1990 NCAA Division I baseball season

Number of teams269

ChampionsGeorgia (1st title)

Runners-upOklahoma State (16th CWS Appearance)

Winning coachSteve Webber (1st title)

1990 NCAA Division I baseball season

Number of teams	269
NCAA tournament
College World Series
Champions	Georgia (1st title)
Runners-up	Oklahoma State (16th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Steve Webber (1st title)
MOP	Mike Rebhan (Georgia)
Seasons
← 1989 1991 →

The 1990 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 1990. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1990 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the 44th time in 1990, 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. Georgia claimed the championship for the first time.^[1]

The Big East Conference dissolved its divisional format and played as a single eight team division.

Conference winners

Conference	Regular season winner	Conference tournament	Tournament venue • city	Tournament winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	North Carolina	1990 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament	Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC	North Carolina
Big East Conference	Seton Hall	1990 Big East Conference baseball tournament	Muzzy Field • Bristol, CT	Connecticut
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma State	1990 Big Eight Conference baseball tournament	All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma State
Big South Conference	Coastal Carolina	1990 Big South Conference baseball tournament	Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC	Campbell
Big Ten Conference	Iowa	1990 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament	Duane Banks Field • Iowa City, IA	Illinois
Big West Conference	Cal State Fullerton	No tournament
Colonial Athletic Association	East Carolina	1990 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament	Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC	East Carolina
EIBL	Penn	No tournament
Metro Conference	Florida State	1990 Metro Conference baseball tournament	Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS	Florida State
Mid-American Conference	Central Michigan	No tournament
Midwestern Collegiate Conference	North - Notre Dame South - Evansville	1990 Midwestern City Conference baseball tournament	South Bend, IN	Evansville
Mid-Continent Conference	Blue - UIC Gray - Southwest Missouri State	1990 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament	Chicago, IL	UIC
Pacific-10 Conference	North - Washington State South - Stanford	No tournament
Southeastern Conference	LSU	1990 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL	Mississippi State/LSU^[a]
Southern Conference	The Citadel	1990 Southern Conference baseball tournament	College Park • Charleston, SC	The Citadel
Southwest Conference	Arkansas	1990 Southwest Conference baseball tournament	Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	Texas
Trans America Athletic Conference	East - Georgia Southern West - Centenary	1990 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament	Centenary Park • Shreveport, LA	Stetson

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1990 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 21 North Carolina ‍†‍‡‍^y	17	–	4	.810	51	–	18	.739
No. 30 Clemson ‍‍‍^y	14	–	6	.700	43	–	23	.652
No. 26 NC State ‍‍‍^y	14	–	7	.667	48	–	20	.706
Wake Forest ‍‍‍	10	–	10	.500	35	–	24	.593
Georgia Tech ‍‍‍^y	9	–	9	.500	46	–	25	.648
Virginia ‍‍‍	7	–	11	.389	21	–	32	.396
Duke ‍‍‍	4	–	15	.211	28	–	25	.528
Maryland ‍‍‍	2	–	15	.118	22	–	26	.458

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1990^[3] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1990 Big East Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Seton Hall ‍†‍‍	16	–	4	–	0	.800	35	–	18	–	0	.660
St. John's ‍‍‍	15	–	6	–	0	.714	29	–	18	–	0	.617
Villanova ‍‍‍	13	–	8	–	0	.619	33	–	16	–	0	.673
Connecticut ‍‍‡‍^y	12	–	9	–	0	.571	27	–	19	–	1	.585
Providence ‍‍‍	11	–	10	–	0	.524	27	–	21	–	0	.563
Boston College ‍‍‍	8	–	13	–	0	.381	20	–	22	–	1	.477
Georgetown ‍‍‍	4	–	16	–	0	.200	17	–	30	–	0	.362
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	4	–	17	–	0	.190	8	–	23	–	0	.258

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1990^[4]^[5] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1990 Big Eight Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Oklahoma State ^†‡y ‍‍‍	18	–	6	.750	56	–	17	.767
Kansas State ‍‍‍	13	–	11	.542	30	–	27	.526
Nebraska ‍‍‍	12	–	12	.500	42	–	26	.618
Iowa State ‍‍‍	11	–	13	.458	33	–	27	.550
Missouri ‍‍‍	11	–	13	.458	28	–	27	.509
Kansas ‍‍‍	10	–	14	.417	27	–	31	.466
Oklahoma ‍‍‍	9	–	15	.375	31	–	26	.544

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1990^[6] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1990 Big South Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Coastal Carolina ‍†‍‍	14	–	2	–	0	.875	40	–	19	–	0	.678
Radford ‍‍‍	8	–	7	–	0	.533	24	–	27	–	0	.471
UNC Asheville ‍‍‍	8	–	9	–	0	.471	25	–	25	–	1	.500
Baptist ‍‍‍	6	–	7	–	0	.462	12	–	36	–	0	.250
Campbell ‍‍‡‍^y	6	–	8	–	0	.429	15	–	33	–	0	.313
Augusta State ‍‍‍	5	–	8	–	0	.385	22	–	30	–	0	.423
Winthrop ‍‍‍	5	–	11	–	0	.313	22	–	28	–	1	.441

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1990^[7] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1990 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Iowa ‍†‍‍^y	22	–	6	.786	38	–	19	.667
No. 23 Illinois ‍‍‡‍^y	19	–	9	.679	43	–	21	.672
Minnesota ‍‍‍	19	–	9	.679	36	–	24	.600
Ohio State ‍‍‍	16	–	12	.571	31	–	29	.517
Michigan ‍‍‍	14	–	14	.500	33	–	24	.579
Indiana ‍‍‍	14	–	14	.500	30	–	27	.526
Michigan State ‍‍‍	13	–	15	.464	28	–	24	.538
Purdue ‍‍‍	8	–	19	.296	27	–	31	.466
Wisconsin ‍‍‍	8	–	20	.286	16	–	41	.281
Northwestern ‍‍‍	6	–	21	.222	24	–	32	.429

x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1990^[8]^[9] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1990 Big West Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 Cal State Fullerton ‍†‍‍^y	13	–	5	.722	36	–	23	.610
No. 28 Fresno State ‍‍‍^y	13	–	8	.619	38	–	24	.613
UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍^y	13	–	8	.619	40	–	22	.645
Long Beach State ‍‍‍	12	–	9	.571	36	–	22	.621
UNLV ‍‍‍	10	–	11	.476	29	–	24	.547
UC Irvine ‍‍‍	10	–	11	.476	34	–	25	.576
San Jose State ‍‍‍	9	–	12	.429	43	–	17	.717
Pacific ‍‍‍	1	–	17	.056	14	–	40	.259

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1990^[10] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1990 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings
v t e	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
East Carolina ‍†‍‡‍^y	11	–	2	–	0	.846	47	–	9	–	0	.839
Richmond ‍‍‍	9	–	4	–	0	.692	27	–	19	–	1	.585
UNC Wilmington ‍‍‍	5	–	6	–	0	.455	23	–	25	–	0	.479
George Mason ‍‍‍	6	–	8	–	0	.429	23	–	25	–	0	.479
James Madison ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	0	.375	28	–	30	–	0	.483
William & Mary ‍‍‍	1	–	10	–	0	.091	9	–	31	–	1	.232

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1990^[11] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1990 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern
No. 18 Washington State ^x‍‍‍^y	19	–	5	.792	47	–	19	.712
Oregon State ‍‍‍	15	–	9	.625	30	–	22	.577
Washington ‍‍‍	14	–	10	.583	30	–	19	.612
Gonzaga ‍‍‍	13	–	11	.542	37	–	21	.638
Portland ‍‍‍	10	–	14	.417	26	–	25	.510
Portland State ‍‍‍	9	–	15	.375	30	–	24	.556
Eastern Washington ‍‍‍	4	–	20	.167	14	–	36	.280
Southern
No. 3 Stanford ^x‍‍‍^y	24	–	6	.800	59	–	12	.831
No. 9 Arizona State ‍‍‍^y	21	–	9	.700	60	–	13	.822
No. 11 Southern California ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	.600	40	–	22	.645
No. 19 UCLA ‍‍‍^y	14	–	16	.467	41	–	26	.612
Arizona ‍‍‍	11	–	19	.367	26	–	34	.433
California ‍‍‍	3	–	27	.100	18	–	43	.295

x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1990^[12] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1990 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 LSU ‍†‍‡‍^y	20	–	7	.741	54	–	19	.740
No. 1 Georgia ‍‍‍^y	18	–	9	.667	52	–	19	.732
No. 5 Mississippi State ‍‍‡‍^y	17	–	9	.654	50	–	21	.704
Auburn ‍‍‍	13	–	13	.500	34	–	24	.586
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍	12	–	13	.480	28	–	30	.483
Florida ‍‍‍	11	–	12	.478	29	–	30	.492
Alabama ‍‍‍	10	–	13	.435	34	–	21	.618
Ole Miss ‍‍‍	10	–	16	.385	23	–	29	.442
Tennessee ‍‍‍	9	–	18	.333	28	–	31	.475
Kentucky ‍‍‍	8	–	18	.308	27	–	29	.482

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1990^[13] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1990 Southern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 6 The Citadel ‍†‍‡‍^y	13	–	1	–	0	.929	46	–	14	–	0	.767
Western Carolina ‍‍‍	10	–	7	–	0	.588	37	–	25	–	0	.597
Marshall ‍‍‍	10	–	7	–	0	.588	20	–	19	–	0	.513
VMI ‍‍‍	6	–	8	–	0	.429	12	–	26	–	0	.316
Appalachian State ‍‍‍	6	–	9	–	0	.400	19	–	22	–	1	.464
Furman ‍‍‍	6	–	11	–	0	.353	20	–	24	–	0	.455
East Tennessee State ‍‍‍	4	–	12	–	0	.250	10	–	31	–	0	.244

† – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball tournament As of June 30, 1990^[14] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball^[15]

1990 Southwest Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 Arkansas ‍†‍‍^y	16	–	5	.762	47	–	15	.758
No. 13 Texas ‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	5	.750	51	–	17	.750
No. 24 Houston ‍‍‍^y	12	–	9	.571	44	–	23	.657
Rice ‍‍‍	11	–	9	.550	33	–	29	.532
Texas A&M ‍‍‍	11	–	10	.524	43	–	17	.717
Baylor ‍‍‍	9	–	12	.429	33	–	19	.635
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	5	–	16	.238	31	–	29	.517
TCU ‍‍‍	4	–	17	.190	27	–	32	.458

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1990^[16] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1990 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
No. 8 Georgia Southern ^x‍†‍‍^y	17	–	1	.944	50	–	19	.725
Stetson ‍‍‡‍^y	10	–	8	.556	33	–	31	.516
Samford ‍‍‍	5	–	11	.313	25	–	28	.472
Mercer ‍‍‍	2	–	14	.125	15	–	34	.306
West
Centenary ^x‍‍‍	12	–	3	.800	40	–	18	.690
Arkansas–Little Rock ‍‍‍	8	–	7	.533	33	–	20	.623
Hardin–Simmons ‍‍‍	3	–	9	.250	16	–	41	.281

x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1990^[17] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

1	Stanford	5¹⁰

8	Georgia Southern	4
			1	Stanford	2

			4	Georgia	16
4	Georgia	3

5	Mississippi State	0
						4	Georgia	2	5

						1	Stanford	4	1
8	Georgia Southern	1

5	Mississippi State	15
			1	Stanford	6

			5	Mississippi State	1



										4	Georgia	2

										3	Oklahoma State	1
2	LSU	8

7	The Citadel	2
			2	LSU	1

			3	Oklahoma State	7
3	Oklahoma State	14

6	Cal State Fullerton	4
						3	Oklahoma State	14	—

						2	LSU	3	—
7	The Citadel	8¹²

6	Cal State Fullerton	7
			2	LSU	6

			7	The Citadel	1

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