The team finished the regular season 25-5 overall and 14-2 in the Sun Belt Conference, earning them their first every outright championship of the league.

Seton Hall, which won its first outright regular-season championship with a 14-4 record, has overcome a different problem.

It is also KU's fifth outright Big 12 championship and seventh overall.

That season the Hoosiers won the outright Big Ten championship.

That year's team was also the first in school history to win an outright Big Ten championship.

Under Young's guidance, Texas (12-0), seeking its first outright national championship since 1969, has won 19 straight games and 29 of its last 31.

It was their twelfth outright championship, excluding a further seven shared titles.

The Cougars have won ten conference championships in their history, half of which were outright championships.

In five of his first seven seasons as manager, Merrill led his clubs to the playoffs or outright championships.

Louisville won the outright championship with a 16-2 record (1st).