1967 NCAA University Division baseball season

The 1967 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 1967. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1967 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty first time in 1967, 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]

1967 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Arizona State (2nd title)
Runners-up	Houston (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Bobby Winkles (2nd title)
MOP	Ron Davini (Arizona State)
Seasons

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1967 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 11 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 14 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Clemson
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference	Ohio State
EIBL	Dartmouth
Mid-American Conference	Western Michigan
Pacific-8 Conference	Stanford
Southeastern Conference	Auburn
Southern Conference	East Carolina West Virginia
Southwest Conference	Texas TCU

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1967 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT No. 7 Ohio State  ‍†‍‍^y 13 – 5 – 0   .722     25 – 20 – 3   .552 No. 16 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10 – 4 – 0   .714     24 – 12 – 0   .667 No. 15 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 12 – 5 – 0   .706     32 – 10 – 0   .762 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 11 – 6 – 0   .647     18 – 15 – 0   .545 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9 – 0   .471     19 – 12 – 1   .609 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10 – 0   .444     22 – 23 – 1   .489 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9 – 0   .438     14 – 18 – 0   .438 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12 – 0   .333     14 – 23 – 0   .378 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11 – 0   .313     17 – 21 – 0   .447 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 4 – 13 – 0   .235     11 – 22 – 0   .333 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1967[3][4]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1967 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Northern No. 18 BYU  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4   .667     33 – 14   .702 Wyoming  ‍‍‍ 5 – 5   .500     18 – 26   .409 Utah  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7   .300     19 – 14   .576 Southern No. 1 Arizona State  ‍‍‍^y 7 – 5   .583     53 – 12   .815 No. 12 Arizona  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583     35 – 15   .700 New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 4 – 8   .333     25 – 19   .568 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1967[5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1967 season marked the twenty first 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 second championship with an 11–2 win over Houston in the final.[1]

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round
	Winner's Bracket
		Stanford	12
		Houston	1
							Stanford	6
							Auburn	3
		Auburn	1
		Ohio State	0
												Stanford	3
												Arizona State	5
		Boston College	3
		Rider	1
							Boston College	1
							Arizona State	8
		Arizona State	7
		Oklahoma State	2
						Loser's Bracket
							Houston	7
							Ohio State	6				Boston College	2
												Houston	3^13
							Rider	3
							Oklahoma State	1				Auburn	4
												Rider	3

Semifinals

Finals

if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals

Arizona State

0

Arizona State

11

Houston

3

Houston

2

Arizona State

4^14

Stanford

3

Stanford

5^7

Auburn

3

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1967 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 August 13, 2014.
2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
3. 2020 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
4. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1967". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
5. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1967". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 13, 2014.