1981 Southwest Conference baseball tournament

1981 Southwest Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsTexas (3rd title)
Winning coachCliff Gustafson (3rd title)
1981 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 3 Texas ‍y 16 5 1   .750 61 11 0   .847
Arkansas ‍‍‍ 12 9 0   .571 31 21 0   .596
Houston ‍‍‍ 11 9 0   .550 32 20 0   .615
Rice ‍‍‍ 11 10 0   .524 34 23 0   .596
Texas A&M ‍‍‍ 10 10 0   .500 35 16 0   .686
TCU ‍‍‍ 9 12 0   .429 27 19 0   .587
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 8 13 0   .381 26 21 0   .553
Baylor ‍‍‍ 6 15 0   .286 21 24 0   .467
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1981
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 1981 Southwest Conference baseball tournament was the league's annual postseason tournament used to determine the Southwest Conference's (SWC) automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament was held from May 15 through 17 at Disch–Falk Field on the campus of The University of Texas in Austin, Texas.

The number 1 seed Texas Longhorns went 3–0 to win the team's third SWC tournament under head coach Cliff Gustafson.