| Year: | 1960 |
| Division: | University Division |
| Teams: | 25 |
| Collegeworldseriesballpark: | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium |
| City: | Omaha, NE |
| Champions: | Minnesota |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Runner-Up: | Southern California |
| Cwscount: | 4th |
| Coach: | Dick Siebert |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mop: | John Erickson |
| Mopteam: | Minnesota |
| Tournament Link: | NCAA Division I Baseball Championship |
The 1960 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1960 NCAA University Division baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its fourteenth year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals. Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 25 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.[1] The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 10 to June 20. The fourteenth tournament's champion was Minnesota, coached by Dick Siebert. The Most Outstanding Player was John Erickson of Minnesota.
The official NCAA record book does not list any participants for District 5 as Oklahoma State was an automatic qualifier for the 1960 College World Series.
Games played at Springfield, Massachusetts.
Games played at Cooperstown, New York.
Games played at Gastonia, North Carolina.
Games played at Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Games played at Salt Lake City, Utah.
Games played at Los Angeles, California.
| School | Conference | Record (conference) | Head coach | CWS appearances | CWS best finish | CWS record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41–7 (2–2) | 5 (last: 1959) | 2nd (1956, 1958) | 10–10 | ||||
| Greater Boston | 14–4 (7–3) | 1 (last: 1953) | 4th (1953) | 2–2 | |||
| 25–10 (15–1) | 6 (last: 1959) | 5th (1955) | 2–12 | ||||
| 29–6–1 (12–2) | 1 (last: 1956) | 1st (1956) | 5–1 | ||||
| 22–5 (11–3) | 0 (last: none) | none | 0–0 | ||||
| 15–5 (12–4) | 3 (last: 1959) | 1st (1959) | 10–5 | ||||
| 40–14 (12–4) | 5 (last: 1958) | 1st (1948, 1958) | 10–8 | ||||
| 19–5 (10–4) | 1 (last: 1949) | 4th (1949) | 0–2 |
| Date | Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 10 | Game 1 | 2–1 | ||||
| June 14 | Game 2 | 8–3 | ||||
| Game 3 | 8–3 | |||||
| Game 4 | 3–1 | |||||
| June 15 | Game 5 | Oklahoma State | 7–0 | Jim Wixson throws a no-hitter,North Carolina eliminated | ||
| Game 6 | 3–2 (13) | Colorado State eliminated | ||||
| Game 7 | 8–5 | |||||
| June 16 | Game 8 | 5–2 | ||||
| June 17 | Game 9 | 1–0 | Boston College eliminated | |||
| Game 10 | 11–4 | St. John's eliminated | ||||
| Game 11 | 12–11 (10) | |||||
| June 18 | Game 12 | Minnesota | 3–1 | Oklahoma State eliminated | ||
| Game 13 | 13–1 | Arizona eliminated | ||||
| June 19 | Game 14 | 4–2 (11) | ||||
| June 20 | Final | 2–1 (10) | Minnesota wins CWS |
The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.
| Position | Player | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | style= | USC | |
| Jim Ward | style= | Arizona | |
| style= | Minnesota | ||
| C | style= | USC | |
| 1B | style= | USC | |
| 2B | John Erickson (MOP) | style= | Minnesota |
| 3B | style= | Minnesota | |
| SS | style= | Minnesota | |
| OF | style= | USC | |
| style= | USC | ||
| style= | USC |
Jim Wixson throws the second no-hitter in College World Series history.