1954 NCAA baseball season

The 1954 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1954. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1954 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the eighth time in 1954, 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. Missouri claimed the championship.^[1]

1954 NCAA baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Missouri (1st title)
Runners-up	Rollins (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Hi Simmons (1st title)
MOP	Tom Yewcic (Michigan State)
Seasons

Realignment

• Seven teams (Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, NC State, South Carolina, and Wake Forest) departed the Southern Conference. They, together with Virginia, created the new Atlantic Coast Conference. Both leagues adopted single division formats, instead of the SoCon's previous two division format. Neither conference held a postseason tournament in 1954.

New program

• Texas Tech restarted its program, having been dormant since 1929. The Red Raiders played as an independent.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1954 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. Twelve teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship, and eleven teams earned at-large selections.^[1][2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Clemson
Big Seven Conference	Missouri
Big Ten Conference	Michigan State
CIBA	Southern California
EIBL	Navy
Mid-American Conference	Ohio
Pacific Coast Conference	Oregon
Southeastern Conference	Georgia
Southern Conference	Virginia Tech
Southwest Conference	Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1954 Big Seven Conference baseball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Missouri  ‍†‍‍y 11 – 1   .917 22 – 4   .846 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4   .667 12 – 8   .600 Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 7   .500 –   – Kansas  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5   .444 10 – 6   .625 Colorado  ‍‍‍ 4 – 6   .400 –   – Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 4 – 8   .333 10 – 10   .500 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 10   .231 8 – 12   .400 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1954[3] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1954 Big Ten Conference baseball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Michigan State  ‍†‍‍y 11 – 2 – 0   .846 25 – 10 – 0   .714 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 10 – 3 – 0   .769 17 – 7 – 1   .700 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5 – 0   .667 20 – 11 – 0   .645 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5 – 0   .667 22 – 9 – 0   .710 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 7 – 6 – 0   .538 15 – 11 – 0   .577 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9 – 0   .400 17 – 14 – 0   .548 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10 – 0   .333 10 – 15 – 1   .404 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 4 – 9 – 0   .308 12 – 14 – 0   .462 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 4 – 11 – 0   .267 13 – 13 – 0   .500 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 4 – 11 – 0   .267 16 – 15 – 0   .516 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1954[4][5] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1954 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Navy  ‍†‍‍y 8 – 1 – 0   .889 16 – 5 – 1   .750 Princeton  ‍‍‍ 6 – 2 – 0   .750 15 – 8 – 0   .652 Yale  ‍‍‍ 7 – 3 – 0   .700 16 – 12 – 0   .571 Army  ‍‍‍ 5 – 3 – 0   .625 11 – 7 – 0   .611 Cornell  ‍‍‍ 4 – 3 – 1   .563 11 – 6 – 1   .639 Brown  ‍‍‍ 3 – 3 – 1   .500 9 – 8 – 2   .526 Harvard  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 0   .375 7 – 15 – 0   .318 Penn  ‍‍‍ 2 – 4 – 1   .357 7 – 11 – 1   .395 Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 1 – 5 – 1   .214 5 – 16 – 1   .250 Columbia  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125 5 – 9 – 0   .357 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
1954 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 2 – 0   1.000 –   – Oklahoma A&M  ‍†‍‍y 8 – 1   .889 18 – 11   .621 Houston  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5   .444 12 – 10   .545 Tulsa  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5   .444 11 – 10   .524 Wichita State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 7   .222 4 – 9   .308 Detroit  ‍‍‍ 0 – 2   .000 6 – 12   .333 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1954[6] Rankings from Coaches' Poll	1954 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT North Division Oregon  ‍†‍‍y 11 – 5 – 0   .688 18 – 8 – 0   .692 Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 6 – 0   .625 12 – 8 – 0   .600 Washington  ‍‍‍ 10 – 6 – 0   .625 18 – 10 – 0   .643 Washington State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9 – 0   .438 18 – 12 – 0   .600 Idaho  ‍‍‍ 2 – 14 – 0   .125 0 – 0 – 0   – California Intercollegiate Baseball Association USC  ‍†‍‍ 11 – 5 – 0   .688 20 – 11 – 1   .641 Stanford  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7 – 0   .563 18 – 12 – 0   .600 California  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9 – 0   .438 19 – 11 – 0   .633 Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9 – 0   .438 14 – 13 – 0   .519 UCLA  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375 19 – 16 – 0   .543 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

College World Series

Main article: 1954 College World Series

The 1954 season marked the eighth 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 Missouri claiming their first championship with a 4–1 win over Rollins College in the final.^[1]

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Final
	Michigan State		16
	UMass		5
						Michigan State		2
						Arizona		1
	Arizona		12
	Oregon		1
											Michigan State		4
											Rollins		5
	Rollins		911
																Rollins		2
	Oklahoma A&M		5
						Rollins		4								Michigan State		310
						Missouri		1
	Missouri		5
	Lafayette		3																							Rollins		1
																					Michigan State		3			Missouri		4
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Missouri		4
											Missouri		8
						UMass		5			UMass		1
																Missouri		7
						Oregon		3
																Oklahoma A&M		3
											Arizona		4
						Oklahoma A&M		4			Oklahoma A&M		514
						Lafayette		2

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1954 College Baseball All-America Team