1980 Southwest Conference baseball tournament

1980 Southwest Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsTexas (2nd title)
Winning coachCliff Gustafson (2nd title)
1980 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 Texas ‍y 18 6   .750 53 13   .803
No. 28 Texas A&M ‍‍‍ 17 6   .739 38 14   .731
No. 19 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 15 8   .652 44 22   .667
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 14 10   .583 28 23   .549
Baylor ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 25 19   .568
Rice ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 14 29   .326
TCU ‍‍‍ 7 14   .333 19 28   .404
SMU ‍‍‍ 7 15   .318 21 22   .488
Houston ‍‍‍ 6 17   .261 17 28   .378
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 1980 Southwest Conference baseball tournament was the league's annual postseason tournament used to determine the Southwest Conference's (SWC) automatic bid to the 1980 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament was held from May 17 through 20 at Olsen Field on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.

The number 1 seed Texas Longhorns went 3–1 to win the team's second SWC tournament under head coach Cliff Gustafson.