1972 NCAA University Division baseball season
Number of teams	211
NCAA tournament
College World Series
Champions	Southern California (8th title)
Runners-up	Arizona State (5th CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Rod Dedeaux (8th title)
MOP	Russ McQueen (Southern California)
Seasons
← 1971 1973 →

The 1972 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1972. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1972 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty sixth time in 1972, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Southern California claimed the championship for the third year in a row, en route to five consecutive titles.^[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1972 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA tournament. 13 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 15 teams earned at-large selections.^[1]^[2]

Conference	Regular season winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue • City	Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Virginia	No tournament
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma	No tournament
Big Ten Conference	Iowa	No tournament
EIBL	Cornell Harvard	No tournament
Mid-American Conference	Bowling Green	No tournament
Pacific-8 Conference	North - Washington State/Oregon South - Southern California	No tournament
Southeastern Conference	Ole Miss	No tournament
Southern Conference	Richmond	No tournament
Southwest Conference	Texas TCU	No tournament
Western Athletic Conference	North - BYU South - Arizona State	1973 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Series	Provo, UT	Arizona State
Yankee Conference	Connecticut	No tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1972 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 7 Iowa ‍†‍‍^y	13	–	3	–	0	.813	25	–	17	–	0	.595
No. 22 Michigan State ‍‍‍	10	–	4	–	0	.714	28	–	10	–	0	.737
Michigan ‍‍‍	9	–	5	–	0	.643	18	–	13	–	1	.578
Minnesota ‍‍‍	9	–	5	–	0	.643	15	–	13	–	0	.536
Northwestern ‍‍‍	10	–	8	–	0	.556	17	–	14	–	0	.548
Wisconsin ‍‍‍	7	–	8	–	0	.467	20	–	22	–	0	.476
Ohio State ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0	.375	11	–	25	–	0	.306
Illinois ‍‍‍	5	–	9	–	0	.357	16	–	21	–	0	.432
Purdue ‍‍‍	3	–	9	–	0	.250	11	–	18	–	0	.379
Indiana ‍‍‍	2	–	13	–	0	.133	11	–	24	–	0	.314

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1972^[3]^[4] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1972 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern Division
No. 25 Washington State ^x‍‍‍	14	–	4	.778	29	–	13	.690
Oregon ‍‍‍	14	–	4	.778		–		–
Washington ‍‍‍	5	–	12	.294	13	–	18	.419
Oregon State ‍‍‍	2	–	15	.118	13	–	24	.351
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California ^x‍‍‍^y	14	–	4	.778	46	–	11	.807
No. 30 California ‍‍‍	9	–	9	.500	33	–	21	.611
No. 12 Stanford ‍‍‍	9	–	9	.500	37	–	17	.685
UCLA ‍‍‍	4	–	14	.222	32	–	33	.492

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1972^[5] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1972 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Eastern Division
No. 28 Vanderbilt ^x‍‍‍^y	13	–	3	–	0	.813	35	–	15	–	1	.696
Tennessee ‍‍‍	7	–	6	–	0	.538	19	–	14	–	0	.576
Auburn ‍‍‍	7	–	6	–	0	.538	18	–	17	–	0	.514
Florida ‍‍‍	7	–	7	–	0	.500	23	–	21	–	0	.523
Kentucky ‍‍‍	4	–	8	–	0	.333	16	–	10	–	1	.611
Georgia ‍‍‍	4	–	12	–	0	.250	12	–	22	–	0	.353
Western Division
No. 8 Ole Miss ^x‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	3	–	0	.833	28	–	16	–	0	.636
Alabama ‍‍‍	7	–	11	–	0	.389	21	–	14	–	1	.597
Mississippi State ‍‍‍	7	–	11	–	0	.389	24	–	16	–	0	.600
LSU ‍‍‍	7	–	11	–	0	.389	21	–	21	–	0	.500

x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1972^[6] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1972 Southwest Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Texas ‍†‍‍^y	12	–	6	.667	50	–	9	.847
No. 27 TCU ‍†‍‍	12	–	6	.667	29	–	13	.690
Rice ‍‍‍	11	–	7	.611	19	–	12	.613
Texas A&M ‍‍‍	10	–	8	.556	27	–	11	.711
SMU ‍‍‍	6	–	12	.333	22	–	30	.423
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	6	–	12	.333	23	–	19	.548
Baylor ‍‍‍	6	–	12	.333	20	–	20	.500

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1972^[7] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1972 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern
BYU ^x‍‍‍	12	–	6	.667	59	–	8	.881
Colorado State ‍‍‍	12	–	6	.667	20	–	20	.500
Wyoming ‍‍‍	8	–	10	.444	18	–	29	.383
Utah ‍‍‍	4	–	14	.222	21	–	28	.429
Southern
No. 2 Arizona State ^x‡y ‍‍‍	18	–	0	1.000	64	–	6	.914
Arizona ‍‍‍	9	–	9	.500	38	–	20	.655
New Mexico ‍‍‍	8	–	10	.444	29	–	14	.674
UTEP ‍‍‍	1	–	17	.056	12	–	39	.235

x – Division champion ‡ – Championship series champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1972^[8] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1972 Yankee Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Connecticut ‍†‍‍^y	12	–	0	1.000	20	–	7	.741
Maine ‍‍‍	8	–	4	.667	20	–	7	.741
UMass ‍‍‍	8	–	4	.667	16	–	5	.762
New Hampshire ‍‍‍	6	–	6	.500		–		–
Rhode Island ‍‍‍	5	–	7	.417	7	–	11	.389
Holy Cross ‍‍‍	3	–	9	.250	5	–	21	.192
Boston University ‍‍‍	0	–	12	.000	2	–	22	.083

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1972 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1972 College World Series

The 1972 season marked the twenty 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 Southern California claiming their eighth championship, and third in a row, with a 1–0 win over Arizona State in the final.^[1]


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final		Semifinals		Final



Ole Miss	6

Southern California	8
		Southern California	5¹¹

		Connecticut	4
Texas	0

Connecticut	3¹⁰
				Southern California	0

				Arizona State	3
Temple	1
						Arizona State	1
Oklahoma	2¹³
		Oklahoma	0			Temple	0

		Arizona State	1
Iowa	1

Arizona State	2

								Arizona State	1	0

		Lower round 1		Lower round 2				Southern California	3	1



				Texas	7

		Ole Miss	8	Oklahoma	1
						Texas	3
		Texas	9
						Southern California	4¹⁰
				Temple	7

		Temple	13	Connecticut	4

		Iowa	9

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1972 College Baseball All-America Team

References

^ ^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 August 17, 2014.
^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
^ 2019 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1972". Boyd's World. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1972". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1972". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1972". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1972". boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 23, 2017.

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