1954 NCAA baseball season

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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
  1953
1955  

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]

Contents

Realignment

New program

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]

ConferenceRegular 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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Missouri  y111 .917224 .846
Oklahoma  84 .667128 .600
Iowa State  77 .500 
Kansas  45 .444106 .625
Colorado  46 .400 
Nebraska  48 .3331010 .500
Kansas State  310 .231812 .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
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Michigan State  y1120 .84625100 .714
Wisconsin  1030 .7691771 .700
Ohio State  1050 .66720110 .645
Michigan  1050 .6672290 .710
Northwestern  760 .53815110 .577
Minnesota  690 .40017140 .548
Iowa  5100 .33310151 .404
Indiana  490 .30812140 .462
Purdue  4110 .26713130 .500
Illinois  4110 .26716150 .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
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Navy  y810 .8891651 .750
Princeton  620 .7501580 .652
Yale  730 .70016120 .571
Army  530 .6251170 .611
Cornell  431 .5631161 .639
Brown  331 .500982 .526
Harvard  350 .3757150 .318
Penn  241 .3577111 .395
Dartmouth  151 .2145161 .250
Columbia  170 .125590 .357
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
1954 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Saint Louis  20 1.000 
Oklahoma A&M  y81 .8891811 .621
Houston  45 .4441210 .545
Tulsa  45 .4441110 .524
Wichita State  27 .22249 .308
Detroit  02 .000612 .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
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
North Division
Oregon  y1150 .6881880 .692
Oregon State  1060 .6251280 .600
Washington  1060 .62518100 .643
Washington State  790 .43818120 .600
Idaho  2140 .125000 
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
USC  1150 .68820111 .641
Stanford  970 .56318120 .600
California  790 .43819110 .633
Santa Clara  790 .43814130 .519
UCLA  6100 .37519160 .543
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament

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 7–5 win over Texas in the final. [1]

 First round  Second round  Third round
              
 Winner's bracket
  Michigan State 16 
  UMass 5  
   Michigan State2 
   Arizona1  
  Arizona 12     
  Oregon 1    
   Michigan State4
   Rollins5
  Rollins 911    
  Oklahoma A&M 5     
   Rollins4  
   Missouri1 
  Missouri 5  
  Lafayette 3 
 Loser's bracket
 UMass5 
 Oregon3  Missouri8
  UMass1
 Oklahoma A&M4 
 Lafayette2  Arizona4
  Oklahoma A&M514
 Semifinals  Finals  if needed
              
 Re-ordered Semifinals
 Rollins2   Rollins1
 Michigan State310     Missouri4
   Michigan State3  
   Missouri4 
 Missouri7  
 Oklahoma A&M3 

Award winners

All-America team

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