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. 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.