1971 NCAA University Division baseball season

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

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.

Conference winners

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.

Conference	Regular season winner	Conference tournament	Tournament venue • city	Tournament winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Maryland	No tournament
Big Eight Conference	Iowa State	No tournament
Big Ten Conference	Michigan State	No tournament
EIBL	Harvard	No tournament
Mid-American Conference	Ohio	No tournament
Midwestern Conference	Southern Illinois	No tournament
Pacific-8 Conference	North - Washington State South - Southern California	No tournament
Southeastern Conference	East - Vanderbilt West - Mississippi State	1971 Southeastern Conference baseball championship series	Alternating campus sites	Mississippi State
Southern Conference	The Citadel Furman	No tournament
Southwest Conference	Texas
Yankee Conference	UMass

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1971 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference baseball standings 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 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1971 Midwestern Conference baseball standings 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 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1971 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings 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 x‍‍‍y 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 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1971 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Eastern Division Vanderbilt  x‍‍‍ 11 – 5   .688 34 – 19   .642 Auburn  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563 23 – 16   .590 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 8 – 8   .500 14 – 18   .438 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 7 – 7   .500 15 – 15   .500 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8   .467 18 – 15   .545 Florida  ‍‍‍ 5 – 12   .294 19 – 26   .422 Western Division No. 7 Mississippi State  x‍‍‡‍y 13 – 5   .722 32 – 12   .727 LSU  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 20 – 16   .556 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 16 – 21   .432 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 19 – 25   .432 x – Division champion ‡ – Championship series champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1971 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1971 Southern Conference baseball standings 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 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1971 College World Series

The 1971 season marked the twenty fifth 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 Southern California claiming their seventh championship with a 7–2 win over Southern Illinois in the final.

	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

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1971 College Baseball All-America Team