1968 NCAA University Division baseball season

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1968 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
ChampionsSouthern California
Runners-upSouthern Illinois
MOPBill Seinsoth (Southern California)
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →

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 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Southern California ‍†‍‍y 16 – 2   .889 43 – 12   .782
No. 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

Main article: 1968 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 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
Harvard0
St. John's2
St. John's312
NC State2
Southern Illinois6
NC State7
St. John's6
USC7
Texas5
USC2
Oklahoma State8
Oklahoma State5NC State0
USC6
BYU3
USC5
USC4
Lower round 1Lower round 2Southern Illinois3
Southern Illinois7
Harvard1Oklahoma State1
Southern Illinois15
Southern Illinois211
St. John's0
Texas5
Texas7NC State6
BYU0

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1968 College Baseball All-America Team

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  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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