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 2 22   .083 20 34   .370
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1994[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1994 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 16 5 0   .762 31 16 1   .656
Providence  ‍‍‍ 13 8 0   .619 32 21 0   .604
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 12 8 0   .600 32 21 1   .602
Connecticut  ‍‍y 12 9 0   .571 30 18 0   .625
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 10 8 0   .556 20 16 0   .556
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 6 12 1   .342 17 31 1   .357
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 5 14 0   .263 14 23 2   .385
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 4 14 0   .222 16 23 0   .410
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1994[4][5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1994 Big Eight Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 Oklahoma State  ‍y 21 6   .778 49 17   .742
No. 1 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍y 21 9   .700 50 17   .746
No. 25 Kansas  ‍‍‍y 17 9   .654 40 18   .690
Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 15 14   .517 30 28   .517
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 14 16   .467 32 28   .533
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 9 19   .321 32 26   .552
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 3 27   .100 13 43   .232
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1994[6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1994 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 Ohio State  ‍y 25 2   .926 49 9   .845
No. 28 Minnesota  ‍‍‍y 21 7   .750 42 21   .667
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 13 15   .464 29 29   .500
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 13 15   .464 26 29   .473
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 13 15   .464 22 32   .407
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 12 15   .444 25 24   .510
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 12 16   .429 33 23   .589
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12 16   .429 26 26   .500
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 10 18   .357 34 22   .607
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 8 20   .286 16 39   .291
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1994[7][8]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1994 Big West Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 20 Long Beach State  ‍‍‍y 16 5   .762 41 19   .683
No. 19 Nevada  ‍‍‍y 16 5   .762 41 15   .732
No. 3 Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍y 15 5   .750 47 16   .746
San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 9 12   .429 29 26   .527
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 8 12   .400 36 18   .667
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 8 13   .381 27 28   .491
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 7 14   .333 21 33   .389
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 4 17   .190 21 31   .404
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1994[9]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1994 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 30 Old Dominion  ‍y 14 4 0   .778 40 14 0   .741
James Madison  ‍‍‍ 11 7 0   .611 40 19 1   .675
Richmond  ‍‍‍ 11 7 0   .611 36 19 0   .655
UNC Wilmington  ‍‍‍ 10 8 0   .556 30 28 0   .517
East Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 9 0   .471 36 18 0   .667
William & Mary  ‍‍‍ 7 11 0   .389 24 23 1   .510
George Mason  ‍‍‍ 1 16 0   .059 18 32 1   .363
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1994[10]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1994 Ivy League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Lou Gehrig
Penn  x‍‍‍ 14 6 0   .700 25 12 1   .671
Columbia  ‍‍‍ 12 8 0   .600 18 24 0   .429
Princeton  ‍‍‍ 10 10 0   .500 21 19 0   .525
Cornell  ‍‍‍ 7 13 0   .350 12 25 0   .324
Red Rolfe
Yale  x‍‍y 14 6 0   .700 24 19 0   .558
Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 9 11 0   .450 16 21 0   .432
Harvard  ‍‍‍ 7 13 0   .350 13 22 1   .375
Brown  ‍‍‍ 7 13 0   .350 10 28 0   .263
x – Division champion
‡ – Championship Series champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1994[11]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1994 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
Canisius  x‍‍‍ 17 1   .944 28 14   .667
Le Moyne  ‍‍‍ 9 9   .500 18 15   .545
Siena  ‍‍‍ 8 10   .444 15 22   .405
Niagara  ‍‍‍ 2 16   .111 9 29   .237
Southern
Iona  x‍‍‍ 13 5   .722 21 22   .488
Saint Peter's  ‍‍ 11 7   .611 18 22   .450
Fairfield  ‍‍‍ 10 8   .556 15 22   .405
Manhattan  ‍‍‍ 2 16   .111 2 31   .061
x – Division champion
As of June 30, 1994[12]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1994 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 29 Kent State  ‍‍‍y 18 7   .720 33 17   .660
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 18 10   .643 34 19   .642
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 16 10   .615 29 18   .617
Central Michigan  ‍‍y 18 12   .600 38 21   .644
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 18 12   .600 30 23   .566
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 15 12   .556 29 27   .518
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 12 16   .429 23 31   .426
Akron  ‍‍‍ 10 16   .385 29 25   .537
Miami  ‍‍‍ 9 21   .300 18 36   .333
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 4 22   .154 17 32   .347
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1994[13]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1994 Northeast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍ 15 6 0   .714 26 16 0   .619
Rider  ‍y 15 6 0   .714 33 18 2   .642
Long Island  ‍‍‍ 14 7 0   .667 25 19 0   .568
Wagner  ‍‍‍ 11 10 0   .524 19 22 0   .463
St. Francis  ‍‍‍ 10 11 0   .476 17 21 0   .447
Monmouth  ‍‍‍ 7 13 0   .350 13 23 0   .361
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 6 15 0   .286 11 27 0   .289
Marist  ‍‍‍ 5 15 0   .250 10 29 0   .256
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1994 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
Oregon State  x‍‍‍ 22 8   .733 35 19   .648
No. 16 Washington  ‍‍‍y 20 10   .667 46 18   .719
Portland State  ‍‍‍ 14 16   .467 30 24   .556
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 29 23   .558
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 11 19   .367 35 26   .574
Portland  ‍‍‍ 10 20   .333 22 33   .400
Southern
No. 13 Stanford  x‍‍‍y 21 9   .700 36 24   .600
No. 4 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 20 10   .667 45 18   .714
No. 14 Southern California  ‍‍‍y 19 11   .633 41 20   .672
California  ‍‍‍ 12 18   .400 25 35   .417
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 11 19   .367 22 36   .379
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 7 23   .233 15 40   .273
x – Division champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1994[14]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1994 Patriot League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
North
Army  x‍‍‍ 17 3 0   .850 25 17 0   .595
Fordham  x‍‍‍ 17 3 0   .850 28 19 0   .596
Holy Cross  ‍‍‍ 11 9 0   .550 14 18 0   .438
Colgate  ‍‍‍ 1 17 0   .056 1 28 0   .034
South
Navy  x‍‍ 11 9 0   .550 24 18 1   .570
Lafayette  ‍‍‍ 8 12 0   .400 11 25 0   .306
Lehigh  ‍‍‍ 8 12 0   .400 11 17 0   .393
Bucknell  ‍‍‍ 5 13 0   .278 10 25 0   .286
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 1994[15]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1994 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 10 Tennessee  xy 24 5   .828 52 14   .788
No. 21 Florida  ‍‍‍y 16 9   .640 40 23   .635
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 11 14   .440 32 25   .561
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 11 15   .423 35 23   .603
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 10 20   .333 28 30   .483
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 9 19   .321 22 35   .386
Western
No. 7 LSU  x‍‍y 21 6   .778 46 20   .697
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 15 12   .556 36 23   .610
No. 8 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 16 13   .552 44 21   .677
Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 13 13   .500 30 27   .526
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 12 14   .462 30 26   .536
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 4 22   .154 21 35   .375
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1994[16]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1994 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Western Carolina  ‍‍‍y 19 4   .826 45 18   .714
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍ 15 7   .682 31 25   .554
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 12 9   .571 23 20   .535
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 12 11   .522 19 21   .475
The Citadel  ‍‍y 11 13   .458 32 34   .485
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 10 13   .435 22 26   .458
VMI  ‍‍‍ 10 13   .435 21 29   .420
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 20 31   .392
Furman  ‍‍‍ 4 19   .174 9 35   .205
† – Conference champion
‡ – SoCon Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1994[17]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1994 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
FIU x‍‍‍ 12 6   .667 38 21   .644
Stetson ‍‍‍ 9 9   .500 37 21   .638
UCF ‍‍‍ 8 10   .444 29 26   .527
College of Charleston ‍‍‍ 7 11   .389 27 21   .563
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍ 0 0   31 23   .574
West
Mercer x‍‍ 15 9   .625 32 21   .604
Southeastern Louisiana xy 15 9   .625 34 30   .531
Samford ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 19 33   .365
Centenary ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 23 28   .451
Georgia State ‍‍‍ 6 18   .250 12 42   .222
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1994[18]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

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The 1994 season marked the forty 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 Oklahoma claiming their second championship with a 13–5 win over Georgia Tech in the final.[1]

Bracket

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First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
2 Georgia Tech 2
7 Cal State Fullerton 0
2 Georgia Tech 12
6 Florida State 4
6 Florida State 6
3 LSU 3
2 Georgia Tech 3
7 Cal State Fullerton 2
7 Cal State Fullerton 20
3 LSU 6
7 Cal State Fullerton 10
6 Florida State 3
2 Georgia Tech 5
4 Oklahoma 13
8 Arizona State 4
1 Miami (FL) 0
8 Arizona State 3
4 Oklahoma 4
4 Oklahoma 5
5 Auburn 4
4 Oklahoma 6
8 Arizona State 1
1 Miami (FL) 7
5 Auburn 5
1 Miami (FL) 5
8 Arizona State 9

Award winners

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All-America team

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References

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  2. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  3. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1994". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  4. ^ 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
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  6. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1994". Boyd's World. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  7. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  8. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1994". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  9. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1994". boydsworld.com. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  10. ^ 2020 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Colonial Athletic Association. p. 17. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  11. ^ "2018 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Ivy League. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  12. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1994". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  13. ^ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  14. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1994". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  15. ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 2. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  16. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1994". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  17. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1994". Boyd's World. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  18. ^ Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 5. Retrieved July 17, 2019.