List of Big West Conference baseball champions

This is a list of Big West Conference champions in college baseball. The Big West Conference is composed of eleven schools which participate in baseball, with each school playing all of the others in three game series. The team with the best record is named champion, and wins the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

The conference began sponsoring baseball under the name Pacific Coast Athletic Association in 1970 and crowned a champion each year through 1976. Beginning in 1977, the league joined with the West Coast Conference for baseball, with competition in two separate conferences - the Northern California Baseball Association and the Southern California Baseball Association. This arrangement lasted through the 1984 season, when the league once again began sponsoring baseball for its members. In 1988, the conference adopted the Big West name. In 1990, the league held a divisional playoff, and in 1997 and 1998, the league held a tournament to determine its champion. in 2025, the league is bringing back a tournament to determine its champion.

Champions

Pacific Coast Athletic Association Year Regular Season Champion Record 1970 23 11–4 1971 21 13–8 1972 17 14–4 1973 13–5 1974 12 18–5 1975 8 Cal State Fullerton 14–7 1976 26 17–4

Northern California Baseball Association Year Champion Record 1977 21 26–10 1978 23–8 1979 26 23–13 1980 24 31–3 1981 20 26–10 1982 13 30–626–10 1983 11 22–8 1984 14 28–2

Southern California Baseball Association Year Champion Record 1977 20 4 Cal State Los Angeles 17–7 1978 21 24–4 1979 1 Cal State Fullerton 23–4 1980 23 20–8 1981 9 22–6 1982 8 Cal State Fullerton 23–5 1983 20 13 22–6 1984 1 Cal State Fullerton 22–6

Pacific Coast Athletic Association/Big West Conference Year Regular season champion Record Postseason champion 1985 12 (North) (South) 23–721–9 1986 9 18–3 1987 7 18–3 1988 7 Fresno State 20–1 1989 8 12 17–4 1990 28 9 Cal State Fullerton 13–5 1991 6 Fresno State 15–6 1992 23 18–5 1993 3 17–4 1994 19 20 3 Cal State Fullerton 16–516–515–5 1995 1 Cal State Fullerton 18–3 1996 15–6 1997 (North) 24 / 21 (South) 20–1022–8 1998 (North) 11 (South) 17–1025–5 1999 6 Cal State Fullerton 25–5 2000 22 21–9 2001 3 Cal State Fullerton 14–4 2002 28 19–5 2003 11 16–5 2004 1 Cal State Fullerton 19–2 2005 9 16–5 2006 4 Cal State Fullerton 18–3 2007 7 16–5 2008 11 19 16–8 2009 9 UC Irvine 22–2 2010 12 21–3 2011 18 19–5 2012 19 17–7 2013 10 Cal State Fullerton 23–4 2014 19 19–5 2015 6 Cal State Fullerton 19–5 2016 28 17–7 2017 9 20–4 2018 Cal State Fullerton 18–6 2019 19–5 2020 Season cancelled in March due to the coronavirus pandemic 2021 17 UC Irvine 32–8 2022 17 UC Santa Barbara 27–3 2023UC San Diego21–92024 19 UC Santa Barbara26–42025 25 UC Irvine24–62026Cal PolyUC Santa Barbara22–8

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