1957 NCAA University Division baseball season

The 1957 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 1957. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1957 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the eleventh time in 1957, 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. California claimed the championship.

1957 NCAA University Division baseball season
Number of teams	166
NCAA tournament
College World Series
Champions	California (2nd title)
Runners-up	Penn State (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	George Wolfman (1st title)
MOP	Cal Emery (Penn State)
Seasons

Realignment

Prior to the 1957 baseball season, the NCAA divided into two divisions: the University Division for larger schools and the College Division for smaller schools.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1957 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA tournament. 12 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 11 teams earned at-large selections.

Conference	Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Duke
Big Seven Conference	Iowa State
Big Ten Conference	Northwestern
CIBA	California Southern California
EIBL	Yale
FIC	Florida State
Mid-American Conference	Western Michigan
Pacific Coast Conference	Oregon
Rocky Mountain Conference	Colorado State
Southeastern Conference	Georgia Tech
Southern Conference	George Washington
Southwest Conference	Texas
Yankee Conference	UMass

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1957 Big Seven Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Iowa State  ‍†‍‍y 11 – 6   .647 18 – 9   .667 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6   .600 10 – 8   .556 Missouri  ‍‍‍ 10 – 7   .588 13 – 7   .650 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 9 – 8   .529 11 – 11   .500 Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9   .471 12 – 10   .545 Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333 7 – 10   .412 Colorado  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313 10 – 11   .476 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1957 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1957 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Northwestern  ‍†‍‍y 5 – 2 – 0   .714 15 – 6 – 0   .714 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 7 – 4 – 0   .636 9 – 10 – 0   .474 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 7 – 4 – 0   .636 17 – 7 – 0   .708 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 7 – 4 – 0   .636 17 – 9 – 0   .654 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5 – 0   .545 16 – 8 – 2   .654 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 3 – 3 – 0   .500 9 – 5 – 1   .633 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6 – 0   .455 18 – 13 – 1   .578 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5 – 0   .444 15 – 6 – 1   .705 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7 – 0   .300 14 – 9 – 0   .609 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 3 – 10 – 0   .231 13 – 15 – 0   .464 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1957 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1957 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Yale  ‍†‍‍ 7 – 1 – 1   .833 13 – 21 – 1   .386 Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 5 – 2 – 0   .714 11 – 7 – 0   .611 Columbia  ‍‍‍ 5 – 2 – 0   .714 7 – 7 – 0   .500 Harvard  ‍‍‍ 6 – 3 – 0   .667 15 – 7 – 1   .674 Navy  ‍‍‍ 6 – 3 – 0   .667 16 – 6 – 1   .717 Army  ‍‍‍ 5 – 4 – 0   .556 13 – 9 – 2   .583 Brown  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6 – 0   .333 7 – 8 – 0   .467 Princeton  ‍‍‍ 2 – 6 – 1   .278 12 – 10 – 1   .543 Cornell  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125 7 – 8 – 0   .467 Penn  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125 7 – 16 – 0   .304 † – Conference champion
1957 Florida Intercollegiate Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Florida State  ‍†‍‍y 7 – 2   .778 22 – 9   .710 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ 7 – 6   .538 11 – 12   .478 Stetson  ‍‍‍ 5 – 9   .357 7 – 17   .292 Rollins  ‍‍‍ –   – 14 – 13   .519 Florida Southern  ‍‍‍ –   – 7 – 12   .368 Tampa  ‍‍‍ –   – –   – † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1957 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1957 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT North Division Oregon ‍†‍‍ 11 – 3   .786 –   – Oregon State ‍‍‍ 8 – 7   .533 18 – 13   .581 Washington ‍‍‍ 8 – 8   .500 20 – 11   .645 Idaho ‍‍‍ 5 – 8   .385 –   – Washington State ‍‍‍ 5 – 11   .313 14 – 21   .400 California Intercollegiate Baseball Association California ‍†‍‍y 12 – 4   .750 35 – 10   .778 Southern California ‍‍‍ 12 – 4   .750 18 – 4   .818 Stanford ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438 17 – 13   .567 UCLA ‍‍‍ 5 – 9   .357 15 – 15   .500 Santa Clara ‍‍‍ 2 – 12   .143 –   – † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament	1957 Southwest Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Texas  ‍†‍‍y 12 – 1   .923 20 – 7   .741 TCU  ‍‍‍ 8 – 4   .667 8 – 4   .667 SMU  ‍‍‍ 6 – 7   .462 11 – 10   .524 Baylor  ‍‍‍ 4 – 7   .364 10 – 11   .476 Rice  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10   .333 9 – 12   .429 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 4 – 10   .286 5 – 15   .250 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1957 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1957 Yankee Conference baseball standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Vermont  ‍‍‍ 5 – 1 – 0   .833 15 – 7 – 0   .682 UMass  ‍†‍‍ 6 – 4 – 0   .600 11 – 9 – 0   .550 Connecticut  ‍‍‍y 5 – 5 – 0   .500 14 – 10 – 0   .583 New Hampshire  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 0   .500 5 – 11 – 0   .313 Maine  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 0   .375 6 – 14 – 0   .300 Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7 – 0   .300 7 – 9 – 1   .441 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1957 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

Main article: 1957 College World Series

The 1957 season marked the eleventh 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 California claiming their second championship with a 1–0 win over Penn State in the final.

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Final
	Texas		3
	Connecticut		0
						Texas		1
						Penn State		4
	Penn State		7
	Florida State		0
											Penn State		0
											California		8
	California		4
																California		9
	Colorado State College		0
						California		8								Iowa State		1
						Iowa State		2
	Iowa State		1310
	Notre Dame		8
																					California		1
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Penn State		0
											Iowa State		5
						Connecticut		5			Connecticut		2
																Penn State		5
						Florida State		3
																Notre Dame		4
											Texas		0
						Colorado State College		2			Notre Dame		9
						Notre Dame		23

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1957 College Baseball All-America Team