1994 NCAA Division I baseball season Number of teams 276 Champions Oklahoma (2nd title)Runners-up Georgia Tech (12th CWS Appearance) Winning Coach Larry Cochell (1st title)MOP Chip Glass (Oklahoma )
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]
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
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
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
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 [a]
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
^ 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 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 ‡ – 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 [ ]
Main article: 1994 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 [ ]
Main article: 1994 College Baseball All-America Team
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