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. ConferenceRegular season winnerConference tournamentTournament venue • cityTournament winner Atlantic Coast Conference No tournament Big Eight Conference No tournament Big Ten Conference No tournament EIBL No tournament Mid-American Conference No tournament Midwestern Conference Southern Illinois No tournament Pacific-8 Conference North - South - Southern California No tournament Southeastern Conference East - West - Mississippi State 1971 Southeastern Conference baseball championship series Alternating campus sites Mississippi State Southern Conference No tournament Southwest Conference Yankee Conference
Conference standings The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:
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.
Award winners
All-America team
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