1965 NCAA University Division baseball season

1965 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Arizona State (1st title)
Runners-up	Ohio State (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Bobby Winkles (1st title)
MOP	Sal Bando (Arizona State)
Seasons

The 1965 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 1965. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1965 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the nineteenth time in 1965, 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. Arizona State claimed the championship.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1965 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 13 teams earned at-large selections.

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament City	Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Maryland	No Conference Tournament
Big Eight Conference	Missouri	No Conference Tournament
Big Ten Conference	Ohio State	No Conference Tournament
CIBA	Stanford	No Conference Tournament
EIBL	Army	No Conference Tournament
Mid-American Conference	Ohio	No Conference Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference	Washington State	No Conference Tournament
Southeastern Conference	Mississippi State	No Conference Tournament
Southern Conference	Furman	No Conference Tournament
Southwest Conference	Texas	No Conference Tournament
Western Athletic Conference	Arizona State	1965 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Series	Phoenix, Arizona	Arizona State
Yankee Conference	Connecticut/Vermont	1965 Yankee Conference Baseball Playoff		Connecticut

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1965 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 2 Ohio State  ‍†‍‍y 11 – 2   .846 30 – 13   .698 No. 15 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5   .667 10 – 5   .667 No. 21 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6   .600 28 – 11   .718 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583 13 – 12   .520 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 8 – 6   .571 8 – 6   .571 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7   .462 20 – 15   .571 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 5 – 7   .417 5 – 7   .417 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 5 – 7   .417 14 – 11   .560 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400 6 – 9   .400 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 1 – 14   .067 1 – 14   .067 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1965 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1965 Southwest Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 8 Texas  ‍†‍‍y 11 – 4   .733 20 – 7   .741 No. 19 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5   .667 16 – 7   .696 Baylor  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6   .600 18 – 7   .720 SMU  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400 6 – 17   .261 Rice  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333 10 – 15   .400 TCU  ‍‍‍ 4 – 11   .267 11 – 16   .407 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1965 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1965 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Northern No. 22 Utah  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583 21 – 16   .568 Wyoming  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583 16 – 22   .421 BYU  ‍‍‍ 4 – 8   .333 21 – 15   .583 Southern No. 1 Arizona State  ‍†‍‍y 9 – 3   .750 54 – 8   .871 No. 25 Arizona  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583 37 – 13   .740 New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 2 – 10   .167 18 – 19   .486 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1965 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1965 Yankee Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 6 Connecticut  ‍†‍‡‍y 7 – 3   .700 16 – 9   .640 Vermont  ‍†‍‍ 7 – 3   .700 11 – 5   .688 Maine  ‍‍‍ 6 – 4   .600 14 – 7   .667 UMass  ‍‍‍ 6 – 4   .600 7 – 11   .389 New Hampshire  ‍‍‍ –   – 5 – 14   .263 Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ –   – 3 – 15   .167 † – Conference champion ‡ – Playoff champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1965 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1965 College World Series

The 1965 season marked the nineteenth 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 Arizona State claiming their first championship with a 2–1 win over Ohio State in the final.

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Final
	Ohio State		2
	Florida State		1
						Ohio State		14
						Washington State		1
	Washington State		12
	Texas		5
											Ohio State		4
											Arizona State		9
	Arizona State		14
																Arizona State		6
	Lafayette		1
						Arizona State		13								Saint Louis		2
						Saint Louis		3
	Saint Louis		2
	Connecticut		1
																					Arizona State		3	2
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Ohio State		7	1
											Saint Louis		5
						Florida State		3			Florida State		3
																Ohio State		115
						Texas		2
																Washington State		0
											Washington State		3
						Lafayette		4			Connecticut		2
						Connecticut		6

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1965 College Baseball All-America Team