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

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 Conference Tournament Tournament City Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast ConferenceMarylandNo Conference Tournament
Big Eight ConferenceMissouriNo Conference Tournament
Big Ten ConferenceOhio StateNo Conference Tournament
CIBAStanfordNo Conference Tournament
EIBLArmyNo Conference Tournament
Mid-American ConferenceOhioNo Conference Tournament
Pacific Coast ConferenceWashington StateNo Conference Tournament
Southeastern ConferenceMississippi StateNo Conference Tournament
Southern ConferenceFurmanNo Conference Tournament
Southwest ConferenceTexasNo Conference Tournament
Yankee ConferenceConnecticut/Vermont1965 Yankee Conference Baseball PlayoffConnecticut

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1965 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
1965 Yankee Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
#6 Connecticut  ‍†‍‡‍y 7–3 .700  16–9 .640
Vermont  ‍†‍‍ 7–3 .700  11–5 .688
Maine  ‍‍‍ 6–4 .600  14–7 .667
UMass  ‍‍‍ 6–4 .600  7–11 .389
New Hampshire  ‍‍‍ – –  5–14 .263
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ – –  3–15 .167
† – Conference champion
‡ – Playoff champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1965; 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    
      Saint Louis 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 115    
  Washington State 0  

Award winners

All-America team

References

  1. 1 2 3 W.C. Madden & 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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