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Baseball season

1956 NCAA baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
ChampionsMinnesota (1st title)
Runners-upArizona (3rd CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachDick Siebert (1st title)
MOPJerry Thomas (Minnesota)
Seasons
← 19551957 →

The 1956 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1956. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1956 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the tenth time in 1956, 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. Minnesota claimed the championship.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1956 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 Duke
Big Seven Conference Oklahoma
Big Ten Conference Minnesota
CIBA Southern California
EIBL Yale
Mid-American Conference Ohio
Missouri Valley Conference Bradley
Pacific Coast Conference Washington State
Southeastern Conference Florida
Southern Conference George Washington
Southwest Conference TCU

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1956 Big Seven Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Oklahoma  ‍†‍‍ 7 – 2   .778 11 – 7   .611
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4   .667 12 – 8   .600
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5   .545 14 – 5   .737
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 7 – 6   .538 14 – 7   .667
Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6   .500 –   –
Colorado  ‍‍‍ 3 – 8   .273 –   –
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 9   .250 5 – 10   .333
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the 1956 NCAA baseball tournament
1956 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Minnesota ‍†‍‍ 11 – 2 – 0   .846 33 – 9 – 0   .786
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 3 – 0   .750 18 – 7 – 0   .720
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4 – 0   .667 20 – 7 – 0   .741
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5 – 0   .545 17 – 9 – 0   .654
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7 – 0   .462 10 – 8 – 0   .556
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6 – 0   .455 13 – 15 – 0   .464
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 5 – 8 – 0   .385 11 – 16 – 0   .407
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 7 – 0   .364 16 – 13 – 0   .552
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10 – 0   .333 14 – 14 – 0   .500
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 4 – 11 – 0   .267 15 – 18 – 1   .456
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament


1956 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Yale  ‍†‍‍ 9 – 2 – 0   .818 19 – 15 – 0   .559
Princeton  ‍‍‍ 7 – 3 – 0   .700 11 – 9 – 1   .548
Columbia  ‍‍‍ 6 – 3 – 0   .667 11 – 5 – 1   .676
Cornell  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 0   .556 10 – 8 – 0   .556
Harvard  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 0   .556 18 – 6 – 0   .750
Army  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 0   .500 9 – 10 – 0   .474
Navy  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 0   .500 13 – 7 – 1   .643
Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 0   .375 4 – 11 – 0   .267
Penn  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125 8 – 16 – 0   .333
Brown  ‍‍‍ 1 – 8 – 0   .111 2 – 15 – 0   .118
† – Conference champion


1956 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Bradley  ‍†‍‡‍ 7 – 2   .778 27 – 8   .771
Oklahoma A&M  ‍‍‍ 7 – 2   .778 11 – 10   .524
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 6 – 3   .667 13 – 6   .684
Houston  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4   .556 14 – 10   .583
Tulsa  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4   .556 8 – 12   .400
Detroit  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5   .444 9 – 11   .450
Wichita State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 8   .111 4 – 13   .235
Drake  ‍‍‍ 1 – 8   .111 4 – 13   .235
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1956
Rankings from Coaches' Poll
1956 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
North Division
Washington State  ‍†‍‍ 11 – 3 – 0   .786 28 – 8 – 0   .778
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 8 – 5 – 0   .615 18 – 8 – 0   .692
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8 – 0   .467 17 – 13 – 0   .567
Washington  ‍‍‍ 5 – 9 – 0   .357 5 – 11 – 0   .313
Idaho  ‍‍‍ 4 – 9 – 0   .308 0 – 0 – 0   –
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
USC  ‍†‍‍ 14 – 2 – 0   .875 21 – 5 – 0   .808
California  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7 – 0   .563 25 – 9 – 0   .735
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7 – 0   .563 24 – 10 – 1   .700
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11 – 0   .313 11 – 21 – 2   .353
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 3 – 13 – 0   .188 6 – 22 – 0   .214
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
1956 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Florida  ‍†‍‍ 13 – 3   .813 20 – 4   .833
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 13 – 3   .813 24 – 10   .706
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 15 – 5   .750 18 – 7   .720
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5   .667 16 – 7   .696
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563 12 – 11   .522
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8   .467 10 – 13   .435
LSU  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438 9 – 11   .450
Tulane  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438 11 – 11   .500
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400 11 – 9   .550
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 4 – 9   .308 11 – 12   .478
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 3 – 12   .200 6 – 15   .286
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 1 – 12   .077 4 – 18   .182
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the College World Series
As of June 18, 1956
Rankings from Coaches' Poll
1956 Yankee Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
New Hampshire ‍†‍‍ 7 – 1 – 0   .875 13 – 7 – 0   .650
UMass ‍‍‍ 7 – 1 – 1   .833 10 – 6 – 1   .618
Vermont ‍‍‍ 1 – 3 – 0   .250 18 – 6 – 0   .750
Connecticut ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 1   .500 9 – 8 – 2   .526
Rhode Island ‍‍‍ 1 – 5 – 0   .167 10 – 7 – 0   .588
Maine ‍‍‍ 0 – 6 – 0   .000 7 – 11 – 1   .395
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1956

College World Series

Main article: 1956 College World Series

The 1956 season marked the tenth 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 Minnesota claiming their first championship with a 12–1 win over Arizona in the final.

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
Arizona3
NYU0
Arizona2
Minnesota3
Minnesota4
Wyoming0
Minnesota13
Ole Miss5
Ole Miss13
Minnesota8
New Hampshire2
Ole Miss4Bradley3
Bradley0
Bradley4
Washington State3
Minnesota412
Lower round 1Lower round 2Arizona101
Bradley12
NYU2Wyoming8
Ole Miss3
Wyoming8
Arizona7
Arizona1
New Hampshire6New Hampshire0
Washington State3

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1956 College Baseball All-America Team

References

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