1955 NCAA baseball season

1955 NCAA baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Wake Forest (1st title)
Runners-up	Western Michigan (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Taylor Sanford (1st title)
MOP	Tom Borland (Oklahoma A&M)
Seasons
←  1954 1956  →

The 1955 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1955. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1955 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the ninth time in 1955, 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. Wake Forest claimed the championship. ^[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1955 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 12 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections. ^{[1] [2]}

Conference	Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Wake Forest
Big Seven Conference	Oklahoma
Big Ten Conference	Ohio State
CIBA	Southern California
EIBL	Harvard
Mid-American Conference	Western Michigan
Pacific Coast Conference	Oregon
Rocky Mountain Conference	Colorado State
Southeastern Conference	Alabama
Southern Conference	West Virginia
Southwest Conference	Texas A&M

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1955 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Wake Forest  ‍†‍‍y 11 – 3   .786 29 – 7   .806 NC State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 4   .714 14 – 5   .737 North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 – 5   .615 12 – 12   .500 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 7 – 7   .500 10 – 10   .500 Duke  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6   .500 10 – 11   .476 Maryland  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7   .462 9 – 11   .450 Clemson  ‍‍‍ 5 – 9   .357 7 – 11   .389 Virginia  ‍‍‍ 0 – 12   .000 6 – 16   .273 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the 1955 NCAA Baseball Tournament As of June 30, 1955 [3] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1955 Big Seven Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Oklahoma  ‍†‍‍y 9 – 1   .900 13 – 10   .565 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 9 – 3   .750 14 – 6   .700 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 10 – 4   .714 15 – 5   .750 Colorado  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6   .455 –   – Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 8   .385 –   – Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 10   .167 4 – 11   .267 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 2 – 10   .167 6 – 16   .273 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1955 [4] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1955 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Harvard  ‍†‍‍ 8 – 1 – 0   .889 18 – 5 – 0   .783 Yale  ‍‍‍ 8 – 2 – 0   .800 20 – 10 – 0   .667 Brown  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 0   .556 10 – 8 – 0   .556 Princeton  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 0   .556 14 – 8 – 0   .636 Army  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5 – 0   .444 10 – 8 – 2   .550 Navy  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 0   .375 9 – 9 – 0   .500 Penn  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 0   .375 9 – 11 – 0   .450 Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6 – 0   .333 11 – 15 – 0   .423 Columbia  ‍‍‍ 2 – 7 – 0   .222 3 – 12 – 0   .200 Cornell  ‍‍‍ 2 – 7 – 0   .222 9 – 8 – 0   .529 † – Conference champion
1955 Mid-American Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Western Michigan  ‍†‍‍y 9 – 0   1.000 25 – 7   .781 Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 7 – 3   .700 8 – 5   .615 Western Reserve  ‍‍‍ 5 – 5   .500 5 – 5   .500 Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4   .500 7 – 10   .412 Ohio  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4   .500 11 – 10   .524 Kent State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 6   .400 9 – 10   .474 Toledo  ‍‍‍ 3 – 9   .250 4 – 13   .235 Marshall  ‍‍‍ 1 – 6   .143 2 – 11   .154 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1955 [5] ;	1955 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Oklahoma A&M  ‍†‍‍y 8 – 0   1.000 27 – 3   .900 Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 3 – 2   .600 –   – Detroit  ‍‍‍ 2 – 2   .500 8 – 9   .471 Bradley  ‍‍‍ 2 – 3   .400 16 – 5   .762 Houston  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5   .375 6 – 13   .316 Tulsa  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6   .333 6 – 12   .333 Wichita State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6   .333 4 – 9   .308 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1955 [6] ; Rankings from Coaches' Poll	1955 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT North Division Oregon  ‍†‍‍ 10 – 3 – 0   .769 18 – 8 – 0   .692 Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4 – 0   .667 15 – 10 – 0   .600 Washington State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 4 – 0   .600 13 – 8 – 1   .614 Washington  ‍‍‍ 7 – 7 – 0   .500 18 – 11 – 0   .621 Idaho  ‍‍‍ 0 – 13 – 0   .000 9 – 15 – 0   .375 California Intercollegiate Baseball Association USC  ‍†‍‍y 12 – 3 – 0   .800 23 – 5 – 0   .821 UCLA  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6 – 0   .600 22 – 9 – 1   .703 Stanford  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7 – 0   .563 21 – 13 – 0   .618 California  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8 – 0   .467 17 – 16 – 0   .515 Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 1 – 14 – 0   .067 11 – 19 – 0   .367 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
1955 Rocky Mountain Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Colorado State  ‍†‍‍y 10 – 0   1.000 25 – 4   .862 Western State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 2   .500 –   – Colorado Mines  ‍‍‍ 2 – 6   .250 3 – 8   .273 Colorado College  ‍‍‍ 2 – 8   .200 4 – 8   .333 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the College World Series As of June 30, 1955 [7] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1955 College World Series

The 1955 season marked the ninth 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 Wake Forest claiming their first championship with a 7–6 win over Western Michigan in the final. ^[1]

	First round					Second round					Third round
	Winner's bracket
		Oklahoma A&M	5
		Springfield	1
							Oklahoma A&M	4
							Western Michigan	5
		Western Michigan	4
		Arizona	1
												Western Michigan	9
												Wake Forest	0
		Colorado State	2
		Southern California	1
							Colorado State	0
							Wake Forest	10
		Wake Forest	1
		Colgate	0
						Loser's bracket
							Springfield	0
							Arizona	6				Colorado State	0
												Arizona	20
							Southern California	4
							Colgate	6				Oklahoma A&M	4
												Colgate	2

	Semifinals					Finals					if needed
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		Western Michigan	7									Western Michigan	6
		Wake Forest	10									Wake Forest	7
							Wake Forest	2
							Oklahoma A&M	0
		Arizona	4
		Oklahoma A&M	512

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1955 College Baseball All-America Team

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