1987 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1987 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 1987. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1987 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty first time in 1987, 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. Stanford claimed the championship for the first time.[1]

1987 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	270
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Stanford (1st title)
Runners-up	Oklahoma State (15th CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Mark Marquess (1st title)
MOP	Paul Carey (Stanford)
Seasons

Realignment

• American discontinued their baseball program, leaving the Colonial Athletic Association with six schools sponsoring baseball.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1987 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. 26 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 22 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue • City	Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Georgia Tech	1987 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC	Georgia Tech
Atlantic 10 Conference	East - Rutgers West Virginia	1987 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament	Bear Stadium • Boyertown, PA	West Virginia
Big East Conference	North - St. John's South - Seton Hall	1987 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament	Muzzy Field • Bristol, CT	Seton Hall
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma State	1987 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament	All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma State
Big South Conference	East - Campbell West - Armstrong State	1987 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament	Taylor Field • Buies Creek, NC	Winthrop
Big Ten Conference	East - Michigan West - Minnesota	1987 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	Michigan
Colonial Athletic Association	UNC Wilmington	1987 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament	The Diamond • Richmond, VA	East Carolina
EIBL	Dartmouth	No Tournament
Mid-American Conference	Central Michigan	No Tournament
Midwestern Collegiate Conference	North - Xavier South - Oral Roberts	1987 Midwestern City Conference Baseball Tournament	Evansville, IN	Oral Roberts
Metro Conference	South Carolina	1987 Metro Conference Baseball Tournament	Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC	Florida State
Mid-Continent Conference	Blue - Valparaiso Gray - Eastern Illinois	1987 Mid-Continent Conference Baseball Tournament	Chicago, IL	Southwest Missouri State
Pacific-10 Conference	North - Washington State South - Stanford	No Tournament
Pacific Coast Athletic Association	Cal State Fullerton	No Tournament
Southeastern Conference	Georgia	1987 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament	Foley Field • Athens, GA	Mississippi State
Southern Conference	North - Appalachian State South - Western Carolina	1987 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament	Asheville, NC	Western Carolina
Southwest Conference	Texas	1987 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament	Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	Texas
Trans America Athletic Conference	East - Georgia Southern West - Hardin–Simmons	1987 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA	Georgia Southern

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1987 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 25 Georgia Tech  ‍†‍‡‍^y 17 – 4   .810     51 – 14   .785 No. 10 Clemson  ‍‍‍^y 16 – 5   .762     54 – 14   .794 North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13 – 7   .650     31 – 22   .585 NC State  ‍‍‍^y 12 – 8   .600     39 – 16   .709 Virginia  ‍‍‍ 5 – 12   .294     18 – 30   .375 Maryland  ‍‍‍ 5 – 12   .294     15 – 24   .385 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 4 – 13   .235     19 – 31   .380 Duke  ‍‍‍ 3 – 14   .176     18 – 26   .409 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1987[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1987 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT East Rutgers  ^x‍‍‍ 11 – 4 – 1   .719     36 – 14 – 1   .716 UMass  ‍‍‍ 10 – 4 – 0   .714     22 – 16 – 0   .579 Temple  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5 – 1   .656     26 – 20 – 1   .564 Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ 4 – 10 – 0   .286     9 – 22 – 0   .290 Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍ 2 – 14 – 0   .125     9 – 26 – 0   .257 West West Virginia  ^x‍‍‡‍^y 9 – 2 – 0   .818     24 – 14 – 1   .628 Penn State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 3 – 0   .786     29 – 19 – 0   .604 George Washington  ‍‍‍ 8 – 8 – 0   .500     19 – 25 – 0   .432 St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍ 4 – 10 – 0   .286     11 – 18 – 0   .379 Duquesne  ‍‍‍ 2 – 14 – 0   .125     19 – 17 – 0   .528 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1987; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1987 Big East Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT North Division St. John's  ^x‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667     24 – 21   .533 Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 11 – 7   .611     23 – 16   .590 Boston College  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444     13 – 21   .382 Providence  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13   .278     15 – 25   .375 South Division No. 22 Seton Hall  ^x‍‍‡‍^y 16 – 2   .889     45 – 10   .818 Villanova  ‍‍‍ 11 – 7   .611     35 – 18   .660 Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13   .278     13 – 18   .419 Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 4 – 14   .222     14 – 30   .318 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1987[4][5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1987 Big Eight Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 2 Oklahoma State ^†‡y ‍‍‍ 15 – 6   .714     59 – 13   .819 No. 26 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍^y 17 – 7   .708     42 – 20   .677 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 12 – 8   .600     36 – 21   .632 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583     36 – 26   .581 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12   .429     28 – 24   .538 Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 13   .350     25 – 27   .481 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 3 – 21   .125     15 – 39   .278 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1987[6]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1987 Big South Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT East Campbell  ^x‍‍‍ 8 – 2 – 0   .800     25 – 20 – 0   .556 Winthrop  ‍‍‡‍ 8 – 3 – 0   .727     38 – 8 – 0   .826 UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 0   .375     12 – 20 – 1   .379 Radford  ‍‍‍ 0 – 9 – 0   .000     11 – 21 – 0   .344 West Armstrong State  ^x‍‍‍ 9 – 3 – 0   .750     47 – 15 – 0   .758 Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍ 7 – 6 – 0   .538     27 – 23 – 0   .540 Augusta State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7 – 0   .462     20 – 23 – 0   .465 Baptist  ‍‍‍ 3 – 9 – 0   .250     25 – 17 – 0   .595 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1987[7]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1987 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT East No. 23 Michigan  ^x‍‍‡‍^y 13 – 3   .813     52 – 12   .813 Purdue  ‍‍‍^y 10 – 6   .625     36 – 24   .600 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438     43 – 17   .717 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10   .375     34 – 20   .630 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 12   .250     19 – 27   .413 West Minnesota  ^x‍‍‍ 12 – 4   .750     36 – 25   .590 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563     29 – 28   .509 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563     32 – 24   .571 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313     23 – 20   .535 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313     28 – 24   .538 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1987[8][9]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1987 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT UNC Wilmington  ‍†‍‍ 11 – 4   .733     32 – 21   .604 Richmond  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5   .667     21 – 35   .375 George Mason  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6   .600     31 – 23   .574 East Carolina  ‍‍‡‍^y 8 – 7   .533     26 – 17   .605 James Madison  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400     28 – 21   .571 William & Mary  ‍‍‍ 1 – 14   .067     5 – 31   .139 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1987[10]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1987 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Northern No. 18 Washington State  ^x‍‍‍^y 18 – 6   .750     44 – 19   .698 Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9   .625     31 – 15   .674 Portland State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542     37 – 20   .649 Portland  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500     30 – 22   .577 Washington  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458     21 – 20   .512 Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333     20 – 32   .385 Eastern Washington  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292     24 – 32   .429 Southern No. 1 Stanford  ^x‍‍‍^y 21 – 9   .700     53 – 17   .757 No. 12 UCLA  ‍‍‍^y 16 – 14   .533     40 – 25   .615 No. 8 Arizona State  ‍‍‍^y 16 – 14   .533     40 – 27   .597 Arizona  ‍‍‍^y 13 – 17   .433     34 – 26   .567 California  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400     36 – 25   .590 Southern California  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400     32 – 28   .533 x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1987[11]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1987 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 7 Georgia  ‍†‍‍^y 18 – 8   .692     42 – 21   .667 No. 20 Auburn  ‍‍‍^y 18 – 9   .667     42 – 18   .700 Florida  ‍‍‍ 17 – 9   .654     32 – 24   .571 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11   .593     40 – 15   .727 No. 4 LSU  ‍‍‍^y 12 – 10   .545     49 – 19   .721 Mississippi State  ‍‍‡‍^y 13 – 13   .500     39 – 22   .639 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 11 – 14   .440     25 – 26   .490 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16   .407     25 – 26   .490 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20   .259     27 – 25   .519 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 5 – 18   .217     17 – 27   .386 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1987[12]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1987 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Northern Appalachian State  ^x‍‍‍ 10 – 2   .833     26 – 13   .667 VMI  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4   .667     16 – 16   .500 Marshall  ‍‍‍ 5 – 7   .417     16 – 17   .485 East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 11   .083     9 – 19   .321 Southern No. 30 Western Carolina  ^x‍‍‡‍^y 13 – 3   .813     36 – 20   .643 Davidson  ‍‍‍ 10 – 7   .588     25 – 17   .595 The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333     19 – 31   .380 Furman  ‍‍‍ 5 – 12   .294     11 – 26   .297 x – Division champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1987[13]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1987 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT East No. 29 Georgia Southern ^x‍†‍‡‍^y 13 – 5   .722     33 – 30   .524 Stetson  ‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667     37 – 22   .627 Mercer ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400     27 – 22   .551 Samford ‍‍‍ 2 – 13   .133     6 – 41   .128 West Hardin–Simmons ^x‍‍‍ 10 – 6   .625     27 – 31   .466 Arkansas–Little Rock ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563     25 – 20   .556 Centenary ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313     19 – 25   .432 x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1987[14]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1987 season marked the forty first 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 Stanford claiming their first championship with a 9–5 win over Oklahoma State in the final.[1]

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round
	Winner's Bracket
		Oklahoma State	8
		Arizona State	3
							Oklahoma State	8
							LSU	7
		LSU	6^10
		Florida State	2
												Oklahoma State	6
												Stanford	2
		Texas	13
		Arkansas	6
							Texas	1
							Stanford	6
		Stanford	3
		Georgia	2
						Loser's Bracket
							Arizona State	0
							Florida State	3				Texas	6^10
												Florida State	4
							Arkansas	5
							Georgia	4				LSU	5
												Arkansas	2

Semifinals

Finals

if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals

Oklahoma State

5

Oklahoma State

5

Texas

6

Stanford

9

Texas

3

Stanford

9

Stanford

6^10

LSU

5

Award winners

All-America team

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