1961 NCAA University Division baseball season

Baseball season

1961 NCAA University Division baseball season

NCAA tournament
Duration| May 26–June 15, 1961
College World Series
Champions| USC (3rd title)
Runners-up| Oklahoma State (5th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach| Rod Dedeaux (3rd title)
MOP| Littleton Fowler (Oklahoma State)
Seasons

← 1960

1962 →

The 1961 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 1961. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1961 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fifteenth time in 1961, 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

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This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1961 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA tournament. 9 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 16 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference  | Regular season winner

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Atlantic Coast Conference | Duke
Big Eight Conference | Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference | Michigan
CIBA | Southern California
EIBL | Navy
Mid-American Conference | Western Michigan
Pacific Coast Conference | Washington State
Southeastern Conference | LSU
Southern Conference | West Virginia
Southwest Conference | Texas

## Conference standings

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The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1961 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
North Division
No. 28 Washington State ‍†‍‍y | 8 | - | 4 |  | .667 |  |  | 21 | - | 10 |  | .677
Oregon State ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 6 |  | .571 |  |  | 27 | - | 14 |  | .659
Oregon ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 5 |  | .545 |  |  |  | - |  |  | –
Idaho ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 9 |  | .400 |  |  |  | - |  |  | –
Washington ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 8 |  | .333 |  |  | 13 | - | 10 |  | .565
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
No. 1 Southern California ‍†‍‍y | 12 | - | 4 |  | .750 |  |  | 36 | - | 7 |  | .837
No. 14 California ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 5 |  | .688 |  |  | 29 | - | 10 |  | .744
UCLA ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 9 |  | .438 |  |  | 25 | - | 15 |  | .625
Santa Clara ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 11 |  | .313 |  |  |  | - |  |  | –
Stanford ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 11 |  | .313 |  |  | 26 | - | 17 |  | .605
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1961[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1961 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
No. 6 Duke ‍†‍‡‍y | 11 | - | 3 |  | .786 |  |  | 16 | - | 11 |  | .593
No. 24 North Carolina ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 4 |  | .714 |  |  | 15 | - | 7 |  | .682
No. 27 Wake Forest ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 5 |  | .643 |  |  | 23 | - | 7 |  | .767
NC State ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 5 |  | .615 |  |  | 13 | - | 5 |  | .722
Clemson ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 8 |  | .429 |  |  | 12 | - | 11 |  | .522
Maryland ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 8 |  | .385 |  |  | 8 | - | 12 |  | .400
Virginia ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 9 |  | .308 |  |  | 7 | - | 11 |  | .389
South Carolina ‍‍‍ | 1 | - | 12 |  | .077 |  |  | 3 | - | 15 |  | .167
† - Conference champion
‡ - Playoff champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1961[4]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1961 Big Eight Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
No. 2 Oklahoma State ‍†‍‍y | 18 | - | 1 |  | .947 |  |  | 27 | - | 3 |  | .900
Missouri ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 6 |  | .684 |  |  | 16 | - | 7 |  | .696
Colorado ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 8 |  | .529 |  |  | 21 | - | 11 |  | .656
Kansas State ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 10 |  | .500 |  |  | 10 | - | 12 |  | .455
Oklahoma ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 10 |  | .474 |  |  | 10 | - | 15 |  | .400
Nebraska ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 11 |  | .389 |  |  | 9 | - | 14 |  | .391
Iowa State ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 13 |  | .188 |  |  | 5 | - | 14 |  | .263
Kansas ‍‍‍ | 2 | - | 12 |  | .143 |  |  | 5 | - | 14 |  | .263
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1961[5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1961 Mid-American Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT
No. 5 Western Michigan ‍†‍‍y | 11 | - | 0 | - | 0 |  | 1.000 |  |  | 19 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .704
Kent State ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 2 | - | 0 |  | .818 |  |  | 12 | - | 7 | - | 0 |  | .632
Ohio ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 3 | - | 0 |  | .700 |  |  | 13 | - | 6 | - | 0 |  | .684
Miami (OH) ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 6 | - | 0 |  | .333 |  |  | 5 | - | 11 | - | 1 |  | .324
Bowling Green ‍‍‍ | 2 | - | 7 | - | 0 |  | .222 |  |  | 6 | - | 12 | - | 1 |  | .342
Marshall ‍‍‍ | 2 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .200 |  |  | 8 | - | 12 | - | 1 |  | .405
Toledo ‍‍‍ | 1 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .100 |  |  | 2 | - | 16 | - | 0 |  | .111
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1961[6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1961 Southwest Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
No. 8 Texas ‍†‍‍y | 11 | - | 3 |  | .786 |  |  | 22 | - | 6 |  | .786
No. 25 Baylor ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 4 |  | .714 |  |  | 18 | - | 4 |  | .818
Rice ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 6 |  | .500 |  |  | 13 | - | 11 |  | .542
Texas A&M ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 8 |  | .429 |  |  | 14 | - | 10 |  | .583
TCU ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 8 |  | .429 |  |  | 7 | - | 16 |  | .304
SMU ‍‍‍ | 1 | - | 11 |  | .083 |  |  | 5 | - | 16 |  | .238
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1961[7]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

## College World Series

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Main article: 1961 College World Series

The 1961 season marked the fifteenth 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 third championship with a 1–0 win over Oklahoma State in the final.[1]

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| Upper round 1| | | Upper round 2| | | Upper final| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| Oklahoma State| 3
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| Duke| 2| |
| | | Oklahoma State| 12
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| | | Syracuse| 9| |
| Syracuse| 12| | | |
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| Colorado State College| 5| |
| | | Oklahoma State| 2
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| | | Southern California| 4|
| Boston College| 3| | | | |
| | | | | Oklahoma State| 8
| Western Michigan| 2| | | |
| | | Boston College| 3| Syracuse| 0| |
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| | | Southern California| 10| | |
| Southern California| 8| | | |
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| Texas| 6| | |
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| | Oklahoma State| 0
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| Lower round 1| Lower round 2| | | Southern California| 1
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| | Boston College| 410

| Duke| 15| | | Duke| 3
| | | Southern California| 4
| Colorado State College| 3| | | | |
| | | Boston College| 3| |
| | Syracuse| 6| |

| Western Michigan| 8| | | Western Michigan| 0
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| Texas| 2| | |
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## Award winners

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### All-America team

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Main article: 1961 College Baseball All-America Team

## References

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1. ^ a b c W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 35–38\. ISBN 9780786418428. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
2. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
3. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1961". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
4. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1961". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
5. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1961". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
6. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1961". Boyds World. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
7. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1961". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 20, 2020.

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