1994 NCAA Division I baseball season

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]

1994 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	276
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Oklahoma (2nd title)
Runners-up	Georgia Tech (12th CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Larry Cochell (1st title)
MOP	Chip Glass (Oklahoma)
Seasons

Realignment

• Florida Atlantic joined the Trans America Athletic Conference after reclassifying from NCAA Division II.

Conference winners

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 Stadium • Greenville, SC	Clemson
Big East Conference	Pittsburgh	1994 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament	Muzzy Field • Bristol, CT	Connecticut
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma State	1994 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament	All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference	Ohio State	1994 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament	C. O. Brown Stadium • Battle 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 Complex • Norfolk, VA	Old Dominion
Ivy League	Gehrig - Penn Rolfe - Yale	1994 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series	Palmer Field • Middletown, CT	Yale
Metro Conference		1994 Metro Conference Baseball Tournament	Parkway Field • Louisville, KY	Virginia Tech
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Northern - Canisius Southern - Iona	1994 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Heritage Park • Colonie, NY	Saint Peter's
Mid-American Conference	Kent State	1994 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament	Gene Michael Field • Kent, 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 Diamond • Brookline, 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 Stadium • Annapolis, MD	Navy
Southeastern Conference	Eastern - Tennessee	1994 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament[lower-alpha 1]	Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY	Tennessee
	Western - LSU		Swayze Field • Oxford, MS	LSU
Southern Conference	Western Carolina	1994 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament	College Park • Charleston, SC	The Citadel
Southwest Conference	TCU	1994 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament	Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	Texas
Trans America Athletic Conference	East - FIU West - Mercer	1994 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Claude Smith Field • Macon, 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

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
1992 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 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[9]; 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  ^x‍‍‡‍^y 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[10]; 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[11]; 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[12]; 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 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[13]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1994 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Eastern No. 10 Tennessee  ^x‍†‍‡‍^y 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  ^x‍‍‡‍^y 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[14]; 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[15]; 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 ^x‍†‍‡‍^y 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[16]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

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

	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

All-America team

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