1971 NCAA University Division baseball season
The 1971 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association began in the spring of 1971. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1971 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty fifth time in 1971, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Southern California claimed the championship.
Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1971 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 10 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.| Conference | Regular Season Winner |
| Atlantic Coast Conference | |
| Big Eight Conference | |
| Big Ten Conference | |
| EIBL | |
| Mid-American Conference | |
| Midwestern Conference | Southern Illinois |
| Pacific-8 Conference | North - South - Southern California |
| Southeastern Conference | |
| Southern Conference | |
| Southwest Conference |