# 1971 NCAA University Division baseball season

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 twenty fifth 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.
| Conference | Regular season winner |
| Atlantic Coast Conference | Maryland |
| Big Eight Conference | Iowa State |
| Big Ten Conference | Michigan State |
| EIBL | Harvard |
| Mid-American Conference | Ohio |
| Midwestern Conference | Southern Illinois |
| Pacific-8 Conference | North - Washington State South - Southern California |
| Southeastern Conference | Mississippi State |
| Southern Conference | The Citadel Furman |
| Southwest Conference | Texas |

## Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:
1971 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference baseball standings :
| 1971 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference baseball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT Iona ‍†‍‍ 10–2–0 .83319–5–0 .792 St. John's ‍‍‍ 7–3–0 .70024–5–1 .817 No. 8 Seton Hall ‍‍‍$^y$ 8–5–0 .61517–14–0 .548 Manhattan ‍‍‍ 8–5–0 .61514–8–1 .630 LIU ‍‍‍ 6–6–0 .50012–11–0 .522 St. Francis (NY) ‍‍‍ 5–6–0 .45512–11–0 .522 Wagner ‍‍‍ 4–8–0 .3337–13–0 .350 C. W. Post ‍‍‍ 3–6–0 .33312–11–0 .522 CCNY ‍‍‍ 3–6–0 .3330–0–0 – Fairleigh Dickinson ‍‍‍ 3–10–0 .23110–16–0 .385 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 17, 1971 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | 1971 Midwestern Conference baseball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT No. 2 Southern Illinois ‍†‍‍$^y$ 11–1 .91743–9 .827 Indiana State ‍‍‍ 8–4 .66722–8 .733 Northern Illinois ‍‍‍ 5–6 .45524–15 .615 Ball State ‍‍‍ 3–7 .30013–18 .419 Illinois State ‍‍‍ 3–10 .23117–20 .459 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 17, 1971 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | 1971 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Northern Division No. 19 Washington State $^x$‍‍‍ 7–8 .46734–15 .694 Oregon ‍‍‍ 7–9 .438– – Oregon State ‍‍‍ 6–10 .375– – Washington ‍‍‍ 1–14 .0679–19 .321 Southern Division No. 1 Southern California $^x$‍‍‍$^y$ 17–0 1.00046–11 .807 Stanford ‍‍‍ 11–6 .64739–20 .661 UCLA ‍‍‍ 11–6 .64738–17 .691 California ‍‍‍ 5–12 .29424–24 .500 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1971 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |

## 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.
| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Final | Final | Final |
| Harvard | Harvard | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| BYU | BYU | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| BYU | BYU | 1 | Harvard | Harvard | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Tulsa | Tulsa | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tulsa | Tulsa | 5 | Tulsa | Tulsa | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mississippi State | Mississippi State | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mississippi State | Mississippi State | 2 | | | | Tulsa | Tulsa | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Southern California | Southern California | 5 | | | | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Southern California | Southern California | 5 | | | | | | | Tulsa | Tulsa | 4 | | | | | | |
| Seton Hall | Seton Hall | 1 | | | | | | | Tulsa | Tulsa | 4 | | | | | | |
| Seton Hall | Seton Hall | 1 | Southern California | Southern California | 3 | | | | Southern California | Southern California | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois | 5 | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Texas–Pan American | Texas–Pan American | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Southern California | Southern California | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Southern California | Southern California | 3 | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois | 2 |
| | | | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | | | | | Tulsa | Tulsa | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | Southern California | Southern California | | | | | | 8 | | | | | |
| | | | BYU | BYU | 3 | BYU | BYU | | | | | | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | BYU | BYU | 3 | BYU | BYU | | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois | 8 | | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | Mississippi State | Mississippi State | 1 | | | | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Mississippi State | Mississippi State | 1 | | | | Texas–Pan American | Texas–Pan American | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Harvard | Harvard | | Texas–Pan American | Texas–Pan American | 6 | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | Seton Hall | Seton Hall | 2 | Texas–Pan American | Texas–Pan American | | | | | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | Texas–Pan American | Texas–Pan American | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |