1992 NCAA Division I baseball season

1992 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	274
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Pepperdine
Runners-up	Cal State Fullerton
MOP	Phil Nevin (Cal State Fullerton)
Seasons
← 1991	1993 →

The 1992 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 1992. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1992 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 at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Pepperdine claimed the championship for the first time.

Realignment

• Florida State and South Carolina departed the Metro Conference for the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Southeastern Conference, respectively.
• Arkansas left the Southwest Conference for the Southeastern Conference.
• Georgia Southern moved from the Trans America Athletic Conference to the Southern Conference.

Format changes

• With the addition of two new teams, the SEC split into Eastern and Western divisions.
• The Mid-Continent Conference reorganized its divisions, dropping the Blue/Gray alignment for 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	Regular Season Winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue • City	Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Clemson	1992 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC	NC State
Big East Conference	St. John's	1992 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament	Muzzy Field • Bristol, CT	Providence
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma State	1992 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament	All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference	Ohio State	1992 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament	Trautman Field • Columbus, OH	Minnesota
Big West Conference	Long Beach State	No Tournament
EIBL	Yale	No Tournament
Metro Conference	VCU	1992 Metro Conference Baseball Tournament	Turchin Stadium • New Orleans, LA	Tulane
Mid-American Conference	Kent State	1992 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament	Gene Michael Field • Kent, OH	Kent State
Midwestern Collegiate Conference	Notre Dame	1992 Midwestern City Conference Baseball Tournament	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame
Mid-Continent Conference	Eastern - Wright State Western - Eastern Illinois	1992 Mid-Continent Conference Baseball Tournament	Chicago, IL	Wright State
Pacific-10 Conference	North - Washington South - Arizona	No Tournament
Southeastern Conference	Eastern - Florida Western - LSU	1992 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	LSU
Southern Conference	Western Carolina	1992 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament	College Park • Charleston, SC	Western Carolina
Southwest Conference	Texas	No tournament
Trans America Athletic Conference	East - Stetson/FIU West - Southeastern Louisiana	1992 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Southeastern Louisiana Diamond • Hammond, LA	Southeastern Louisiana
West Coast Conference	Pepperdine	No tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1992 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #10 Clemson †y 19 – 5   .792     50 – 14   .781 #5 Florida State y 16 – 7   .696     49 – 21   .700 #29 NC State ‡y 15 – 9   .625     46 – 18   .719 #24 Georgia Tech y 14 – 9   .609     45 – 19   .703 Duke 12 – 12   .500     38 – 16   .704 Wake Forest 11 – 13   .458     36 – 22   .621 North Carolina 8 – 16   .333     31 – 27   .534 Maryland 7 – 15   .318     27 – 28   .491 Virginia 3 – 19   .136     21 – 30   .412 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1992 Big East Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT St. John's † 14 – 5 – 0   .737     30 – 13 – 0   .698 Seton Hall 14 – 7 – 0   .667     28 – 27 – 0   .509 Connecticut 13 – 7 – 0   .650     25 – 20 – 1   .554 Providence ‡y 12 – 8 – 0   .600     29 – 23 – 0   .558 Villanova 9 – 10 – 0   .474     22 – 21 – 0   .512 Georgetown 6 – 15 – 0   .286     12 – 30 – 1   .291 Pittsburgh 5 – 13 – 0   .278     23 – 21 – 0   .523 Boston College 5 – 13 – 0   .278     18 – 17 – 1   .514 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1992 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #19 Ohio State †y 20 – 8   .714     40 – 21   .656 #25 Minnesota ‡y 18 – 10   .643     42 – 21   .667 Michigan State 17 – 11   .607     36 – 19   .655 Illinois 16 – 12   .571     36 – 20   .643 Indiana 14 – 14   .500     35 – 20   .636 Purdue 13 – 15   .464     30 – 25   .545 Iowa 12 – 16   .429     26 – 28   .481 Penn State 11 – 17   .393     24 – 24   .500 Michigan 11 – 17   .393     21 – 32   .396 Northwestern 8 – 20   .286     18 – 38   .321 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 Mid-American Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Kent State †‡y 24 – 7 – 0   .774     45 – 13 – 0   .776 Ohio 20 – 12 – 0   .625     33 – 22 – 0   .600 Central Michigan 18 – 12 – 1   .597     31 – 27 – 1   .534 Ball State 14 – 13 – 0   .519     23 – 27 – 0   .460 Miami 16 – 15 – 0   .516     32 – 22 – 0   .593 [[{{{school}}}|Western Michigan]] 14 – 16 – 0   .467     25 – 26 – 0   .490 [[{{{school}}}|Eastern Michigan]] 10 – 15 – 0   .400     22 – 26 – 0   .458 [[{{{school}}}|Toledo]] 7 – 18 – 0   .280     18 – 29 – 0   .383 [[{{{school}}}|Bowling Green]] 7 – 22 – 1   .250     14 – 25 – 1   .363 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1992 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Eastern #16 Florida xy 16 – 8   .667     44 – 20   .688 #28 [[{{{school}}}|South Carolina]] y 13 – 11   .542     42 – 22   .656 [[{{{school}}}|Georgia]] y 12 – 11   .522     35 – 25   .583 [[{{{school}}}|Vanderbilt]] 11 – 12   .478     29 – 24   .547 [[{{{school}}}|Tennessee]] 10 – 14   .417     35 – 20   .636 [[{{{school}}}|Kentucky]] 10 – 14   .417     33 – 23   .589 Western #9 LSU x‡y 18 – 6   .750     50 – 16   .758 #21 [[{{{school}}}|Mississippi State]] y 15 – 9   .625     40 – 22   .645 [[{{{school}}}|Arkansas]] 10 – 13   .435     31 – 26   .544 [[{{{school}}}|Auburn]] 10 – 14   .417     30 – 25   .545 [[{{{school}}}|Ole Miss]] 9 – 14   .391     29 – 26   .527 [[{{{school}}}|Alabama]] 8 – 16   .333     34 – 21   .618 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1992 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #17 Western Carolina †‡y 17 – 4   .810     44 – 21   .677 [[{{{school}}}|Georgia Southern]] 15 – 6   .714     31 – 27   .534 [[{{{school}}}|East Tennessee State]] 11 – 8   .579     31 – 20   .608 [[{{{school}}}|The Citadel]] 10 – 9   .526     35 – 20   .636 [[{{{school}}}|Furman]] 11 – 10   .524     21 – 31   .404 [[{{{school}}}|Appalachian State]] 6 – 14   .300     17 – 34   .333 [[{{{school}}}|Marshall]] 5 – 13   .278     15 – 26   .366 [[{{{school}}}|VMI]] 4 – 15   .211     11 – 39   .220 † – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1992 West Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #1 Pepperdine †y 23 – 4   .852     48 – 11   .814 [[{{{school}}}|San Diego]] 14 – 13   .519     28 – 24   .538 [[{{{school}}}|Santa Clara]] 14 – 16   .467     23 – 32   .418 [[{{{school}}}|San Francisco]] 13 – 16   .448     16 – 39   .291 [[{{{school}}}|Loyola Marymount]] 10 – 16   .385     16 – 36   .308 [[{{{school}}}|Saint Mary's]] 9 – 18   .333     15 – 36   .294 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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 was held in Omaha, Nebraska. 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.

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	[[{{{school}}}|Miami (FL)]]	4
	8	[[{{{school}}}|California]]	3
						1	Miami (FL)	4
						4	Cal State Fullerton	3
	4	Cal State Fullerton	7
	5	Florida State	2
											1	Miami (FL)	5	1
										4	Cal State Fullerton	7	8
	8	California	4
	5	Florida State	5
						5	Florida State	0
						4	Cal State Fullerton	6
																4	Cal State Fullerton	2
																7	Pepperdine	3
	2	[[{{{school}}}|Wichita State]]	0
	7	Pepperdine	6
						7	Pepperdine	7
						3	Texas	0
	3	Texas	15
	6	[[{{{school}}}|Oklahoma]]	3
											7	Pepperdine	5	—
										3	Texas	4	—
	2	Wichita State	4
	6	Oklahoma	8
						6	Oklahoma	5
						3	Texas	8