1963 NCAA University Division baseball season

The 1963 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 1963. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1963 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the seventeenth time in 1963, 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]

1963 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	USC (4th title)
Runners-up	Arizona (7th CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Rod Dedeaux (4th title)
MOP	Bud Hollowell (USC)
Seasons

Realignment

The NCAA realigned the Western Athletic Conference from District 6 to District 7.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1963 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 8 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 15 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue • City	Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Wake Forest	No Tournament
Big Eight Conference	Missouri	No Tournament
Big Ten Conference	Illinois	No Tournament
CIBA	Southern California	No Tournament
EIBL	Columbia/Dartmouth/Navy	No Tournament
Mid-American Conference	Western Michigan	No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference	Oregon State	No Tournament
Southeastern Conference	Auburn	No Tournament
Southern Conference	West Virginia	No Tournament
Southwest Conference	Texas/TCU	No Tournament
Western Athletic Conference	Northern - BYU Southern - Arizona	1963 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Series	Tucson, Arizona	Arizona

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1963 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT North Division No. 10 Oregon State ‍†‍‍^y 11 – 4   .733     23 – 12   .657 No. 17 Oregon ‍‍‍ 10 – 5   .667     –   – Washington State ‍‍‍ 7 – 7   .500     24 – 8   .750 Idaho ‍‍‍ 5 – 9   .357     –   – Washington ‍‍‍ 3 – 11   .214     7 – 17   .292 California Intercollegiate Baseball Association No. 1 Southern California ‍†‍‍^y 10 – 6   .625     35 – 10   .778 Santa Clara ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563     –   – No. 23 UCLA ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563     30 – 17   .638 Stanford ‍‍‍ 8 – 8   .500     24 – 11   .686 California ‍‍‍ 4 – 12   .250     19 – 21   .475 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1963[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1963 Southwest Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT No. 4 Texas  ‍†‍‍^y 12 – 3 – 0   .800     24 – 7 – 1   .766 No. 26 TCU  ‍†‍‍ 12 – 3 – 0   .800     21 – 4 – 0   .840 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6 – 0   .600     15 – 10 – 0   .600 Baylor  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8 – 0   .467     13 – 11 – 0   .542 Rice  ‍‍‍ 2 – 11 – 0   .154     9 – 17 – 0   .346 SMU  ‍‍‍ 1 – 12 – 0   .077     5 – 17 – 0   .227 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1963[4]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1963 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Northern BYU  ^x‍‍‍ 7 – 1   .875     22 – 12   .647 Utah  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4   .500     15 – 14   .517 Wyoming  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7   .125     9 – 21   .300 Southern No. 2 Arizona  ^x‍‍‡‍^y 8 – 4   .667     39 – 17   .696 No. 20 Arizona State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583     34 – 13   .723 New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 3 – 9   .250     18 – 16   .529 x – Division champion ‡ – Playoff champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1963[5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1963 season marked the sixteenth 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 fourth championship with a 5–2 win over Arizona in the final.[1]

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round
	Winner's Bracket
		Arizona	8
		Penn State	1
							Arizona	4^11
							Florida State	3
		Florida State	5
		Western Michigan	2
												Arizona	6
												Missouri	4
		Texas	8
		Southern California	3
							Missouri	3
							Texas	2
		Missouri	3
		Holy Cross	0
						Loser's Bracket
							Penn State	3
							Western Michigan	0				Texas	6^10
												Penn State	4
							Southern California	6
							Holy Cross	5				Florida State	3
												Southern California	4

	Semifinals					Finals					if needed
	Re-ordered Semi-finals
		Arizona	10									Arizona	2
		Texas	8									Southern California	5
							Arizona	4
							Southern California	6
		Missouri	3
		Southern California	12

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1963 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. 41–43. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1963". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
4. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1963". boydsworld.com. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
5. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1963". boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 10, 2019.