2012 NCAA Division I baseball season

2012 NCAA Division I baseball season
Duration	February 17, 2012–June 25, 2012
Number of teams	297
Preseason #1	Florida Gators
Tournament
Duration	June 1–25, 2012
College World Series
Champions	Arizona
Runners-up	South Carolina
MOP	Robert Refsnyder (Arizona)
Seasons
← 2011 2013 →

2012 America East Conference baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
#8 Stony Brook †‡^y	21	–	3	–	0	.875	52	–	15	–	0	.776
Albany	16	–	8	–	0	.667	22	–	32	–	1	.409
Binghamton	13	–	9	–	0	.591	23	–	26	–	0	.469
Maine	11	–	11	–	0	.500	28	–	28	–	0	.500
Hartford	7	–	17	–	0	.292	16	–	40	–	0	.286
UMBC	2	–	22	–	0	.083	10	–	42	–	0	.192

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of June 17, 2012; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

2012 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Atlantic
#3 Florida State ^x^y	24	–	6	–	0	.800	50	–	17	–	0	.746
#16 NC State ^y	19	–	11	–	0	.633	39	–	17	–	0	.696
Clemson ^y	16	–	14	–	0	.533	34	–	26	–	0	.567
Wake Forest	13	–	17	–	0	.433	33	–	24	–	0	.579
Maryland	10	–	20	–	0	.333	32	–	24	–	0	.571
Boston College	10	–	20	–	0	.333	21	–	34	–	0	.382
Coastal
#5 North Carolina ^x^y	22	–	8	–	0	.733	44	–	14	–	0	.759
#15 Virginia ^y	18	–	12	–	0	.600	39	–	16	–	1	.705
#21 Miami ^y	16	–	14	–	0	.533	36	–	21	–	0	.632
#24 Georgia Tech ‡^y	12	–	18	–	0	.400	37	–	24	–	0	.607
Virginia Tech	11	–	19	–	0	.367	34	–	21	–	0	.618
Duke	9	–	21	–	0	.300	21	–	34	–	0	.382

x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of June 1, 2012; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

2012 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#4 Baylor †^y	20	–	4	.833	47	–	15	.758
#8 Texas A&M ^y	16	–	8	.667	43	–	18	.705
Texas	14	–	10	.583	30	–	22	.577
Oklahoma ^y	13	–	10	.565	41	–	23	.641
Oklahoma State	13	–	11	.542	32	–	25	.561
Missouri ‡^y	10	–	14	.417	33	–	28	.541
Kansas	7	–	16	.304	24	–	34	.414
Kansas State	7	–	17	.292	27	–	31	.466
Texas Tech	7	–	17	.292	29	–	26	.527

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship As of June 4, 2012; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

2012 Big East Conference baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
#25 Louisville †^y	18	–	9	–	0	.667	42	–	22	–	0	.656
St. John's †‡^y	18	–	9	–	0	.667	40	–	23	–	0	.635
Seton Hall	17	–	10	–	0	.630	34	–	24	–	0	.586
South Florida	17	–	10	–	0	.630	38	–	22	–	0	.633
Connecticut	16	–	11	–	0	.593	31	–	27	–	1	.534
Rutgers	16	–	11	–	0	.593	31	–	25	–	0	.554
Notre Dame	14	–	13	–	0	.519	31	–	27	–	0	.534
Pittsburgh	10	–	17	–	0	.370	28	–	28	–	0	.500
Georgetown	10	–	17	–	0	.370	24	–	29	–	0	.453
Villanova	10	–	17	–	0	.370	28	–	27	–	0	.509
West Virginia	9	–	18	–	0	.333	23	–	32	–	0	.418
Cincinnati	7	–	20	–	0	.259	18	–	38	–	0	.321

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 15, 2012; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

2012 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#15 Purdue †‡^y	17	–	7	.708	45	–	14	.763
Indiana	16	–	8	.667	32	–	28	.533
Penn State	15	–	9	.625	29	–	27	.518
Nebraska	14	–	10	.583	35	–	23	.603
Michigan State ^y	13	–	11	.542	37	–	23	.617
Ohio State	11	–	13	.458	33	–	27	.550
Illinois	11	–	13	.458	28	–	25	.528
Minnesota	11	–	13	.458	29	–	27	.518
Iowa	10	–	14	.417	23	–	27	.460
Michigan	8	–	16	.333	22	–	34	.393
Northwestern	6	–	18	.250	18	–	36	.333

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2012; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

2012 Big West Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#19 Cal State Fullerton †^y	17	–	7	.708	36	–	21	.632
Cal Poly	16	–	8	.667	36	–	20	.643
Long Beach State	15	–	9	.625	28	–	27	.509
UC Irvine	13	–	11	.542	31	–	25	.554
UC Davis	12	–	12	.500	27	–	30	.474
UC Santa Barbara	10	–	14	.417	28	–	28	.500
Cal State Northridge	10	–	14	.417	23	–	30	.434
UC Riverside	9	–	15	.375	22	–	32	.407
Pacific	6	–	18	.250	16	–	40	.286

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship As of June 3, 2012; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

2012 Conference USA baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
#9 Rice †^y	17	–	7	–	0	.708	40	–	17	–	0	.702
#18 UCF ^y	16	–	8	–	0	.667	43	–	15	–	0	.741
Tulane	14	–	10	–	0	.583	38	–	20	–	0	.655
Southern Miss	14	–	10	–	0	.583	32	–	24	–	0	.571
Memphis	14	–	10	–	0	.583	31	–	28	–	0	.525
East Carolina ^y	13	–	10	–	1	.563	35	–	22	–	1	.612
UAB ‡^y	9	–	15	–	0	.375	32	–	28	–	0	.533
Houston	5	–	18	–	1	.229	18	–	35	–	1	.343
Marshall	5	–	19	–	0	.208	17	–	37	–	0	.315

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of May 30 2012; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

2012 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#4 UCLA †^y	20	–	10	.667	48	–	16	.750
#11 Arizona ^y	20	–	10	.667	48	–	17	.738
#10 Oregon ^y	19	–	11	.633	46	–	19	.708
#13 Stanford ^y	18	–	12	.600	41	–	18	.695
#17 Oregon State ^y	18	–	12	.600	40	–	20	.667
Arizona State	18	–	12	.600	36	–	20	.643
Washington	13	–	17	.433	30	–	25	.545
California	12	–	18	.400	29	–	25	.537
Washington State	12	–	18	.400	28	–	28	.500
USC	8	–	22	.267	23	–	32	.418
Utah	7	–	23	.233	14	–	42	.250

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of May 28, 2012; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

2012 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern
#2 South Carolina ^x^y	18	–	11	.621	49	–	20	.710
#6 Florida ^y	18	–	12	.600	47	–	20	.701
#19 Kentucky ^y	18	–	12	.600	45	–	18	.714
#25 Vanderbilt ^y	16	–	14	.533	35	–	28	.556
Georgia	14	–	15	.483	31	–	26	.544
Tennessee	8	–	22	.267	24	–	31	.436
Western
#11 LSU ^x†^y	19	–	11	.633	47	–	18	.723
#3 Arkansas ^y	16	–	14	.533	46	–	22	.676
Mississippi State ‡^y	16	–	14	.533	40	–	24	.625
Ole Miss ^y	14	–	16	.467	37	–	26	.587
Auburn	13	–	17	.433	31	–	28	.525
Alabama	9	–	21	.300	21	–	34	.382

x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship As of June 26, 2012; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began on February 17, 2012. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and 2012 College World Series. The College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska at TD Ameritrade Park concluded on June 25, 2012 with the final game of the best of three championship series. Arizona defeated two-time defending champion South Carolina two games to none to claim their fourth championship.

Nebraska-Omaha joined Division I from the Division II MIAA.

Cleveland State dropped its varsity baseball program following the 2011 season. Two programs which had competed as Division I Independents, Le Moyne and New Orleans, dropped to Division II.Centenary, which had been a member of The Summit League, dropped to Division III.

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