2019 NCAA Division I baseball season

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DurationFebruary 15 – June 26, 2019
Number of teams297
Preseason No. 1LSU (CB), Vanderbilt (BA)
Defending championsOregon State
2019 NCAA Division I baseball season
DurationFebruary 15 – June 26, 2019
Number of teams297
Preseason No. 1LSU (CB), Vanderbilt (BA)
Defending championsOregon State
TV partner/sESPN
Tournament
DurationMay 30 - June 26, 2019
Most conference bidsSEC (10)
College World Series
DurationJune 15–26, 2019
ChampionsVanderbilt (2nd title)
Runners-upMichigan (8th CWS Appearance)
Winning coachTim Corbin (2nd title)
MOPKumar Rocker (Vanderbilt)
Seasons
 2018
2020 

The 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began February 15, 2019. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2019 College World Series. The College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska, at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, ended on June 26, 2019. The Vanderbilt Commodores won the tournament, and were consequently named national champions.

Finally, one other Division I team changed its institutional and athletic identities immediately after the 2017–18 season. Indiana University and Purdue University dissolved Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) on July 1, 2018. IPFW's academic programs in health sciences transferred to the IU system as Indiana University Fort Wayne; all remaining academic programs were transferred to the Purdue system as Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW). From 2018–19, the former IPFW athletic program represents only PFW, and its Summit League membership was assumed by PFW. Shortly before the dissolution took effect, but after the school's baseball season had finished, the athletic program announced that it would henceforth be known as the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons.[3][4][5]

On October 3, 2018, Long Island University announced that it would merge its two current athletic programs—the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds, members of the Northeast Conference (NEC), and LIU Post Pioneers, a Division II program in the East Coast Conference—into a single Division I program effective with the 2019–20 school year. The new program will compete under the LIU name with a new nickname. With both campuses sponsoring baseball, the unified LIU team will maintain LIU Brooklyn's NEC membership, but will be based on the Post campus in Brookville, New York.[6][7]

Ballpark changes

Season outlook

Collegiate Baseball News [9]
Ranking Team
1 LSU
2 Vanderbilt
3 UCLA
4 Texas Tech
5 Stanford
6 Florida
7 Oregon State
8 North Carolina
9 Louisville
10 Florida State
11 Ole Miss
12 Coastal Carolina
13 Georgia
14 Texas
15 Clemson
16 Oklahoma State
17 Georgia Tech
18 Cal State Fullerton
19 TCU
20 Duke
21 Baylor
22 NC State
23 Auburn
24 Missouri State
25 Arkansas
Baseball America [10]
Ranking Team
1 Vanderbilt
2 LSU
3 UCLA
4 Florida
5 North Carolina
6 Florida State
7 Stanford
8 Texas Tech
9 Mississippi State
10 Oregon State
11 Louisville
12 East Carolina
13 Ole Miss
14 Clemson
15 Georgia
16 Baylor
17 Auburn
18 Arkansas
19 Texas
20 Michigan
21 Southern Miss
22 Duke
23 Coastal Carolina
24 Minnesota
25 UC Irvine
USA Today Coaches [11]
Ranking Team
1 LSU
2 Vanderbilt
3 Florida
4 Texas Tech
5 Oregon State
6 North Carolina
7 UCLA
8 Louisville
9 Stanford
10 Ole Miss
11 Florida State
12 Arkansas
13 Georgia
14 East Carolina
15 Mississippi State
16 Texas
17 TCU
18 Baylor
19 Clemson
20 Auburn
21 Oklahoma State
22 Coastal Carolina
23 NC State
24 Cal State Fullerton
25 Michigan
NCBWA [12]
Ranking Team
1 Vanderbilt
2 LSU
3 Texas Tech
4 UCLA
5 Oregon State
6 Florida
7 North Carolina
8 Stanford
9 Louisville
10 Florida State
11 Ole Miss
12 Georgia
13 Mississippi State
14 East Carolina
15 Arkansas
16 Baylor
17 Clemson
18 Texas
19 Auburn
20 Oklahoma State
21 TCU
22 Coastal Carolina
23 Michigan
24 Cal State Fullerton
25 Duke
26 Southern Miss
27 Minnesota
28 Wake Forest
29 UC Irvine
30 NC State
31 Georgia Tech
32 Arizona
33 Florida Atlantic
34 Washington
35 Connecticut
36 Missouri State
37 Indiana
38 Tennessee Tech
39 San Diego State
40 Houston
D1Baseball [13]
Ranking Team
1 Vanderbilt
2 LSU
3 Texas Tech
4 Louisville
5 UCLA
6 Florida
7 North Carolina
8 Oregon State
9 Georgia
10 Ole Miss
11 East Carolina
12 Stanford
13 Florida State
14 Mississippi State
15 Baylor
16 Arkansas
17 Michigan
18 Oklahoma State
19 TCU
20 Wake Forest
21 Coastal Carolina
22 Auburn
23 Texas
24 Clemson
25 Cal State Fullerton

Conference standings

Final rankings

Collegiate Baseball News [76]
Ranking Team
1 Vanderbilt
2 Michigan
3 Louisville
4 Texas Tech
5 Mississippi State
6 Florida State
7 Arkansas
8 Auburn
9 UCLA
10 Stanford
11 Oklahoma State
12 North Carolina
13 Ole Miss
14 LSU
15 East Carolina
16 Duke
17 Georgia
18 UC Santa Barbara
19 Georgia Tech
20 Oregon State
21 NC State
22 Central Michigan
23 Baylor
24 Miami
25 Fresno State
26 Texas A&M
27 West Virginia
28 Southern Miss
29 Arizona State
30 Creighton
Baseball America [77]
Ranking Team
1 Vanderbilt
2 Michigan
3 Louisville
4 Texas Tech
5 Mississippi State
6 UCLA
7 Florida State
8 Arkansas
9 Auburn
10 Stanford
11 Oklahoma State
12 East Carolina
13 Ole Miss
14 North Carolina
15 LSU
16 Georgia
17 Georgia Tech
18 Duke
19 Oregon State
20 West Virginia
21 Fresno State
22 Miami
23 Texas A&M
24 UC Santa Barbara
25 Creighton
USA Today Coaches [78]
Ranking Team
1 Vanderbilt
2 Michigan
3 Louisville
4 Mississippi State
5 Texas Tech
6 Arkansas
7 Florida State
8 UCLA
9 Auburn
10 Stanford
11 Oklahoma State
12 East Carolina
13 North Carolina
14 Ole Miss
15 Georgia
16 LSU
17 Georgia Tech
18 Duke
19 West Virginia
20 Miami
21 Texas A&M
22 UC Santa Barbara
23 Oregon State
24 NC State
25 Creighton
NCBWA [79]
Ranking Team
1 Vanderbilt
2 Michigan
3 Louisville
4 Texas Tech
5 Mississippi State
6 Florida State
7 Arkansas
8 Auburn
9 UCLA
10 Stanford
11 Oklahoma State
12 Ole Miss
13 East Carolina
14 North Carolina
15 LSU
16 Georgia
17 Duke
18 Georgia Tech
19 West Virginia
20 Texas A&M
21 Oregon State
22 UC Santa Barbara
23 Tennessee
24 Miami
T-25 Baylor
T-25 Creighton
27 Fresno State
T-28 Dallas Baptist
T-28 NC State
30 Indiana State
D1Baseball [80]
Ranking Team
1 Vanderbilt
2 Michigan
3 Louisville
4 Texas Tech
5 Mississippi State
6 Arkansas
7 UCLA
8 Florida State
9 Auburn
10 Stanford
11 Oklahoma State
12 Ole Miss
13 East Carolina
14 LSU
15 North Carolina
16 Duke
17 Georgia Tech
18 Georgia
19 Miami
20 Texas A&M
21 West Virginia
22 Creighton
23 Indiana State
24 Dallas Baptist
25 Fresno State

Coaching changes

See also

References

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