NCAA baseball tournament 2026 bracket: Regionals schedule, host sites and top seeds

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The regional sites are set, and the 2026 NCAA baseball tournament is almost ready to get underway. With host sites locked in place, there’s only one thing left to determine before the festivities can start: The bracket.

On Monday, the full 2026 NCAA baseball tournament bracket will be revealed. Fans will know all 64 teams taking part in the event, including the top seeds, automatic bids and the last handful of teams to make the cut.

With the tournament set to kick off soon, here’s everything you need to know about the 2026 NCAA baseball tournament bracket reveal.

NCAA baseball tournament 2026 selection show​

The 2026 NCAA baseball tournament bracket will be revealed as part of a selection show Monday, May 25. That program will air at noon ET on ESPN2. It will last an hour.

NCAA baseball tournament 2026 bracket​

The 2026 NCAA baseball tournament bracket won’t be fully unveiled until 1 p.m. ET on Monday, May 25.

Until then, we know at least 29 teams that will appear in the tournament. Here are the 29 automatic bids heading into Monday’s selection show:

• Alabama State
• Binghamton
• Cal Poly
• Citadel
• East Carolina
• Georgia
• Georgia Tech
• Holy Cross
• Jacksonville State
• Kansas
• Lamar
• Lipscomb
• Little Rock
• Long Island
• Milwaukee
• NIU
• Northeastern
• Rider
• Saint Mary
• South Dakota State
• Southern Miss
• St. John’s
• Tarleton
• UCLA
• UIC
• USC Upstate
• VCU
• Washington State
• Yale

We also know a handful of additional teams already in the tournament after regional host sites were revealed Sunday.

NCAA baseball tournament 2026 host sites​

The 16 regional host sites were unveiled Sunday. Four teams will play at each site in a double-elimination format.

Here are the following 16 regionals sites for the 2026 NCAA baseball tournament. Teams included in this list that were not part of the automatic qualifiers are confirmed to be part of the tournament.

Teams that are in the tournament, but were not automatic bids, are bolded below.

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  Athens, Georgia: Georgia
  
  
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  Atlanta, Georgia: Georgia Tech
  
  
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  Auburn, Alabama: Auburn
  
  
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  Austin, Texas: Texas
  
  
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  Chapel Hill, North Carolina: North Carolina
  
  
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  College Station, Texas: Texas A&M
  
  
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  Eugene, Oregon: Oregon
  
  
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  Gainesville, Florida: Florida
  
  
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  Hattiesburg, Mississippi: Southern Mississippi
  
  
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  Lawrence, Kansas: Kansas
  
  
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  Lincoln, Nebraska: Nebraska
  
  
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  Los Angeles, California: UCLA
  
  
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  Morgantown, West Virginia: West Virginia
  
  
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  Starkville, Mississippi: Mississippi State
  
  
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  Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State
  
  
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  Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Alabama
  

NCAA baseball tournament 2026 top seeds​

While the top seeds could be shaken up during Monday’s reveal, here’s how Baseball America ranked the top-25 teams during the last update (May 18):

1. 
   UCLA
   
   
2. 
   Georgia Tech
   
   
3. 
   North Carolina
   
   
4. 
   Georgia
   
   
5. 
   Texas
   
   
6. 
   Auburn
   
   
7. 
   Oregon State
   
   
8. 
   Southern Miss
   
   
9. 
   Florida
   
   
10. 
    Arkansas
    
    
11. 
    Florida State
    
    
12. 
    West Virginia
    
    
13. 
    Texas A&M
    
    
14. 
    Kansas
    
    
15. 
    Alabama
    
    
16. 
    Mississippi State
    
    
17. 
    Cincinnati
    
    
18. 
    Oregon
    
    
19. 
    Oklahoma State
    
    
20. 
    Tennessee
    
    
21. 
    Nebraska
    
    
22. 
    USC
    
    
23. 
    UC Santa Barbara
    
    
24. 
    Arizona State
    
    
25. 
    Ole Miss
    

NCAA baseball tournament 2026 schedule​

The 2026 NCAA baseball tournament will begin with the regionals, which will run from Friday, May 29 through Monday, June 1. After that, the super regionals are set for Friday, June 5 through Monday, June 8.

The college World Series will be held between Friday, June 12 and either Sunday, June 21 or Monday, June 22 depending on how long the series goes. That matchup will be held, as usual, at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, NE.

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