1962 NCAA University Division baseball season

1962 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA tournament
Duration	May 29–June 16, 1962
College World Series
Champions	Michigan (2nd title)
Runners-up	Santa Clara (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Don Lund (1st title)
MOP	Bob Garibaldi (Santa Clara)
Seasons
←  1961 1963  →

The 1962 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 1962. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1962 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the sixteenth time in 1962, 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. Michigan claimed the championship. ^[1]

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1962 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA tournament. 8 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 19 teams earned at-large selections. ^{[1] [2]}

Conference	Regular season winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Wake Forest
Big Eight Conference	Missouri
Big Ten Conference	Illinois
CIBA	Santa Clara
EIBL	Navy
Mid-American Conference	Western Michigan
Middle Atlantic Conference	Gettysburg
Pacific Coast Conference	Oregon State
Southeastern Conference	Florida
Southern Conference	West Virginia
Southwest Conference	Texas
Yankee Conference	Vermont

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1962 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT North Division No. 15 Oregon State  ‍†‍‍y 11 – 4   .733 26 – 6   .813 Oregon  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5   .667 –   – Washington State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 5   .615 18 – 12   .600 Idaho  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333 –   – Washington  ‍‍‍ 3 – 13   .188 9 – 18   .333 California Intercollegiate Baseball Association No. 2 Santa Clara  ‍†‍‍y 12 – 4   .750 39 – 8   .830 No. 23 Southern California  ‍‍‍ 11 – 5   .688 29 – 12   .707 California  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438 24 – 20   .545 Stanford  ‍‍‍ 6 – 10   .375 21 – 14   .600 UCLA  ‍‍‍ 4 – 12   .250 23 – 22   .511 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1962 [3] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1962 Big Eight Conference baseball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 7 Missouri  ‍†‍‍y 16 – 5   .762 22 – 7   .759 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 6   .625 11 – 9   .550 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 13 – 8   .619 16 – 11   .593 Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500 10 – 10   .500 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10   .500 15 – 11   .577 Colorado  ‍‍‍ 9 – 10   .474 13 – 12   .520 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13   .381 9 – 17   .346 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 16   .111 4 – 18   .182 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1962 [4] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1962 Big Ten Conference baseball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 11 Illinois  ‍†‍‍y 13 – 2 – 0   .867 25 – 6 – 0   .806 No. 1 Michigan  ‍‍‍y 12 – 3 – 0   .800 31 – 13 – 0   .705 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 5 – 0   .643 19 – 4 – 0   .826 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6 – 0   .500 17 – 13 – 0   .567 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6 – 0   .500 14 – 9 – 0   .609 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 6 – 8 – 0   .429 16 – 13 – 0   .552 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 5 – 9 – 0   .357 13 – 16 – 1   .450 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 5 – 9 – 0   .357 11 – 6 – 0   .647 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 4 – 11 – 0   .267 14 – 14 – 1   .500 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 3 – 10 – 0   .231 14 – 16 – 0   .467 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1962 [5] [6] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1962 NCAA University Division District 3 baseball independents standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 4 Florida State  ‍‍‍y –   – 23 – 14   .622 Louisville  ‍‍‍ –   – 11 – 7   .611 Jacksonville  ‍‍‍ –   – 12 – 11   .522 Elon  ‍‍‍ –   – 16 – 15   .516 Georgetown  ‍‍‍ –   – 4 – 10   .286 Stetson  ‍‍‍ –   – 6 – 17   .261 Mercer  ‍‍‍ –   – 5 – 16   .238 y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1962 [7] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1962 Southern Conference baseball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 20 West Virginia  ‍†‍‍y 9 – 2   .818 19 – 8   .704 Richmond  ‍‍‍ 8 – 3   .727 12 – 5   .706 Furman  ‍‍‍ 6 – 3   .667 12 – 9   .571 Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583 11 – 6   .647 VMI  ‍‍‍ 7 – 7   .500 8 – 7   .533 George Washington  ‍‍‍ 4 – 6   .400 8 – 7   .533 Davidson  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7   .300 8 – 16   .333 The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7   .300 10 – 13   .435 William & Mary  ‍‍‍ 3 – 10   .231 4 – 12   .250 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1962 [8] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1962 Southwest Conference baseball standings v t e Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 3 Texas  ‍†‍‍y 12 – 2   .857 26 – 7   .788 No. 18 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 11 – 4   .733 18 – 7   .720 Baylor  ‍‍‍ 9 – 5   .643 17 – 7   .708 TCU  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9   .400 12 – 11   .522 Rice  ‍‍‍ 4 – 9   .308 10 – 12   .455 SMU  ‍‍‍ 0 – 13   .000 0 – 21   .000 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1962 [9] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1962 College World Series

The 1962 season marked the sixteenth 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 Michigan claiming their second championship with a 5–4, fifteen-inning win over Santa Clara in the final. ^[1]

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Final
	Holy Cross		4
	Colorado State College		3
						Michigan		11
						Holy Cross		4
	Michigan		3
	Texas		1
											Michigan		10
											Florida State		7
	Ithaca		5
																Santa Clara		11
	Missouri		1
						Florida State		5								Florida State		6
						Ithaca		4
	Florida State		5
	Santa Clara		1																							Michigan		515
																					Santa Clara		410			Santa Clara		4
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Texas		3
											Ithaca		2
						Texas		12			Texas		3
																Michigan		0
						Colorado State College		2
																Texas		7
											Holy Cross		7
						Santa Clara		712			Santa Clara		12
						Missouri		4

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1962 College Baseball All-America Team

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