# 1949 NCAA baseball season

The 1949 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1949. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1949 NCAA baseball tournament and 1949 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the third time in 1949, consisted of four remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and was held in Wichita, Kansas, at Wichita Municipal Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Texas claimed the championship by sweeping the four team tournament.

## Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1949 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. Conference champions had to be chosen, unless all conference champions declined the bid.
| Conference | Regular season winner | Conference tournament | Tournament city | Tournament winner |
| Big Seven | Kansas | No conference tournament | No conference tournament | No conference tournament |
| CIBA | Southern California | No conference tournament | No conference tournament | No conference tournament |
| EIBL | Princeton | No conference tournament | No conference tournament | No conference tournament |
| Mid-American Conference | Western Michigan | No conference tournament | No conference tournament | No conference tournament |
| Missouri Valley Conference | Oklahoma A&M | 1949 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament | | Oklahoma A&M |
| Pacific Coast Conference North | Washington State | No conference tournament | No conference tournament | No conference tournament |
| Southeastern Conference | Mississippi State | No conference tournament | No conference tournament | No conference tournament |
| Southern Conference | Wake Forest | No conference tournament | No conference tournament | No conference tournament |
| Southwest Conference | Texas | No conference tournament | No conference tournament | No conference tournament |

## Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:
1949 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings :
| 1949 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT Princeton ‍†‍‍ 6–3–0 .66712–7–1 .625 Cornell ‍‍‍ 5–3–0 .62510–11–1 .477 Penn ‍‍‍ 5–3–0 .62510–8–1 .553 Dartmouth ‍‍‍ 5–4–0 .55612–10–0 .545 Harvard ‍‍‍ 5–4–0 .55610–12–0 .455 Brown ‍‍‍ 4–4–0 .5009–8–1 .528 Columbia ‍‍‍ 4–5–0 .4447–8–0 .467 Yale ‍‍‍ 4–5–0 .44413–12–3 .518 Navy ‍‍‍ 3–4–0 .42912–6–1 .658 Army ‍‍‍ 1–7–0 .1256–13–0 .316 † – Conference champion | 1949 Southern Conference baseball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Wake Forest ‍†‍‍$^y$ 13–1 .92931–4 .886 South Carolina ‍‍‍ 13–5 .72215–6 .714 Richmond ‍‍‍ 7–3 .70012–9 .571 Clemson ‍‍‍ 10–5 .66711–12 .478 North Carolina ‍‍‍ 12–8 .60020–9 .690 Maryland ‍‍‍ 5–4 .55610–8 .556 William & Mary ‍‍‍ 6–5 .545– – VMI ‍‍‍ 5–5 .500– – NC State ‍‍‍ 8–11 .421– – Virginia Tech ‍‍‍ 5–7 .41710–11 .476 Duke ‍‍‍ 9–13 .409– – Furman ‍‍‍ 5–8 .385– – George Washington ‍‍‍ 2–5 .286– – Davidson ‍‍‍ 3–8 .273– – Washington and Lee ‍‍‍ 2–8 .200– – The Citadel ‍‍‍ 1–10 .091– – † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1949 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | 1949 Southwest Conference baseball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Texas ‍†‍‍$^y$ 12–3 .80023–7 .767 Texas A&M ‍‍‍ 10–4 .71417–8 .680 Baylor ‍‍‍ 9–6 .60017–12 .586 SMU ‍‍‍ 6–9 .4008–12 .400 TCU ‍‍‍ 4–11 .2676–14 .300 Rice ‍‍‍ 3–11 .2144–14 .222 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1949 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
| 1949 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings vteConfOverall TeamW L PCTW L PCT North Division Washington State ‍†‍‍ 12–4 .75033–9 .786 Oregon ‍‍‍ 10–4 .71418–7 .720 Oregon State ‍‍‍ 8–7 .53315–8 .652 Washington ‍‍‍ 6–9 .4006–9 .400 Idaho ‍‍‍ 2–14 .1254–22 .154 California Intercollegiate Baseball Association USC ‍†‍‍$^y$ 12–2 .85723–6 .793 Santa Clara ‍‍‍ 9–6 .60017–10 .630 UCLA ‍‍‍ 8–6 .57121–15 .583 Stanford ‍‍‍ 7–8 .46718–12 .600 California ‍‍‍ 5–10 .33331–17 .646 St. Mary's ‍‍‍ 3–12 .2000–0 – † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament |

## NCAA tournament

The 1949 season marked the third NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of eight teams divided into four regions. Each region held a three-game series to determine the four teams that advance to the College World Series, which was held in Wichita, Kansas. The four teams played a double-elimination format, with Texas sweeping the tournament and defeating Wake Forest in the final.
| First Round | First Round | First Round | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Wake Forest | Wake Forest | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Southern California | Southern California | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Southern California | Southern California | 1 | Wake Forest | Wake Forest | 1 | | | | |
| | | | Texas | Texas | 8 | | | | |
| Texas | Texas | 7 | Texas | Texas | 8 | | | | |
| St. John's | St. John's | 1 | | | | | | | |
| St. John's | St. John's | 1 | | | | Texas | Texas | 10 | — |
| | | | | | | Wake Forest | Wake Forest | 3 | — |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | Wake Forest | Wake Forest | 3 | — |
| | | | Wake Forest | Wake Forest | 2 | | | | |
| Southern California | Southern California | 12 | Southern California | Southern California | 1 | | | | |
| St. John's | St. John's | 4 | | | | | | | |