Northern Pacific Conference

From BR Bullpen

The Northern Pacific Conference was a baseball conference that existed from 1975 to 1981.

Founding members were University of Idaho and Boise State University from the Big Sky Conference which stopped sponsoring the sport in 1974, Gonzaga University, University of Portland and Seattle University from the West Coast Conference, independent Portland State University and University of Puget Sound which was moving up from Division II. The conference remained at 7 schools through 1979.

Eastern Washington University joined the conference in 1980. After the 1980 season Boise State, Idaho, and Seattle all dropped baseball, leaving the conference at 5 teams for 1981. In 1982, Gonzaga, Portland, Portland State, and Eastern Washington moved into the Pac-10 Conference and Puget Sound dropped down to the NAIA level.

Conference Champions[edit]

Year Champion Conference Record Overall Records Notes
1975 University of Puget Sound 20-4 28-13-1 Puget Sound in CWS Regionals
1976 Gonzaga University 19-5 43-23 Gonzaga in CWS Regionals
1977 Portland State University 17-7 32-15 Portland State in CWS Regionals
1978 Gonzaga University 18-6 33-14 Gonzaga in CWS Regionals
1979 University of Portland 19-8 25-18 Portland in CWS Regionals
1980 Gonzaga University 23-4 39-15 Gonzaga in CWS Regionals
1981 Gonzaga University 25-7 48-21 Gonzaga in CWS Regionals