1978 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

The following poll makes up the 1978 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.

1978 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams239
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsUSC (11th title)
Runners-upArizona State (10th CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachRod Dedeaux (11th title)
MOPRod Boxberger (USC)
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →

Collegiate Baseball

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Currently, only the final poll from the 1978 season is available.[1][2]

Rank Team
1 USC
2 Arizona State
3 North Carolina
4 Miami (FL)
5 Oral Roberts
6 Michigan
7 St. John's
8 Baylor
9 Memphis
10 Arizona
11 Gonzaga
12 Texas A&M
13 Houston
14 Mississippi State
15 UCLA
16 Washington State
17 Marshall
18 Arkansas
19 Temple
20 Southern Illinois
21 Cal State Fullerton
22 Auburn
23 BYU
24 UNLV
25 Clemson
26 Oklahoma State
27 Eastern Michigan
28 Hawaii
29 Texas–Pan American
30 Detroit

References

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  1. ^ "1978 NCAA DIV I Final Poll". Collegiate Baseball. Archived from the original on December 15, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  2. ^ "Division I Baseball Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 39. Retrieved July 10, 2012.