| Year: | 1978 |
| Division: | Division III |
| Teams: | 24 |
| Collegeworldseriesballpark: | Pioneer Park |
| City: | Marietta, Ohio, U.S. |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Tournament Link: | NCAA Division III Baseball Championship |
The 1978 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1978 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the third national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with four teams competing at Pioneer Park in Marietta, Ohio, for the championship. Four regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with all four regions consisting of six teams, for a total of 24 teams participating in the tournament, up from 22 in 1977. The tournament champion was, who defeated for the championship.[1]
The 24 competing teams were:
| School | Nickname | Location | Conference | data-sort-type="number" | Tournament appearance | data-sort-type="number" | Last appearance | Consecutive tournament appearances | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 3 | World Series Runner-Up (1977) | |||||||
| 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
| 2nd | 2 | Regional Runner-Up (1977) | |||||||
| 3rd | 3 | National Champion (1976, 1977) | |||||||
| Independent | 2nd | 2 | Regional Third place (1977) | ||||||
| 3rd | 3 | Regional Third place (1976) | |||||||
| 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
| 3rd | 3 | World Series Runner-Up (1976) | |||||||
| 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
| 3rd | 3 | World Series Fourth place (1977) | |||||||
| Independent/Northern Inetercollegiate Conference(NCAA D-II) | 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | |||||
| 2nd | 1 | World Series Third place (1976) | |||||||
| Knickerbocker Conference | 2nd | 2 | Regional Sixth place (1977) | ||||||
| New England State College Conference | 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | |||||
| 3rd | 3 | World Series Third place (1977) | |||||||
| 2nd | 2 | Regional Third place (1977) | |||||||
| 2nd | 2 | Regional Third place (1977) | |||||||
| 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
| 2nd | 2 | Regional Fourth place (1977) | |||||||
| 3rd | 3 | Regional Runner-Up (1977) | |||||||
| 2nd | 1 | Regional Third place (1976) | |||||||
| 3rd | 3 | Regional Runner-Up (1977) | |||||||
| 3rd | 3 | Regional Runner-Up (1977) | |||||||
| 3rd | 3 | World Series Fourth place (1976) |
Bold indicates winner.
| School | Nickname | Location | Conference | data-sort-type="number" | World Series appearance | data-sort-type="number" | Last appearance | Consecutive World Series appearances | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 2 | Third Place (1977) | |||||||
| 2nd | 2 | Fourth Place (1977) | |||||||
| 2nd | 1 | Runner-Up (1976) | |||||||
| 3rd | 3 | National Champion (1976, 1977) |
Pioneer Park-Marietta, OH (Host: Marietta College)