1957 NCAA University Division baseball season

The 1957 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 1957. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1957 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the eleventh time in 1957, 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. California claimed the championship.[2]

1957 NCAA University Division baseball season
Number of teams	166[1]
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	California (2nd title)
Runners-up	Penn State (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	George Wolfman (1st title)
MOP	Cal Emery (Penn State)
Seasons

Realignment

Prior to the 1957 baseball season, the NCAA divided into two divisions: the University Division for larger schools and the College Division for smaller schools.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1957 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 11 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Duke
Big Seven Conference	Iowa State
Big Ten Conference	Northwestern
CIBA	California Southern California
EIBL	Yale
Mid-American Conference	Western Michigan
Pacific Coast Conference	Oregon
Southeastern Conference	Georgia Tech
Southern Conference	George Washington
Southwest Conference	Texas
Yankee Conference	UMass

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1957 Big Seven Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Iowa State  ‍†‍‍^y 11 – 6   .647     17 – 10   .630 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6   .600     10 – 8   .556 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 10 – 7   .588     13 – 7   .650 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 9 – 8   .529     11 – 11   .500 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9   .471     12 – 10   .545 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333     7 – 10   .412 Colorado  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313     10 – 11   .476 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1957[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1957 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Northwestern  ‍†‍‍^y 5 – 2 – 0   .714     15 – 6 – 0   .714 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 7 – 4 – 0   .636     9 – 10 – 0   .474 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 7 – 4 – 0   .636     17 – 7 – 0   .708 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 7 – 4 – 0   .636     17 – 9 – 0   .654 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5 – 0   .545     16 – 8 – 2   .654 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 3 – 3 – 0   .500     9 – 5 – 1   .633 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6 – 0   .455     18 – 13 – 1   .578 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5 – 0   .444     15 – 6 – 1   .705 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7 – 0   .300     14 – 9 – 0   .609 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 3 – 10 – 0   .231     13 – 15 – 0   .464 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1957[4][5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1957 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Yale  ‍†‍‍ 7 – 1 – 1   .833     13 – 21 – 1   .386 Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 5 – 2 – 0   .714     11 – 7 – 0   .611 Columbia  ‍‍‍ 5 – 2 – 0   .714     7 – 7 – 0   .500 Harvard  ‍‍‍ 6 – 3 – 0   .667     15 – 7 – 1   .674 Navy  ‍‍‍ 6 – 3 – 0   .667     16 – 6 – 1   .717 Army  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 0   .556     13 – 9 – 2   .583 Brown  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6 – 0   .333     7 – 8 – 0   .467 Princeton  ‍‍‍ 2 – 6 – 1   .278     12 – 10 – 1   .543 Cornell  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125     7 – 8 – 0   .467 Penn  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125     7 – 16 – 0   .304 † – Conference champion
1957 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT North Division Oregon ‍†‍‍ 11 – 3   .786     –   – Oregon State ‍‍‍ 8 – 7   .533     18 – 13   .581 Washington ‍‍‍ 8 – 8   .500     20 – 11   .645 Idaho ‍‍‍ 5 – 8   .385     –   – Washington State ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313     14 – 21   .400 California Intercollegiate Baseball Association California ‍†‍‍^y 12 – 4   .750     35 – 10   .778 Southern California ‍‍‍ 12 – 4   .750     18 – 4   .818 Stanford ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438     17 – 13   .567 UCLA ‍‍‍ 5 – 9   .357     15 – 15   .500 Santa Clara ‍‍‍ 2 – 12   .143     –   – † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament	1957 Southwest Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Texas  ‍†‍‍^y 12 – 1   .923     20 – 7   .741 TCU  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4   .667     8 – 4   .667 SMU  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7   .462     11 – 10   .524 Baylor  ‍‍‍ 4 – 7   .364     10 – 11   .476 Rice  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333     9 – 12   .429 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 4 – 10   .286     5 – 15   .250 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1957[6]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1957 Yankee Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Vermont  ‍‍‍ 5 – 1 – 0   .833     15 – 7 – 0   .682 UMass  ‍†‍‍ 6 – 4 – 0   .600     11 – 9 – 0   .550 Connecticut  ‍‍‍^y 5 – 5 – 0   .500     14 – 10 – 0   .583 New Hampshire  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 0   .500     5 – 11 – 0   .313 Maine  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 0   .375     6 – 14 – 0   .300 Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7 – 0   .300     7 – 9 – 1   .441 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1957; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1957 season marked the eleventh 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 California claiming their second championship with a 1–0 win over Penn State in the final.[2]

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round
	Winner's Bracket
		Texas	3
		Connecticut	0
							Texas	1
							Penn State	4
		Penn State	7
		Florida State	0
												Penn State	0
												California	8
		California	4
		Colorado State	0
							California	8
							Iowa State	2
		Iowa State	13^10
		Notre Dame	8
						Loser's Bracket
							Connecticut	5
							Florida State	3				Iowa State	5
												Connecticut	2
							Colorado State	2
							Notre Dame	23				Texas	0
												Notre Dame	9

Semifinals

Finals

if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals

California

9

Iowa State

1

California

1

Penn State

0

Penn State

5

Notre Dame

4

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1957 College Baseball All-America Team

References

1. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
2. W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 31–34. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1957". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
4. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
5. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1957". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
6. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1957". boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 7, 2019.