1980 NCAA Division I baseball season

Baseball season

1980 NCAA Division I baseball season

Number of teams| 249
NCAA tournament
College World Series
Champions| Arizona (2nd title)
Runners-up| Hawaii (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach| Jerry Kindall (2nd title)
MOP| Terry Francona (Arizona)
Seasons

← 1979

1981 →

The 1980 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 1980. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1980 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the thirty fourth time in 1980, 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. Arizona claimed the championship for the second time.[1]

## Conference winners

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This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1980 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Seven regionals of four teams and one of six each competed in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 21 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference  | Regular season Winner  | Conference tournament  | Tournament venue • city  | Tournament winner

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ACC | North Carolina | 1980 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament | Doak Field • Raleigh, NC | Clemson
Big 8 | East - Nebraska
West - Oklahoma State | 1980 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament | All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK | Missouri
Big Ten | Michigan | No tournament
Eastern 8 |  | 1980 Eastern 8 Conference baseball tournament | The Ellipse • Washington, DC | UMass
EIBL | Harvard | No tournament
Metro |  | 1980 Metro Conference baseball tournament | Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL | Florida State
MAC | Central Michigan | No tournament
Pac-10 | North - Washington State
South - Arizona/California | No tournament
SEC | East - Florida
West - Auburn | 1980 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament | Perry Field • Gainesville, FL | Vanderbilt
SoCon | East Tennessee State | No tournament
SWC | Texas | 1980 Southwest Conference baseball tournament | Olsen Field • College Station, TX | Texas
TAAC | N/A | 1980 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament | Luther Williams Field • Macon, GA | Georgia Southern
WAC | North - BYU
South - Hawaii | 1980 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Series | UH Stadium • Honolulu, HI |  | Hawaii

## Conference standings

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The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1980 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings |

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North Carolina ‍†‍‍ | 11 | - | 1 |  | .917 |  |  | 39 | - | 17 |  | .696
Maryland ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 4 |  | .692 |  |  | 24 | - | 10 |  | .706
No. 8 Clemson ‍‍‡‍y | 6 | - | 5 |  | .545 |  |  | 38 | - | 21 |  | .644
NC State ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 6 |  | .538 |  |  | 21 | - | 12 |  | .636
Virginia ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 6 |  | .500 |  |  | 21 | - | 13 |  | .618
Wake Forest ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 8 |  | .385 |  |  | 17 | - | 13 |  | .567
Georgia Tech ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 10 |  | .231 |  |  | 8 | - | 19 |  | .296
Duke ‍‍‍ | 2 | - | 9 |  | .182 |  |  | 17 | - | 11 |  | .607
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Big Ten Conference baseball standings |

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No. 6 Michigan ‍†‍‍y | 14 | - | 2 | - | 0 |  | .875 |  |  | 36 | - | 18 | - | 1 |  | .664
Minnesota ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 4 | - | 0 |  | .778 |  |  | 33 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .717
Iowa ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 5 | - | 0 |  | .688 |  |  | 31 | - | 14 | - | 0 |  | .689
Wisconsin ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .556 |  |  | 23 | - | 24 | - | 1 |  | .490
Purdue ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .438 |  |  | 27 | - | 24 | - | 0 |  | .529
Ohio State ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .375 |  |  | 18 | - | 25 | - | 0 |  | .419
Indiana ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .375 |  |  | 17 | - | 25 | - | 0 |  | .405
Illinois ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .375 |  |  | 18 | - | 33 | - | 1 |  | .356
Northwestern ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 11 | - | 0 |  | .313 |  |  | 20 | - | 21 | - | 1 |  | .488
Michigan State ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .188 |  |  | 15 | - | 35 | - | 0 |  | .300
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[4][5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings  |

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No. 4 Miami (FL) ‍‍‍y |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 59 | - | 12 |  | .831
No. 7 Florida State ‍‍‍y |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 51 | - | 12 |  | .810
Notre Dame ‍‍‍ |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 29 | - | 8 |  | .784
Air Force ‍‍‍ |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 27 | - | 9 |  | .750
No. 10 Gonzaga ‍‍‍y |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 39 | - | 15 |  | .722
Stetson ‍‍‍ |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 34 | - | 18 |  | .654
Louisville ‍‍‍ |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 38 | - | 21 |  | .644
Detroit ‍‍‍ |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 32 | - | 21 |  | .604
Campbell ‍‍‍ |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 18 | - | 18 |  | .500
Lafayette ‍‍‍ |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 11 | - | 13 |  | .458
Northern Iowa ‍‍‍ |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 12 | - | 16 |  | .429
Hofstra ‍‍‍ |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 7 | - | 28 |  | .200
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings |

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Northern
Washington State x‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 3 |  | .786 |  |  | 36 | - | 10 |  | .783
Oregon State ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 9 |  | .471 |  |  | 33 | - | 16 |  | .673
Washington ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 9 |  | .400 |  |  | 33 | - | 20 |  | .623
Oregon ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 10 |  | .375 |  |  | 19 | - | 21 |  | .475
Southern
No. 1 Arizona x‍‍‍y | 17 | - | 13 |  | .567 |  |  | 45 | - | 21 |  | .682
No. 3 California x‍‍‍y | 17 | - | 13 |  | .567 |  |  | 44 | - | 23 |  | .657
Arizona State ‍‍‍ | 15 | - | 15 |  | .500 |  |  | 38 | - | 25 |  | .603
UCLA ‍‍‍ | 15 | - | 15 |  | .500 |  |  | 31 | - | 22 |  | .585
Stanford ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 17 |  | .433 |  |  | 29 | - | 24 |  | .547
Southern California ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 17 |  | .433 |  |  | 27 | - | 24 |  | .529
x - Division champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[7]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Southeastern Conference baseball standings |

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Eastern Division
Florida x‍‍‍ | 16 | - | 8 |  | .667 |  |  | 40 | - | 16 |  | .714
Vanderbilt ‍‍‡‍y | 13 | - | 9 |  | .591 |  |  | 34 | - | 21 |  | .618
Georgia ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 10 |  | .474 |  |  | 33 | - | 12 |  | .733
Kentucky ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 11 |  | .421 |  |  | 25 | - | 21 |  | .543
Tennessee ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 14 |  | .300 |  |  | 23 | - | 21 |  | .523
Western Division
Auburn x‍‍‍ | 15 | - | 8 |  | .652 |  |  | 27 | - | 24 |  | .529
Ole Miss ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 9 |  | .500 |  |  | 24 | - | 22 |  | .522
Mississippi State ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 11 |  | .476 |  |  | 31 | - | 19 |  | .620
LSU ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 9 |  | .471 |  |  | 23 | - | 19 |  | .548
Alabama ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 13 |  | .381 |  |  | 18 | - | 28 |  | .391
x - Division champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[8]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Southern Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
No. 22 East Tennessee State ‍†‍‍y | 14 | - | 1 |  | .933 |  |  | 39 | - | 7 |  | .848
Marshall ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 3 |  | .769 |  |  | 17 | - | 11 |  | .607
Appalachian State ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 5 |  | .667 |  |  | 17 | - | 19 |  | .472
Western Carolina ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 5 |  | .615 |  |  | 22 | - | 15 |  | .595
The Citadel ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 6 |  | .600 |  |  | 23 | - | 14 |  | .622
Davidson ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 8 |  | .467 |  |  | 15 | - | 24 |  | .385
Furman ‍‍‍ | 2 | - | 10 |  | .167 |  |  | 7 | - | 22 |  | .241
Chattanooga ‍‍‍ | 1 | - | 11 |  | .083 |  |  | 12 | - | 20 |  | .375
VMI ‍‍‍ | 0 | - | 12 |  | .000 |  |  | 4 | - | 22 |  | .154
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[9]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Southwest Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
No. 11 Texas ‍†‍‡‍y | 18 | - | 6 |  | .750 |  |  | 53 | - | 13 |  | .803
No. 28 Texas A&M ‍‍‍ | 17 | - | 6 |  | .739 |  |  | 38 | - | 14 |  | .731
No. 19 Arkansas ‍‍‍y | 15 | - | 8 |  | .652 |  |  | 44 | - | 22 |  | .667
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 10 |  | .583 |  |  | 28 | - | 23 |  | .549
Baylor ‍‍‍ | 12 | - | 12 |  | .500 |  |  | 25 | - | 19 |  | .568
Rice ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 16 |  | .333 |  |  | 14 | - | 29 |  | .326
TCU ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 14 |  | .333 |  |  | 19 | - | 28 |  | .404
SMU ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 15 |  | .318 |  |  | 21 | - | 22 |  | .488
Houston ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 17 |  | .261 |  |  | 17 | - | 28 |  | .378
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[10]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
Georgia Southern ‍‍‡‍y | 0 | - | 0 |  | – |  |  | 38 | - | 21 |  | .644
Mercer ‍‍‍ | 0 | - | 0 |  | – |  |  | 31 | - | 18 |  | .633
Centenary ‍‍‍ | 0 | - | 0 |  | – |  |  | 34 | - | 19 |  | .642
Northeast Louisiana ‍‍‍ | 0 | - | 0 |  | – |  |  | 20 | - | 15 |  | .571
Hardin–Simmons ‍‍‍ | 0 | - | 0 |  | – |  |  | 25 | - | 25 |  | .500
Northwestern State ‍‍‍ | 0 | - | 0 |  | – |  |  | 23 | - | 23 |  | .500
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[11]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1980 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings |

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North
BYU x‍‍‍y | 14 | - | 3 |  | .824 |  |  | 41 | - | 18 |  | .695
Wyoming ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 6 |  | .647 |  |  | 23 | - | 20 |  | .535
Utah ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 12 |  | .294 |  |  | 17 | - | 19 |  | .472
Colorado State ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 13 |  | .235 |  |  | 17 | - | 37 |  | .315
South
No. 2 Hawaii x‍‍‡‍y | 19 | - | 5 |  | .792 |  |  | 60 | - | 18 |  | .769
New Mexico ‍‍‍ | 16 | - | 8 |  | .667 |  |  | 43 | - | 20 |  | .683
San Diego State ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 12 |  | .478 |  |  | 40 | - | 26 |  | .606
UTEP ‍‍‍ | 1 | - | 22 |  | .043 |  |  | 22 | - | 39 |  | .361
x - Division champion
‡ - Championship Series champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of 18 November 2016
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

## College World Series

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Main article: 1980 College World Series

The 1980 season marked the thirty 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 Arizona claiming their second championship with a 5–3 win over Hawaii in the final.[1]

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| Upper round 1| | | Upper round 2| | | Upper final| | | Semifinals| | | Preliminary final| | | Final
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| St. John's| 6
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| Arizona| 1| |
| | | St. John's| 2
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| | | Hawaii| 7| |
| Hawaii| 7| | | |
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| Florida State| 6| |
| | | Hawaii| 9
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| | | Miami (FL)| 3|
| Miami (FL)| 13| | | | |
| | | | | Hawaii| 4
| Clemson| 5| | | |
| | | Miami (FL)| 3| Arizona| 611| |
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| | | Michigan| 2| | |
| Michigan| 911| | | | |
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| California| 8| | | | Hawaii| 3
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| | Arizona| 10| | | Arizona| 5
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| Lower round 1| Lower round 2| | | California| 9|
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| | Michigan| 0

| Arizona| 5| | | Arizona| 8
| | | Miami (FL)| 3
| Florida State| 3| | | | |
| | | California| 4| |
| | St. John's| 5| |

| Clemson| 4| | | California| 8
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| California| 6| | |
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## Award winners

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### All-America team

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Main article: 1980 College Baseball All-America Team

## References

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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 October 3, 2014.
2. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
3. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1980". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
4. ^ 2019 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
5. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1980". Boyd's World. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
6. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1980". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
7. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1980". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
8. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1980". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
9. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1980". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
10. ^ "Division I Baseball Records" (PDF). NCAA. pp. 39–40. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
11. ^ Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 3. Retrieved September 21, 2013.

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