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1962 NCAA University Division
baseball tournament
Season	1962
Teams	27
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium; Omaha, NE;
Champions	Michigan (2nd title)
Runner-up	Santa Clara (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Don Lund (1st title)
MOP	Bob Garibaldi (Santa Clara)
	← 1961 ; NCAA Division I Baseball Championship; 1963 →;

The 1962 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1962 NCAA University Division baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its sixteenth year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals. Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 27 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 11 to June 16. The sixteenth tournament's champion was Michigan, coached by Don Lund. The Most Outstanding Player was Bob Garibaldi of runner-up Santa Clara.

Regionals

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight district sites across the country, each consisting of a field of two to four teams. Each district tournament, except District 2, was double-elimination. The winners of each district advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.

District 1 at Springfield, MA


Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



Holy Cross	7

Vermont	5
		Holy Cross	5

		Bridgeport	2
Bridgeport	4

Boston College	3
				Holy Cross	12	—

				Vermont	5	—
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Bridgeport	4¹³

Vermont	3	Vermont	5

Boston College	2

District 2 at University Park, PA

Semifinals		Finals

Ithaca	7

Penn State	6
		Ithaca	7

		Gettysburg	4
Gettysburg	7

St. John's	5

District 3 at Gastonia, NC

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Wake Forest

8

West Virginia

3

Wake Forest

7

Florida

1

Florida

1

Florida State

0

Wake Forest

8

2

Florida State

10

3¹¹

Lower round 1

Lower final

Florida

1

West Virginia

5

Florida State

3⁵

Florida State

6

District 4 at Kalamazoo, MI

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Illinois

2

Detroit

1

Illinois

2

Western Michigan

10

Western Michigan

6¹⁰

Michigan

5

Western Michigan

2

6

Michigan

3¹⁰

7¹⁰

Lower round 1

Lower final

Illinois

1

Detroit

6

Michigan

5

Michigan

12

District 5 at Columbia, MO

Finals

Bradley	1	4	—

Missouri	3	9	—

District 6 at Tucson, AZ

Finals

Texas	1	7	—

Arizona	0	4	—

District 7 at Greeley, CO


Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



New Mexico	9

BYU	2
		New Mexico	2

		Colorado State College	11
Colorado State College	7

Air Force	2
				Colorado State College	6¹¹	—

				Air Force	5	—
Lower round 1		Lower final



		New Mexico	1

BYU	2	Air Force	2

Air Force	4

Note: Colorado State College of Education became Northern Colorado University in 1970.

District 8 at Santa Clara, CA

Semifinal				Final

				Oregon State	1	5	—
Fresno State	1	3	2	Santa Clara	8	7	—
Santa Clara	6	1	4

College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
Colorado State College^[a]	RMC	22–9 (10–2)	Pete Butler	8 (last: 1961)	5th (1955)	2–16
Florida State	Independent	21–12	Danny Litwhiler	1 (last: 1957)	7th (1957)	0–2
Holy Cross	Independent	20–3	Albert Riopel	2 (last: 1958)	1st (1952)	8–3
Ithaca	Independent	17–0	Bucky Freeman	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Michigan	Big 10	27–12 (12–3)	Don Lund	1 (last: 1953)	1st (1953)	4–1
Missouri	Big 8	22–3 (16–5)	Hi Simmons	3 (last: 1958)	1st (1954)	12–5
Santa Clara	CIBA	35–6 (12–4)	Paddy Cottrell	0 (last: none)	none	0-0
Texas	SWC	19–5 (12–2)	Bibb Falk	6 (last: 1961)	1st (1949, 1950)	14–9

Results

Bracket

Upper round 1

Upper round 2

Upper final

Semifinals

Preliminary final

Final

Holy Cross

4

Colorado State College

3

Michigan

11

Holy Cross

4

Michigan

3

Texas

1

Michigan

10

Florida State

7

Ithaca

5

Santa Clara

11

Missouri

1

Florida State

5

Florida State

6

Ithaca

4

Florida State

5

Santa Clara

1

Michigan

5¹⁵

Santa Clara

4¹⁰

Santa Clara

4

Lower round 1

Lower round 2

Texas

3

Ithaca

2

Texas

12

Texas

3

Michigan

0

Colorado State College

2

Texas

7

Holy Cross

7

Santa Clara

7¹²

Santa Clara

12

Missouri

4

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 11	Game 1	Holy Cross	4–3	Colorado State College
	Game 2	Michigan	3–1	Texas
	Game 3	Ithaca	5–1	Missouri
	Game 4	Florida State	5–1	Santa Clara
June 12	Game 5	Texas	12–2	Colorado State College	Colorado State College eliminated
	Game 6	Santa Clara	7–4 (12 innings)	Missouri	Missouri eliminated
	Game 7	Michigan	11–4	Holy Cross
	Game 8	Florida State	5–4	Ithaca
June 13	Game 9	Santa Clara	12–7	Holy Cross	Holy Cross eliminated
	Game 10	Texas	3–2	Ithaca	Ithaca eliminated
	Game 11	Michigan	10–7	Florida State
June 14	Game 12	Santa Clara	11–6	Florida State	Florida State eliminated
June 14	Game 13	Texas	7–0	Michigan
June 15	Game 14	Santa Clara	4–3 (10 innings)	Texas	Texas eliminated
June 16	Final	Michigan	5–4 (15 innings)	Santa Clara	Michigan wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	School
P	Tom Belcher	Texas
P	Bob Garibaldi (MOP)	Santa Clara
C	Joe Merullo	Michigan
1B	Dave Campbell	Michigan
2B	Pat Rigby	Texas
3B	Harvey Chapman	Michigan
SS	Ernie Fazio	Santa Clara
OF	Ken Flanagan	Santa Clara
	Mickey McDermott	Santa Clara
	Ron Tate	Michigan