1960 NCAA University Division baseball season

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1960 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions Minnesota
Runners-up Southern California
MOP John Erickson (Minnesota)
Seasons

← 1959

1961 →

The 1960 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 1960. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1960 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fourteenth time in 1960, 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. Minnesota claimed the championship.[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1960 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 16 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference North Carolina
Big Eight Conference Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference Minnesota
CIBA California
Southern California
EIBL Army
Mid-American Conference Ohio
Pacific Coast Conference Washington
Southeastern Conference Ole Miss
Southern Conference The Citadel
Richmond
Southwest Conference Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1960 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#1 Minnesota †y 12 – 2   .857     –   –
Ohio State 6 – 4   .600     21 – 7   .750
Wisconsin 5 – 4   .556     –   –
Northwestern 6 – 5   .545     –   –
Michigan 7 – 7   .500     –   –
Purdue 4 – 4   .500     12 – 8   .600
Illinois 6 – 8   .429     –   –
Michigan State 4 – 7   .364     17 – 13   .567
Indiana 5 – 9   .357     17 – 13   .567
Iowa 3 – 8   .273     7 – 17   .292
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1960[3][4]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

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The 1960 season marked the fourteenth 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 Minnesota claiming their second championship with a 2–1 win over Southern California in the final.[1]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
   Arizona 2  
   Oklahoma State 1    
       Arizona 5  
       Minnesota 8    
   Minnesota 8          
   North Carolina 3        
       Minnesota 12†
       Southern California 11†
   Boston College 8        
   Colorado State 3          
       Boston College 2    
       Southern California 5  
   Southern California 3    
   St. John's 1  
  Loser's Bracket
   Oklahoma State 7  
   North Carolina 0      Boston College 0
     Oklahoma State 1
   Colorado State 2*  
   St. John's 3*      Arizona 11
     St. John's 4
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
   Minnesota 3        Minnesota 2†
   Oklahoma State 1            Southern California 1†
       Minnesota 2‡    
       Southern California 4‡  
   Southern California 13    
   Arizona 1  

* - Indicates game rquired 13 innings. † - Indicates game required 10 innings. ‡ - Indicates game required 11 innings.

Award winners

All-America team

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References

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