1963 NCAA University Division baseball season

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.

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

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.

Conference	Regular season winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue • City	Tournament 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 Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT North Division No. 10 Oregon State ‍†‍‍y 11 – 4   .733 23 – 12   .657 No. 17 Oregon ‍‍‍ 10 – 5   .667 –   – Washington State ‍‍‍ 7 – 7   .500 24 – 8   .750 Idaho ‍‍‍ 5 – 9   .357 –   – Washington ‍‍‍ 3 – 11   .214 7 – 17   .292 California Intercollegiate Baseball Association No. 1 Southern California ‍†‍‍y 10 – 6   .625 35 – 10   .778 Santa Clara ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563 –   – No. 23 UCLA ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563 30 – 17   .638 Stanford ‍‍‍ 8 – 8   .500 24 – 11   .686 California ‍‍‍ 4 – 12   .250 19 – 21   .475 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1963 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1963 Big Eight Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 3 Missouri  ‍†‍‍y 17 – 3   .850 25 – 8   .758 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 13 – 5   .722 14 – 10   .583 Colorado  ‍‍‍ 11 – 7   .611 12 – 12   .500 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 11 – 8   .579 15 – 10   .600 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9   .571 15 – 10   .600 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333 10 – 16   .385 Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 14   .222 7 – 14   .333 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 16   .200 6 – 20   .231 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1963 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1963 Mid-American Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 8 Western Michigan  ‍†‍‍y 12 – 0 – 0   1.000 24 – 6 – 0   .800 Ohio  ‍‍‍ 9 – 3 – 0   .750 17 – 8 – 0   .680 Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5 – 0   .583 17 – 11 – 1   .603 Kent State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6 – 0   .455 8 – 16 – 0   .333 Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍ 4 – 8 – 0   .333 10 – 13 – 0   .435 Toledo  ‍‍‍ 3 – 9 – 0   .250 10 – 14 – 0   .417 Marshall  ‍‍‍ 2 – 10 – 0   .167 8 – 17 – 0   .320 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1963 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1963 NCAA University Division District 3 baseball independents standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Campbell  ‍‍‍ –   – 11 – 5   .688 No. 6 Florida State  ‍‍‍y –   – 26 – 13   .667 Elon  ‍‍‍ –   – 19 – 15   .559 Georgetown  ‍‍‍ –   – 8 – 9   .471 Mercer  ‍‍‍ –   – 8 – 13   .381 Jacksonville  ‍‍‍ –   – 10 – 18   .357 Stetson  ‍‍‍ –   – 5 – 20   .200 y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1963 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1963 Southwest Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 4 Texas  ‍†‍‍y 12 – 3 – 0   .800 24 – 7 – 1   .766 No. 26 TCU  ‍†‍‍ 12 – 3 – 0   .800 21 – 4 – 0   .840 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6 – 0   .600 15 – 10 – 0   .600 Baylor  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8 – 0   .467 13 – 11 – 0   .542 Rice  ‍‍‍ 2 – 11 – 0   .154 9 – 17 – 0   .346 SMU  ‍‍‍ 1 – 12 – 0   .077 5 – 17 – 0   .227 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1963 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1963 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Northern BYU  x‍‍‍ 7 – 1   .875 22 – 12   .647 Utah  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4   .500 15 – 14   .517 Wyoming  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7   .125 9 – 21   .300 Southern No. 2 Arizona  x‍‍‡‍y 8 – 4   .667 39 – 17   .696 No. 20 Arizona State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583 34 – 13   .723 New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 3 – 9   .250 18 – 16   .529 x – Division champion ‡ – Playoff champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1963 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1963 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.

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Final
	Arizona		8
	Penn State		1
						Arizona		411
						Florida State		3
	Florida State		5
	Western Michigan		2
											Arizona		6
											Missouri		4
	Texas		8
																Arizona		10
	Southern California		3
						Missouri		3								Texas		8
						Texas		2
	Missouri		3
	Holy Cross		0
																					Arizona		4	2
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Southern California		6	5
											Texas		610
						Penn State		3			Penn State		4
																Missouri		3
						Western Michigan		0
																Southern California		12
											Florida State		3
						Southern California		6			Southern California		4
						Holy Cross		5

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1963 College Baseball All-America Team