1965 NCAA University Division baseball season

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

← 1964

1966 →

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.[1]

## Conference winners

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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.[1][2]

Conference  | Regular season winner  | Conference Tournament  | Tournament City  | Tournament Winner

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Athletic Association of Western Universities | Washington State | No Conference Tournament
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
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

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The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1965 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings |

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North Division
No. 4 Washington State ‍†‍‍y | 14 | - | 4 | - | 0 |  | .778 |  |  | 33 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .805
Oregon ‍‍‍ | 12 | - | 6 | - | 0 |  | .667 |  |  | 27 | - | 8 | - | 1 |  | .764
Oregon State ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 11 | - | 0 |  | .389 |  |  | 15 | - | 19 | - | 0 |  | .441
Washington ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 15 | - | 0 |  | .167 |  |  | 17 | - | 24 | - | 0 |  | .415
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
No. 12 Stanford ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .550 |  |  | 32 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .711
No. 14 California ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .550 |  |  | 29 | - | 14 | - | 0 |  | .674
No. 23 UCLA ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .500 |  |  | 33 | - | 15 | - | 2 |  | .680
No. 24 Southern California ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 11 | - | 0 |  | .450 |  |  | 30 | - | 15 | - | 1 |  | .663
No. 17 Santa Clara ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .350 |  |  | 29 | - | 11 | - | 0 |  | .725
UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 15 | - | 0 |  | .250 |  |  | 15 | - | 27 | - | 0 |  | .357
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1965[3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1965 Big Ten Conference baseball standings |

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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[4][5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1965 NCAA University Division District 3 baseball independents standings  |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT
No. 6 Florida State ‍‍‍y |  | - |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 32 | - | 11 | - | 1 |  | .739
Georgia Tech ‍‍‍ |  | - |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 20 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .714
Elon ‍‍‍ |  | - |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 22 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .629
Mercer ‍‍‍ |  | - |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 13 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .619
Campbell ‍‍‍ |  | - |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 7 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .467
Stetson ‍‍‍ |  | - |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 11 | - | 19 | - | 0 |  | .367
Georgetown ‍‍‍ |  | - |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 8 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .471
South Alabama ‍‍‍ |  | - |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 3 | - | 12 | - | 0 |  | .200
Jacksonville ‍‍‍ |  | - |  | - |  |  | – |  |  | 5 | - | 23 | - | 0 |  | .179
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1965[6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1965 Southwest Conference baseball standings |

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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[7]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1965 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings |

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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[8]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1965 Yankee Conference baseball standings |

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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

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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.[1]

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

| Lafayette| 4| | | Connecticut| 2
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| Connecticut| 6| | |
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## Award winners

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### All-America team

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Main article: 1965 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. 41–43\. ISBN 9780786418428. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
2. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
3. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1965". Boyd's World. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
4. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
5. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1965". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
6. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1965". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
7. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1965". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
8. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1965". boydsworld.com. Retrieved May 30, 2014.

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