1960 NCAA University Division baseball season

The 1960 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 1960. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1960 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fourteenth time in 1960, 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. Minnesota claimed the championship.[1]

1960 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Minnesota (2nd title)
Runners-up	USC (6th CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Dick Siebert (2nd title)
MOP	John Erickson (Minnesota)
Seasons

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1960 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 16 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	North Carolina
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference	Minnesota
CIBA	California Southern California
EIBL	Army
Mid-American Conference	Ohio
Pacific Coast Conference	Washington
Rocky Mountain Conference	Colorado State College
Southeastern Conference	Ole Miss
Southern Conference	The Citadel Richmond
Southwest Conference	Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1960 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT North Division No. 12 Washington State ‍†‍‍^y 9 – 2   .818     29 – 6   .829 Oregon State ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583     18 – 5   .783 Oregon ‍‍‍ 6 – 6   .500     –   – Washington ‍‍‍ 7 – 8   .467     20 – 12   .625 Idaho ‍‍‍ 3 – 11   .214     –   – California Intercollegiate Baseball Association No. 2 Southern California ‍†‍‍^y 12 – 4   .750     32 – 11   .744 No. 16 California ‍†‍‍ 12 – 4   .750     30 – 14   .682 Santa Clara ‍‍‍ 6 – 10   .375     –   – Stanford ‍‍‍ 6 – 10   .375     20 – 17   .541 UCLA ‍‍‍ 4 – 12   .250     18 – 29   .383 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1960[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1960 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT No. 1 Minnesota  ‍†‍‍^y 12 – 2 – 1   .833     34 – 7 – 1   .821 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 4 – 0   .600     21 – 7 – 2   .733 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 0   .556     14 – 6 – 1   .690 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5 – 0   .545     17 – 9 – 0   .654 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 7 – 7 – 0   .500     19 – 12 – 1   .609 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 1   .500     12 – 8 – 1   .595 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6 – 8 – 0   .429     21 – 10 – 0   .677 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 7 – 0   .364     17 – 13 – 0   .567 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 5 – 9 – 0   .357     17 – 13 – 0   .567 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 3 – 8 – 0   .273     7 – 17 – 0   .292 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1960[4][5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1960 Rocky Mountain Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 7 Colorado State College  ‍†‍‍^y 15 – 1   .938     25 – 12   .676 Colorado College  ‍‍‍ 1 – 3   .250     –   – Colorado Mines  ‍‍‍ 0 – 4   .000     5 – 12   .294 Adams State  ‍‍‍ 0 – 4   .000     –   – Western State  ‍‍‍ 0 – 4   .000     –   – † – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1960[6]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1960 season marked the fourteenth 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 Minnesota claiming their second championship with a 2–1 win over Southern California in the final.[1]

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Winner's Bracket

Arizona

2

Oklahoma State

1

Arizona

5

Minnesota

8

Minnesota

8

North Carolina

3

Minnesota

12†

Southern California

11†

Boston College

8

Colorado State College

3

Boston College

2

Southern California

5

Southern California

3

St. John's

1

Loser's Bracket

Oklahoma State

7

North Carolina

0

Boston College

0

Oklahoma State

1

Colorado State College

2*

St. John's

3*

Arizona

11

St. John's

4

Semifinals

Finals

if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals

Minnesota

3

Minnesota

2†

Oklahoma State

1

Southern California

1†

Minnesota

2‡

Southern California

4‡

Southern California

13

Arizona

1

* - Indicates game required 13 innings. † - Indicates game required 10 innings. ‡ - Indicates game required 11 innings.

Award winners

All-America team

References

1. W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 31–34. ISBN 9780786418428. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1960". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
4. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
5. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1960". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
6. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1960". boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 31, 2020.