1996 LSU Tigers baseball team

1996 LSU Tigers baseball
National Champions
SEC Champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWest
Record52-15 (20-10 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlex Box Stadium
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
1996 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern Division
No. 3 Florida  x‍‍ 20 10   .667 50 18   .735
No. 12 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 18 12   .600 43 20   .683
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 15 14   .517 35 24   .593
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 14 16   .467 29 25   .537
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 25 28   .472
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 8 21   .276 24 30   .444
Western Division
No. 5 Alabama  x 20 10   .667 50 19   .725
No. 1 LSU  x‍‍ 20 10   .667 52 15   .776
No. 27 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 17 13   .567 38 24   .613
Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 15 15   .500 39 20   .661
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 12 18   .400 32 24   .571
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 7 23   .233 24 30   .444
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1996[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1996 LSU Tigers baseball team won the NCAA national championship in one of the most memorable College World Series games in history.

The Tigers, coached by Skip Bertman, had already established themselves as a premier college baseball program, having won two previous national championships in 1991 and 1993. The 1996 version built on this reputation by compiling a 52–15 record, including going 20–10 in the Southeastern Conference, winning the SEC championship as well.

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1996". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.