1958 NCAA University Division baseball season

The 1958 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 1958. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1958 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twelfth time in 1958, 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. Southern California claimed the championship.[1]

1958 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	USC (2nd title)
Runners-up	Missouri (3rd CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Rod Dedeaux (2nd title)
MOP	Bill Thom (USC)
Seasons

Realignment

Prior to the 1958 season, Oklahoma A&M, now Oklahoma State, rejoined the Big Seven Conference, which then became known as the Big Eight.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1958 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 13 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 14 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Tournament	Tournament Champion
Atlantic Coast Conference	Clemson/North Carolina	1958 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Playoffs	Clemson
Big Eight Conference	Missouri	No Tournament
Big Ten Conference	Minnesota	No Tournament
CIBA	Southern California	No Tournament
EIBL	Harvard	No Tournament
Mid-American Conference	Western Michigan	No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference	Oregon State	No Tournament
Southeastern Conference	Auburn	No Tournament
Southern Conference	George Washington/Richmond	No Tournament
Southwest Conference	Texas	No Tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1958 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Clemson  ‍†‍‡‍^y 11 – 3   .786     22 – 8   .733 North Carolina  ‍†‍‍ 11 – 3   .786     19 – 8   .704 Duke  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583     9 – 11   .450 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 7 – 6   .538     12 – 9   .571 NC State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7   .462     10 – 7   .588 Virginia  ‍‍‍ 4 – 9   .308     5 – 15   .250 Maryland  ‍‍‍ 4 – 10   .286     7 – 11   .389 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 3 – 10   .231     7 – 14   .333 † – Conference champion ‡ – Playoff champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1958[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1958 Big Eight Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Missouri  ‍†‍‍^y 12 – 3   .800     21 – 7   .750 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 5   .722     17 – 6   .739 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 11 – 5   .688     12 – 8   .600 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 11 – 6   .647     14 – 8   .636 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9   .571     17 – 10   .630 Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 12   .400     8 – 15   .348 Colorado  ‍‍‍ 5 – 16   .238     7 – 19   .269 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 18   .100     2 – 18   .100 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament	1958 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Harvard  ‍†‍‍ 7 – 0 – 0   1.000     14 – 8 – 1   .630 Dartmouth  ‍‍‍^y 6 – 2 – 0   .750     12 – 6 – 0   .667 Penn  ‍‍‍ 6 – 2 – 0   .750     15 – 7 – 0   .682 Cornell  ‍‍‍ 4 – 3 – 0   .571     8 – 4 – 0   .667 Navy  ‍‍‍ 4 – 3 – 0   .571     11 – 7 – 0   .611 Yale  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5 – 0   .444     11 – 13 – 0   .458 Princeton  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 0   .375     8 – 12 – 1   .405 Army  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6 – 0   .333     10 – 11 – 1   .477 Brown  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125     4 – 8 – 0   .333 Columbia  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125     4 – 10 – 1   .300 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
1958 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT North Division Oregon State ‍†‍‍ 10 – 4   .714     18 – 11   .621 Washington State ‍‍‍ 9 – 5   .643     19 – 11   .633 Oregon ‍‍‍ 9 – 5   .643     –   – Idaho ‍‍‍ 4 – 11   .267     –   – Washington ‍‍‍ 3 – 10   .231     12 – 13   .480 California Intercollegiate Baseball Association Southern California ‍†‍‍^y 14 – 2   .875     29 – 3   .906 California ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563     19 – 12   .613 Stanford ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438     23 – 12   .657 Santa Clara ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313     –   – UCLA ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313     15 – 19   .441 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament

College World Series

The 1958 season marked the twelfth 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 Southern California claiming their second championship with an 8–7 win over Missouri in the final.[1]

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round
	Winner's Bracket
		Missouri	3
		Western Michigan	1
							Missouri	11
							Colorado State	2
		Colorado State	10
		Lafayette	5
												Missouri	4
												Holy Cross	1
		Holy Cross	3
		Southern California	0
							Holy Cross	17
							Clemson	4
		Arizona	1
		Clemson	4
						Loser's Bracket
							Western Michigan	4^10
							Lafayette	3				Clemson	3
												Western Michigan	5
							Southern California	4
							Arizona	0				Southern California	12
												Colorado State	1

Semifinals

Finals

if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals

Missouri

3

Missouri

7

Western Michigan

1

Southern California

8^12

Missouri

0

Southern California

7

Holy Cross

2

Southern California

6

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1958 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. 31–34. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1958". Boyd's World. Retrieved February 17, 2019.