1957 NCAA University Division baseball season

1957 NCAA University Division baseball season
Number of teams	166
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	California
Runners-up	Penn State
MOP	Cal Emery (Penn State)
Seasons

The 1957 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 1957. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1957 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the eleventh time in 1957, 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. California claimed the championship.

Realignment

Prior to the 1957 baseball season, the NCAA divided into two divisions: the University Division for larger schools and the College Division for smaller schools.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1957 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 12 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 11 teams earned at-large selections.

Conference	Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Duke
Big Seven Conference	Iowa State
Big Ten Conference	Northwestern
CIBA	California Southern California
EIBL	Yale
Mid-American Conference	Western Michigan
Pacific Coast Conference	Oregon
Southeastern Conference	Georgia Tech
Southern Conference	George Washington
Southwest Conference	Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1957 Big Seven Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Iowa State  ‍†‍‍y 11 – 6   .647 18 – 9   .667 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6   .600 10 – 8   .556 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 10 – 7   .588 13 – 7   .650 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 9 – 8   .529 11 – 11   .500 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9   .471 12 – 10   .545 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333 7 – 10   .412 Colorado  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313 10 – 11   .476 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1957 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1957 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Northwestern  ‍†‍‍y 5 – 2 – 0   .714 15 – 6 – 0   .714 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 7 – 4 – 0   .636 9 – 10 – 0   .474 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 7 – 4 – 0   .636 17 – 7 – 0   .708 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 7 – 4 – 0   .636 17 – 9 – 0   .654 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5 – 0   .545 16 – 8 – 2   .654 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 3 – 3 – 0   .500 9 – 5 – 1   .633 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6 – 0   .455 18 – 13 – 1   .578 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5 – 0   .444 15 – 6 – 1   .705 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7 – 0   .300 14 – 9 – 0   .609 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 3 – 10 – 0   .231 13 – 15 – 0   .464 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1957 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1957 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT North Division Oregon ‍†‍‍ 11 – 3   .786 –   – Oregon State ‍‍‍ 8 – 7   .533 18 – 13   .581 Washington ‍‍‍ 8 – 8   .500 20 – 11   .645 Idaho ‍‍‍ 5 – 8   .385 –   – Washington State ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313 14 – 21   .400 California Intercollegiate Baseball Association California ‍†‍‍y 12 – 4   .750 35 – 10   .778 Southern California ‍‍‍ 12 – 4   .750 18 – 4   .818 Stanford ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438 17 – 13   .567 UCLA ‍‍‍ 5 – 9   .357 15 – 15   .500 Santa Clara ‍‍‍ 2 – 12   .143 –   – † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

College World Series

Main article: 1957 College World Series

The 1957 season marked the eleventh 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 California claiming their second championship with a 1–0 win over Penn State in the final. Template:8TeamBracket-ACC80-03 * - Indicates game required 10 innings.

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1957 College Baseball All-America Team