1982 NCAA Division I baseball season

1982 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	248
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Miami (FL)
Runners-up	Wichita State
MOP	Dan Smith (Miami (FL))
Seasons
← 1981	1983 →

The 1982 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 1982. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1982 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the thirty sixth time in 1982, 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. Miami (FL) claimed the championship for the first time.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1982 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Seven regionals of four teams and one of six each competed in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 21 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	Clemson	1982 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma State	1982 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament	All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference	East - Ohio State West - Illinois	1982 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament	Illinois Field • Champaign, IL	Minnesota
EIBL	Navy	No Tournament
Mid-American Conference	East - Ohio West - Western Michigan	1982 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament	Franklin County Stadium • Columbus, OH	Eastern Michigan
Midwestern City Conference	North - Detroit South - Oral Roberts	1982 Midwestern City Conference Baseball Tournament	Detroit, MI	Oral Roberts
Pacific-10 Conference	North - Washington South - Arizona State	No Tournament
Southeastern Conference	East - Florida West - Ole Miss	1982 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament	Perry Field • Gainesville, FL	Florida
Southern Conference	The Citadel/Western Carolina	No Tournament
Southwest Conference	Texas	1982 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament	Olsen Field • College Station, TX	Texas
Trans America Athletic Conference	East - Mercer West - Hardin–Simmons/Northeast Louisiana	1982 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Luther Williams Field • Macon, GA	Hardin–Simmons

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1982 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Clemson † 10 – 2   .833     37 – 22   .627 North Carolina ‡y 7 – 5   .583     29 – 27   .518 Wake Forest 6 – 5   .545     26 – 12   .684 NC State 7 – 7   .500     24 – 13   .649 Georgia Tech 6 – 8   .429     29 – 20   .592 Virginia 5 – 7   .417     21 – 26   .447 Maryland 4 – 7   .364     13 – 17   .433 Duke 3 – 7   .300     16 – 13   .552 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1982; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1982 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT East Ohio State x 13 – 3 – 0   .813     45 – 14 – 0   .763 Michigan 13 – 3 – 0   .813     44 – 10 – 0   .815 Purdue 6 – 10 – 0   .375     36 – 23 – 0   .610 Michigan State 6 – 10 – 0   .375     25 – 29 – 0   .463 Indiana 2 – 14 – 0   .125     25 – 28 – 0   .472 West Illinois x 14 – 2 – 0   .875     49 – 23 – 0   .681 #26 Minnesota ‡y 8 – 8 – 0   .500     33 – 22 – 1   .598 Northwestern 7 – 9 – 0   .438     25 – 27 – 1   .481 Wisconsin 6 – 10 – 0   .375     0 – 0 – 0   – Iowa 5 – 11 – 0   .313     31 – 23 – 0   .574 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1982; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1982 Mid-American Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Eastern Division Ohio x 10 – 5 – 0   .667     26 – 23 – 1   .530 Toledo 10 – 6 – 0   .625     26 – 28 – 1   .482 Kent State 8 – 8 – 0   .500     35 – 23 – 0   .603 Miami 6 – 10 – 0   .375     16 – 25 – 0   .390 Bowling Green 5 – 10 – 0   .333     29 – 23 – 1   .557 Western Division Western Michigan x 12 – 4 – 0   .750     34 – 17 – 0   .667 Eastern Michigan ‡y 9 – 4 – 0   .692     39 – 23 – 2   .625 Central Michigan 8 – 4 – 0   .667     24 – 17 – 0   .585 Northern Illinois 4 – 9 – 0   .308     19 – 24 – 1   .443 Ball State 0 – 12 – 0   .000     10 – 21 – 0   .323 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1982; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1982 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #7 South Carolina y –   –     45 – 13   .776 #22 Florida State y –   –     56 – 17   .767 #11 New Orleans y –   –     49 – 16   .754 #1 Miami (FL) y –   –     54 – 18   .750 #12 Stetson y –   –     40 – 18   .690 Campbell –   –     27 – 13   .675 Richmond –   –     20 – 15   .571 Louisville –   –     22 – 17   .564 [[{{{school}}}|Northern Iowa]] –   –     11 – 16   .407 [[{{{school}}}|Villanova]] –   –     9 – 18   .333 [[{{{school}}}|Georgia State]] –   –     17 – 38   .309 [[{{{school}}}|Lafayette]] –   –     6 – 18   .250 [[{{{school}}}|Hofstra]] –   –     5 – 22   .185 y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1982; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1982 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Eastern Division Florida x‡y 14 – 8   .636     34 – 24   .586 [[{{{school}}}|Tennessee]] 13 – 9   .591     29 – 17   .630 [[{{{school}}}|Georgia]] 12 – 10   .545     28 – 29   .491 [[{{{school}}}|Vanderbilt]] 11 – 12   .478     28 – 17   .622 [[{{{school}}}|Kentucky]] 6 – 17   .261     23 – 32   .418 Western Division Ole Miss x 15 – 6   .714     33 – 19   .635 [[{{{school}}}|Alabama]] 12 – 10   .545     32 – 21   .604 [[{{{school}}}|Mississippi State]] 11 – 13   .458     28 – 23   .549 [[{{{school}}}|LSU]] 9 – 13   .409     26 – 25   .510 [[{{{school}}}|Auburn]] 8 – 13   .381     27 – 20   .574 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1982; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1982 season marked the thirty 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 Miami (FL) claiming their first championship with a 9–3 win over Wichita State in the final.

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round
	Winner's Bracket
		Miami (FL)	7
		[[{{{school}}}|Maine]]	2
							Miami (FL)	4
							Wichita State	3
		Wichita State	7
		[[{{{school}}}|Cal State Fullerton]]	0
												Miami (FL)	2
												Texas	1
		Texas	9
		Oklahoma State	1
							Texas	812
							Stanford	6
		[[{{{school}}}|Stanford]]	15
		South Carolina	4
						Loser's Bracket
							Maine	6
							Cal State Fullerton	0				Stanford	5
												Maine	8
							Oklahoma State	10
							South Carolina	8				Wichita State	13
												Oklahoma State	2

Semifinals

Finals

if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals

Miami (FL)

10

Maine

4

Miami (FL)

9

Wichita State

3

Texas

4

Wichita State

8