1968 NCAA University Division baseball season

1968 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions Southern California
Runners-up Southern Illinois
MOP Bill Seinsoth (Southern California)
Seasons

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The 1968 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 1968. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1968 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty second time in 1968, 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]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1968 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 17 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference NC State
Big Eight Conference Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference Minnesota
EIBL Harvard
Mid-American Conference Ohio
Pacific-8 Conference Southern California
Southeastern Conference Alabama
Southern Conference East Carolina
Southwest Conference Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1968 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#1 Southern California †y 16 – 2   .889     43 – 12   .782
#26 Stanford 13 – 4   .765     36 – 12   .750
Washington State 11 – 7   .611     29 – 9   .763
UCLA 11 – 9   .550     35 – 20   .636
Oregon 8 – 10   .444     –   –
California 7 – 12   .368     24 – 24   .500
Oregon State 6 – 12   .333     23 – 13   .639
Washington 2 – 18   .100     15 – 26   .366
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1968[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1968 season marked the twenty second 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 fifth championship with an 4–3 win over Southern Illinois in the final.[1]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
   Harvard 0  
   St. John's 2    
       St. John's 3*  
       NC State 2*    
   Southern Illinois 6          
   NC State 7        
       St. John's 6
       USC 7
   Texas 5        
   Oklahoma State 8          
       Oklahoma State 5    
       USC 6  
   BYU 3    
   USC 5  
  Loser's Bracket
   Harvard 1*  
   Southern Illinois 2*      Southern Illinois 7
     Oklahoma State 1
   Texas 7  
   BYU 0      Texas 5
     NC State 6
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
   USC 2        
   NC State 0            
       USC 4    
       Southern Illinois 3  
   Southern Illinois 15    
   St. John's 0  

*extra innings

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 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1968". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
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