1963 NCAA University Division baseball season

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1963 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA tournament
College World Series
Champions USC (4th title)
Runners-up Arizona (7th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach Rod Dedeaux (4th title)
MOP Bud Hollowell (USC)
Seasons
  1962
1964  

The 1963 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 1963. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1963 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the seventeenth time in 1963, 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. Southern California claimed the championship. [1]

Contents

Realignment

The NCAA realigned the Western Athletic Conference from District 6 to District 7.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1963 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 15 teams earned at-large selections. [1] [2]

ConferenceRegular season winnerConference TournamentTournament Venue • CityTournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Wake Forest no tournament
Big Eight Conference Missouri no tournament
Big Ten Conference Illinois no tournament
CIBA Southern California no tournament
EIBL Columbia/Dartmouth/Navy no tournament
Mid-American Conference Western Michigan no tournament
Pacific Coast Conference Oregon State no tournament
Southeastern Conference Auburn no tournament
Southern Conference West Virginia no tournament
Southwest Conference Texas/TCU no tournament
Western Athletic Conference Northern - BYU
Southern - Arizona
1963 Western Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Series Tucson, Arizona Arizona

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1963 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North Division
No. 10 Oregon State  y114 .7332312 .657
No. 17 Oregon  105 .667 
Washington State  77 .500248 .750
Idaho  59 .357 
Washington  311 .214717 .292
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
No. 1 Southern California  y106 .6253510 .778
Santa Clara  97 .563 
No. 23 UCLA  97 .5633017 .638
Stanford  88 .5002411 .686
California  412 .2501921 .475
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1963 [3]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1963 Big Eight Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Missouri  y173 .850258 .758
Oklahoma  135 .7221410 .583
Colorado  117 .6111212 .500
Kansas  118 .5791510 .600
Oklahoma State  129 .5711510 .600
Nebraska  510 .3331016 .385
Iowa State  414 .222714 .333
Kansas State  416 .200620 .231
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1963 [4]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1963 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 8 Western Michigan  y1200 1.0002460 .800
Ohio  930 .7501780 .680
Bowling Green  750 .58317111 .603
Kent State  560 .4558160 .333
Miami (OH)  480 .33310130 .435
Toledo  390 .25010140 .417
Marshall  2100 .1678170 .320
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1963 [5]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1963 NCAA University Division District 3 baseball independents standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Campbell   115 .688
No. 6 Florida State  y 2613 .667
Elon   1915 .559
Georgetown   89 .471
Mercer   813 .381
Jacksonville   1018 .357
Stetson   520 .200
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1963 [6]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1963 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 11 West Virginia  y131 .929303 .909
Virginia Tech  101 .909147 .667
Richmond  95 .643108 .556
VMI  77 .5001411 .560
The Citadel  47 .364910 .474
George Washington  48 .333413 .235
Furman  37 .300716 .304
Davidson  410 .286818 .308
William & Mary  19 .100214 .125
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1963 [7]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1963 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 4 Texas  y1230 .8002471 .766
No. 26 TCU  1230 .8002140 .840
Texas A&M  960 .60015100 .600
Baylor  780 .46713110 .542
Rice  2110 .1549170 .346
SMU  1120 .0775170 .227
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1963 [8]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1963 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern
BYU  x71 .8752212 .647
Utah  44 .5001514 .517
Wyoming  17 .125921 .300
Southern
No. 2 Arizona  xy84 .6673917 .696
No. 20 Arizona State  75 .5833413 .723
New Mexico  39 .2501816 .529
x Division champion
Playoff champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1963 [9]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1963 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 Southern California claiming their fourth championship with a 5–2 win over Arizona in the final. [1]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
Arizona 8
Penn State 1
Arizona411
Florida State3
Florida State 5
Western Michigan 2
Arizona6
Missouri4
Texas 8
Arizona10
Southern California 3
Missouri3Texas8
Texas2
Missouri 3
Holy Cross 0
Arizona42
Lower round 1Lower round 2Southern California65
Texas610
Penn State3Penn State4
Missouri3
Western Michigan0
Southern California12
Florida State3
Southern California6Southern California4
Holy Cross5

Award winners

All-America team

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