1958 NCAA University Division baseball season

1958 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA tournament
College World Series
Champions	USC (2nd title)
Runners-up	Missouri (3rd CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Rod Dedeaux (2nd title)
MOP	Bill Thom (USC)
Seasons

The 1958 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 1958. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1958 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twelfth time in 1958, 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.

Realignment

Prior to the 1958 season, Oklahoma A&M, now Oklahoma State, rejoined the Big Seven Conference, which then became known as the Big Eight.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1958 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA tournament. 13 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 14 teams earned at-large selections.

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Tournament	Tournament Champion
Atlantic Coast Conference	Clemson/North Carolina	1958 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Playoffs	Clemson
Big Eight Conference	Missouri	No Tournament
Big Ten Conference	Minnesota	No Tournament
CIBA	Southern California	No Tournament
EIBL	Harvard	No Tournament
Mid-American Conference	Western Michigan	No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference	Oregon State	No Tournament
Southeastern Conference	Auburn	No Tournament
Southern Conference	George Washington/Richmond	No Tournament
Southwest Conference	Texas	No Tournament

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1958 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Clemson  ‍†‍‡‍y 11 – 3   .786 22 – 8   .733 North Carolina  ‍†‍‍ 11 – 3   .786 19 – 8   .704 Duke  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583 9 – 11   .450 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 7 – 6   .538 12 – 9   .571 NC State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7   .462 10 – 7   .588 Virginia  ‍‍‍ 4 – 9   .308 5 – 15   .250 Maryland  ‍‍‍ 4 – 10   .286 7 – 11   .389 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 3 – 10   .231 7 – 14   .333 † – Conference champion ‡ – Playoff champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1958 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1958 Big Eight Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Missouri  ‍†‍‍y 12 – 3   .800 21 – 7   .750 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 5   .722 17 – 6   .739 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 11 – 5   .688 12 – 8   .600 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 11 – 6   .647 14 – 8   .636 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9   .571 17 – 10   .630 Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 12   .400 8 – 15   .348 Colorado  ‍‍‍ 5 – 16   .238 7 – 19   .269 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 18   .100 2 – 18   .100 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament	1958 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Harvard  ‍†‍‍ 7 – 0 – 0   1.000 14 – 8 – 1   .630 Dartmouth  ‍‍‍y 6 – 2 – 0   .750 12 – 6 – 0   .667 Penn  ‍‍‍ 6 – 2 – 0   .750 15 – 7 – 0   .682 Cornell  ‍‍‍ 4 – 3 – 0   .571 8 – 4 – 0   .667 Navy  ‍‍‍ 4 – 3 – 0   .571 11 – 7 – 0   .611 Yale  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5 – 0   .444 11 – 13 – 0   .458 Princeton  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 0   .375 8 – 12 – 1   .405 Army  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6 – 0   .333 10 – 11 – 1   .477 Brown  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125 4 – 8 – 0   .333 Columbia  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125 4 – 10 – 1   .300 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
1958 Mid-American Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Western Michigan  ‍†‍‍y 10 – 0 – 0   1.000 23 – 8 – 1   .734 Ohio  ‍‍‍ 8 – 1 – 0   .889 17 – 4 – 0   .810 Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5 – 0   .444 7 – 7 – 0   .500 Kent State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 7 – 0   .364 12 – 10 – 0   .545 Toledo  ‍‍‍ 4 – 8 – 0   .333 6 – 13 – 0   .316 Marshall  ‍‍‍ 4 – 8 – 0   .333 8 – 10 – 0   .444 Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍ 2 – 7 – 0   .222 7 – 10 – 0   .412 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1958	1958 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT North Division Oregon State ‍†‍‍ 10 – 4   .714 18 – 11   .621 Washington State ‍‍‍ 9 – 5   .643 19 – 11   .633 Oregon ‍‍‍ 9 – 5   .643 –   – Idaho ‍‍‍ 4 – 11   .267 –   – Washington ‍‍‍ 3 – 10   .231 12 – 13   .480 California Intercollegiate Baseball Association Southern California ‍†‍‍y 14 – 2   .875 29 – 3   .906 California ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563 19 – 12   .613 Stanford ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438 23 – 12   .657 Santa Clara ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313 –   – UCLA ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313 15 – 19   .441 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

College World Series

Main article: 1958 College World Series

The 1958 season marked the twelfth 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 second championship with an 8–7 win over Missouri in the final.

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Final
	Missouri		3
	Western Michigan		1
						Missouri		11
						Colorado State College		2
	Colorado State College		10
	Lafayette		5
											Missouri		4
											Holy Cross		1
	Holy Cross		3
																Missouri		3
	Southern California		0
						Holy Cross		17								Western Michigan		1
						Clemson		4
	Arizona		1
	Clemson		4
																					Missouri		0	7
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Southern California		7	812
											Clemson		3
						Western Michigan		410			Western Michigan		5
																Holy Cross		2
						Lafayette		3
																Southern California		6
											Southern California		12
						Southern California		4			Colorado State College		1
						Arizona		0

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1958 College Baseball All-America Team