The 1992 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 1992. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1992 College World Series . The College World Series, held for the forty sixth time in 1992, 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. Pepperdine claimed the championship for the first time.[1]
Realignment [ ]
Florida State and South Carolina departed the Metro Conference for the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Southeastern Conference , respectively.
Arkansas left the Southwest Conference for the Southeastern Conference .
Georgia Southern and Arkansas–Little Rock moved from the Trans America Athletic Conference (TAAC) to the Southern Conference and the Sun Belt Conference , respectively.
Old Dominion left the Sun Belt Conference and joined the Colonial Athletic Association .
College of Charleston and Southeastern Louisiana joined the TAAC after reclassifying to NCAA Division I . Meanwhile, Georgia State restarted its program in the TAAC after 5 seasons without varsity baseball.
Format changes [ ]
With the addition of two new teams, the SEC split into Eastern and Western divisions.
The Mid-Continent Conference reorganized its divisions, dropping the Blue/Gray alignment for Eastern and Western Divisions.
Conference winners [ ]
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1992 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. 24 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 24 teams earned at-large selections.[1] [2]
Conference
Regular Season Winner
Conference Tournament
Tournament Venue • City
Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference
Clemson
1992 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC
NC State
Big East Conference
St. John's
1992 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament
Muzzy Field • Bristol, CT
Providence
Big Eight Conference
Oklahoma State
All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma State
Big South Conference
Coastal Carolina
1992 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament
Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC
Coastal Carolina
Big Ten Conference
Ohio State
1992 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament
• Columbus, OH
Minnesota
Big West Conference
Long Beach State
No Tournament
Colonial Athletic Association
George Mason
1992 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
• Greenville, NC
George Mason
EIBL
Yale
No Tournament
Metro Conference
VCU
Turchin Stadium • New Orleans, LA
Tulane
Mid-American Conference
Kent State
1992 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament
Gene Michael Field • Kent, OH
Kent State
Midwestern Collegiate Conference
Notre Dame
South Bend, IN
Notre Dame
Mid-Continent Conference
Eastern - Wright State Western - Eastern Illinois
Chicago, IL
Wright State
Pacific-10 Conference
North - Washington South - Arizona
No Tournament
Southeastern Conference
Eastern - Florida Western - LSU
1992 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament
Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA
LSU
Southern Conference
Western Carolina
1992 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament
College Park • Charleston, SC
Western Carolina
Southwest Conference
Texas
No tournament
Trans America Athletic Conference
East - Stetson /FIU West - Southeastern Louisiana
1992 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
Southeastern Louisiana Diamond • Hammond, LA
Southeastern Louisiana
West Coast Conference
Pepperdine
No tournament
Conference standings [ ]
The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:
1992 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
No. 10 Clemson † y
19
–
5
.792
50
–
14
.781
No. 5 Florida State y
16
–
7
.696
49
–
21
.700
No. 29 NC State ‡ y
15
–
9
.625
46
–
18
.719
No. 24 Georgia Tech y
14
–
9
.609
45
–
19
.703
Duke
12
–
12
.500
38
–
16
.704
Wake Forest
11
–
13
.458
36
–
22
.621
North Carolina
8
–
16
.333
31
–
27
.534
Maryland
7
–
15
.318
27
–
28
.491
Virginia
3
–
19
.136
21
–
30
.412
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992[3] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
PCT
W
L
T
PCT
Coastal Carolina † ‡
13
–
5
–
0
.722
33
–
27
–
0
.550
Davidson
10
–
6
–
0
.625
28
–
25
–
0
.528
Winthrop
10
–
7
–
0
.588
29
–
29
–
0
.500
Radford
8
–
8
–
0
.500
28
–
23
–
0
.549
UNC Asheville
8
–
10
–
0
.444
20
–
28
–
0
.417
Campbell
6
–
9
–
0
.400
16
–
38
–
1
.300
Liberty
5
–
11
–
0
.313
20
–
27
–
1
.427
Charleston Southern
3
–
13
–
0
.188
12
–
34
–
0
.261
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992[6] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
No. 19 Ohio State † y
20
–
8
.714
40
–
21
.656
No. 25 Minnesota ‡ y
18
–
10
.643
42
–
21
.667
Michigan State
17
–
11
.607
36
–
19
.655
Illinois
16
–
12
.571
36
–
20
.643
Indiana
14
–
14
.500
35
–
20
.636
Purdue
13
–
15
.464
30
–
25
.545
Iowa
12
–
16
.429
26
–
28
.481
Penn State
11
–
17
.393
24
–
24
.500
Michigan
11
–
17
.393
21
–
32
.396
Northwestern
8
–
20
.286
18
–
38
.321
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992[7] [8] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
PCT
W
L
T
PCT
Kent State † ‡ y
24
–
7
–
0
.774
45
–
13
–
0
.776
Ohio
20
–
12
–
0
.625
33
–
22
–
0
.600
Central Michigan
18
–
12
–
1
.597
31
–
27
–
1
.534
Ball State
14
–
13
–
0
.519
23
–
27
–
0
.460
Miami
16
–
15
–
0
.516
32
–
22
–
0
.593
Western Michigan
14
–
16
–
0
.467
25
–
26
–
0
.490
Eastern Michigan
10
–
15
–
0
.400
22
–
26
–
0
.458
Toledo
7
–
18
–
0
.280
18
–
29
–
0
.383
Bowling Green
7
–
22
–
1
.250
14
–
25
–
1
.363
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992[11] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
No. 3 Miami (FL) y
–
–
55
–
10
.846
Nevada
–
–
43
–
11
.796
No. 26 Cal State Northridge y
–
–
38
–
16
.704
Sacramento State
–
–
32
–
25
.561
Chapman
–
–
29
–
24
.547
Grand Canyon
–
–
25
–
27
.481
UNC Greensboro
–
–
20
–
26
.435
Northeastern Illinois
–
–
16
–
32
.333
Wisconsin–Milwaukee
–
–
14
–
32
.304
Chicago State
–
–
12
–
36
.250
Southern Utah
–
–
4
–
43
.085
Georgia State
–
–
2
–
28
.067
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992[12] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
Eastern
No. 16 Florida x y
16
–
8
.667
44
–
20
.688
No. 28 South Carolina y
13
–
11
.542
42
–
22
.656
Georgia y
12
–
11
.522
35
–
25
.583
Vanderbilt
11
–
12
.478
29
–
24
.547
Tennessee
10
–
14
.417
35
–
20
.636
Kentucky
10
–
14
.417
33
–
23
.589
Western
No. 9 LSU x † ‡ y
18
–
6
.750
50
–
16
.758
No. 21 Mississippi State y
15
–
9
.625
40
–
22
.645
Arkansas
10
–
13
.435
31
–
26
.544
Auburn
10
–
14
.417
30
–
25
.545
Ole Miss
9
–
14
.391
29
–
26
.527
Alabama
8
–
16
.333
34
–
21
.618
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992[13] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
No. 17 Western Carolina †‡y
17
–
4
.810
44
–
21
.677
Georgia Southern
15
–
6
.714
31
–
27
.534
East Tennessee State
11
–
8
.579
31
–
20
.608
The Citadel
10
–
9
.526
35
–
20
.636
Furman
11
–
10
.524
21
–
31
.404
Appalachian State
6
–
14
.300
17
–
34
.333
Marshall
5
–
13
.278
15
–
26
.366
VMI
4
–
15
.211
11
–
39
.220
† – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992[14] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
East
Stetson x y
13
–
5
.722
38
–
21
.644
FIU x
13
–
5
.722
36
–
23
.610
Mercer
8
–
10
.444
29
–
20
.592
College of Charleston
2
–
16
.111
16
–
29
.356
West
Southeastern Louisiana x † ‡ y
12
–
4
.750
38
–
22
.633
Centenary x †
12
–
4
.750
31
–
27
.534
Samford
0
–
16
.000
13
–
43
.232
Georgia State
0
–
0
–
2
–
30
.063
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992[15] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
No. 1 Pepperdine † y
23
–
4
.852
48
–
11
.814
San Diego
14
–
13
.519
28
–
24
.538
Santa Clara
14
–
16
.467
23
–
32
.418
San Francisco
13
–
16
.448
16
–
39
.291
Loyola Marymount
10
–
16
.385
16
–
36
.308
Saint Mary's
9
–
18
.333
15
–
36
.294
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992[16] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
College World Series [ ]
Main article: 1992 College World Series
The 1992 season marked the forty 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 Pepperdine claiming their first championship with a 3–2 win over Cal State Fullerton in the final.[1]
First round
Second round
Semifinals
Finals
1
Miami (FL)
4 13
8
California
3
1
Miami (FL)
4
4
Cal State Fullerton
3
4
Cal State Fullerton
7
5
Florida State
2
1
Miami (FL)
5
1
4
Cal State Fullerton
7
8
8
California
4
5
Florida State
5
5
Florida State
0
4
Cal State Fullerton
6
4
Cal State Fullerton
2
7
Pepperdine
3
2
Wichita State
0
7
Pepperdine
6
7
Pepperdine
7
3
Texas
0
3
Texas
15
6
Oklahoma
3
7
Pepperdine
5
—
3
Texas
4
—
2
Wichita State
4
6
Oklahoma
8
6
Oklahoma
5
3
Texas
8
Award winners [ ]
All-America team [ ]
Main article: 1992 College Baseball All-America Team
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