[1] The twenty-first tournament's champion was Arizona State, coached by Bobby Winkles.
The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight district sites across the country, each consisting of between two and four teams.
Auburn had 2 men on and no outs, with hot hitting Billy Hutchins (8 for 11, and 2 home runs) at bat, when the bottom fell out of the sky and began to rain heavily.
Instead of finishing the game the next day, Stanford was deemed the winner by rain out.
First rain out victory in College World Series history.