2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
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| Season | 2026 |
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| Teams | 64 |
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| Television | ABC ESPN ESPN2 ESPNU ACCN SECN ESPN+ |
The 2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament will be the 79th edition of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.[1] The 64-team tournament will begin on Friday, May 29, as part of the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season and end with the 2026 Men's College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which will begin on June 12 and end on either June 21 or 22.[2]
The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams will be selected from an eligible 300 teams. Teams will be divided into 16 regionals of four teams, each of which will conducted via a double-elimination bracket. Regional champions will advance to eight Super Regionals, each of which will be conducted in a best-of-three-game series to determine the eight participants in the Men's College World Series. In the MCWS, two sets of four teams will compete in double-elimination brackets, with the two bracket winners facing each other in a best-of-three-game series.
Sixty-four teams will enter the tournament, with 29 of them receiving an automatic bid by either winning their conference's tournament or by finishing in first place in their conference. The remaining 35 bids are at-large, with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.
National seeds
The sixteen national seeds will be announced on the Selection Show on May 25.[3] Teams in italics advanced to the Super Regionals. Teams in bold advanced to the 2026 Men's College World Series.
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Schedule and venues
On May 24, the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee will announce the sixteen regional host sites.
Regionals
- May 29–June 1
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Super Regionals
- June 5–8
- TBD, TBD (Host: TBD)
- TBD, TBD (Host: TBD)
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- June 12–22
Bids
Automatic bids
| School | Conference | Record (Conf) | Berth | Last NCAA Appearance |
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| America East | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| American | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| ASUN | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| ACC | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| Atlantic 10 | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| Big 12 | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| Big East | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| Big South | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| Big Ten | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| Big West | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| CAA | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| CUSA | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| Horizon | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| Ivy League | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| MAAC | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| MAC | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| Missouri Valley | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| Mountain West | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| Northeast | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| Ohio Valley | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| Patriot | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| SEC | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| SoCon | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| Southland | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| SWAC | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| Summit | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| Sun Belt | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| West Coast | – (–) | Tournament | ||
| WAC | – (–) | Tournament |
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By conference
Regionals and Super Regionals
Bold indicates winner. Seeds for regional tournaments indicate seeds within regional. Seeds for super regional tournaments indicate national seeds only. All times Eastern.
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TBD Super Regional
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TBD Super Regional
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| Regional | Regional | Regional Final | Super Regional June 5–7 | |||||||||||||||||||
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TBD Super Regional
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TBD Super Regional
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| Regional | Regional | Regional Final | Super Regional June 6–8 | |||||||||||||||||||
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TBD Super Regional
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TBD Super Regional
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TBD Super Regional
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Men's College World Series
The Men's College World Series will be held at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska.
Participants
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Bracket
Sources:[4] Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only. All times Central.
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Game results
Bracket 1
| June 12, 2026 1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 1 |
TBD | – | TBD | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Umpires: HP: 1B: 2B: 3B: |
| June 12, 2026 6:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 2 |
TBD | – | TBD | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Umpires: HP: 1B: 2B: 3B: |
| June 14, 2026 1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 5 |
TBD | – | TBD | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Umpires: HP: 1B: 2B: 3B: |
| June 14, 2026 6:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 6 |
TBD | – | TBD | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Umpires: HP: 1B: 2B: 3B: |
| June 16, 2026 1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 9 |
TBD | – | TBD | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Umpires: HP: 1B: 2B: 3B: |
| June 17, 2026 1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 11 |
TBD | – | TBD | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Umpires: HP: 1B: 2B: 3B: |
Bracket 2
| June 13, 2026 1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 3 |
TBD | – | TBD | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Umpires: HP: 1B: 2B: 3B: |
| June 13, 2026 6:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 4 |
TBD | – | TBD | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Umpires: HP: 1B: 2B: 3B: |
| June 15, 2026 1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 7 |
TBD | – | TBD | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Umpires: HP: 1B: 2B: 3B: |
| June 16, 2026 10:00 am CDT (UTC-5) Game 8 |
TBD | – | TBD | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Umpires: HP: 1B: 2B: 3B: |
| June 16, 2026 6:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 10 |
TBD | – | TBD | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Umpires: HP: 1B: 2B: 3B: |
| June 17, 2026 6:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 12 |
TBD | – | TBD | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Umpires: HP: 1B: 2B: 3B: |
Finals
Sources:
Game 1
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Game 3 (If Necessary)
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All-Tournament Team
The following players were members of the Men's College World Series All-Tournament Team.
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Final standings
Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only
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Record by conference
| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | Nc Record | Nc Win % | RF | SR | WS | NS | CS | NC |
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| SEC | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Sun Belt | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| ACC | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Independent | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Missouri Valley | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Big Ten | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Big 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| American | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Big West | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ohio Valley | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Big East | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Horizon | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| ASUN | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| CAA | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ivy League | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Summit | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| West Coast | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| WAC | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| CUSA | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Atlantic 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| America East | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Big South | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| MAC | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| MAAC | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Mountain West | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Northeast | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Patriot | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Southland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| SoCon | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| SWAC | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Media coverage
Radio
NRG Media provided nationwide radio coverage of the Men's College World Series through its Omaha Station KOZN, in association with Westwood One.[5] It also streamed all MCWS games at westwoodonesports.com, Tunein, the Varsity Network, and on SiriusXM.
Broadcast assignments
Television
ESPN networks aired every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and the Men's College World Series.
Broadcast assignments
- Regionals
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