1966 NCAA University Division baseball season

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]

1966 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA tournament
College World Series
Champions	Ohio State (1st title)
Runners-up	Oklahoma State (6th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Marty Karow (1st title)
MOP	Steve Arlin (Ohio State)
Seasons

Season headlines

• March 7 – Tulane's Stephen Martin became the first African American to play a varsity sport in the Southeastern Conference, debuting in the Green Wave's season opener against Spring Hill. In later years, Martin would be overlooked as an SEC integration pioneer because he was a walk-on and Tulane left the SEC immediately after the 1966 season.^[2][3]

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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 v t e 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 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Final
	Texas		5
	Arizona		1
						Texas		0
						St. John's		2
	St. John's		5
	Northeastern		3
											St. John's		7
											Ohio State		8
	Southern California		6
																Ohio State		1
	North Carolina		2
						Southern California		2								Southern California		5
						Ohio State		6
	Ohio State		4
	Oklahoma State		2																							Ohio State		8
																					Ohio State		1			Oklahoma State		2
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Southern California		0
											Southern California		8
						Arizona		8			Arizona		4
																St. John's		1
						Northeastern		1
																Oklahoma State		6
											Texas		1
						North Carolina		1			Oklahoma State		6
						Oklahoma State		5

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1966 College Baseball All-America Team