2009 NCAA Division I baseball season Duration February 20–June 24, 2009 Number of teams 302 Preseason No. 1 LSU Duration May 29–June 24, 2009 Most conference bids ACC (7)Duration June 13–June 24, 2009 Champions LSU (6th title)Runners-up Texas (33rd CWS Appearance) Winning Coach Paul Mainieri (1st title)MOP Jared Mitchell (LSU )
The 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began on February 20, 2009. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and 2009 College World Series . The College World Series, which consisted of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament, was held in its annual location of Omaha, Nebraska at Rosenblatt Stadium . It concluded on June 24, 2009, with the final game of the best of three championship series. LSU defeated Texas two games to one to claim their sixth championship.
Realignment [ ]
New programs [ ]
Five new programs joined Division I for the 2009 season. Three programs, Bryant , North Dakota , and SIU Edwardsville , joined from Division II .[1] [2] [3] The two other Division I members, Oregon and Cal State Bakersfield , were new varsity baseball programs.[4] [5]
Dropped programs [ ]
Hawaii-Hilo , which had competed as a Division I independent , dropped to Division II .[6]
Conference changes [ ]
Main article: NCAA Division I conference realignment § 2008-2009
The Big South Conference added two new members. Gardner–Webb , previously of the Atlantic Sun Conference , and Presbyterian , previously a Division I independent , both joined the conference.[7]
Two conferences add a single member. Oregon 's new program joined the Pacific-10 Conference .[4] Samford left the Ohio Valley Conference to join the Southern Conference .[7]
Four schools became Division I independents− Bryant , from the Division II Northeast-10 Conference ; North Dakota , from the Division II North Central Conference ; SIU Edwardsville , from the Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference ; and Cal State Bakersfield , in its first season of varsity intercollegiate baseball.[1] [2] [5]
Preseason rankings [ ]
After a 49–19 season in 2008 , the LSU Tigers were ranked #1 prior to the season. Defending World Series champion Fresno State was ranked #19.
Conference standings [ ]
America East Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Albany
15
9
.625
26
31
1
.457
Binghamton
13
7
.650
30
22
.577
Stony Brook
14
10
.583
29
23
.558
Vermont
14
10
.583
22
33
.400
Maine
13
11
.542
30
21
.588
Hartford
7
15
.318
15
32
.319
UMBC
4
18
.182
9
36
.200
Atlantic 10 Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Dayton
21
6
.778
34
19
.642
Rhode Island
19
6
.760
37
20
1
.647
Xavier
18
9
.667
39
21
.650
Charlotte
16
11
.593
31
22
.585
Massachusetts
16
11
.593
27
26
.509
Fordham
16
11
.593
22
31
.415
Saint Louis
12
13
.480
30
25
.545
George Washington
11
15
.423
11
33
.389
Richmond
11
16
.407
22
25
.468
Temple
11
16
.407
17
33
.340
St. Bonaventure
9
17
.346
24
25
.490
Saint Joseph's
9
17
.346
16
30
1
.351
La Salle
9
18
.333
19
30
.388
Duquesne
7
19
.269
14
41
.255
Atlantic Coast Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Atlantic
Florida State
19
9
.679
45
18
.714
Clemson
19
11
.633
44
22
.667
Boston College
13
15
.464
34
26
.567
Maryland
10
20
.333
27
27
.500
North Carolina State
10
20
.3333
25
31
.446
Wake Forest
6
24
.200
22
30
.423
Coastal
North Carolina
19
10
.655
48
18
.727
Georgia Tech
17
10
1
.625
38
19
1
.664
Miami (FL)
18
12
.600
36
22
.621
Virginia
16
11
1
.589
49
15
1
.762
Duke
15
15
.500
35
24
.593
Virginia Tech
12
17
.414
32
21
.604
Atlantic Sun Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Florida Gulf Coast
23
7
.767
36
18
.667
Kennesaw State
20
9
.690
30
22
.577
Jacksonville
19
11
.633
37
22
.627
Lipscomb
17
13
.567
24
32
.429
Stetson
16
14
.533
27
30
.474
Belmont
15
15
.500
28
29
.491
North Florida
15
15
.500
23
31
.426
Mercer
12
15
.444
23
23
.500
East Tennessee State
10
20
.333
25
28
.472
Campbell
7
19
.269
27
24
.529
South Carolina Upstate
7
23
.233
17
37
.315
Big East Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Louisville
19
7
.731
47
18
.723
South Florida
18
9
.667
34
25
.576
West Virginia
17
10
.630
37
18
.673
St. John's
16
11
.593
30
22
.577
Notre Dame
15
12
.556
35
23
.603
Connecticut
14
13
.519
36
24
.600
Pittsburgh
13
13
.500
28
21
.571
Seton Hall
13
14
.481
25
24
.510
Cincinnati
13
14
.481
29
29
.500
Georgetown
8
18
.308
16
32
.333
Rutgers
8
19
.296
22
31
.415
Villanova
6
20
.231
20
28
.417
Big South Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Coastal Carolina
21
5
.808
47
16
.746
Winthrop
18
9
.667
35
25
.583
Liberty
17
9
.654
33
21
.611
Radford
16
9
.640
26
24
.520
Gardner–Webb
13
14
.481
25
25
.500
High Point
11
12
.478
21
32
.396
VMI
10
15
.400
18
35
.340
Charleston Southern
10
15
.400
16
37
.302
Presbyterian
7
19
.269
13
38
.255
UNC Asheville
5
21
.192
9
42
.176
Big Ten Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Ohio State
18
6
.750
42
18
.700
Minnesota
17
6
.739
40
18
.690
Indiana
16
7
.696
32
27
.542
Illinois
16
8
.667
34
20
.630
Michigan State
13
11
.542
23
31
.426
Purdue
11
12
.478
24
26
.480
Michigan
9
15
.375
30
25
.545
Penn State
8
16
.333
25
26
.490
Northwestern
5
17
.227
12
35
.255
Iowa
4
19
.174
14
35
.286
Big West Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
UC Irvine
22
2
.917
45
15
.750
Cal State Fullerton
17
7
.708
47
16
.746
Cal Poly
14
10
.583
37
21
.638
UC Riverside
12
12
.500
33
20
.623
UC Santa Barbara
11
13
.458
28
23
.549
Long Beach State
11
13
.458
25
29
.463
Pacific
9
15
.375
21
32
.396
Cal State Northridge
7
17
.292
24
32
.429
UC Davis
5
19
.208
13
42
.236
Big 12 Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Texas
17
9
1
.648
50
16
1
.754
Oklahoma
17
10
.630
43
20
.683
Kansas
16
12
.571
37
24
.607
Missouri
16
12
.571
35
27
.565
Kansas State
14
11
1
.558
43
18
1
.702
Texas A&M
14
13
.519
37
24
.607
Texas Tech
12
15
.444
24
32
.429
Baylor
10
16
.385
30
26
.536
Oklahoma State
9
16
.360
33
24
.579
Nebraska
8
19
.296
25
28
1
.472
Colonial Athletic Association
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
George Mason
19
5
.792
42
14
.750
Georgia State
12
9
.571
36
22
.621
Northeastern
13
11
.542
28
24
.538
Old Dominion
13
11
.542
22
27
.449
UNC Wilmington
10
8
.556
31
23
.574
James Madison
12
11
.522
30
24
.556
Delaware
11
10
.524
27
20
.574
Towson
12
12
.500
28
25
.528
William & Mary
9
14
.391
24
25
.490
Virginia Commonwealth
8
16
.333
20
26
.435
Hofstra
6
18
.250
11
32
.256
Conference USA
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
East Carolina
17
7
.708
46
20
.697
Rice
16
8
.667
43
18
.705
Tulane
13
11
.542
34
25
.576
Houston
13
11
.542
27
31
.466
Southern Miss
12
12
.500
40
26
.606
UAB
11
12
.478
31
26
.544
Marshall
9
15
.375
21
32
.396
Central Florida
9
15
.375
22
35
.386
Memphis
7
16
.304
21
32
.396
Horizon League
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Illinois-Chicago
17
6
.739
27
23
.540
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
14
9
.609
26
27
.491
Wright State
14
12
.538
32
30
.516
Valparaiso
12
11
.522
25
24
.510
Cleveland State
12
13
.480
19
31
.380
Youngstown State
10
14
.417
16
35
.314
Butler
6
20
.231
11
39
.220
Ivy League
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Lou Gehrig
Princeton
10
10
.500
18
19
.486
Cornell
10
10
.500
17
23
.425
Columbia
7
13
.350
11
32
.256
Penn
5
15
.250
16
23
.410
Red Rolfe
Dartmouth
16
4
.800
26
18
.591
Brown
15
5
.750
24
19
1
.557
Harvard
10
10
.500
13
28
.317
Yale
7
13
.350
13
24
.351
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Manhattan
18
6
.750
35
18
.660
Canisius
16
8
.667
36
22
.621
Marist
15
9
.625
31
28
.525
Rider
14
10
.583
26
23
.531
Niagara
14
10
.583
20
35
.364
Fairfield
10
14
.417
20
27
.426
Siena
9
15
.375
15
35
.300
Saint Peter's
7
17
.292
17
37
.315
Iona
5
19
.208
6
40
1
.138
Mid-American Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
East
Bowling Green
18
8
.692
27
22
.551
Ohio
18
9
.667
26
24
.520
Kent State
17
9
.654
41
17
.707
Miami (OH)
15
12
.556
30
25
.545
Akron
12
15
.444
18
33
.353
Buffalo
6
20
.231
19
35
.352
West
Ball State
14
10
.583
26
25
.510
Toledo
14
12
.538
23
29
.442
Eastern Michigan
13
14
.481
25
35
.417
Central Michigan
12
15
.444
25
30
.455
Northern Illinois
10
16
.385
19
34
.358
Western Michigan
9
18
.333
14
35
.286
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Bethune-Cookman
16
2
.889
32
28
.533
Delaware State
10
8
.556
16
25
1
.393
Florida A&M
9
8
.529
19
30
.388
Norfolk State
9
9
.500
22
23
.489
North Carolina A&T
9
8
.529
21
34
.382
Maryland-Eastern Shore
9
9
.500
14
42
.250
Coppin State
0
18
.000
0
29
.000
Missouri Valley Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Missouri State
17
5
.773
34
20
.630
Indiana State
15
7
.682
30
21
.588
Wichita State
11
7
.611
30
27
.526
Creighton
14
9
.609
31
25
.554
Southern Illinois
11
9
.550
24
28
.462
Illinois State
11
11
.500
24
23
.511
Northern Iowa
7
15
.318
21
26
.447
Evansville
7
17
.292
23
30
.434
Bradley
4
17
.190
17
31
.354
Mountain West Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Texas Christian
15
5
.750
40
18
.690
New Mexico
15
8
.652
37
20
.649
San Diego State
15
9
.625
41
23
.641
Brigham Young
14
8
.636
30
24
.556
Nevada-Las Vegas
9
15
.375
26
32
.448
Utah
8
16
.333
28
31
.475
Air Force
3
18
.143
12
37
.245
Northeast Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Wagner
16
9
.640
30
21
.588
Sacred Heart
16
10
.615
29
27
1
.518
Central Connecticut
16
11
.593
26
22
.542
Monmouth
15
11
.577
32
25
.561
Mount St. Mary's
15
11
.577
23
25
.479
Quinnipiac
11
17
.393
18
34
.346
Fairleigh Dickinson
11
17
.393
16
34
.320
Long Island
6
20
.231
10
39
.204
Ohio Valley Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Eastern Illinois
13
4
.765
33
14
.702
Murray State
13
8
1
.614
31
21
1
.594
Southeast Missouri State
12
10
.545
25
23
.521
Morehead State
12
10
.545
19
32
.373
Tennessee Tech
10
11
1
.477
30
23
1
.565
Jacksonville State
10
13
.435
31
26
.544
Eastern Kentucky
10
13
.435
24
24
.500
Austin Peay State
7
12
.368
22
30
.423
Tennessee–Martin
9
15
.375
19
30
.388
Pacific-10 Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Arizona State
21
6
.792
51
14
.785
Washington State
19
8
.704
32
25
.561
Oregon State
15
12
.556
37
19
.661
UCLA
15
12
.556
27
29
.482
Arizona
13
14
.481
30
25
.545
Stanford
13
14
.481
30
25
.545
USC
13
14
.481
28
28
.500
Washington
13
14
.481
24
29
.453
California
9
18
.333
24
29
.453
Oregon
4
23
.148
14
42
.250
Patriot League
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Army
13
7
.650
36
21
.632
Bucknell
13
7
.650
21
25
.457
Holy Cross
11
7
.611
22
27
.449
Lafayette
9
11
.450
24
29
.453
Navy
8
12
.400
20
26
1
.436
Lehigh
4
14
.222
11
36
1
.240
Southeastern Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
East
Florida
19
11
.633
42
22
.656
South Carolina
17
13
.567
40
23
.635
Georgia
15
15
.500
38
24
.613
Vanderbilt
12
17
.414
37
27
.578
Kentucky
12
18
.400
28
26
.518
Tennessee
11
19
.367
26
29
.473
West
LSU
20
10
.667
56
17
.767
Ole Miss
20
10
.667
44
20
.688
Alabama
18
11
.621
37
21
.638
Arkansas
14
15
.483
41
24
.631
Auburn
11
19
.367
31
25
.554
Mississippi State
9
20
.310
25
29
.463
Southern Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Elon
23
4
.852
41
18
.695
Georgia Southern
20
8
.714
42
17
.712
The Citadel
20
10
.667
37
22
.627
Western Carolina
19
10
.655
35
22
.614
College of Charleston
17
13
.567
35
22
.614
Appalachian State
15
13
.536
33
21
.611
Davidson
11
16
.407
18
31
.367
Furman
10
20
.333
24
31
.436
Samford
9
21
.300
17
35
.327
UNC Greensboro
7
21
.250
20
29
.408
Wofford
7
22
.241
17
32
.347
Southland Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
East
Southeastern Louisiana
21
12
.636
37
22
.627
Lamar
20
13
.606
38
22
.633
Northwestern State
18
13
.581
26
26
.500
Central Arkansas
10
21
.323
22
30
.423
McNeese State
10
22
.312
21
30
.412
Nicholls State
8
23
.258
17
31
.354
West
Texas State
24
7
.774
41
17
.707
Texas-San Antonio
20
12
.625
32
24
.571
Texas-Arlington
19
13
.594
28
26
.519
Sam Houston State
18
14
.562
36
24
.600
Stephen F. Austin
14
18
.438
23
32
.418
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
9
23
.281
17
38
.309
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
East
Mississippi Valley State
15
5
.750
17
25
.405
Jackson State
16
10
.615
26
21
.553
Alcorn State
11
9
.550
15
18
.455
Alabama A&M
10
12
.455
10
27
.270
Alabama State
3
18
.143
3
25
.107
West
Southern
18
8
.692
30
17
.638
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
13
11
.542
17
24
.415
Grambling State
10
13
.435
16
36
.308
Texas Southern
10
14
.417
16
30
.348
Prairie View A&M
9
15
.375
13
25
.342
Summit League
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Oral Roberts
16
2
.889
33
15
.688
Southern Utah
15
7
.682
27
24
.529
South Dakota State
17
10
.630
26
30
.464
Centenary
16
10
.615
30
19
.612
North Dakota State
10
14
.417
15
27
.357
Oakland
10
18
.357
19
34
.358
Western Illinois
8
16
.333
10
32
.238
IPFW
6
21
.222
13
38
.225
Western Athletic Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
San Jose State
15
7
.682
40
20
.667
Louisiana Tech
13
11
.542
27
22
.551
New Mexico State
12
12
.500
40
17
.702
Fresno State
12
12
.500
32
30
.516
Hawaii
11
12
.478
32
26
.552
Nevada
10
13
.435
25
31
.446
Sacramento State
8
14
.364
23
27
.460
West Coast Conference
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
Pct
W
L
T
Pct
Gonzaga
14
7
.667
36
18
.667
Loyola Marymount
13
8
.619
30
29
.508
Pepperdine
12
9
.571
31
23
.574
San Francisco
12
9
.571
28
28
.500
San Diego
11
10
.524
29
25
.537
Saint Mary's
9
12
.429
28
27
.509
Portland
7
14
.333
23
26
.469
Santa Clara
6
15
.286
19
34
.358
Division I Independents
Team
W
L
T
Pct
Dallas Baptist
38
17
.691
Bryant
30
22
.577
Longwood
26
22
.542
Le Moyne
24
23
.511
NYIT
19
29
1
.398
Savannah State
13
21
.382
Utah Valley
18
35
.340
Northern Colorado
14
35
.286
SIU Edwardsville
14
37
.275
Cal State Bakersfield
13
37
.260
Houston Baptist
12
36
.250
North Dakota
8
26
.235
Texas-Pan American
12
41
.226
North Carolina Central
5
34
.128
NJIT
4
33
.108
Chicago State
2
36
.053
Key [ ]
Team won the conference tournament and the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament
Conference does not have conference tournament, so team won the autobid for finishing in first
Team received at-large bid to NCAA Tournament
College World Series [ ]
Main article: 2009 College World Series
The 2009 season marked the sixty third 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 LSU claiming their sixth championship with a two games to one series win over Texas in the final.
Bracket [ ]
Award winners [ ]
All-American teams [ ]
Major player of the year awards [ ]
Dick Howser Trophy : Stephen Strasburg , San Diego State [8]
Baseball America : Stephen Strasburg , San Diego State [8]
Collegiate Baseball : Stephen Strasburg , San Diego State [8]
American Baseball Coaches Association : Mike Leake , Arizona State [8]
Golden Spikes Award Stephen Strasburg , San Diego State [8]
Major coach of the year awards [ ]
American Baseball Coaches Association : Paul Mainieri , LSU [8]
Baseball America : Paul Mainieri , LSU [8]
Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year : Paul Mainieri , LSU [8]
Other major awards [ ]
Johnny Bench Award (Catcher of the Year): J. T. Wise , Oklahoma [8]
Baseball America Freshman Of The Year: Anthony Rendon , Rice [8]
References [ ]