1964 NCAA University Division baseball season
{{Short description|Baseball season}}
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| tournament_link = 1964 NCAA University Division baseball tournament
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The 1964 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 1964. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1964 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the eighteenth time in 1964, 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. Minnesota claimed the championship.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ox665PJnDXQC|title=The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003|author=W.C. Madden|author2=Patrick J. Stewart|name-list-style=amp|publisher=McFarland & Co.|year=2004|pages=41–43|isbn=9780786418428|access-date=May 5, 2014}}
Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1964 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 13 teams earned at-large selections.{{cite web|title=NCAA Men's College World Series Records|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2009CWSfull.pdf|publisher=NCAA|access-date=May 5, 2014|page=7|year=2009}}
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| Atlantic Coast Conference | {{CBSB link|year=1964|team=North Carolina Tar Heels|title=North Carolina}} |
| Big Eight Conference | Missouri |
| Big Ten Conference | Minnesota |
| CIBA | Southern California |
| EIBL | {{CBSB link|year=1964|team=Harvard Crimson|title=Harvard}} |
| Mid-American Conference | {{CBSB link|year=1964|team=Kent State Golden Flashes|title=Kent State}}/{{CBSB link|year=1964|team=Ohio Bobcats|title=Ohio}} |
| Pacific Coast Conference | {{CBSB link|year=1964|team=Oregon Ducks|title=Oregon}} |
| Southeastern Conference | Ole Miss |
| Southern Conference | West Virginia |
| Southwest Conference | Texas A&M |
Conference standings
The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:
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|valign="top" width=25em|{{1964 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1964 Big Ten Conference baseball standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1964 Southeastern Conference baseball standings}} |
| valign="top" width=25em|{{1964 Southern Conference baseball standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1964 Southwest Conference baseball standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1964 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings}} |
College World Series
{{Main article|1964 College World Series}}
The 1964 season marked the eighteenth 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 Minnesota claiming their third championship with a 5–1 win over Missouri in the final.
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Award winners
=All-America team=
{{main article|1964 College Baseball All-America Team}}