1979 Southwest Conference baseball tournament

The 1979 Southwest Conference baseball tournament was the league's annual postseason tournament used to determine the Southwest Conference's (SWC) automatic bid to the 1979 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.

1979 Southwest Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsTexas (1st title)
Winning coachCliff Gustafson (1st title)
1979 Southwest Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Texas  y 222 .917618 .884
No. 2 Arkansas  y 195 .7924915 .766
Baylor   139 .5913415 .694
Texas A&M   1310 .5653020 .600
Houston   1113 .4582717 .614
Texas Tech   915 .3751623 .410
Southern Methodist   716 .3042126 .447
Texas Christian   717 .2922124 .467
Rice   519 .2082029 .408
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1979
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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

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