2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

This article documents a current sporting event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. Initial news reports, scores, or statistics may be unreliable. The last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. Please feel free to improve this article (but note that updates without valid and reliable references will be removed) or discuss changes on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove this message)

2026 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament

Season	2026
Teams	64
Finals site	Charles Schwab Field Omaha Omaha, Nebraska
Television	ABC ESPN ESPN2 ESPNU ACCN SECN ESPN+
← 2025 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 2027 →

The 2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament is the 79th edition of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.^[1] The 64-team tournament began on 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 contested 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.

The sixteen national seeds were 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.

On May 24, the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee announced the sixteen regional host sites.

Regionals

• May 29–June 1
  • Foley Field, Athens, Georgia (Host: Georgia)
  • Russ Chandler Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia (Host: Georgia Tech)
  • Plainsman Park, Auburn, Alabama (Host: Auburn)
  • UFCU Disch–Falk Field, Austin, Texas (Host: Texas)
  • Boshamer Stadium, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Host: North Carolina)
  • Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park, College Station, Texas (Host: Texas A&M)
  • PK Park, Eugene, Oregon (Host: Oregon)
  • Condron Ballpark, Gainesville, Florida (Host: Florida)
  • Pete Taylor Park, Hattiesburg, Mississippi (Host: Southern Mississippi)
  • Hoglund Ballpark, Lawrence, Kansas (Host: Kansas)
  • Haymarket Park, Lincoln, Nebraska (Host: Nebraska)
  • Jackie Robinson Stadium, Los Angeles, California (Host: UCLA)
  • Kendrick Family Ballpark, Granville, West Virginia (Host: West Virginia)
  • Dudy Noble Field, Mississippi State, Mississippi (Host: Mississippi State)
  • Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida (Host: Florida State)
  • Sewell–Thomas Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Host: Alabama)

Super Regionals

• June 5–8
  • Foley Field, Athens, Georgia (Host: Georgia)
  • Russ Chandler Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia (Host: Georgia Tech)
  • Plainsman Park, Auburn, Alabama (Host: Auburn)
  • UFCU Disch–Falk Field, Austin, Texas (Host: Texas)
  • Boshamer Stadium, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Host: North Carolina)
  • Condron Ballpark, Gainesville, Florida (Host: Florida)
  • Jackie Robinson Stadium, Los Angeles, California (Host: UCLA)
  • Sewell–Thomas Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Host: Alabama)

Men's College World Series

• June 12–22
  • Charles Schwab Field Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska (Host: Creighton University)

Source:^[4]

Bold indicates winner. Seeds for regional tournaments indicate seeds within regional. Seeds for super regional tournaments indicate national seeds only. All times Eastern.

To be hosted by West Virginia University at Kendrick Family Ballpark if WVU defeats Kentucky. If Kentucky wins, the NCAA will determine the super regional host, since Kentucky and Cal Poly were both 3 seeds in their respective regions .

To be hosted by Florida at Condron Ballpark if Florida defeats Troy. If Troy wins, it will host the super regional at Riddle–Pace Field.

Hosted by North Carolina at Boshamer Stadium

To be hosted by Auburn at Plainsman Park if it defeats Milwaukee. If Milwaukee wins, Ole Miss will host at Swayze Field.

To be hosted by Georgia Tech at Russ Chandler Stadium if it defeats Oklahoma. If Oklahoma wins, Kansas will host at Hoglund Ballpark.

Hosted by Alabama at Sewell–Thomas Stadium

Hosted by Texas at UFCU Disch–Falk Field

Hosted by Georgia at Foley Field

The Men's College World Series will be held at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska.

Sources:^[5] Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only. All times Central.

Sources:

The following players were members of the Men's College World Series All-Tournament Team.

This article or section possibly contains original synthesis. Source material should verifiably mention and relate to the main topic. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. (April 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only

NRG Media will provide nationwide radio coverage of the Men's College World Series through its Omaha Station KOZN, in association with Westwood One.^[6] It will also stream all MCWS games at westwoodonesports.com, Tunein, the Varsity Network, and on SiriusXM.

ESPN networks aired every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and the Men's College World Series.

Regionals ^[7]

Super Regionals ^[8]

Men's College World Series

MCWS Championship Series

• 2026 NCAA Division I softball tournament
• 2026 NAIA baseball tournament

• Official Bracket at NCAA.com