1966 NCAA University Division baseball season

1966 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA tournament
College World Series
ChampionsOhio State (1st title)
Runners-upOklahoma State (6th CWS Appearance)
Winning CoachMarty Karow (1st title)
MOPSteve Arlin (Ohio State)
Seasons
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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

Conference winners

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
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

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1966 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
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
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
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

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]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Texas5
Arizona1
Texas0
St. John's2
St. John's5
Northeastern3
St. John's7
Ohio State8
Southern California6
Ohio State1
North Carolina2
Southern California2Southern California5
Ohio State6
Ohio State4
Oklahoma State2Ohio State8
Ohio State1Oklahoma State2
Lower round 1Lower round 2Southern California0
Southern California8
Arizona8Arizona4
St. John's1
Northeastern1
Oklahoma State6
Texas1
North Carolina1Oklahoma State6
Oklahoma State5

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1966 College Baseball All-America Team

References

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