Big Ten baseball tournament 2026: Schedule, scores, and more
Mar 1, 2026; Arlington, TX, USA; UCLA Bruins against Mississippi State Bulldogs during the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images | Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images On Tuesday in Omaha, the Big Ten baseball tournament gets underway. While the Big Ten is projected to see four teams get into the field of 64, the conference might have the top-overall seed in the UCLA Bruins.
UCLA finished the year with a 48-6 record overall, and is the first team in the history of the rankings at D1Baseball. com to go wire-to-wire in the No. 1 spot.
But with Oregon, Nebraska, and USC also expected to earn spots in the field of 64 — and Michigan and Purdue fighting for their tournament lives this week — there are several reasons to keep an eye on this tournament. Here is everything you need to know about the 2026 Big Ten baseball tournament. What is the format for the Big Ten baseball tournament?
Unlike the ACC baseball tournament , which flipped to a single-eliminaton format for the 2025 season, the Big Ten tournament consists of both a double-elimination portion, and a single-elimination portion. At the outset, only 12 teams qualified for the Big Ten baseball tournament. Minnesota, Indiana, Maryland, Penn State, and Northwestern will be watching along with the rest of us.
Teams seeded No. 5 through No. 12 — Purdue, Ohio State, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Rutgers, Washington, and Michigan State — will play a double-elimination tournament with those eight teams split into two brackets of four teams each.
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