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Baseball season

1965 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsArizona State (1st title)
Runners-upOhio State (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachBobby Winkles (1st title)
MOPSal Bando (Arizona State)
Seasons
← 19641966 →

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.

Conference winners

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.

Conference Regular season winner Conference Tournament Tournament City Tournament Winner
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

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1965 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
North Division
No. 4 Washington State ‍†‍‍ 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
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1965 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Ohio State  ‍†‍‍ 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
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1965 NCAA University Division District 3 baseball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 6 Florida State  ‍‍‍   –   –     – 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
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1965 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Texas  ‍†‍‍ 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
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1965 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
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  ‍†‍‍ 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
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1965 Yankee Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Connecticut  ‍†‍‡‍ 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

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.

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
Ohio State2
Florida State1
Ohio State14
Washington State1
Washington State12
Texas5
Ohio State4
Arizona State9
Arizona State14
Arizona State6
Lafayette1
Arizona State13Saint Louis2
Saint Louis3
Saint Louis2
Connecticut1
Arizona State32
Lower round 1Lower round 2Ohio State71
Saint Louis5
Florida State3Florida State3
Ohio State1
Texas2
Washington State0
Washington State3
Lafayette4Connecticut2
Connecticut6

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1965 College Baseball All-America Team

References

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