1976 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

The 1976 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1976 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 thirtieth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Seven regions held a four team, double-elimination tournament while one region included six teams, resulting in 34 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The thirtieth tournament's champion was Arizona, coached by Jerry Kindall. The Most Outstanding Player was Steve Powers of Arizona.

Seven of the eight regionals were played as 4-team double-elimination tournaments. One regional was played as a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The winner of each regional moved onto the College World Series.

Games played in Columbia, South Carolina.

Games played in Tempe, Arizona.

Games played in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Games played in Tallahassee, Florida.

Games played in Edinburg, Texas.

Games played in Arlington, Texas.

Games played in Pullman, Washington.

Games played in Storrs, Connecticut.

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

• Arizona: Ron Hassey, Dave Stegman
• Arizona State: Gary Allenson, Chris Bando, Floyd Bannister, Mike Colbern, Bob Horner, Dave Hudgens, Darrell Jackson, Ken Landreaux, Chris Nyman, Bob Pate, Rick Peters, Ken Phelps, Gary Rajsich
• Auburn: Joe Beckwith, Terry Leach
• Clemson: Ron Musselman, Chuck Porter, Kurt Seibert
• Eastern Michigan: Glenn Gulliver, John Martin, Bob Owchinko, Bob Welch
• Maine: Jack Leggett, Bert Roberge
• Oklahoma: Terry Bogener, Keith Drumright, George Frazier, Gene Krug, Roger LaFrancois
• Washington State: Dave Edler, Eric Wilkins, Tom Niedenfuer

• The Arizona State team featured 13 future Major League players – a record matched by the school's team from the previous year.
• Arizona head coach Jerry Kindall became the first person to win a College World Series as both a player (1956, Minnesota) and a coach.
• Keith Drumright appeared in his fourth College World Series.
• Eastern Michigan was the last northern school to play in the final game of the College World Series for 43 years, until Michigan in 2019.

• 1976 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
• 1976 NCAA Division III baseball tournament (inaugural edition)
• 1976 NAIA World Series