2014 NCAA Division I baseball season

2014 NCAA Division I baseball season
Duration	February 14, 2014 – June 25, 2014
Number of teams	302
Preseason No. 1	Cal State Fullerton (CB, Coaches, NCBWA) Virginia (BA)
Tournament
Duration	May 30 – June 25, 2014
Most conference bids	SEC (10)
College World Series
Champions	Vanderbilt (1st title)
Runners-up	Virginia (3rd CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Tim Corbin (1st title)
MOP	Dansby Swanson (Vanderbilt)
Seasons
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The 2014 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 14, 2014. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and 2014 College World Series. The College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, ended on June 25, 2014 with the final game of the best-of-three championship series between Vanderbilt and Virginia, won by Vanderbilt.

Realignment[]

There were many significant conference changes that took effect prior to the season.

• Notre Dame and Pittsburgh departed the original Big East for the ACC, joining the Atlantic and Coastal Divisions respectively, and making that a 14-team conference for baseball (the other 2013 arrival in the ACC, Syracuse, does not sponsor baseball).
• The Big East split into two leagues:

• The legal successor, composed of Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Rutgers, and South Florida, along with Conference USA departures Houston, Memphis, Temple, and UCF, formed the American.
• Georgetown, Seton Hall, St. John's, and Villanova joined with Butler and Xavier from the Atlantic 10 and Creighton of the MVC to reform the Big East.

• The Great West Conference ceased operations after all but two baseball members secured a place in other conferences. Full member NJIT and baseball affiliate NYIT became Division I Independents.
• George Mason moved from the CAA to the Atlantic 10.
• College of Charleston moved from the Southern Conference to the CAA.
• Conference USA replaced its departing members with Florida Atlantic, FIU, Middle Tennessee, and North Texas of the Sun Belt, Louisiana Tech and UTSA of the WAC, Old Dominion from the CAA and Charlotte from the Atlantic 10.
• Oakland moved from The Summit League to the Horizon League.
• The MAAC added Quinnipiac and Monmouth, both formerly of the NEC.
• San Jose State moved from the WAC to the Mountain West.
• Dallas Baptist shifted its baseball-only membership in the WAC to the MVC.
• New Orleans joined the Southland after previously playing as an Independent. Houston Baptist departed the Great West to join the Southland.
• The Sun Belt added former WAC members Texas State and Texas–Arlington, plus Georgia State from the CAA.
• Former Great West full members Utah Valley, Chicago State, Texas–Pan American, as well as associate members North Dakota and Northern Colorado, joined the WAC.
• Pacific rejoined the West Coast Conference, a league in which it was a charter member. The Tigers departed the Big West Conference, now a nine-team league.

This was also the final season for several teams in their then-current leagues:

• Maryland would leave the ACC for the Big Ten.
• Louisville and Rutgers would spend only the 2014 season in The American; they respectively left for the ACC and Big Ten.
• A third team from The American, Temple, announced that it would drop the sport after the season.
• East Carolina and Tulane would leave C-USA for The American.
• Western Kentucky would leave the Sun Belt for C-USA
• Appalachian State, Davidson, Georgia Southern, and Elon would all leave the Southern Conference (SoCon). Appalachian State and Georgia Southern joined the Sun Belt, Davidson the Atlantic 10, and Elon the CAA.
• East Tennessee State and Mercer would leave the Atlantic Sun for the SoCon. ETSU returned to the SoCon after a nine-year absence.
• VMI would leave the Big South and return to the SoCon after an 11-year absence.
• Oral Roberts would return to The Summit League after two seasons in the Southland.

Reclassifications from Division II[]

• UMass Lowell joined the America East.
• Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word joined the Southland.
• Grand Canyon joined the WAC.

Eligibility investigations[]

The Philadelphia Phillies selected college juniors Ben Wetzler of Oregon State University in the fifth round and of the University of Washington in the sixth round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft. Both entered into negotiations with the Phillies with the help of a financial adviser, which is against National Collegiate Athletic Association rules, but is "something that reportedly happens all the time". Both also chose to return to college for their senior year. The Phillies reported Wetzler and Monda to the NCAA, which cleared Monda and suspended Wetzler for the first 11 games, which is 20%, of the college season.^[1][2]

Season outlook[]

Collegiate Baseball News [3] Ranking Team 1 Cal State Fullerton 2 Mississippi State 3 LSU 4 Oregon State 5 Florida State 6 Oregon 7 Indiana 8 Louisville 9 Vanderbilt 10 NC State 11 North Carolina 12 Virginia 13 Miami (FL) 14 South Carolina 15 UCLA 16 Florida 17 Rice 18 Oklahoma State 19 TCU 20 Texas 21 Clemson 22 Arizona State 23 Louisiana–Lafayette 24 Arizona 25 Texas A&M

Baseball America[4] Ranking Team 1 Virginia 2 Oregon State 3 Indiana 4 Cal State Fullerton 5 NC State 6 Florida State 7 South Carolina 8 Mississippi State 9 LSU 10 Vanderbilt 11 Oregon 12 UCLA 13 Clemson 14 Louisiana–Lafayette 15 Rice 16 Miami (FL) 17 North Carolina 18 Texas 19 TCU 20 Louisville 21 Alabama 22 Kansas State 23 Florida 24 Texas A&M 25 Arkansas

Coaches[5] Ranking Team 1 Cal State Fullerton 18 2 LSU 6 3 Oregon State 4 Mississippi State 4 5 Florida State 6 Virginia 7 Oregon 8 Vanderbilt 9 NC State 10 UCLA 11 Indiana 12 North Carolina 13 Louisville 14 South Carolina 15 Rice 16 Clemson 17 Miami (FL) 18 Oklahoma State 19 Arizona State 20 Florida 21 Kansas State 22 Texas 23 TCU 24 Louisiana–Lafayette 25 Stanford

NCBWA[6] Ranking Team 1 Cal State Fullerton 2 Virginia 3 Oregon State 4 Mississippi State 5 Florida State 6 LSU 7 Indiana 8 NC State 9 UCLA 10 Vanderbilt 11 Oregon 12 South Carolina 13 North Carolina 14 Louisville 15 Rice 16 Clemson 17 Miami (FL) 18 Kansas State 19 Oklahoma State 20 Arizona State 21 Florida 22 TCU 23 Texas A&M 24 Louisiana–Lafayette 25 Texas

Conference standings[]

2014 America East Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Stony Brook  ‍†‍‍ 18 – 5   .783 35 – 18   .660 Hartford  ‍‍‍ 16 – 7   .696 31 – 23   .574 UMass Lowell  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10   .500 20 – 22   .476 Binghamton  ‍‍��‍y 11 – 12   .478 25 – 26   .490 Maine  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11   .476 24 – 29   .453 UMBC  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 17 – 29   .370 Albany  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 12 – 33   .267 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 6, 2014[7]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 American Athletic Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 12 Louisville  ‍†‍‍y 19 – 5   .792 48 – 15   .762 UCF  ‍‍‍ 17 – 7   .708 36 – 23   .610 No. 16 Houston  ‍‍‡‍y 14 – 9   .609 48 – 16   .750 Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 14 – 9   .609 30 – 25   .545 South Florida  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 27 – 31   .466 Temple  ‍‍‍ 9 – 14   .391 15 – 32   .319 Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 9 – 14   .391 27 – 31   .466 Memphis  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 30 – 29   .508 Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 22 – 31   .415 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 6, 2014[8]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Saint Louis  ‍†‍‍ 18 – 7 – 1   .712 34 – 21 – 1   .616 Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍ 18 – 8 – 0   .692 35 – 16 – 0   .686 George Mason  ‍‍‡‍y 16 – 9 – 0   .640 34 – 22 – 0   .607 VCU  ‍‍‍ 15 – 10 – 0   .600 37 – 20 – 0   .649 Richmond  ‍‍‍ 13 – 12 – 0   .520 24 – 28 – 1   .462 Dayton  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13 – 0   .519 24 – 30 – 0   .444 Fordham  ‍‍‍ 13 – 14 – 0   .481 24 – 30 – 0   .444 George Washington  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15 – 0   .444 20 – 30 – 0   .400 UMass  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15 – 0   .444 15 – 31 – 0   .326 La Salle  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15 – 1   .380 14 – 34 – 1   .296 Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ 7 – 18 – 0   .280 13 – 40 – 0   .245 St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍ 6 – 17 – 0   .261 12 – 30 – 0   .286 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 7, 2014[9]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2014 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Atlantic No. 21 Florida State x‍‍‍y 21 – 9 – 0   .700 43 – 17 – 0   .717 No. 16 Maryland  ‍‍‍y 15 – 14 – 0   .517 40 – 23 – 0   .635 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 15 – 14 – 0   .517 36 – 25 – 0   .590 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15 – 0   .500 30 – 26 – 0   .536 NC State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17 – 0   .433 32 – 23 – 0   .582 Boston College  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20 – 0   .333 22 – 33 – 0   .400 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21 – 0   .300 22 – 31 – 0   .415 Coastal No. 22 Miami (FL) x‍‍‍y 24 – 6 – 0   .800 44 – 19 – 0   .698 No. 2 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 22 – 8 – 0   .733 47 – 14 – 0   .770 Duke  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14 – 0   .533 33 – 25 – 0   .569 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 15 – 15 – 0   .500 35 – 27 – 0   .565 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‡‍y 14 – 16 – 0   .467 37 – 27 – 0   .578 Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19 – 0   .367 22 – 30 – 0   .423 Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21 – 0   .300 21 – 31 – 1   .406 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of January 16, 2015[10]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Florida Gulf Coast  ‍†‍‍ 19 – 8   .704 39 – 22   .639 Mercer  ‍‍‍ 18 – 9   .667 38 – 17   .691 No. 13 Kennesaw State  ‍‍‡‍y 17 – 9   .654 40 – 24   .625 Lipscomb  ‍‍‍ 17 – 10   .630 33 – 28   .541 East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 13   .500 27 – 30   .474 Jacksonville  ‍‍‍ 13 – 13   .500 21 – 33   .389 Stetson  ‍‍‍ 13 – 14   .481 26 – 34   .433 North Florida  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16   .407 22 – 31   .415 USC Upstate  ‍‍‍ 6 – 20   .231 17 – 38   .309 Northern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 6 – 21   .222 14 – 37   .275 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 8, 2014[11]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Big 12 Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 10 Oklahoma State ‍†‍‍y 18 – 6   .750 48 – 18   .727 No. 5 TCU ‍‍‡‍y 17 – 7   .708 48 – 18   .727 Kansas ‍‍‍y 15 – 9   .625 35 – 26   .574 No. 8 Texas Tech ‍‍‍y 14 – 10   .583 45 – 21   .682 No. 3 Texas ‍‍‍y 13 – 11   .542 46 – 21   .687 West Virginia ‍‍‍ 9 – 14   .391 28 – 26   .519 Baylor ‍‍‍ 8 – 15   .348 26 – 31   .456 Oklahoma ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 29 – 29   .500 Kansas State ‍‍‍ 5 – 19   .208 25 – 30   .455 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [12]
2014 Big East Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 30 Creighton  ‍†‍‍ 14 – 4 – 0   .778 32 – 17 – 1   .650 St. John's  ‍‍‍ 13 – 5 – 0   .722 35 – 20 – 0   .636 Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 11 – 7 – 0   .611 38 – 15 – 0   .717 Xavier  ‍‍‡‍y 8 – 10 – 0   .444 30 – 29 – 0   .508 Butler  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11 – 0   .389 20 – 30 – 0   .400 Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13 – 0   .278 19 – 29 – 0   .396 Villanova  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13 – 0   .278 16 – 34 – 0   .320 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 2, 2014[13]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Big South Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT North Liberty x‍‍‍y 23 – 3 – 0   .885 41 – 18 – 0   .695 Campbell ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 8 – 0   .692 41 – 21 – 0   .661 High Point ‍‍‍ 18 – 8 – 0   .692 33 – 22 – 0   .600 Radford ‍‍‍ 17 – 10 – 0   .630 33 – 23 – 0   .589 VMI ‍‍‍ 11 – 16 – 0   .407 25 – 23 – 0   .521 Longwood ‍‍‍ 9 – 18 – 0   .333 22 – 33 – 0   .400 South Winthrop x‍‍‍ 14 – 13 – 0   .519 27 – 33 – 0   .450 Coastal Carolina ‍‍‍ 13 – 13 – 0   .500 24 – 33 – 0   .421 Charleston Southern ‍‍‍ 12 – 14 – 0   .462 30 – 26 – 0   .536 Gardner–Webb ‍‍‍ 11 – 15 – 0   .423 24 – 31 – 0   .436 Presbyterian ‍‍‍ 9 – 18 – 0   .333 19 – 34 – 1   .361 UNC Asheville ‍‍‍ 4 – 22 – 0   .154 13 – 40 – 0   .245 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 1, 2014[14]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Big Ten Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 8 Indiana  ‍†‍‡‍y 21 – 3 – 0   .875 42 – 13 – 0   .764 No. 26 Nebraska  ‍‍‍y 18 – 6 – 0   .750 40 – 19 – 0   .678 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 17 – 7 – 0   .708 32 – 21 – 0   .604 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11 – 0   .542 27 – 24 – 0   .529 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11 – 0   .542 30 – 29 – 1   .508 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458 31 – 26 – 0   .544 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14 – 0   .417 30 – 23 – 0   .566 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14 – 0   .417 30 – 28 – 0   .517 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 7 – 16 – 0   .304 19 – 33 – 0   .365 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18 – 0   .250 13 – 37 – 0   .260 Penn State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 18 – 0   .217 18 – 32 – 0   .360 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 25, 2014[15]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2014 Big West Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 19 Cal Poly  ‍†‍‍y 19 – 5 – 0   .792 47 – 12 – 0   .797 Long Beach State  ‍‍‍y 17 – 7 – 0   .708 34 – 26 – 0   .567 No. 8 UC Irvine  ‍‍‍y 15 – 9 – 0   .625 40 – 23 – 0   .635 #29 Cal State Fullerton y ‍‍‍ 14 – 10 – 0   .583 24 – 24 – 0   .500 UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12 – 0   .500 34 – 17 – 1   .663 UC Riverside  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12 – 0   .500 26 – 28 – 0   .481 UC Davis  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17 – 0   .292 23 – 31 – 0   .426 Hawaii  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18 – 0   .250 22 – 31 – 0   .415 Cal State Northridge  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18 – 0   .250 18 – 38 – 0   .321 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 9, 2014[16]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Conference USA baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 17 Rice ‍†‍‡‍y 23 – 7 – 0   .767 41 – 18 – 0   .695 UAB  ‍‍‍ 20 – 10 – 0   .667 35 – 21 – 0   .625 Southern Miss  ‍‍‍ 19 – 11 – 0   .633 35 – 25 – 0   .583 Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13 – 0   .567 31 – 27 – 0   .534 Old Dominion  ‍‍‍y 17 – 13 – 0   .567 36 – 24 – 0   .600 East Carolina  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14 – 0   .533 33 – 26 – 0   .559 UTSA  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14 – 0   .533 35 – 26 – 0   .574 FIU  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14 – 0   .533 36 – 20 – 0   .643 Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 28 – 25 – 0   .528 Tulane  ‍‍‍ 10 – 18 – 0   .357 23 – 29 – 0   .442 Marshall  ‍‍‍ 10 – 19 – 0   .345 20 – 31 – 0   .392 Charlotte  ‍‍‍ 10 – 19 – 0   .345 19 – 31 – 1   .382 Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍ 5 – 25 – 0   .167 15 – 35 – 0   .300 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 26, 2014[17]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Horizon League baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Wright State  ‍†‍‍ 25 – 4   .862 34 – 19   .642 UIC  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567 25 – 28   .472 Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 25 – 28   .472 Milwaukee  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 21 – 28   .429 Oakland  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 12 – 33   .267 Youngstown State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 17   .261 15 – 36   .294 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 24, 2014[18]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2014 Mid-American Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT East Division Miami (OH)  x‍‍‍ 18 – 9 – 0   .667 29 – 25 – 0   .537 Kent State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11 – 0   .593 32 – 21 – 0   .604 Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12 – 0   .556 25 – 25 – 0   .500 Buffalo  ‍‍‍ 13 – 13 – 0   .500 24 – 24 – 0   .500 Akron  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15 – 0   .444 25 – 28 – 0   .472 Ohio  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20 – 0   .259 11 – 40 – 0   .216 West Division Ball State  x‍‍‍ 22 – 4 – 0   .846 38 – 16 – 0   .704 Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 19 – 8 – 0   .704 35 – 21 – 0   .625 Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16 – 0   .407 22 – 29 – 0   .431 Toledo  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16 – 0   .407 21 – 32 – 0   .396 Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16 – 0   .407 17 – 35 – 1   .330 Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 6 – 21 – 0   .222 19 – 34 – 0   .358 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 18, 2014[19]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Northern Delaware State x‍‍‍ 17 – 7 – 0   .708 30 – 17 – 0   .638 Norfolk State ‍‍‍ 14 – 10 – 0   .583 20 – 25 – 0   .444 Coppin State ‍‍‍ 9 – 15 – 0   .375 12 – 33 – 0   .267 Maryland Eastern Shore ‍‍‍ 8 – 16 – 0   .333 13 – 35 – 0   .271 Southern Florida A&M x‍‍‍ 14 – 10 – 0   .583 25 – 25 – 0   .500 Bethune–Cookman x‍‍‍ 14 – 10 – 0   .583 24 – 31 – 0   .436 North Carolina Central ‍‍‍ 12 – 12 – 0   .500 19 – 32 – 1   .375 Savannah State ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458 21 – 30 – 0   .412 North Carolina A&T ‍‍‍ 9 – 15 – 0   .375 17 – 32 – 0   .347 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 16, 2014[20]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Mountain West Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT UNLV  ‍†‍‍y 20 – 10 – 0   .667 36 – 25 – 0   .590 New Mexico  ‍†‍‍ 20 – 10 – 0   .667 37 – 20 – 1   .647 San Diego State  ‍‍‡‍y 17 – 13 – 0   .567 42 – 21 – 0   .667 Nevada  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15 – 0   .500 31 – 27 – 0   .534 Fresno State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17 – 0   .433 28 – 29 – 0   .491 Air Force  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20 – 0   .333 20 – 34 – 0   .370 San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20 – 0   .333 19 – 38 – 0   .333 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship As of June 1, 2014[21]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2014 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 2 Oregon State  ‍†‍‍y 23 – 7 – 0   .767 42 – 12 – 0   .778 No. 13 Washington  ‍‍‍y 21 – 9 – 0   .700 39 – 15 – 1   .718 No. 18 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 19 – 11 – 0   .633 33 – 22 – 0   .600 No. 20 Oregon  ‍‍‍y 18 – 12 – 0   .600 42 – 18 – 0   .700 Stanford  ‍‍‍y 16 – 14 – 0   .533 29 – 23 – 0   .558 Southern California  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14 – 0   .533 29 – 24 – 0   .547 Washington State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 24 – 29 – 0   .453 California  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17 – 0   .433 26 – 27 – 0   .491 UCLA  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400 25 – 30 – 1   .455 Arizona  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21 – 0   .300 22 – 33 – 0   .400 Utah  ‍‍‍ 4 – 26 – 0   .133 16 – 36 – 0   .308 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 26, 2014[22]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Southeastern Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Eastern No. 24 Florida x‍†‍‍y 21 – 9 – 0   .700 40 – 23 – 0   .635 No. 25 South Carolina ‍‍‍y 18 – 12 – 0   .600 44 – 18 – 0   .710 No. 1 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍y 17 – 13 – 0   .567 51 – 21 – 0   .708 Kentucky ‍‍‍y 14 – 16 – 0   .467 37 – 25 – 0   .597 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400 31 – 23 – 0   .574 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11 – 18 – 1   .383 26 – 29 – 1   .473 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 6 – 24 – 0   .200 20 – 33 – 0   .377 Western No. 4 Ole Miss x‍‍‍y 19 – 11 – 0   .633 48 – 21 – 0   .696 No. 21 LSU ‍‍‡‍y 17 – 11 – 1   .603 46 – 16 – 1   .738 No. 28 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 18 – 12 – 0   .600 39 – 24 – 0   .619 No. 30 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 16 – 14 – 0   .533 40 – 25 – 0   .615 Alabama ‍‍‍y 15 – 14 – 0   .517 37 – 24 – 0   .607 Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 14 – 16 – 0   .467 36 – 26 – 0   .581 Auburn ‍‍‍ 10 – 20 – 0   .333 28 – 28 – 0   .500 x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Southern Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Western Carolina  ‍†‍‍ 20 – 6   .769 37 – 18   .673 Davidson  ‍‍‍ 17 – 8   .680 29 – 19   .604 Georgia Southern  ‍‍‡‍y 15 – 12   .556 40 – 23   .635 Samford  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 35 – 25   .583 Wofford  ‍‍‍ 12 – 14   .462 32 – 28   .533 Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 14   .462 21 – 34   .382 Elon  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15   .444 27 – 26   .509 Furman  ‍‍‍ 11 – 15   .423 26 – 32   .448 UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 21 – 28   .429 The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 8 – 18   .308 24 – 34   .414 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2014[23]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2014 Southland Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Sam Houston State  ‍†‍‍y 22 – 8   .733 41 – 17   .707 Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 21 – 9   .700 32 – 26   .552 Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 19 – 11   .633 33 – 26   .559 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 19 – 11   .633 31 – 27   .534 Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 12   .600 37 – 23   .617 Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567 32 – 22   .593 McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567 30 – 28   .517 Lamar  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14   .533 31 – 25   .554 Oral Roberts  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 30 – 26   .536 Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 23 – 28   .451 Incarnate Word*  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 18 – 32   .360 Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19   .367 20 – 35   .364 Abilene Christian*  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 17 – 35   .327 New Orleans  ‍‍‍ 2 – 28   .067 11 – 38   .224 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 24, 2014[24]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball *Ineligible for postseason play due to Division I transition	2014 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT East Alabama State  x‍‍‍ 21 – 3   .875 37 – 20   .649 Alabama A&M  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9   .571 21 – 32   .396 Alcorn State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 12   .455 11 – 42   .208 Jackson State  ‍‍‡‍y 9 – 15   .375 31 – 23   .574 Mississippi Valley State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 18   .182 4 – 38   .095 West Arkansas–Pine Bluff  x‍‍‍ 16 – 7   .696 22 – 28   .440 Texas Southern  ‍‍‍ 13 – 9   .591 23 – 29   .442 Prairie View A&M  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478 21 – 30   .412 Grambling State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 16 – 32   .333 Southern  ‍‍‍ 6 – 16   .273 10 – 26   .278 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 24, 2014[25]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 9 Louisiana–Lafayette  ‍†‍‡‍y 26 – 4   .867 58 – 10   .853 Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 19 – 11   .633 32 – 26   .552 Arkansas State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12   .600 32 – 26   .552 Texas State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14   .533 30 – 28   .517 WKU  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 29 – 28   .509 Troy  ‍‍‍ 11 – 18   .379 25 – 32   .439 South Alabama  ‍‍‍ 11 – 18   .379 22 – 33   .400 Arkansas–Little Rock  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19   .367 25 – 29   .463 Georgia State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19   .367 25 – 31   .446 Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19   .367 23 – 36   .390 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2014[26]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2014 West Coast Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 11 Pepperdine  ‍†‍‡‍y 18 – 9   .667 42 – 16   .724 Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 17 – 10   .630 32 – 24   .571 Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 17 – 10   .630 26 – 29   .473 Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11   .593 26 – 30   .464 San Diego  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11   .593 34 – 20   .630 Pacific  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 26 – 27   .491 BYU  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15   .444 22 – 31   .415 San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16   .407 25 – 29   .463 Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19   .296 16 – 39   .291 Portland  ‍‍‍ 5 – 22   .185 11 – 41   .212 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship As of June 7, 2014[27]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2014 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings v t Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Sacramento State  ‍†‍‡‍y 21 – 6   .778 40 – 24   .625 Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍ 19 – 8   .704 30 – 23   .566 Texas–Pan American  ‍‍‍ 17 – 10   .630 27 – 30   .474 Utah Valley  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11   .593 28 – 30   .483 Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 26 – 33   .441 Seattle  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 26 – 27   .491 New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 23 – 31   .426 North Dakota  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 10 – 29   .256 Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 19   .208 17 – 37   .315 Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍ 4 – 23   .148 10 – 43   .189 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 24, 2014[28]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Conference winners and tournaments[]

Twenty-nine athletic conferences each end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament or a double-elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Coach of the Year	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue (City)	Tournament Winner
America East Conference	Stony Brook	Kevin Krause, Stony Brook[29]	Matt Senk, Stony Brook[29]	2014 America East Conference Baseball Tournament	Edward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MA	Binghamton
American Athletic Conference	Louisville	Jeff Gardner, Louisville[30]	Terry Rooney, UCF[30]	2014 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL	Houston
Atlantic 10 Conference	Saint Louis	Collin Forgey, Saint Joseph's[31]	Fritz Hamburg, Saint Joseph's[31]	2014 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament	Billiken Sports Center • St. Louis, MO	George Mason
Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic - Florida State Coastal - Miami (FL)	D. J. Stewart, Florida State[32]	Brian O'Connor, Virginia[32]	2014 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	NewBridge Bank Park • Greensboro, NC	Georgia Tech
Atlantic Sun Conference	Florida Gulf Coast	Max Pentecost, Kennesaw State[33]	Dave Tollett, Florida Gulf Coast[33]	2014 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament	Swanson Stadium • Fort Myers, FL	Kennesaw State
Big 12 Conference	Oklahoma State	Zach Fish, Oklahoma State[34]	Josh Holliday, Oklahoma State[34]	2014 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament	Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK	TCU
Big East Conference	Creighton	Reagan Fowler, Creighton and D. J. Ruhlman, Seton Hall[35]	Ed Servais, Creighton[35]	2014 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament	MCU Park • Brooklyn, NY	Xavier
Big South Conference	North - Liberty South - Winthrop	Ryan Seiz, Liberty[36]	Jim Toman, Liberty[36]	2014 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament	Winthrop Ballpark • Rock Hill, SC	Campbell
Big Ten Conference	Indiana	Sam Travis, Indiana[37]	Tracy Smith, Indiana[37]	2014 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE	Indiana
Big West Conference	Cal Poly			No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Colonial Athletic Association	William & Mary	Michael Katz, William & Mary	Brian Murphy, William & Mary	2014 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament	Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC	College of Charleston
Conference USA	Rice	Aramis Garcia, Florida International[38]	Brian Shoop, UAB[38]	2014 Conference USA Baseball Tournament	Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS	Rice
Horizon League	Wright State			2014 Horizon League Baseball Tournament	Kapco Park • Milwaukee, WI	Youngstown State
Ivy League	Gehrig - Penn/Columbia Rolfe - Yale/Dartmouth	Alec Keller, Princeton[39]	N/A	2014 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series	Campus Sites	Columbia
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Canisius			2014 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	FirstEnergy Park • Lakewood, NJ	Siena
Mid-American Conference	East - Miami (OH) West - Ball State			2014 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament	All Pro Freight Stadium • Avon, OH	Kent State
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	Northern - Delaware State Southern - Bethune-Cookman/Florida A&M			2014 Mid–Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Marty L. Miller Field • Norfolk, VA	Bethune-Cookman
Missouri Valley Conference	Evansville			2014 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament	Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	Dallas Baptist
Mountain West Conference	UNLV/New Mexico			2014 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament	Earl E. Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV	San Diego State
Northeast Conference	Bryant			2014 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament	Dodd Stadium • Norwich, CT	Bryant
Ohio Valley Conference	Southeast Missouri State			2014 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament	The Ballpark at Jackson • Jackson, TN	Jacksonville State
Pac-12 Conference	Oregon State			No tournament, regular season champion earns auto bid
Patriot League	Bucknell/Army	Kash Manzelli, Navy[40]	Scott Heather, Bucknell[40]	2014 Patriot League Baseball Tournament	Campus Sites	Bucknell
Southeastern Conference	East – Florida West – Mississippi	A. J. Reed, Kentucky[41]	Kevin O'Sullivan, Florida[41]	2014 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL	LSU
Southern Conference	Western Carolina			2014 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament	Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Georgia Southern
Southland Conference	Sam Houston State			2014 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament	Bear Stadium • Conway, AR	Southeastern Louisiana
Southwestern Athletic Conference	East - Alabama State West - Arkansas–Pine Bluff			2014 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Wesley Barrow Stadium • New Orleans, LA	Jackson State
The Summit League	Omaha			2014 The Summit League Baseball Tournament	Erv Huether Field • Brookings, SD	North Dakota State
Sun Belt Conference	Louisiana-Lafayette			2014 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament	Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL	Louisiana-Lafayette
West Coast Conference	Pepperdine			2014 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Banner Island Ballpark • Stockton, CA	Pepperdine
Western Athletic Conference	Sacramento State			2014 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Cubs Park • Mesa, AZ	Sacramento State

College World Series[]

The 2014 season marked the sixty 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 Commodores claiming their first championship with a two games to one series win over Virginia in the final.

Bracket[]

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Final
	UC Irvine		3
	Texas		1
						UC Irvine		4
						Vanderbilt		6
	Louisville		3
	Vanderbilt		5
											Vanderbilt		0	4
											Texas		4	310
	Texas		4
	Louisville		1
						Texas		1
						UC Irvine		0
																		Vanderbilt	9	2	3
																	3	Virginia	8	7	2
		Texas Tech	2
	7	TCU	3
						7	TCU	2
						3	Virginia	315
		Ole Miss	1
	3	Virginia	2
											3	Virginia	4	–
												Ole Miss	1	–
	Texas Tech		1
	Ole Miss		2
							Ole Miss	6
						7	TCU	4

Award winners[]

Consensus All-American teams[]

Major player of the year awards[]

• Dick Howser Trophy: A. J. Reed, Kentucky^[42]
• Baseball America: A. J. Reed, Kentucky^[43]
• Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger: A. J. Reed, Kentucky^[44]
• American Baseball Coaches Association: A. J. Reed, Kentucky^[45]
• Golden Spikes Award: A. J. Reed, Kentucky^[46]

Major freshman of the year awards[]

• Baseball America Freshman Of The Year: Zach Collins, Miami^[47]
• Collegiate Baseball Freshman Player of the Year: Jake Noll, Florida Gulf Coast^[48]
• Collegiate Baseball Freshman Pitcher of the Year: Zach Plesac, Ball State^[48]

Major coach of the year awards[]

• American Baseball Coaches Association: Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt
• Baseball America: Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt
• Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year: Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt
• National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) National Coach of the Year: Mike Gillespie, UC Irvine
• ABCA/Baseball America Assistant Coach of the Year: Butch Thompson, Mississippi State

Other major awards[]

• Senior CLASS Award (baseball) (outstanding Senior of the Year in baseball): Andrew Morales, UC Irvine^[49]
• Johnny Bench Award (Catcher of the Year): Max Pentecost, Kennesaw State
• Brooks Wallace Award (Shortstop of the Year): Trea Turner, NC State
• John Olerud Award (best two-way player): A. J. Reed, Kentucky^[50]
• American Baseball Coaches Association Gold Glove:

Coaching changes[]

This table lists programs that changed head coaches at any point from the first day of the 2014 season until the day before the first day of the 2015 season.

Team	Former coach	Interim coach	New coach	Reason
Arizona State	Tim Esmay		Tracy Smith	Esmay resigned on June 9, 2014.[51][52]
Brown			Grant Achilles	Drabinski resigned on April 11, 2014. The Bears were 6–15, 0–8 in the Ivy League and coming off a loss to Connecticut.[53]
Campbell	Greg Goff		Justin Haire	Goff resigned to take the coaching position at Louisiana Tech.[54]
Illinois State	Mark Kingston		Bo Durkac	Kingston resigned on June 4 to take the coaching position at South Florida[55][56]
Indiana	Tracy Smith		Chris Lemonis	Smith resigned on June 9 to take the coaching position at Arizona State.[52]
Louisiana Tech	Wade Simoneaux		Greg Goff	Simoneaux was fired on May 19 at the end of a 15-35 season, finishing last in C-USA.[57]
Mississippi Valley State	Doug Shanks		Aaron Stevens	Shanks retired November 12.[58]
New Mexico State	Rocky Ward		Brian Green	Ward was fired on May 27 at the end of a 23 - 31 season, finishing 7th in the WAC.[59]
Northern Illinois			Mike Kunigonis	Mathey resigned on November 20 to take over at Division III North Central College.[60]
Rhode Island	Jim Foster		Raphael Cerrato	Foster resigned to take an assistant coaching job with Boston College on July 17, 2014.[61] Cerrato was originally announced as interim head coach on July 17, 2014, interim tag lifted on June 23, 2015.[62]
Rutgers	Fred Hill		Joe Litterio	Hill announced on February 20, 2014 that he would retire.[63]
Sam Houston State	David Pierce		Matt Deggs	Pierce resigned to take the coaching position at Tulane.[64]
San Diego State	Tony Gwynn		Mark Martinez	Gwynn died of cancer on June 16. The San Diego Padres Hall of Famer and San Diego State alumnus had gone on medical leave in March 2014 for treatment.[65]
South Florida	Lelo Prado		Mark Kingston	Prado accepted a non-coaching position in the South Florida Athletic Department on May 19, 2014.[66]
Tulane	Rick Jones		David Pierce	Jones retired on May 24 after 21 years of coaching the Green Wave.[67]
VMI	Marlin Ikenberry		Jonathan Hadra	Ikenberry resigned November 3 to pursue a private sector opportunity.[68] Hadra was initially named interim head coach, and announced as permanent head coach on November 13.[69]

See also[]

• 2014 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
• 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

References[]