1958 NCAA University Division baseball season

1958 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Southern California
Runners-up	Penn State
MOP	Bill Thom (Southern California)
Seasons
← 1957	1959 →

The 1958 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1958. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1958 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twelfth time in 1958, 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.^[1]

Realignment

Prior to the 1958 season, Oklahoma A&M, now Oklahoma State, rejoined the Big Seven Conference, which then became known as the Big Eight.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1958 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 13 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 14 teams earned at-large selections.^[1][2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Clemson
Big Eight Conference	Missouri
Big Ten Conference	Minnesota
CIBA	Southern California
EIBL	Harvard
Mid-American Conference	Western Michigan
Pacific Coast Conference	Oregon State
Southeastern Conference	Auburn
Southern Conference	George Washington Richmond
Southwest Conference	Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1958 Big Eight Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Missouri †^y 12 – 3   .800     21 – 7   .750 Oklahoma State 13 – 5   .722     17 – 6   .739 Oklahoma 11 – 5   .688     12 – 8   .600 Kansas 11 – 6   .647     14 – 8   .636 Nebraska 12 – 9   .571     17 – 10   .630 Iowa State 8 – 12   .400     8 – 15   .348 Colorado 5 – 16   .238     7 – 19   .269 Kansas State 2 – 18   .100     2 – 18   .100 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1958[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1958 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT North Division Oregon State † 10 – 4   .714     18 – 11   .621 Washington State 9 – 5   .643     19 – 11   .633 Oregon 9 – 5   .643     –   – Idaho 4 – 11   .267     –   – Washington 3 – 10   .231     12 – 13   .480 California Intercollegiate Baseball Association Southern California †^y 14 – 2   .875     29 – 3   .906 California 9 – 7   .563     19 – 12   .613 Stanford 7 – 9   .438     23 – 12   .657 Santa Clara 5 – 11   .313     –   – UCLA 5 – 11   .313     15 – 19   .441 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1958[4]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1958 season marked the twelfth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Southern California claiming their second championship with an 8–7 win over Missouri in the final.^[1]

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round
	Winner's Bracket
		Missouri	3
		Western Michigan	1
							Missouri	11
							Colorado State	2
		Colorado State	10
		Lafayette	5
												Missouri	4
												Holy Cross	1
		Holy Cross	3
		Southern California	0
							Holy Cross	17
							Clemson	4
		Arizona	1
		Clemson	4
						Loser's Bracket
							Western Michigan	4
							Lafayette	3				Clemson	3
												Western Michigan	5
							Southern California	4
							Arizona	0				Southern California	12
												Colorado State	1

	Semifinals					Finals					if needed
	Re-ordered Semi-finals
		Missouri	3									Missouri	7
		Western Michigan	1									Southern California	8
							Missouri	0
							Southern California	7
		Holy Cross	2
		Southern California	6

Award winners

All-America team

References

1. W.C. Madden and Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 31–34. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1958". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
4. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1958". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 22, 2013.