1999 NCAA Division I baseball season

1999 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	274
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Miami (FL)
Runners-up	Florida State
MOP	Marshall McDougall (Florida State)
Seasons
← 1998	2000 →

The 1999 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 1999. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1999 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fifty third time in 1999, consisted of one team from each of eight super regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Miami (FL) claimed the championship for the third time.

Format changes

• The Big West Conference, Mid-Coninent Conference, and Pacific-10 Conference dissolved their two division formats.
• The Trans America Athletic Conference dissolved its unique three division format.
• The West Coast Conference divided into two divisions of four teams each, named West and Coast.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1999 season. The NCAA sponsored regional and super regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the sixteen regionals consisted of four teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to eight best of three Super Regionals. The winners of each Super Regional advanced to Omaha. 29 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 35 teams earned at-large selections.

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue • City	Tournament Winner
America East Conference	Towson	1999 America East Conference Baseball Tournament	Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE	Delaware
Atlantic Coast Conference	Florida State	1999 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC	Wake Forest
Big 12 Conference	Texas A&M	1999 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament	AT&T Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK	Nebraska
Big East Conference	Notre Dame	1999 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament	Mercer County Waterfront Park • Trenton, NJ	Providence
Big Ten Conference	Ohio State	1999 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament	Bill Davis Stadium • Columbus, OH	Michigan
Big West Conference	Cal State Fullerton	No tournament
Conference USA	Houston	1999 Conference USA Baseball Tournament	USA Stadium • Millington, TN	Tulane
Ivy League	Gehrig - Princeton Rolfe - Harvard	1999 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series	Joseph J. O'Donnell Field • Cambridge, MA	Harvard
Mid-American Conference	East - Bowling Green West - Ball State	1999 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament	Warren E. Steller Field • Bowling Green, OH	Bowling Green
Midwestern Collegiate Conference	Butler	1999 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Baseball Tournament	Chicago, IL	Milwaukee
Mid-Continent Conference	Oral Roberts	1999 Mid-Continent Conference Baseball Tournament	J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OK	Oral Roberts
Pacific-10 Conference	Stanford	No tournament
Southeastern Conference	Eastern - South Carolina Western - LSU	1999 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL	Alabama
Southern Conference	The Citadel	1999 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament	Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	The Citadel
Trans America Athletic Conference	Florida Atlantic	1999 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Osceola County Stadium • Kissimmee, FL	Jacksonville
West Coast Conference	Coast - Pepperdine West - Loyola Marymount	1999 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series		Loyola Marymount

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1999 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #2 Florida State †y 22 – 2   .917     57 – 14   .803 #10 Wake Forest ‡y 16 – 7   .696     47 – 16   .746 #13 Clemson y 13 – 10   .565     42 – 27   .609 #28 North Carolina y 13 – 11   .542     41 – 18   .695 Georgia Tech 12 – 12   .500     38 – 20   .655 NC State y 11 – 13   .458     37 – 25   .597 Virginia 8 – 15   .348     21 – 35   .375 Maryland 6 – 17   .261     23 – 33   .411 Duke 4 – 18   .182     24 – 31   .436 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1999; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1999 Big 12 Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #7 Texas A&M †y 23 – 6   .793     52 – 18   .743 #9 Baylor y 20 – 7   .741     50 – 15   .769 #22 Texas Tech y 18 – 8   .692     42 – 17   .712 #8 Oklahoma State y 18 – 9   .667     46 – 21   .687 Nebraska y 16 – 9   .640     42 – 18   .700 Texas 17 – 13   .567     36 – 26   .581 Missouri 14 – 13   .519     37 – 19   .661 Oklahoma 12 – 18   .400     30 – 29   .508 Kansas State 11 – 18   .379     26 – 29   .473 Kansas 4 – 26   .133     14 – 40   .259 Iowa State 2 – 28   .067     17 – 36   .321 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1999; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1999 Big East Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Notre Dame †y 20 – 5 – 0   .800     43 – 18 – 0   .705 Rutgers y 19 – 7 – 0   .731     37 – 21 – 0   .638 Providence ‡y 18 – 8 – 0   .692     49 – 16 – 0   .754 Seton Hall 14 – 11 – 0   .560     32 – 19 – 1   .625 St. John's 13 – 11 – 1   .540     32 – 22 – 2   .589 West Virginia 12 – 13 – 0   .480     29 – 28 – 0   .509 Villanova 11 – 15 – 0   .423     27 – 26 – 1   .509 [[{{{school}}}|Pittsburgh]] 11 – 15 – 0   .423     27 – 27 – 0   .500 [[{{{school}}}|Boston College]] 10 – 15 – 1   .404     26 – 21 – 1   .552 [[{{{school}}}|Connecticut]] 10 – 16 – 0   .385     27 – 24 – 0   .529 [[{{{school}}}|Georgetown]] 2 – 24 – 0   .077     18 – 34 – 0   .346 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1999; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1999 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #11 Ohio State †y 25 – 3   .893     50 – 14   .781 [[{{{school}}}|Minnesota]] y 21 – 7   .750     46 – 18   .719 [[{{{school}}}|Illinois]] 15 – 12   .556     24 – 22   .522 Michigan ‡y 15 – 13   .536     34 – 30   .531 [[{{{school}}}|Indiana]] 14 – 14   .500     37 – 17   .685 [[{{{school}}}|Penn State]] 12 – 15   .444     32 – 23   .582 [[{{{school}}}|Michigan State]] 10 – 17   .370     28 – 25   .528 [[{{{school}}}|Purdue]] 10 – 17   .370     24 – 30   .444 [[{{{school}}}|Northwestern]] 10 – 18   .357     24 – 29   .453 [[{{{school}}}|Iowa]] 6 – 22   .214     22 – 34   .393 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1999; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1999 Conference USA baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #24 Houston †y 20 – 7   .741     40 – 24   .625 #21 Tulane ‡y 19 – 8   .704     48 – 17   .738 [[{{{school}}}|Southern Miss]] y 18 – 9   .667     40 – 23   .635 [[{{{school}}}|Memphis]] 15 – 12   .556     28 – 26   .519 [[{{{school}}}|South Florida]] 15 – 12   .556     31 – 27   .534 [[{{{school}}}|Louisville]] 14 – 13   .519     37 – 19   .661 [[{{{school}}}|UNC Charlotte]] 13 – 14   .481     26 – 26   .500 [[{{{school}}}|Cincinnati]] 9 – 18   .333     30 – 29   .508 [[{{{school}}}|UAB]] 7 – 20   .259     22 – 31   .415 [[{{{school}}}|Saint Louis]] 5 – 22   .185     19 – 39   .328 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1999; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1999 Mid-American Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT East Bowling Green x‡y 21 – 10 – 0   .677     36 – 24 – 0   .600 [[{{{school}}}|Miami]] 20 – 12 – 0   .625     34 – 27 – 0   .557 [[{{{school}}}|Kent State]] 19 – 12 – 0   .613     33 – 25 – 0   .569 [[{{{school}}}|Ohio]] 17 – 13 – 0   .567     26 – 28 – 0   .481 [[{{{school}}}|Akron]] 10 – 22 – 0   .313     10 – 22 – 0   .313 [[{{{school}}}|Marshall]] 4 – 26 – 1   .145     12 – 43 – 1   .223 West Ball State x 25 – 6 – 0   .806     42 – 18 – 0   .700 [[{{{school}}}|Toledo]] 23 – 9 – 0   .719     39 – 20 – 0   .661 [[{{{school}}}|Western Michigan]] 20 – 12 – 0   .625     30 – 28 – 0   .517 [[{{{school}}}|Central Michigan]] 15 – 15 – 0   .500     24 – 32 – 0   .429 [[{{{school}}}|Eastern Michigan]] 12 – 19 – 1   .391     21 – 32 – 1   .398 [[{{{school}}}|Northern Illinois]] 1 – 31 – 0   .031     4 – 51 – 1   .080 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1999; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1999 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #1 Miami (FL) y –   –     50 – 13   .794 [[{{{school}}}|Grand Canyon]] –   –     36 – 17   .679 [[{{{school}}}|Texas–Pan American]] –   –     30 – 22   .577 [[{{{school}}}|Belmont]] –   –     28 – 24   .538 [[{{{school}}}|Cal State Northridge]] –   –     28 – 24   .538 [[{{{school}}}|C. W. Post]] –   –     15 – 28   .349 [[{{{school}}}|NYIT]] –   –     15 – 32   .319 [[{{{school}}}|Pace]] –   –     14 – 35   .286 [[{{{school}}}|Southern Utah]] –   –     14 – 35   .286 [[{{{school}}}|Hawaii–Hilo]] –   –     9 – 37   .196 y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1999; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	2015 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Eastern Division South Carolina x 15 – 15   .500     35 – 23   .603 [[{{{school}}}|Kentucky]] 13 – 17   .433     25 – 32   .439 [[{{{school}}}|Florida]] 13 – 17   .433     31 – 25   .554 [[{{{school}}}|Tennessee]] 10 – 20   .333     28 – 28   .500 [[{{{school}}}|Georgia]] 8 – 20   .286     25 – 30   .455 [[{{{school}}}|Vanderbilt]] 8 – 22   .267     22 – 33   .400 Western Division #17 [[{{{school}}}|Arkansas]] xy 22 – 8   .733     42 – 23   .646 #4 Alabama ‡y 21 – 9   .700     53 – 16   .768 #14 LSU y 18 – 11   .621     41 – 24   .631 #15 [[{{{school}}}|Auburn]] y 18 – 12   .600     46 – 19   .708 [[{{{school}}}|Ole Miss]] y 17 – 13   .567     34 – 28   .548 #30 [[{{{school}}}|Mississippi State]] y 15 – 14   .517     42 – 21   .667 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1999; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1999 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT The Citadel †‡y 24 – 5   .828     41 – 20   .672 [[{{{school}}}|College of Charleston]] 19 – 10   .655     31 – 24   .564 [[{{{school}}}|Western Carolina]] 18 – 10   .643     36 – 22   .621 [[{{{school}}}|East Tennessee State]] 18 – 11   .621     29 – 25   .537 [[{{{school}}}|UNC Greensboro]] 16 – 12   .571     29 – 26   .527 [[{{{school}}}|Georgia Southern]] 13 – 15   .464     29 – 29   .500 [[{{{school}}}|VMI]] 13 – 16   .448     22 – 27   .449 [[{{{school}}}|Furman]] 13 – 17   .433     22 – 35   .386 [[{{{school}}}|Appalachian State]] 10 – 20   .333     14 – 38   .269 [[{{{school}}}|Davidson]] 9 – 21   .300     11 – 37   .229 [[{{{school}}}|Wofford]] 7 – 23   .233     14 – 36   .280 † – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1999; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1999 season marked the fifty third 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 third championship with a 6–5 win over Florida State in the final.

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	4	Alabama	11
		Oklahoma State	3
						4	Alabama	1
						1	Miami (FL)	8
	8	[[{{{school}}}|Rice]]	4
	1	Miami (FL)	8
											1	Miami (FL)	5	—
										4	Alabama	2	—
		Oklahoma State	2
	8	Rice	7
						8	Rice	5
						4	Alabama	6
																1	Miami (FL)	6
																2	Florida State	5
	6	Stanford	9
	3	Cal State Fullerton	2
						6	Stanford	10
						2	Florida State	6
	7	Texas A&M	3
	2	Florida State	7
											6	Stanford	6	11
										2	Florida State	8	1413
	3	Cal State Fullerton	4
	7	Texas A&M	2
						3	Cal State-Fullerton	2
						2	Florida State	7