1970 NCAA University Division baseball season

{{Infobox College baseball season

| title = 1970 NCAA University Division baseball season

| duration =

| no_of_games =

| no_of_teams = 207

| preseason1 = Southern California

| DefendingChampions = Arizona State

| attendance =

| average_attendance =

| TV =

| tournament_link = 1970 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

| tournament = NCAA tournament

| TourneyDuration =

| ConferenceBids =

| CWSDuration = June 12, 1970 – June 18, 1970

| WorldSeries_link = 1970 College World Series

| WorldSeries = College World Series

| WorldSeries_champ = Southern California

| WorldSeries_titlecount = 6th

| WorldSeries_runner-up = Florida State

| WorldSeries_count = 5

| WorldSeries_coach = Rod Dedeaux

| WorldSeries_coachcount = 6th

| WorldSeries_MOP = Gene Ammann

| MOPTeam = Florida State

| prevseason_year = 1969

| nextseason_year = 1971

}}

The 1970 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 1970. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1970 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty fourth time in 1970, 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.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ox665PJnDXQC|title=The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003|author=W.C. Madden|author2=Patrick J. Stewart|name-list-style=amp|publisher=McFarland & Co.|year=2004|pages=41–43|isbn=9780786418428|accessdate=August 15, 2014}}

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1970 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA tournament. 11 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 15 teams earned at-large selections.{{cite web|title=NCAA Men's College World Series Records|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2009CWSfull.pdf|publisher=NCAA|accessdate=August 15, 2014|page=7|year=2009}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Conference !Regular season winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	{{CBSB link\|year=1970\|team=Maryland Terrapins\|title=Maryland}}
Big Eight Conference	Iowa State
Big Ten Conference	{{CBSB link\|year=1970\|team=Minnesota Golden Gophers\|title=Minnesota}}
EIBL	Dartmouth
Mid-American Conference	{{CBSB link\|year=1970\|team=Ohio Bobcats\|title=Ohio}}
Pacific-8 Conference	North - {{CBSB link\|year=1970\|team=Washington State Cougars\|title=Washington State}} South - Southern California
Southeastern Conference	{{CBSB link\|year=1970\|team=Mississippi State Bulldogs\|title=Mississippi State}}
Southern Conference	North - {{CBSB link\|year=1970\|team=William & Mary Indians\|title=William & Mary}} South - {{CBSB link\|year=1970\|team=East Carolina Pirates\|title=East Carolina}}
Southwest Conference	Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

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|valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 Big Eight Conference baseball standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings}}

valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 Southwest Conference baseball standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1970 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings}}

College World Series

The 1970 season marked the twenty fourth 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 sixth championship with a 2–1, fifteen inning win over Florida State in the final.

1970 NCAA University Division baseball season

Conference winners

Conference standings

College World Series

Award winners

=All-America team=

References