1967 NCAA University Division baseball season

1967 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions Arizona State
Runners-up Houston
MOP Ron Davini (Arizona State)
Seasons

 1966

1968 

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]

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 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Northern
#18 BYU 8 4   .667     33 14   .702
Wyoming 5 5   .500     18 26   .409
Utah 3 7   .300     19 14   .576
Southern
#1 Arizona State y 7 5   .583     53 12   .815
#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[3]; 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 313
   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 414    
       Stanford 3  
   Stanford 57    
   Auburn 3  

Award winners

All-America team

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1967". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
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