1988 NCAA Division I baseball season Number of teams 270 Champions Stanford (2nd title)Runners-up Arizona State (15th CWS Appearance) Winning Coach George Wolfman (1st title)MOP Lee Plemel (Stanford )
The 1988 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 1988. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1988 College World Series . The College World Series, held for the forty second time in 1988, 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. Stanford claimed the championship for the second time.[1]
Realignment and format changes [ ]
Armstrong State moved its athletic program back to NCAA Division II . The Big South Conference dissolved its two division format and played as a single conference of seven members.
The Big Ten Conference dissolved its two division format, playing as a single conference of ten members.
Conference winners [ ]
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1988 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. 27 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 21 teams earned at-large selections.[1] [2]
Conference
Regular Season Winner
Conference Tournament
Tournament Venue • City
Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference
Clemson
1988 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC
Georgia Tech
Atlantic 10 Conference
East - Rutgers West Virginia
1988 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament
Bear Stadium • Boyertown, PA
Rutgers
Big East Conference
North - Providence South - Villanova
1988 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament
Muzzy Field • Bristol, CT
St. John's
Big Eight Conference
Oklahoma State
All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma State
Big South Conference
Coastal Carolina
1988 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament
Taylor Field • Buies Creek, NC
Campbell
Big Ten Conference
Michigan
1988 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament
Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
Minnesota
Colonial Athletic Association
James Madison
1988 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
The Diamond • Richmond, VA
George Mason
EIBL
Penn
No Tournament
Mid-American Conference
Central Michigan
No Tournament
Midwestern Collegiate Conference
North - Notre Dame South - Evansville
South Bend, IN
Evansville
Metro Conference
South Carolina
Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
Florida State
Mid-Continent Conference
Blue - Valparaiso Gray - Southwest Missouri State
Chicago, IL
Southwest Missouri State
Pacific-10 Conference
North - Washington State South - Arizona State
No Tournament
Pacific Coast Athletic Association
Fresno State
No Tournament
Southeastern Conference
Florida
1988 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament
Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS
Florida
Southern Conference
North - VMI South - Western Carolina
1988 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament
Asheville, NC
Western Carolina
Southwest Conference
Texas
1988 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament
George Cole Field • Fayetteville, AR
Texas
Trans America Athletic Conference
East - Georgia Southern West - Centenary
1988 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
Centenary Park • Shreveport, LA
Stetson
Conference standings [ ]
The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:
1988 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
No. 21 Clemson † y
18
–
2
.900
54
–
14
.794
No. 27 NC State y
13
–
6
.684
45
–
16
.738
No. 29 Georgia Tech ‡ y
12
–
8
.600
45
–
24
.652
Virginia
11
–
10
.524
32
–
19
.627
North Carolina
10
–
11
.476
34
–
27
.557
Wake Forest
7
–
12
.368
32
–
26
.552
Maryland
5
–
14
.263
20
–
24
.455
Duke
3
–
16
.158
10
–
35
.222
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1988[3] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1988 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
PCT
W
L
T
PCT
East
Rutgers x ‡ y
14
–
2
–
0
.875
38
–
21
–
1
.642
UMass
9
–
7
–
0
.563
36
–
16
–
0
.692
Temple
8
–
8
–
0
.500
27
–
27
–
0
.500
Rhode Island
5
–
11
–
0
.313
10
–
28
–
0
.263
Saint Joseph's
4
–
12
–
0
.250
16
–
23
–
1
.413
West
West Virginia x
12
–
4
–
0
.750
33
–
17
–
1
.657
George Washington
11
–
5
–
0
.688
30
–
26
–
1
.535
Penn State
8
–
8
–
0
.500
24
–
26
–
0
.480
St. Bonaventure
7
–
9
–
0
.438
26
–
21
–
0
.553
Duquesne
2
–
14
–
0
.125
13
–
16
–
0
.448
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1988; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1988 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
Coastal Carolina †
15
–
0
1.000
35
–
12
.745
Baptist
12
–
7
.632
27
–
16
.628
Campbell ‡
10
–
8
.556
32
–
16
.667
Winthrop
8
–
8
.500
22
–
15
.595
Augusta State
8
–
10
.444
16
–
27
.372
Radford
4
–
10
.286
13
–
26
.333
UNC Asheville
1
–
15
.063
9
–
32
.220
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1988[6] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1988 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
No. 19 Michigan † y
20
–
8
.714
48
–
19
.716
Minnesota ‡ y
17
–
11
.607
38
–
28
.576
Michigan State
16
–
12
.571
41
–
20
.672
Ohio State
16
–
12
.571
32
–
28
.533
Wisconsin
15
–
13
.536
28
–
27
.509
Iowa
14
–
14
.500
29
–
25
.537
Illinois
12
–
16
.429
26
–
20
.565
Indiana
11
–
17
.393
39
–
29
.574
Northwestern
11
–
17
.393
28
–
28
.500
Purdue
8
–
20
.286
26
–
34
.433
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1988[7] [8] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1988 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
PCT
W
L
T
PCT
James Madison † y
13
–
1
–
0
.929
43
–
11
–
2
.786
George Mason ‡ y
8
–
6
–
0
.571
34
–
27
–
1
.556
East Carolina
8
–
6
–
0
.571
33
–
14
–
0
.702
William & Mary
5
–
9
–
0
.357
17
–
28
–
0
.378
UNC Wilmington
4
–
10
–
0
.286
11
–
42
–
0
.208
Richmond
4
–
10
–
0
.286
26
–
33
–
0
.441
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1988[9] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1988 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
PCT
W
L
T
PCT
No. 5 Miami (FL) y
0
–
0
–
0
–
52
–
14
–
1
.784
Delaware State
0
–
0
–
0
–
25
–
11
–
0
.694
New Mexico State
0
–
0
–
0
–
38
–
18
–
0
.679
FIU
0
–
0
–
0
–
40
–
19
–
0
.678
UCF
0
–
0
–
0
–
40
–
20
–
0
.667
Florida A&M
0
–
0
–
0
–
26
–
13
–
0
.667
No. 28 Tulane y
0
–
0
–
0
–
32
–
18
–
0
.640
Southwestern Louisiana y
0
–
0
–
0
–
30
–
18
–
0
.625
UMBC
0
–
0
–
0
–
25
–
16
–
0
.610
Nicholls State
0
–
0
–
0
–
28
–
21
–
0
.571
Akron
0
–
0
–
0
–
28
–
31
–
0
.475
United States International
0
–
0
–
0
–
18
–
26
–
0
.409
Northern Colorado
0
–
0
–
0
–
19
–
28
–
0
.404
Chicago State
0
–
0
–
0
–
18
–
29
–
0
.383
Liberty
0
–
0
–
0
–
18
–
32
–
0
.360
Boston University
0
–
0
–
0
–
7
–
17
–
0
.292
Bethune–Cookman
0
–
0
–
0
–
9
–
23
–
0
.281
Maryland Eastern Shore
0
–
0
–
0
–
7
–
24
–
0
.226
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1988[10] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1988 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
Northern
No. 16 Washington State x y
18
–
4
.818
52
–
14
.788
Oregon State
14
–
10
.583
30
–
19
.612
Portland State
12
–
9
.571
33
–
25
.569
Gonzaga
12
–
11
.522
28
–
28
.500
Portland
11
–
13
.458
28
–
27
.509
Washington
8
–
16
.333
17
–
28
.378
Eastern Washington
6
–
18
.250
25
–
34
.424
Southern
No. 2 Arizona State x y
21
–
9
.700
60
–
13
.822
No. 1 Stanford y
18
–
12
.600
46
–
23
.667
No. 8 California y
16
–
14
.533
40
–
25
.615
No. 13 Southern California y
13
–
17
.433
36
–
26
.581
UCLA
12
–
18
.400
31
–
28
.525
Arizona
10
–
20
.333
33
–
26
.559
x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1988[11] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1988 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
No. 6 Florida † ‡ y
21
–
6
.778
48
–
19
.716
No. 14 Kentucky y
18
–
9
.667
38
–
25
.603
No. 23 Mississippi State y
17
–
10
.630
44
–
20
.688
Auburn
16
–
10
.615
39
–
16
.709
LSU
16
–
11
.593
39
–
21
.650
Georgia
11
–
16
.407
29
–
28
.509
Vanderbilt
11
–
16
.407
30
–
23
.566
Alabama
9
–
17
.346
27
–
26
.509
Tennessee
9
–
18
.333
21
–
29
.420
Ole Miss
6
–
21
.222
24
–
29
.453
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1988[13] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1988 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
Northern
VMI x
11
–
7
.611
20
–
20
.500
Appalachian State
9
–
7
.563
29
–
17
.630
Marshall
7
–
9
.438
23
–
17
.575
East Tennessee State
7
–
11
.389
16
–
35
.314
Southern
Western Carolina x ‡ y
14
–
3
.824
38
–
24
.613
The Citadel
12
–
6
.667
33
–
20
.623
Davidson
7
–
11
.389
28
–
26
.519
Furman
2
–
15
.118
8
–
29
.216
x – Division champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1988[14] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1988 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
East
Georgia Southern x †
13
–
4
.765
30
–
27
.526
No. 20 Stetson ‡ y
9
–
8
.529
35
–
25
.583
Mercer
7
–
10
.412
24
–
25
.490
Samford
5
–
12
.294
8
–
49
.140
West
Centenary x
11
–
5
.688
30
–
20
.600
Arkansas–Little Rock
8
–
8
.500
27
–
29
.482
Hardin–Simmons
5
–
11
.313
30
–
30
.500
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1988[15] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
College World Series [ ]
Main article: 1988 College World Series
The 1988 season marked the forty second 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 Stanford claiming their second championship with a 9–4 win over Arizona State in the final.[1]
First round
Second round
Semifinals
Finals
1
Arizona State
4
8
California
2
1
Arizona State
4
4
Wichita State
7
4
Wichita State
5
5
Florida
4
4
Wichita State
3
1
1
Arizona State
4 10
19
8
California
5
5
Florida
6
1
Arizona State
10
5
Florida
1
1
Arizona State
4
7
Stanford
9
7
Stanford
10
2
Fresno State
3
7
Stanford
3
6
Cal State Fullerton
5
6
Cal State Fullerton
9
3
Miami (FL)
3
6
Cal State Fullerton
1
5
7
Stanford
3
9
2
Fresno State
4
3
Miami (FL)
8 12
7
Stanford
2
3
Miami (FL)
1
Award winners [ ]
All-America team [ ]
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