1971 NCAA University Division baseball season

Number of teams208

ChampionsSouthern California (7th title)

Runners-upSouthern Illinois (2nd CWS Appearance)

Winning coachRod Dedeaux (7th title)

1971 NCAA University Division baseball season

Number of teams	208
NCAA tournament
College World Series
Champions	Southern California (7th title)
Runners-up	Southern Illinois (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Rod Dedeaux (7th title)
MOP	Jerry Tabb (Tulsa)
Seasons
← 1970 1972 →

The 1971 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1971. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1971 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the 25th time in 1971, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Southern California claimed the championship.^[1]

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1971 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA tournament. 10 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.^[1]^[2]

Conference	Regular season winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Maryland
Big Eight Conference	Iowa State
Big Ten Conference	Michigan State
EIBL	Harvard
Mid-American Conference	Ohio
Midwestern Conference	Southern Illinois
Pacific-8 Conference	North - Washington State South - Southern California
Southeastern Conference	Mississippi State
Southern Conference	The Citadel Furman
Southwest Conference	Texas
Yankee Conference	UMass

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1971 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Iona ‍†‍‍	10	–	2	–	0	.833	19	–	5	–	0	.792
St. John's ‍‍‍	7	–	3	–	0	.700	24	–	5	–	1	.817
No. 8 Seton Hall ‍‍‍^y	8	–	5	–	0	.615	17	–	14	–	0	.548
Manhattan ‍‍‍	8	–	5	–	0	.615	14	–	8	–	1	.630
LIU ‍‍‍	6	–	6	–	0	.500	12	–	11	–	0	.522
St. Francis (NY) ‍‍‍	5	–	6	–	0	.455	12	–	11	–	0	.522
Wagner ‍‍‍	4	–	8	–	0	.333	7	–	13	–	0	.350
C. W. Post ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	0	.333	12	–	11	–	0	.522
CCNY ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	0	.333	0	–	0	–	0	–
Fairleigh Dickinson ‍‍‍	3	–	10	–	0	.231	10	–	16	–	0	.385

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 17, 1971^[3] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1971 Midwestern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Southern Illinois ‍†‍‍^y	11	–	1	.917	43	–	9	.827
Indiana State ‍‍‍	8	–	4	.667	22	–	8	.733
Northern Illinois ‍‍‍	5	–	6	.455	24	–	15	.615
Ball State ‍‍‍	3	–	7	.300	13	–	18	.419
Illinois State ‍‍‍	3	–	10	.231	17	–	20	.459

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 17, 1971^[4] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1971 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern Division
No. 19 Washington State ^x‍‍‍	7	–	8	.467	34	–	15	.694
Oregon ‍‍‍	7	–	9	.438		–		–
Oregon State ‍‍‍	6	–	10	.375		–		–
Washington ‍‍‍	1	–	14	.067	9	–	19	.321
Southern Division
No. 1 Southern California ^x‍‍‍^y	17	–	0	1.000	46	–	11	.807
Stanford ‍‍‍	11	–	6	.647	39	–	20	.661
UCLA ‍‍‍	11	–	6	.647	38	–	17	.691
California ‍‍‍	5	–	12	.294	24	–	24	.500

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1971^[5] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1971 Southern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Furman ‍†‍‍	11	–	5	.688	21	–	12	.636
The Citadel ‍†‍‍	11	–	5	.688	22	–	9	.710
Richmond ‍‍‍	10	–	6	.625	14	–	13	.519
William & Mary ‍‍‍	10	–	6	.625	14	–	13	.519
East Carolina ‍‍‍	7	–	5	.583	15	–	19	.441
Davidson ‍‍‍	6	–	8	.429	18	–	15	.545
VMI ‍‍‍	1	–	16	.059	12	–	18	.400

y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1971^[6] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final		Semifinals		Preliminary final		Final



Harvard	4

BYU	1
		Harvard	8

		Tulsa	9
Tulsa	5

Mississippi State	2
				Tulsa	9

				Southern Illinois	4
Southern California	5
						Tulsa	4
Seton Hall	1
		Southern California	3			Southern California	8

		Southern Illinois	8
Southern Illinois	5

Texas–Pan American	4									Southern California	7

								Southern California	3	Southern Illinois	2

		Lower round 1		Lower round 2				Tulsa	2



				Southern California	8

		BYU	3	BYU	6
						Southern Illinois	8
		Mississippi State	1
						Texas–Pan American	6
				Harvard	0

		Seton Hall	2	Texas–Pan American	1

		Texas–Pan American	8

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