1968 NCAA University Division baseball season
1968 NCAA University Division baseball season | |
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College World Series | |
Champions | USC (5th title) |
Runners-up | Southern Illinois (1st CWS Appearance) |
Winning Coach | Rod Dedeaux (5th title) |
MOP | Bill Seinsoth (Southern California) |
Seasons |
The 1968 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of
Realignment
- Texas Tech joined the Southwest Conference, leaving the ranks of independents.
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 |
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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:
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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 a 4–3 win over Southern Illinois in the final.[1]
Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 312 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 5 | NC State | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Southern Illinois | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 1 | Oklahoma State | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 211 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 7 | NC State | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Award winners
All-America team
References
- ^ ISBN 9780786418428. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
- ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
- ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1968". Boyd's World. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
- ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1968". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
- ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1968". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 16, 2020.