1960 NCAA University Division baseball season

The 1960 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 1960. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1960 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fourteenth time in 1960, 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.^[1]

1960 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA tournament
College World Series
Champions	Minnesota (2nd title)
Runners-up	USC (6th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Dick Siebert (2nd title)
MOP	John Erickson (Minnesota)
Seasons

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1960 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 16 teams earned at-large selections.^[1][2]

Conference	Regular season winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	North Carolina
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference	Minnesota
CIBA	California Southern California
EIBL	Army
Mid-American Conference	Ohio
Pacific Coast Conference	Washington
Rocky Mountain Conference	Colorado State College
Southeastern Conference	Ole Miss
Southern Conference	The Citadel Richmond
Southwest Conference	Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1960 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT North Division No. 12 Washington State ‍†‍‍y 9 – 2   .818 29 – 6   .829 Oregon State ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583 18 – 5   .783 Oregon ‍‍‍ 6 – 6   .500 –   – Washington ‍‍‍ 7 – 8   .467 20 – 12   .625 Idaho ‍‍‍ 3 – 11   .214 –   – California Intercollegiate Baseball Association No. 2 Southern California ‍†‍‍y 12 – 4   .750 32 – 11   .744 No. 16 California ‍†‍‍ 12 – 4   .750 30 – 14   .682 Santa Clara ‍‍‍ 6 – 10   .375 –   – Stanford ‍‍‍ 6 – 10   .375 20 – 17   .541 UCLA ‍‍‍ 4 – 12   .250 18 – 29   .383 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1960[3] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1960 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 8 North Carolina  ‍†‍‍y 11 – 3 – 0   .786 22 – 7 – 0   .759 Duke  ‍‍‍ 9 – 4 – 1   .679 13 – 8 – 1   .614 NC State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 5 – 0   .643 12 – 8 – 0   .600 Clemson  ‍‍‍ 7 – 6 – 0   .538 11 – 10 – 1   .523 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 7 – 7 – 0   .500 14 – 7 – 0   .667 Maryland  ‍‍‍ 5 – 7 – 0   .417 9 – 9 – 1   .500 Virginia  ‍‍‍ 3 – 11 – 1   .233 3 – 15 – 2   .200 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 3 – 11 – 0   .214 4 – 18 – 0   .182 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1960[4] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1960 Big Eight Conference baseball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 4 Oklahoma State  ‍†‍‍y 12 – 4   .750 17 – 7   .708 Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667 14 – 9   .609 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 12 – 7   .632 13 – 10   .565 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6   .600 12 – 9   .571 Colorado  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438 10 – 12   .455 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 11 – 13   .458 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 6 – 11   .353 10 – 13   .435 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 14   .176 5 – 18   .217 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1960[5] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1960 Big Ten Conference baseball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 1 Minnesota  ‍†‍‍y 12 – 2 – 1   .833 34 – 7 – 1   .821 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 4 – 0   .600 21 – 7 – 2   .733 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 0   .556 14 – 6 – 1   .690 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5 – 0   .545 17 – 9 – 0   .654 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 7 – 7 – 0   .500 19 – 12 – 1   .609 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 1   .500 12 – 8 – 1   .595 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6 – 8 – 0   .429 21 – 10 – 0   .677 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 7 – 0   .364 17 – 13 – 0   .567 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 5 – 9 – 0   .357 17 – 13 – 0   .567 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 3 – 8 – 0   .273 7 – 17 – 0   .292 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1960[6][7] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1960 Rocky Mountain Conference baseball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 7 Colorado State College  ‍†‍‍y 15 – 1   .938 25 – 12   .676 Colorado College  ‍‍‍ 1 – 3   .250 –   – Colorado Mines  ‍‍‍ 0 – 4   .000 5 – 12   .294 Adams State  ‍‍‍ 0 – 4   .000 –   – Western State  ‍‍‍ 0 – 4   .000 –   – † – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1960[8] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1960 College World Series

The 1960 season marked the fourteenth 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 second championship with a 2–1 win over Southern California in the final.^[1]

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Final
	Arizona		2
	Oklahoma State		1
						Arizona		5
						Minnesota		8
	Minnesota		8
	North Carolina		3
											Minnesota		1210
											Southern California		11
	Boston College		8
																Minnesota		3
	Colorado State College		3
						Boston College		2								Oklahoma State		1
						Southern California		5
	Southern California		3
	St. John's		1
																					Minnesota		2	210
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Southern California		411	1
											Boston College		0
						Oklahoma State		7			Oklahoma State		1
																Southern California		13
						North Carolina		0
																Arizona		1
											Arizona		11
						Colorado State College		2			St. John's		4
						St. John's		313

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1960 College Baseball All-America Team