1965 NCAA University Division baseball season

1965 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions Arizona State
Runners-up Ohio State
MOP Sal Bando (Arizona State)
Seasons

 1964

1966 

The 1965 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 1965. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1965 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the nineteenth time in 1965, 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. Arizona State claimed the championship.[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1965 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 10 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Maryland
Big Eight Conference Missouri
Big Ten Conference Ohio State
CIBA Stanford
EIBL Army
Mid-American Conference Ohio
Pacific Coast Conference Washington State
Southeastern Conference Mississippi State
Southern Conference Furman
Southwest Conference Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1965 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Northern
#22 Utah 7 5   .583     21 16   .568
Wyoming 7 5   .583     16 22   .421
BYU 4 8   .333     21 15   .583
Southern
#1 Arizona State y 9 3   .750     54 8   .871
#25 Arizona 7 5   .583     37 13   .740
New Mexico 2 10   .167     18 19   .486
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1965[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1965 season marked the nineteenth 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 Arizona State claiming their first championship with a 2–1 win over Ohio State in the final.[1]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
   Ohio State 2  
   Florida State 1    
       Ohio State 14  
       Washington State 1    
   Washington State 12          
   Texas 5        
       Ohio State 4
       Arizona State 9
   Arizona State 14        
   Lafayette 1          
       Arizona State 13    
       Lafayette 3  
   Saint Louis 2    
   Connecticut 1  
  Loser's Bracket
   Florida State 3  
   Texas 2      Saint Louis 5
     Florida State 3
   Lafayette 4  
   Connecticut 6      Washington State 3
     Connecticut 2
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
   Arizona State 6        Arizona State 2
   Saint Louis 2            Ohio State 1
       Arizona State 3    
       Ohio State 7  
   Ohio State 1*    
   Washington State 0  

* - Indicates game required 15 innings.

Award winners

All-America team

References

  1. 1 2 3 W.C. Madden and Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 41–43. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1965". boydsworld.com. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
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