1978 Southwest Conference baseball tournament
The 1978 Southwest Conference baseball tournament was the league's annual postseason tournament used to determine the Southwest Conference's automatic bid to the 1978 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament was held from May 12 through 14 at Disch–Falk Field on the campus of The University of Texas in Austin, Texas.
The number 3 seed went 3–0 to win the team's second SWC tournament under head coach Mickey Sullivan.
Format and seeding
The tournament featured the top four finishers of the SWC's 9 teams in a double-elimination tournament.| Place | Team | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Seed |
| Place | Team | W | L | % | GB | W | L | % | Seed |
| 1 | 19 | 5 | - | 39 | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 16 | - | |||
| 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 29 | - | |||
| 7 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 23 | 25 | - | |||
| 8 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 29 | - | |||
| 9 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 29 | - |