1995 NCAA Division I baseball season

1995 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	276
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Cal State Fullerton
Runners-up	Southern California
MOP	Mark Kotsay (Cal State Fullerton)
Seasons
← 1994	1996 →

The 1995 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 1995. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1995 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty ninth time in 1995, 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. Cal State Fullerton claimed the championship for the second time.

Realignment

• 6 schools (Cleveland State, UIC, Northern Illinois, Green Bay, Milwaukee, and Wright State departed the Mid-Continent Conference for the Midwestern Collegiate Conference.

Format changes

• With the addition of six schools, the Midwestern Collegiate Conference divided into East and West Divisions.
• The Trans America Athletic Conference dissolved its divisions.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1995 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the eight regionals consisted of six teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. In order to provide all conference champions with an automatic bid, 12 conference champions participated in a play-in round. The six winners joined the other 18 conference champions with automatic bids, 24 teams earned at-large selections.

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue • City	Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Clemson	1995 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC	Florida State
Big East Conference	Providence	1995 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament	Muzzy Field • Bristol, CT	Pittsburgh Panthers baseball
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma State	1995 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament	All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference	Ohio State	1995 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament	Trautman Field • Columbus, OH	Ohio State
Big West Conference	Cal State Fullerton	1995 Big West Conference Baseball Tournament	Blair Field • Long Beach, CA	Cal State Fullerton
Ivy League	Gehrig - Penn Rolfe - Yale	1995 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	Penn
Metro Conference		1995 Metro Conference Baseball Tournament	Tom and Lib Phillips Field • Charlotte, NC	South Florida
Mid-American Conference	Bowling Green	1995 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament	Warren E. Steller Field • Bowling Green, OH	Central Michigan
Midwestern Collegiate Conference	East - Detroit West - Notre Dame	1995 Midwestern City Conference Baseball Tournament	South Bend, IN	Wright State
Mid-Continent Conference	Youngstown State	1995 Mid-Continent Conference Baseball Tournament	Monier Field • Charleston, IL	Troy
North Atlantic Conference	Delaware	1995 North Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament	Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE	Delaware
Pacific-10 Conference	North - Washington State South - Southern California	No Tournament
Southeastern Conference	Eastern - Tennessee	1995 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN	Tennessee
	Western - Auburn		Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS	Alabama
Southern Conference	The Citadel	1995 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament	College Park • Charleston, SC	The Citadel
Southwest Conference	Texas Tech	1995 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament	Olsen Field • College Station, TX	Texas Tech
Trans America Athletic Conference	FIU	1995 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Homestead Athletic Complex • Homestead, FL	UCF
West Coast Conference	Pepperdine	No tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1995 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #7 Clemson †y 20 – 4   .833     54 – 14   .794 #5 Florida State ‡y 16 – 7   .696     53 – 16   .768 Georgia Tech y 16 – 8   .667     38 – 22   .633 #25 North Carolina y 14 – 10   .583     39 – 23   .629 Wake Forest 13 – 11   .542     34 – 24   .586 NC State 12 – 12   .500     36 – 24   .600 Virginia 8 – 15   .348     26 – 29   .473 Duke 4 – 20   .167     30 – 27   .526 Maryland 4 – 20   .167     20 – 37   .351 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1995 Big East Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Providence † 16 – 5 – 0   .762     44 – 15 – 0   .746 Seton Hall 14 – 7 – 0   .667     38 – 16 – 0   .704 Villanova 14 – 7 – 0   .667     40 – 16 – 0   .714 Pittsburgh ‡y 12 – 9 – 0   .571     39 – 16 – 0   .709 St. John's 12 – 9 – 0   .571     18 – 16 – 0   .529 Boston College 8 – 13 – 0   .381     21 – 24 – 0   .467 Georgetown 4 – 17 – 0   .190     17 – 34 – 0   .333 Connecticut 4 – 17 – 0   .190     13 – 30 – 1   .307 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1995 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #26 Ohio State †‡y 18 – 10   .643     40 – 23   .635 Minnesota 16 – 12   .571     31 – 27   .534 Northwestern 15 – 13   .536     36 – 19   .655 Purdue 15 – 13   .536     28 – 29   .491 Penn State 13 – 13   .500     25 – 29   .463 Illinois 14 – 14   .500     25 – 31   .446 Iowa 13 – 15   .464     29 – 24   .547 Indiana 12 – 16   .429     33 – 23   .589 Michigan State 12 – 16   .429     24 – 27   .471 Michigan 10 – 16   .385     24 – 29   .453 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Big West Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #1 Cal State Fullerton †‡ 18 – 3   .857     57 – 9   .864 #16 Long Beach State 16 – 5   .762     38 – 25   .603 [[{{{school}}}|Nevada]] 12 – 9   .571     35 – 18   .660 [[{{{school}}}|UNLV]] 11 – 10   .524     32 – 21   .604 [[{{{school}}}|New Mexico State]] 9 – 12   .429     32 – 22   .593 [[{{{school}}}|UC Santa Barbara]] 8 – 13   .381     22 – 24   .478 [[{{{school}}}|Pacific]] 5 – 16   .238     26 – 26   .500 [[{{{school}}}|San Jose State]] 5 – 16   .238     21 – 33   .389 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 1995 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of June 30, 1995; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1995 Mid-American Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Bowling Green † 22 – 8 – 0   .733     34 – 20 – 0   .630 [[{{{school}}}|Kent State]] 19 – 10 – 0   .655     40 – 19 – 0   .678 Central Michigan ‡y 19 – 12 – 0   .613     41 – 19 – 0   .683 [[{{{school}}}|Akron]] 18 – 12 – 0   .600     26 – 22 – 0   .542 [[{{{school}}}|Western Michigan]] 19 – 13 – 0   .594     31 – 22 – 1   .583 [[{{{school}}}|Eastern Michigan]] 18 – 13 – 0   .581     22 – 31 – 0   .415 [[{{{school}}}|Ohio]] 15 – 17 – 0   .469     31 – 25 – 0   .554 [[{{{school}}}|Toledo]] 9 – 21 – 0   .300     21 – 32 – 0   .396 [[{{{school}}}|Miami]] 8 – 23 – 0   .258     21 – 35 – 0   .375 [[{{{school}}}|Ball State]] 7 – 25 – 0   .219     15 – 41 – 0   .268 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1995 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Eastern #4 Tennessee x†‡y 22 – 8   .733     54 – 16   .771 [[{{{school}}}|Florida]] 12 – 14   .462     32 – 24   .571 [[{{{school}}}|South Carolina]] 12 – 14   .462     32 – 25   .561 [[{{{school}}}|Georgia]] 9 – 17   .346     29 – 29   .500 [[{{{school}}}|Vanderbilt]] 10 – 19   .345     29 – 32   .475 [[{{{school}}}|Kentucky]] 8 – 19   .296     29 – 32   .475 Western #9 Auburn xy 19 – 8   .704     50 – 13   .794 #14 Alabama ‡y 18 – 11   .621     42 – 23   .646 #18 [[{{{school}}}|LSU]] y 17 – 12   .586     47 – 18   .723 #17 [[{{{school}}}|Ole Miss]] y 14 – 12   .538     40 – 22   .645 [[{{{school}}}|Arkansas]] y 13 – 15   .464     38 – 23   .623 [[{{{school}}}|Mississippi State]] 11 – 16   .407     34 – 25   .576 x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT The Citadel †‡y 19 – 5   .792     39 – 19   .672 [[{{{school}}}|Georgia Southern]] 14 – 10   .583     35 – 24   .593 [[{{{school}}}|Western Carolina]] 13 – 11   .542     32 – 24   .571 [[{{{school}}}|Davidson]] 12 – 12   .500     19 – 32   .373 [[{{{school}}}|East Tennessee State]] 11 – 12   .478     25 – 27   .481 [[{{{school}}}|Appalachian State]] 10 – 13   .435     17 – 30   .362 [[{{{school}}}|VMI]] 10 – 14   .417     19 – 28   .404 [[{{{school}}}|Marshall]] 9 – 15   .375     12 – 38   .240 [[{{{school}}}|Furman]] 9 – 15   .375     16 – 32   .333 † – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1995 Southwest Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #10 Texas Tech †‡y 16 – 8   .667     51 – 14   .785 #15 [[{{{school}}}|Rice]] y 15 – 9   .625     43 – 19   .694 #12 [[{{{school}}}|Texas A&M]] y 15 – 9   .625     44 – 22   .667 #23 [[{{{school}}}|Texas]] y 14 – 10   .583     44 – 19   .698 [[{{{school}}}|Texas Christian]] 11 – 13   .458     27 – 29   .482 [[{{{school}}}|Baylor]] 7 – 14   .333     25 – 28   .472 [[{{{school}}}|Houston]] 6 – 18   .250     26 – 29   .473 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1995 season marked the forty ninth 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 Cal State Fullerton claiming their third championship with a 11–5 win over Southern California in the final.

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Semifinals						Finals
	6	Southern California	0
	3	[[{{{school}}}|Miami (FL)]]	15
						3	Miami (FL)	4
						2	Florida State	2
	7	[[{{{school}}}|Oklahoma]]	2
	2	Florida State	3
											3	Miami (FL)	5	3
	Bracket One
										6	Southern California	7	7
	7	Oklahoma	4
	6	Southern California	9
						2	Florida State	11
						6	Southern California	16
																6	Southern California	5
																1	Cal State Fullerton	11
	5	Tennessee	3
	4	Clemson	1
						5	Tennessee	1
						1	Cal State Fullerton	11
	8	[[{{{school}}}|Stanford]]	5
	1	Cal State Fullerton	6
											1	Cal State Fullerton	11	—
	Bracket Two
										5	Tennessee	0	—
	8	Stanford	8
	4	Clemson	3
						5	Tennessee	6
						8	Stanford	2