1955 NCAA baseball season

The 1955 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1955. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1955 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the ninth time in 1955, 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. Wake Forest claimed the championship.[1]

1955 NCAA baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Wake Forest (1st title)
Runners-up	Western Michigan (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Taylor Sanford (1st title)
MOP	Tom Borland (Oklahoma A&M)
Seasons

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1955 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 12 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	Wake Forest
Big Seven Conference	Oklahoma
Big Ten Conference	Ohio State
CIBA	Southern California
EIBL	Harvard
Mid-American Conference	Western Michigan
Pacific Coast Conference	Oregon
Southeastern Conference	Alabama
Southern Conference	West Virginia
Southwest Conference	Texas A&M

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1955 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Wake Forest  ‍†‍‍^y 11 – 3   .786     29 – 7   .806 NC State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 4   .714     14 – 5   .737 North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 – 5   .615     12 – 12   .500 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 7 – 7   .500     10 – 10   .500 Duke  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6   .500     10 – 11   .476 Maryland  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7   .462     9 – 11   .450 Clemson  ‍‍‍ 5 – 9   .357     7 – 11   .389 Virginia  ‍‍‍ 0 – 12   .000     6 – 16   .273 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the 1955 NCAA Baseball Tournament As of June 30, 1955[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1955 Big Seven Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Oklahoma  ‍†‍‍^y 9 – 1   .900     13 – 10   .565 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 9 – 3   .750     14 – 6   .700 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 10 – 4   .714     15 – 5   .750 Colorado  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6   .455     –   – Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 8   .385     –   – Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 10   .167     4 – 11   .267 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 2 – 10   .167     6 – 16   .273 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1955[4]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1955 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Harvard  ‍†‍‍ 8 – 1 – 0   .889     18 – 5 – 0   .783 Yale  ‍‍‍ 8 – 2 – 0   .800     20 – 10 – 0   .667 Brown  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 0   .556     10 – 8 – 0   .556 Princeton  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 0   .556     14 – 8 – 0   .636 Army  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5 – 0   .444     10 – 8 – 2   .550 Navy  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 0   .375     9 – 9 – 0   .500 Penn  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 0   .375     9 – 11 – 0   .450 Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6 – 0   .333     11 – 15 – 0   .423 Columbia  ‍‍‍ 2 – 7 – 0   .222     3 – 12 – 0   .200 Cornell  ‍‍‍ 2 – 7 – 0   .222     9 – 8 – 0   .529 † – Conference champion

College World Series

The 1955 season marked the ninth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Wake Forest claiming their first championship with a 7–6 win over Western Michigan in the final.[1]

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round
	Winner's Bracket
		Oklahoma A&M	5
		Springfield	1
							Oklahoma A&M	4
							Western Michigan	5
		Western Michigan	4
		Arizona	1
												Western Michigan	9
												Wake Forest	0
		Colorado State	2
		Southern California	1
							Colorado State	0
							Wake Forest	10
		Wake Forest	1
		Colgate	0
						Loser's Bracket
							Springfield	0
							Arizona	6				Colorado State	0
												Arizona	20
							Southern California	4
							Colgate	6				Oklahoma A&M	4
												Colgate	2

Semifinals

Finals

if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals

Western Michigan

7

Western Michigan

6

Wake Forest

10

Wake Forest

7

Wake Forest

2

Oklahoma A&M

0

Arizona

4

Oklahoma A&M

5^12

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1955 College Baseball All-America Team

References

1. W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 28–31. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1955". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
4. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1955". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.