1965 NCAA University Division baseball season

The 1965 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 1965. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1965 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the nineteenth time in 1965, 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. Arizona State claimed the championship.[1]

1965 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Arizona State (1st title)
Runners-up	Ohio State (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Bobby Winkles (1st title)
MOP	Sal Bando (Arizona State)
Seasons

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1965 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 13 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament City	Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Maryland	No Conference Tournament
Big Eight Conference	Missouri	No Conference Tournament
Big Ten Conference	Ohio State	No Conference Tournament
CIBA	Stanford	No Conference Tournament
EIBL	Army	No Conference Tournament
Mid-American Conference	Ohio	No Conference Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference	Washington State	No Conference Tournament
Southeastern Conference	Mississippi State	No Conference Tournament
Southern Conference	Furman	No Conference Tournament
Southwest Conference	Texas	No Conference Tournament
Yankee Conference	Connecticut/Vermont	1965 Yankee Conference Baseball Playoff		Connecticut

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1965 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 2 Ohio State  ‍†‍‍^y 11 – 2   .846     30 – 13   .698 No. 15 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5   .667     10 – 5   .667 No. 21 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6   .600     28 – 11   .718 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583     13 – 12   .520 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 8 – 6   .571     8 – 6   .571 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7   .462     20 – 15   .571 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 5 – 7   .417     5 – 7   .417 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 5 – 7   .417     14 – 11   .560 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400     6 – 9   .400 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 1 – 14   .067     1 – 14   .067 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1965[3][4]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1965 Southwest Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 8 Texas  ‍†‍‍^y 11 – 4   .733     20 – 7   .741 No. 19 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5   .667     16 – 7   .696 Baylor  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6   .600     18 – 7   .720 SMU  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400     6 – 17   .261 Rice  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333     10 – 15   .400 TCU  ‍‍‍ 4 – 11   .267     11 – 16   .407 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1965[5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1965 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Northern No. 22 Utah  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583     21 – 16   .568 Wyoming  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583     16 – 22   .421 BYU  ‍‍‍ 4 – 8   .333     21 – 15   .583 Southern No. 1 Arizona State  ‍†‍‍^y 9 – 3   .750     54 – 8   .871 No. 25 Arizona  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583     37 – 13   .740 New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 2 – 10   .167     18 – 19   .486 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1965[6]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1965 Yankee Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 6 Connecticut  ‍†‍‡‍^y 7 – 3   .700     16 – 9   .640 Vermont  ‍†‍‍ 7 – 3   .700     11 – 5   .688 Maine  ‍‍‍ 6 – 4   .600     14 – 7   .667 UMass  ‍‍‍ 6 – 4   .600     7 – 11   .389 New Hampshire  ‍‍‍ –   –     5 – 14   .263 Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ –   –     3 – 15   .167 † – Conference champion ‡ – Playoff champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1965; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1965 season marked the nineteenth 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 Arizona State claiming their first championship with a 2–1 win over Ohio State in the final.[1]

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round
	Winner's Bracket
		Ohio State	2
		Florida State	1
							Ohio State	14
							Washington State	1
		Washington State	12
		Texas	5
												Ohio State	4
												Arizona State	9
		Arizona State	14
		Lafayette	1
							Arizona State	13
							Saint Louis	3
		Saint Louis	2
		Connecticut	1
						Loser's Bracket
							Florida State	3
							Texas	2				Saint Louis	5
												Florida State	3
							Lafayette	4
							Connecticut	6				Washington State	3
												Connecticut	2

Semifinals

Finals

if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals

Arizona State

6

Arizona State

2

Saint Louis

2

Ohio State

1

Arizona State

3

Ohio State

7

Ohio State

1^15

Washington State

0

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1965 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 30, 2014.
2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
3. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
4. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1965". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
5. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1965". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
6. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1965". boydsworld.com. Retrieved May 30, 2014.