1969 NCAA University Division baseball season

The 1969 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 1969. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1969 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty third time in 1969, 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. Arizona State claimed the championship.^[1]

1969 NCAA University Division baseball season
Number of teams	207
NCAA tournament
College World Series
Champions	Arizona State (3rd title)
Runners-up	Tulsa (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Bobby Winkles (3rd title)
MOP	John Dolinsek (Arizona State)
Seasons
← 1968 1970 →

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1969 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA tournament. 9 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 12 teams earned at-large selections.^[1][2]

Conference	Regular season winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	North Carolina
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference	Minnesota
EIBL	Dartmouth
Mid-American Conference	Ohio
Pacific-8 Conference	UCLA
Southeastern Conference	Ole Miss
Southern Conference	North - William & Mary South - Furman
Southwest Conference	Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1969 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Eastern Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 5 – 1   .833 18 – 14   .563 Bradley  ‍‍‍ 4 – 2   .667 12 – 6   .667 Memphis State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 3   .500 20 – 12   .625 Louisville  ‍‍‍ 0 – 6   .000 9 – 13   .409 Western No. 2 Tulsa  ‍†‍‡‍^y 7 – 1   .875 39 – 5   .886 Wichita State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 3   .625 17 – 12   .586 Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 2 – 5   .286 15 – 11   .577 Drake  ‍‍‍ 1 – 6   .143 7 – 11   .389 ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 21, 1969^[3] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1969 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 8 UCLA ‍†‍‍^y 17 – 4 – 0   .810 42 – 12 – 1   .773 No. 16 Stanford ‍‍‍ 16 – 5 – 0   .762 34 – 12 – 0   .739 No. 17 Southern California ‍‍‍ 13 – 5 – 0   .722 39 – 12 – 1   .760 No. 29 California ‍‍‍ 12 – 9 – 0   .571 31 – 19 – 0   .620 Oregon State ‍‍‍ 9 – 12 – 0   .429 17 – 20 – 1   .461 Oregon ‍‍‍ 8 – 13 – 0   .381 22 – 19 – 0   .537 Washington State ‍‍‍ 8 – 13 – 0   .381 27 – 15 – 0   .643 Washington ‍‍‍ 1 – 20 – 0   .048 7 – 29 – 0   .194 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1969^[4] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1969 Southeastern Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Eastern Division Florida  ^x‍‍‍^y 13 – 4   .765 28 – 17   .622 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 9 – 5   .643 19 – 15   .559 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 9 – 8   .529 15 – 12   .556 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438 15 – 19   .441 Auburn  ‍‍‍ 7 – 10   .412 17 – 15   .531 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 3 – 12   .200 12 – 19   .387 Western Division No. 6 Ole Miss  ^x‍‍‡‍^y 11 – 5   .688 27 – 15   .643 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 7   .611 20 – 10   .667 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9   .471 24 – 15   .615 LSU  ‍‍‍ 4 – 13   .235 11 – 24   .314 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1969^[5] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1969 Southwest Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 4 Texas  ‍†‍‍^y 14 – 2   .875 40 – 6   .870 TCU  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6   .600 22 – 8   .733 Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563 13 – 13   .500 Rice  ‍‍‍ 7 – 6   .538 14 – 11   .560 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8   .467 15 – 11   .577 Baylor  ‍‍‍ 6 – 11   .353 10 – 17   .370 SMU  ‍‍‍ 2 – 14   .125 5 – 21   .192 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1969^[6] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1969 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Northern No. 18 BYU  ‍‍‍ 13 – 5   .722 30 – 15   .667 Wyoming  ‍‍‍ 11 – 7   .611 14 – 22   .389 Utah  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 20 – 22   .476 Colorado State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13   .278 13 – 20   .394 Southern No. 1 Arizona State  ‍‍‍^y 15 – 3   .833 56 – 11   .836 No. 19 Arizona  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 37 – 10   .787 New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 31 – 17   .646 UTEP  ‍‍‍ 4 – 14   .222 17 – 27   .386 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1969^[7] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1969 Yankee Conference baseball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 5 UMass ‍†‍‍^y 9 – 1   .900 22 – 10   .688 Connecticut ‍‍‍ 6 – 4   .600 10 – 16   .385 Maine ‍‍‍ 6 – 4   .600 12 – 12   .500 Vermont ‍‍‍ 5 – 5   .500 13 – 9   .591 Rhode Island ‍‍‍ 2 – 8   .200 4 – 13   .235 New Hampshire ‍‍‍ 2 – 8   .200 6 – 15   .286 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1969 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1969 College World Series

The 1969 season marked the twenty third 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 Arizona State claiming their third championship with a 10–1 win over Tulsa in the final.^[1]

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Final
	Arizona State		0
	Texas		4
						Texas		2
						Tulsa		4
	UCLA		5
	Tulsa		6^10
											Tulsa		2
											NYU		0
	Southern Illinois		0
																Tulsa		3
	Massachusetts		2
						Massachusetts		2								Arizona State		11
						NYU		9
	Ole Miss		3
	NYU		8																							Tulsa		1
																					Arizona State		4			Arizona State		10
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										NYU		1
											Arizona State		4
						Arizona State		2^11			Massachusetts		2
																NYU		3
						UCLA		1
																Texas		2
											Ole Miss		1
						Southern Illinois		1			Texas		14
						Ole Miss		8

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1969 College Baseball All-America Team

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