1964 NCAA University Division baseball season

1964 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Minnesota
Runners-up	Missouri
MOP	Joe Ferris (Minnesota)
Seasons
← 1963	1965 →

The 1964 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 1964. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1964 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the eighteenth time in 1964, 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 1964 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 8 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.^[1][2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	North Carolina
Big Eight Conference	Missouri
Big Ten Conference	Minnesota
CIBA	Southern California
EIBL	Harvard
Mid-American Conference	Kent State/Ohio
Pacific Coast Conference	Oregon
Southeastern Conference	Ole Miss
Southern Conference	West Virginia
Southwest Conference	Texas A&M

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1964 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT #1 Minnesota †^y 11 – 3   .786     31 – 12   .721 Michigan 10 – 4   .714     19 – 16   .543 Ohio State 10 – 5   .667     21 – 10   .677 #25 Michigan State 8 – 7   .533     22 – 12   .647 Purdue 8 – 7   .533     15 – 10   .600 Wisconsin 8 – 7   .533     –   – Indiana 7 – 8   .467     23 – 12   .657 Iowa 7 – 8   .467     13 – 16   .448 Northwestern 4 – 11   .267     –   – Illinois 1 – 14   .067     –   – † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1964[3][4]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1964 season marked the eighteenth 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 third championship with a 5–1 win over Missouri in the final.^[1]

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round
	Winner's Bracket
		Maine	5
		Seton Hall	1
							Maine	0
							Minnesota	12
		Minnesota	7
		Texas A&M	3
												Minnesota	6
												Southern California	5
		Southern California	3
		Ole Miss	2
							Southern California	3
							Missouri	2
		Missouri	7
		Arizona State	0
						Loser's Bracket
							Seton Hall	14
							Texas A&M	5				Missouri	3
												Seton Hall	1
							Arizona State	5
							Ole Miss	0				Maine	4
												Arizona State	2

	Semifinals					Finals					if needed
	Re-ordered Semi-finals
		Minnesota	1									Missouri	1
		Missouri	4									Minnesota	5
							Missouri	2
							Maine	1
		Maine	2
		Southern California	1

Award winners

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 5, 2014.
2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
3. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
4. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1964". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 5, 2014.