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Baseball season

1955 NCAA baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
ChampionsWake Forest (1st title)
Runners-upWestern Michigan (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachTaylor Sanford (1st title)
MOPTom Borland (Oklahoma A&M)
Seasons
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The 1955 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1955. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1955 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the ninth time in 1955, 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. Wake Forest claimed the championship.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1955 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 12 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.

Conference Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Wake Forest
Big Seven Conference Oklahoma
Big Ten Conference Ohio State
CIBA Southern California
EIBL Harvard
Mid-American Conference Western Michigan
Pacific Coast Conference Oregon
Rocky Mountain Conference Colorado State
Southeastern Conference Alabama
Southern Conference West Virginia
Southwest Conference Texas A&M

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1955 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Wake Forest  ‍†‍‍ 11 – 3   .786 29 – 7   .806
NC State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 4   .714 14 – 5   .737
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 – 5   .615 12 – 12   .500
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 7 – 7   .500 10 – 10   .500
Duke  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6   .500 10 – 11   .476
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7   .462 9 – 11   .450
Clemson  ‍‍‍ 5 – 9   .357 7 – 11   .389
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 0 – 12   .000 6 – 16   .273
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the 1955 NCAA baseball tournament
As of June 30, 1955
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1955 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Oklahoma  ‍†‍‍ 9 – 1   .900 13 – 10   .565
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 9 – 3   .750 14 – 6   .700
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 10 – 4   .714 15 – 5   .750
Colorado  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6   .455 –   –
Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 8   .385 –   –
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 10   .167 4 – 11   .267
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 2 – 10   .167 6 – 16   .273
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1955
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1955 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Harvard  ‍†‍‍ 8 – 1 – 0   .889 18 – 5 – 0   .783
Yale  ‍‍‍ 8 – 2 – 0   .800 20 – 10 – 0   .667
Brown  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 0   .556 10 – 8 – 0   .556
Princeton  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 0   .556 14 – 8 – 0   .636
Army  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5 – 0   .444 10 – 8 – 2   .550
Navy  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 0   .375 9 – 9 – 0   .500
Penn  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 0   .375 9 – 11 – 0   .450
Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6 – 0   .333 11 – 15 – 0   .423
Columbia  ‍‍‍ 2 – 7 – 0   .222 3 – 12 – 0   .200
Cornell  ‍‍‍ 2 – 7 – 0   .222 9 – 8 – 0   .529
† – Conference champion


1955 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Western Michigan  ‍†‍‍ 9 – 0   1.000 25 – 7   .781
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 7 – 3   .700 8 – 5   .615
Western Reserve  ‍‍‍ 5 – 5   .500 5 – 5   .500
Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4   .500 7 – 10   .412
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4   .500 11 – 10   .524
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 6   .400 9 – 10   .474
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 3 – 9   .250 4 – 13   .235
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 1 – 6   .143 2 – 11   .154
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1955
1955 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Oklahoma A&M  ‍†‍‍ 8 – 0   1.000 27 – 3   .900
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 3 – 2   .600 –   –
Detroit  ‍‍‍ 2 – 2   .500 8 – 9   .471
Bradley  ‍‍‍ 2 – 3   .400 16 – 5   .762
Houston  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5   .375 6 – 13   .316
Tulsa  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6   .333 6 – 12   .333
Wichita State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6   .333 4 – 9   .308
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1955
Rankings from Coaches' Poll
1955 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
North Division
Oregon  ‍†‍‍ 10 – 3 – 0   .769 18 – 8 – 0   .692
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4 – 0   .667 15 – 10 – 0   .600
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 4 – 0   .600 13 – 8 – 1   .614
Washington  ‍‍‍ 7 – 7 – 0   .500 18 – 11 – 0   .621
Idaho  ‍‍‍ 0 – 13 – 0   .000 9 – 15 – 0   .375
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
USC  ‍†‍‍ 12 – 3 – 0   .800 23 – 5 – 0   .821
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6 – 0   .600 22 – 9 – 1   .703
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7 – 0   .563 21 – 13 – 0   .618
California  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8 – 0   .467 17 – 16 – 0   .515
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 1 – 14 – 0   .067 11 – 19 – 0   .367
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
1955 Rocky Mountain Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Colorado State  ‍†‍‍ 10 – 0   1.000 25 – 4   .862
Western State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 2   .500 –   –
Colorado Mines  ‍‍‍ 2 – 6   .250 3 – 8   .273
Colorado College  ‍‍‍ 2 – 8   .200 4 – 8   .333
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1955
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1955 College World Series

The 1955 season marked the ninth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Wake Forest claiming their first championship with a 7–6 win over Western Michigan in the final.

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Oklahoma A&M5
Springfield1
Oklahoma A&M4
Western Michigan5
Western Michigan4
Arizona1
Western Michigan9
Wake Forest0
Colorado State College2
Western Michigan7
Southern California1
Colorado State College0Wake Forest10
Wake Forest10
Wake Forest1
Colgate0Western Michigan6
Wake Forest2Wake Forest7
Lower round 1Lower round 2Oklahoma A&M0
Colorado State College0
Springfield0Arizona20
Arizona4
Arizona6
Oklahoma A&M5
Oklahoma A&M4
Southern California4Colgate2
Colgate6

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1955 College Baseball All-America Team

References

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