1974 NCAA Division I baseball season

1974 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams221
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsSouthern California (10th title)
Runners-upMiami (FL) (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachRod Dedeaux (10th title)
MOPGeorge Milke (Southern California)
Seasons
← 1973
1975 →

The 1974 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 1974. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1974 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty eighth time in 1974, 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 for the fifth year in a row, the first team to claim five consecutive titles.[1]

  1. ^ W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 41–43. ISBN 9780786418428. Retrieved August 20, 2014.