1962 NCAA University Division baseball season

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1962 NCAA University Division baseball season
College World Series
ChampionsMichigan (2nd title)
Runners-upSanta Clara (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachDon Lund (1st title)
MOPBob Garibaldi (Santa Clara)
Seasons
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The 1962 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of

1962 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the sixteenth time in 1962, 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. Michigan claimed the championship.[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1962 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 19 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular season winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Wake Forest
Big Eight Conference Missouri
Big Ten Conference Illinois
CIBA Santa Clara
EIBL Navy
Mid-American Conference Western Michigan
Middle Atlantic Conference
Gettysburg
Pacific Coast Conference Oregon State
Southeastern Conference Florida
Southern Conference West Virginia
Southwest Conference Texas
Yankee Conference
Vermont

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1962 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North Division
No. 15 Oregon State ‍†‍‍y 11 – 4   .733 26 – 6   .813
Oregon ‍‍‍ 10 – 5   .667 –   –
Washington State ‍‍‍ 8 – 5   .615 18 – 12   .600
Idaho ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333 –   –
Washington ‍‍‍ 3 – 13   .188 9 – 18   .333
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
No. 2 Santa Clara ‍†‍‍y 12 – 4   .750 39 – 8   .830
No. 23 Southern California ‍‍‍ 11 – 5   .688 29 – 12   .707
California ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438 24 – 20   .545
Stanford
 ‍‍‍ 		6 – 10   .375 21 – 14   .600
UCLA ‍‍‍ 4 – 12   .250 23 – 22   .511
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1962[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1962 Big Eight Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Missouri  ‍†‍‍y 16 – 5   .762 22 – 7   .759
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 6   .625 11 – 9   .550
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 13 – 8   .619 16 – 11   .593
Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500 10 – 10   .500
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10   .500 15 – 11   .577
Colorado
 ‍‍‍ 		9 – 10   .474 13 – 12   .520
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13   .381 9 – 17   .346
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 16   .111 4 – 18   .182
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1962[4]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1962 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 11 Illinois  ‍†‍‍y 13 – 2 – 0   .867 25 – 6 – 0   .806
No. 1 Michigan  ‍‍‍y 12 – 3 – 0   .800 31 – 13 – 0   .705
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 5 – 0   .643 19 – 4 – 0   .826
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6 – 0   .500 17 – 13 – 0   .567
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6 – 0   .500 14 – 9 – 0   .609
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 6 – 8 – 0   .429 16 – 13 – 0   .552
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 5 – 9 – 0   .357 13 – 16 – 1   .450
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 5 – 9 – 0   .357 11 – 6 – 0   .647
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 4 – 11 – 0   .267 14 – 14 – 1   .500
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 3 – 10 – 0   .231 14 – 16 – 0   .467
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1962[5][6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1962 NCAA University Division District 3 baseball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Florida State  ‍‍‍y –   – 23 – 14   .622
Louisville  ‍‍‍ –   – 11 – 7   .611
Jacksonville  ‍‍‍ –   – 12 – 11   .522
Elon  ‍‍‍ –   – 16 – 15   .516
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ –   – 4 – 10   .286
Stetson  ‍‍‍ –   – 6 – 17   .261
Mercer  ‍‍‍ –   – 5 – 16   .238
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1962[7]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1962 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Texas  ‍†‍‍y 12 – 2   .857 26 – 7   .788
No. 18 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 11 – 4   .733 18 – 7   .720
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 9 – 5   .643 17 – 7   .708
TCU  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400 12 – 11   .522
Rice  ‍‍‍ 4 – 9   .308 10 – 12   .455
SMU
 ‍‍‍ 		0 – 13   .000 0 – 21   .000
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1962[8]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article:
1962 College World Series

The 1962 season marked the sixteenth 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 Michigan claiming their second championship with a 5–4, fifteen-inning win over Santa Clara in the final.[1]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Holy Cross4
Colorado State College3
Michigan11
Holy Cross4
Michigan3
Texas1
Michigan10
Florida State7
Ithaca5
Santa Clara11
Missouri1
Florida State5Florida State6
Ithaca4
Florida State5
Santa Clara1Michigan515
Santa Clara410Santa Clara4
Lower round 1Lower round 2Texas3
Ithaca2
Texas12Texas3
Michigan0
Colorado State College2
Texas7
Holy Cross7
Santa Clara712Santa Clara12
Missouri4

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1962 College Baseball All-America Team

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9780786418428
    . Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  2. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  3. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1962". Boyd's World. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  4. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1962". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  5. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  6. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1962". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  7. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1962". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  8. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1962". boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 22, 2020.


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