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.
The fourteenth tournament's champion was Minnesota, coached by Dick Siebert.
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 Salt Lake City, Utah.
Jim Wixson throws the second no-hitter in College World Series history.