The 1979 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of
college baseball
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in the United States organized by the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA) began in the spring of 1979. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the
1979 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the thirty-third time in 1979, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in
Omaha, Nebraska
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at
Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
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as a double-elimination tournament.
Cal State Fullerton
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claimed the championship for the first time.
Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1979 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Seven regionals of four teams and one of six each competed in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 21 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.
The Trans America Athletic Conference, as a new league, did not earn an automatic bid.
Conference standings
The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:
College World Series
The 1979 season marked the thirty third NCAA baseball tournament, which culminated with the eight team
College World Series
The College World Series (CWS), officially the NCAA Men's College World Series (MCWS), is an annual baseball tournament held in June in Omaha, Nebraska. The MCWS is the culmination of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Divisi ...
. The College World Series was held in
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...
. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Cal State Fullerton claiming their first championship with a 2–1 win over Arkansas in the final.
Award winners
All-America team
References
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