The 1992 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 1992. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the
1992 College World Series
The 1992 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1992 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the 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
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, at
Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
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as a double-elimination tournament.
Pepperdine
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claimed the championship for the first time.
Realignment
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Florida State
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and
South Carolina
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, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
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departed the
Metro Conference for the
Atlantic Coast Conference and the
Southeastern Conference
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, respectively.
*
Arkansas
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left the
Southwest Conference
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for the
Southeastern Conference
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.
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Georgia Southern
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and
Arkansas–Little Rock moved from the
Trans America Athletic Conference (TAAC) to the
Southern Conference
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and the
Sun Belt Conference, respectively.
*
Old Dominion
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** Colony of Virginia
*Old Dominion University, a public university in Norfolk, Virginia
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left the
Sun Belt Conference and joined the
Colonial Athletic Association.
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College of Charleston
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and
Southeastern Louisiana joined the TAAC after reclassifying to
NCAA Division I
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. Meanwhile,
Georgia State restarted its program in the TAAC after 5 seasons without varsity baseball.
*
Wright State and
Youngstown State
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The university is composed of six undergraduate colleges an ...
joined the
Mid-Continent Conference
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, leaving the ranks of independents.
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Northern Iowa
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departed the Mid-Continent Conference for the
Missouri Valley Conference
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History
The MVC was established ...
.
Format changes
*With the addition of two new teams, the SEC split into 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.
Conference standings
The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:
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 (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
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. 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.
Award winners
All-America team
References
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