The 1992 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1992 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its forty sixth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region was composed of six teams, resulting in 48 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The forty-sixth tournament's champion was Pepperdine, coached by Andy Lopez. The Most Outstanding Player was Phil Nevin of Cal State Fullerton. As of 2024, this is the last tournament in which no SEC teams have managed to advance to the College World Series.

Regionals The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, each consisting of a six-team field. Each regional tournament is double-elimination, however region brackets are variable depending on the number of teams remaining after each round. The winners of each regional advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

Atlantic Regional at Coral Gables, FL

Central Regional at Austin, TX

East Regional at Gainesville, FL

Mideast Regional at Starkville, MS4

Midwest Regional at Wichita, KS

South Regional at Baton Rouge, LA

South II Regional at Tallahassee, FL

West Regional at Tucson, AZ

College World Series Through the 2025 event, this was the last time a Southeastern Conference team did not reach the College World Series.

Participants Seeding School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record 1 Miami (FL) n/a 53–8 (n/a) Ron Fraser 11(last: 1989) 1st(1982, 1985) 24–19 2 MVC 56–9 (18–3) Gene Stephenson 4(last: 1991) 1st(1989) 13–6 3 Texas SWC 46–15 (28–8) Cliff Gustafson 25(last: 1989) 1st(1949, 1950, 1975, 1983) 61–43 4 Cal State Fullerton Big West 42–15 (17–7) Augie Garrido 6(last: 1990) 1st(1979, 1984) 12–10 5 Florida State ACC 48–19 (16–7) Mike Martin 11(last: 1991) 2nd(1970, 1986) 15–22 6 Oklahoma Big 8 42–22 (17–7) Larry Cochell 6(last: 1976) 1st(1951) 9–10 7 Pepperdine WCC 44–11–1 (23–4) Andy Lopez 1(last: 1979) 3rd(1979) 3–2 8 Pac-10 35–26 (14–16) Bob Milano 4(last: 1988) 1st(1947, 1957) 10–4

Results

Bracket The teams in the CWS are divided into two pools of four, with each pool playing a double-elimination format. The winners of the two pools meet in the National Championship game.

Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes May 29 Game 1 Miami (FL) 4–3 (13 innings) Game 2 Cal State Fullerton 7–2 Florida State May 30 Game 3 Pepperdine 6–0 Game 4 Texas 15–3 Oklahoma May 31 Game 5 Florida State 5–4 California eliminated Game 6 Miami (FL) 4–3 Cal State Fullerton June 1 Game 7 Oklahoma 8–4 Wichita State eliminated Game 8 Pepperdine 7–0 Texas June 2 Game 9 Cal State Fullerton 6–0 Florida State Florida State eliminated Game 10 Texas 8–5 Oklahoma Oklahoma eliminated June 3 Game 11 Cal State Fullerton 7–5 Miami (FL) June 4 Game 12 Pepperdine 5–4 Texas Texas eliminated June 5 Game 13 Cal State Fullerton 8–1 Miami (FL) Miami (FL) eliminated June 6 Final Pepperdine 3–2 Cal State Fullerton Pepperdine wins CWS

All-Tournament Team The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.

Position Player School P Pat Ahearne Pepperdine James Popoff Cal State Fullerton C Scott Vollmer Pepperdine 1B Dan Melendez Pepperdine 2B Steve Rodriguez Pepperdine 3B Phil Nevin (MOP) Cal State Fullerton SS Nate Rodriquez Cal State Fullerton OF Byron Mathews Oklahoma Chris Powell Cal State Fullerton Johnathen Smith Miami (FL) DH Brooks Kieschnick Texas

Notable players Cal State Fullerton: Bret Hemphill, Dan Naulty, Phil Nevin, Dante Powell, Steve Sisco California: Geoff Blum, Mike Cather, Chris Clapinski, Eric Ludwick, Matt Luke, Jon Zuber Florida State: Roger Bailey, Chris Brock, Tim Davis, John Wasdin, Paul Wilson Miami (FL): Dave Berg, Gus Gandarillas, Danny Graves, Charles Johnson Oklahoma: Greg Norton Pepperdine: Pat Ahearne, Steve Montgomery, Steve Rodriguez, Derek Wallace, Mark Wasikowski Texas: Brooks Kieschnick, Stephen Larkin, Calvin Murray Wichita State: Jaime Bluma, Darren Dreifort, Doug Mirabelli, Kennie Steenstra

See also 1992 NCAA Division I softball tournament 1992 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 1992 NCAA Division III baseball tournament 1992 NAIA World Series

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