2026 Big Ten baseball tournament

2026 Big Ten
baseball tournament

Teams	12
Format	Double- and Single-elimination
Finals site	Charles Schwab Field Omaha Omaha, Nebraska
Champions	UCLA (1st title)
Runner-up	Oregon (1st title game)
Winning coach	John Savage (1st title)
MVP	Mulivai Levu (UCLA)
Television	BTN

2026 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 11 UCLA ‍†‍‡‍^y	28	–	2	–	0	.933	48	–	6	–	0	.889
Nebraska ‍‍‍^y	23	–	7	–	0	.767	41	–	14	–	0	.745
No. 13 Oregon ‍‍‍^y	20	–	10	–	0	.667	38	–	15	–	0	.717
No. 15 USC ‍‍‍^y	20	–	10	–	0	.667	42	–	14	–	0	.750
Purdue ‍‍‍	18	–	13	–	0	.581	36	–	18	–	0	.667
Ohio State ‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0	.600	29	–	24	–	0	.547
Michigan ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0	.567	33	–	22	–	0	.600
Iowa ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0	.500	30	–	21	–	0	.588
Illinois ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0	.467	27	–	27	–	0	.500
Rutgers ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0	.433	26	–	29	–	0	.473
Washington ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0	.400	23	–	31	–	0	.426
Michigan State ‍‍‍	12	–	19	–	0	.387	22	–	31	–	0	.415
Minnesota ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0	.367	30	–	23	–	0	.566
Maryland ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0	.300	27	–	29	–	0	.482
Indiana ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0	.300	23	–	31	–	0	.426
Penn State ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0	.300	16	–	35	–	0	.314
Northwestern ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0	.267	21	–	30	–	1	.413

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 19, 2026^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2026 Big Ten baseball tournament was held at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, from May 19 through May 24, airing on the Big Ten Network.^[2]

Format and seeding

The top twelve teams with the best regular season conference winning percentage participated in the 2026 tournament. These twelve teams received tournament seeds, number one through twelve, according to the team's final placement in the regular season standings. The tournament was contested as a double-elimination tournament for seeds 5 through 12 for the first three days to qualify four teams. The four advancing teams met seeds 1 through 4 in the Single-elimination tournament to crown a champion.^[2] A run rule (10 run lead after 7 innings) were in effect for the tournament.

Bracket

Double elimination bracket

Opening round May 19–20			Qualification May 20–21

5	Purdue	4

12	Michigan State	8
			12	Michigan State	4
Winner's bracket
			8	Iowa	3
8	Iowa	10

9	Illinois	6



5	Purdue	3

9	Illinois	1
			5	Purdue	8
Loser's bracket
			8	Iowa	1

Opening round May 19–20			Qualification May 20–21

7	Michigan	10⁽⁷⁾

10	Rutgers	0
			7	Michigan	1
Winner's bracket
			11	Washington	7
6	Ohio State	6

11	Washington	8



10	Rutgers	2

6	Ohio State	3
			6	Ohio State	0
Loser's bracket
			7	Michigan	3

Source: ^[3]

Single elimination bracket

Quarterfinals May 22			Semifinals May 23			Final May 24

4	USC	7

12	Michigan State	0
			4	USC	5

			1	UCLA	7
1	UCLA	4

5	Purdue	3
						1	UCLA	3⁽¹¹⁾

						3	Oregon	2
2	Nebraska	6

7	Michigan	4
			2	Nebraska	0

			3	Oregon	8
3	Oregon	9

11	Washington	4

Source: ^[3]

Schedule

2026 Bracket, home teams listed last.^[4]

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
Double elimination – Opening round – Tuesday, May 19
1	9:00 a.m.	No. 5 Purdue vs No. 12 Michigan State	4–8	BTN
2	1:00 p.m.	No. 8 Iowa vs No. 9 Illinois	10–6
3	5:00 p.m.	No. 7 Michigan vs No. 10 Rutgers	10–0⁽⁷⁾
4	9:00 p.m.	No. 6 Ohio State vs No. 11 Washington	6–8
Double elimination – Loser round – Wednesday, May 20
5	9:00 a.m.	No. 5 Purdue vs No. 9 Illinois	3–1	BTN
6	1:00 p.m.	No. 10 Rutgers vs No. 6 Ohio State	2–3	BTN
Double elimination – Qualification round – Wednesday, May 20
7	5:00 p.m.	No. 12 Michigan State vs No. 8 Iowa	4–3	BTN
8	9:00 p.m.	No. 7 Michigan vs No. 11 Washington	1–7	BTN
Double elimination – Qualification round - Thursday, May 21
9	2:00 p.m.	No. 5 Purdue vs No. 8 Iowa	8–1	BTN
10	6:00 p.m.	No. 6 Ohio State vs No. 7 Michigan	0–3	BTN
Single elimination – Quarterfinals - Friday, May 22 / Saturday, May 23
11	9:00 a.m.	No. 4 USC vs No. 12 Michigan State	7–0	BTN
12	7:00 p.m.	No. 1 UCLA vs No. 5 Purdue	4–3
13	11:00 p.m.	No. 2 Nebraska vs No. 7 Michigan	6–4
14	10:00 a.m.	No. 3 Oregon vs No. 11 Washington	9–4
Single elimination – Semifinals - Saturday, May 23
15	2:20 p.m.	No. 4 USC vs No. 1 UCLA	5–7	BTN
16	7:00 p.m.	No. 3 Oregon vs No. 2 Nebraska	8–0	BTN
Single elimination – Championship - Sunday, May 24
17	2:00 p.m.	No. 1 UCLA vs No. 3 Oregon	3–2⁽¹¹⁾	BTN
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-tournament team

The following players are members of the 2026 Big Ten Baseball All-Tournament Team. Player in Bold selected as Tournament MVP.^[5]

Position	Player	School
C	Noah Miller	Michigan
1B	Mulivai Levu	UCLA
2B	Dylan Drake	Purdue
3B	Drew Smith	Oregon
SS	Henry Kaczmar	Ohio State
DH	Naulivou Lauaki Jr.	Oregon
OF	Angel Laya	Oregon
	Will Gasparino	UCLA
	Mic Paul	Washington
P	Shane Brinham	Michigan
	Cal Scolari	Oregon
	Will Sanford	Oregon

References

"Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved May 11, 2026.
"Tickets on Sale for the Big Ten Baseball Tournament Presented by IFS.ai". Big Ten. March 24, 2026. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
"B1G Baseball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Retrieved April 23, 2026.
"Big Ten baseball tournament schedule". Big Ten. April 21, 2026. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
"UCLA Wins Big Ten Baseball Tournament presented by IFS.ai". BigTen.org. May 24, 2026. Retrieved May 26, 2026.