The 1949 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1949.
The College World Series, held for the third time in 1949, consisted of four remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and was held in Wichita, Kansas, at Wichita Municipal Stadium as a double-elimination tournament.
Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament.
The 1949 season marked the third NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of eight teams divided into four regions.
The four teams played a double-elimination format, with Texas sweeping the tournament and defeating Wake Forest in the final.