1966 NCAA University Division baseball season

Baseball season

1966 NCAA University Division baseball season

NCAA tournament
College World Series
Champions| Ohio State (1st title)
Runners-up| Oklahoma State (6th CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach| Marty Karow (1st title)
MOP| Steve Arlin (Ohio State)
Seasons

← 1965

1967 →

The 1966 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 1966. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1965 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twentieth time in 1966, 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. Ohio State claimed the championship.[1]

## Season headlines

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* March 7 – Tulane's Stephen Martin became the first African American to play a varsity sport in the Southeastern Conference, debuting in the Green Wave's season opener against Spring Hill. In later years, Martin would be overlooked as an SEC integration pioneer because he was a walk-on and Tulane left the SEC immediately after the 1966 season.[2][3]

## Conference winners

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This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1966 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA tournament. 11 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 17 teams earned at-large selections.[1][4]

Conference  | Regular season winner

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Atlantic Coast Conference | North Carolina
Big Eight Conference | Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference | Ohio State
CIBA | Southern California
EIBL | Army
Mid-American Conference | Western Michigan
Pacific Coast Conference | Washington State
Southeastern Conference | Mississippi State
Southern Conference | East Carolina
Southwest Conference | Texas
Baylor
Texas A&M
TCU
Western Athletic Conference | Arizona

## Conference standings

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The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1966 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings |

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North Division
No. 11 Washington State ‍†‍‍y | 15 | - | 1 | - | 0 |  | .938 |  |  | 35 | - | 8 | - | 1 |  | .807
Oregon ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .471 |  |  | 21 | - | 18 | - | 0 |  | .538
Washington ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .375 |  |  | 20 | - | 16 | - | 0 |  | .556
Oregon State ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .235 |  |  | 18 | - | 17 | - | 0 |  | .514
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
No. 3 USC ‍†‍‍y | 16 | - | 4 | - | 0 |  | .800 |  |  | 42 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .824
California ‍‍‍ | 12 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .600 |  |  | 32 | - | 14 | - | 0 |  | .696
Stanford ‍‍‍ | 12 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .600 |  |  | 26 | - | 12 | - | 2 |  | .675
Santa Clara ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .550 |  |  | 27 | - | 17 | - | 0 |  | .614
UCLA ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .500 |  |  | 35 | - | 24 | - | 0 |  | .593
UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 14 | - | 0 |  | .300 |  |  | 15 | - | 27 | - | 0 |  | .357
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1966[5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1966 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT
No. 7 North Carolina ‍†‍‍y | 12 | - | 2 | - | 0 |  | .857 |  |  | 21 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .618
No. 24 Clemson ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 4 | - | 0 |  | .692 |  |  | 20 | - | 7 | - | 2 |  | .724
NC State ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 7 | - | 0 |  | .500 |  |  | 11 | - | 12 | - | 2 |  | .480
South Carolina ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 7 | - | 0 |  | .500 |  |  | 15 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .652
Wake Forest ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 7 | - | 0 |  | .500 |  |  | 12 | - | 12 | - | 0 |  | .500
Maryland ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .429 |  |  | 11 | - | 12 | - | 0 |  | .478
Duke ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .308 |  |  | 8 | - | 16 | - | 0 |  | .333
Virginia ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 11 | - | 0 |  | .214 |  |  | 6 | - | 19 | - | 0 |  | .240
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1966[6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1966 Big Eight Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
No. 2 Oklahoma State ‍†‍‍y | 13 | - | 7 |  | .650 |  |  | 21 | - | 11 |  | .656
Oklahoma ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 6 |  | .647 |  |  | 13 | - | 11 |  | .542
Nebraska ‍‍‍ | 12 | - | 8 |  | .600 |  |  | 16 | - | 9 |  | .640
Kansas State ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 10 |  | .500 |  |  | 19 | - | 14 |  | .576
Iowa State ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 8 |  | .500 |  |  | 9 | - | 11 |  | .450
Missouri ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 9 |  | .500 |  |  | 13 | - | 12 |  | .520
Colorado ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 12 |  | .429 |  |  | 14 | - | 13 |  | .519
Kansas ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 15 |  | .167 |  |  | 8 | - | 17 |  | .320
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1966[7]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1966 Big Ten Conference baseball standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT
No. 1 Ohio State ‍†‍‍y | 6 | - | 0 | - | 0 |  | 1.000 |  |  | 27 | - | 6 | - | 1 |  | .809
No. 16 Minnesota ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 2 | - | 0 |  | .846 |  |  | 27 | - | 10 | - | 2 |  | .718
No. 21 Michigan ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 3 | - | 0 |  | .769 |  |  | 22 | - | 11 | - | 0 |  | .667
Michigan State ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 5 | - | 0 |  | .615 |  |  | 24 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .649
Indiana ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 5 | - | 0 |  | .545 |  |  | 17 | - | 15 | - | 0 |  | .531
Illinois ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 7 | - | 0 |  | .417 |  |  | 14 | - | 14 | - | 0 |  | .500
Wisconsin ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .400 |  |  | 9 | - | 18 | - | 0 |  | .333
Iowa ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 7 | - | 0 |  | .364 |  |  | 14 | - | 15 | - | 0 |  | .483
Purdue ‍‍‍ | 2 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .182 |  |  | 9 | - | 14 | - | 0 |  | .391
Northwestern ‍‍‍ | 2 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .133 |  |  | 7 | - | 21 | - | 3 |  | .274
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1966[8][9]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1966 Southwest Conference baseball standings |

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No. 6 Texas ‍†‍‍y | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 |  | .600 |  |  | 24 | - | 9 | - | 2 |  | .714
Baylor ‍†‍‍ | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 |  | .600 |  |  | 18 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .643
Texas A&M ‍†‍‍ | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 |  | .600 |  |  | 20 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .714
TCU ‍†‍‍ | 9 | - | 6 | - | 0 |  | .600 |  |  | 21 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .700
Rice ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .333 |  |  | 14 | - | 11 | - | 0 |  | .560
SMU ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 11 | - | 0 |  | .267 |  |  | 11 | - | 16 | - | 0 |  | .407
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1966[10]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1966 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings |

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Northern
Wyoming ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 5 |  | .583 |  |  | 26 | - | 25 |  | .510
BYU ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 6 |  | .500 |  |  | 22 | - | 16 |  | .579
Utah ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 7 |  | .417 |  |  | 19 | - | 20 |  | .487
Southern
No. 5 Arizona ‍†‍‍y | 8 | - | 4 |  | .667 |  |  | 40 | - | 15 |  | .727
No. 17 Arizona State ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 5 |  | .583 |  |  | 41 | - | 11 |  | .788
New Mexico ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 9 |  | .250 |  |  | 23 | - | 17 |  | .575
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1966[11]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

## College World Series

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Main article: 1966 College World Series

The 1966 season marked the twentieth 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 Ohio State claiming their first championship with an 8–2 win over Oklahoma State in the final.[1]

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| Upper round 1| | | Upper round 2| | | Upper final| | | Semifinals| | | Preliminary final| | | Final
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| Texas| 5
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| Arizona| 1| |
| | | Texas| 0
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| | | St. John's| 2| |
| St. John's| 5| | | |
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| Northeastern| 3| |
| | | St. John's| 7
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| | | Ohio State| 8|
| Southern California| 6| | | | |
| | | | | Ohio State| 1
| North Carolina| 2| | | |
| | | Southern California| 2| Southern California| 5| |
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| | | Ohio State| 6| | |
| Ohio State| 4| | | | |
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| Oklahoma State| 2| | | | Ohio State| 8
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| | Ohio State| 1| | | Oklahoma State| 2
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| Lower round 1| Lower round 2| | | Southern California| 0|
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| | Southern California| 8

| Arizona| 8| | | Arizona| 4
| | | St. John's| 1
| Northeastern| 1| | | | |
| | | Oklahoma State| 6| |
| | Texas| 1| |

| North Carolina| 1| | | Oklahoma State| 6
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| Oklahoma State| 5| | |
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## Award winners

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### All-America team

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Main article: 1966 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 August 13, 2014.
2. ^ "Tulane Mourns the Passing of Integration Pioneer Stephen Martin Sr" (Press release). Tulane Green Wave. May 16, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
3. ^ "Year-By-Year Record" (PDF). 2016 Tulane Baseball Media Guide. Tulane Green Wave. p. 134\. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
4. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
5. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1966". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
6. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1966". Boyd's World. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
7. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1966". Boyd's World. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
8. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
9. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1966". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
10. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1966". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
11. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1966". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 28, 2021.

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