2026 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

2026 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	16
Format	Single Elimination
Finals site	Truist Field; Charlotte, North Carolina;
Champions	Georgia Tech (10th title)
Winning coach	James Ramsey (1st title)
MVP	Ryan Zuckerman (Georgia Tech)
Television	ACC Network

2026 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 10 Georgia Tech ‍†‍‡‍^y	25	–	5	–	0	.833	50	–	11	–	0	.820
No. 2 North Carolina ‍‍‍^y	22	–	8	–	0	.733	54	–	14	–	1	.790
No. 18 Florida State ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	–	0	.633	40	–	19	–	0	.678
Boston College ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13	–	0	.567	40	–	24	–	0	.625
Wake Forest ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	–	0	.533	39	–	21	–	0	.650
Miami (FL) ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	–	0	.533	39	–	20	–	0	.661
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍^y	15	–	15	–	0	.500	30	–	26	–	0	.536
Virginia ‍‍‍^y	14	–	16	–	0	.467	37	–	23	–	0	.617
NC State ‍‍‍^y	14	–	16	–	0	.467	32	–	24	–	0	.571
Louisville ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0	.433	30	–	27	–	0	.526
Notre Dame ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0	.433	31	–	22	–	0	.585
Stanford ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0	.433	28	–	26	–	0	.519
California ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0	.400	29	–	26	–	0	.527
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0	.367	33	–	24	–	0	.579
Clemson ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0	.333	31	–	26	–	0	.544
Duke ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0	.333	26	–	31	–	0	.456

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 23, 2026^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held May 19–24, 2026 at Truist Field in Charlotte, North Carolina. The annual tournament determined the conference champion of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference for college baseball in the 2026 season.^[2]

The tournament has been held every year but two since 1973, with Clemson winning eleven championships prior to this, the most all-time. Georgia Tech won its tenth championship, defeating defending champion North Carolina, who have won nine championships. Florida State has won eight titles since its entry to the league in 1992. Recent entrants Virginia Tech, Boston College, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Louisville have never won the event.

Seeding

All of the sixteen teams that participated in the 2026 season qualified for the tournament. Seeds one through four were awarded a bye into the Quarterfinals, while seeds five through eight received a bye into the Second Round. Ties were broken based on tiebreaking procedures described below.^[3]^[4]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed	Tiebreaker
Georgia Tech	25	5	.833	-	1
North Carolina	22	8	.733	3	2
Florida State	19	11	.633	6	3
Boston College	17	13	.567	8	4
Miami	16	14	.533	9	5	2–1 against WF
Wake Forest	16	14	.533	9	6	1–2 against MIA
Virginia Tech	15	15	.500	10	7
Virginia	14	16	.467	11	8	2–1 against UNC
NC State	14	16	.467	11	9	1–2 against UNC
Notre Dame	13	17	.433	12	10	4–2 against LOU and STAN
Louisville	13	17	.433	12	11	3–3 against ND and STAN
Stanford	13	17	.433	12	12	2–4 against ND and LOU
California	12	18	.400	13	13
Pitt	11	19	.367	14	14
Clemson	10	20	.333	15	15	1–2 against GT
Duke	10	20	.333	15	16	0–3 against GT

Schedule and Results

Bracket

Source:^[4]


First Round			Second Round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final



						1	Georgia Tech	16

			8	Virginia	6	8	Virginia	10

9	NC State	12	16	Duke	4				1	Georgia Tech	9

16	Duke	21							5	Miami	3

						4	Boston College	2

			5	Miami	11	5	Miami	8

12	Stanford	11	12	Stanford	2							1	Georgia Tech	13

13	California	4										2	North Carolina	6

						2	North Carolina	10

			7	Virginia Tech	17	7	Virginia Tech	4

10	Notre Dame	5	10	Notre Dame	10				2	North Carolina	13

15	Clemson	4							14	Pitt	5

						3	Florida State	6

			6	Wake Forest	4	14	Pitt	8

11	Louisville	8	14	Pitt	7

14	Pitt	16

Schedule

Source: ^[2]

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television	Attendance	Reference
Tuesday, May 19
1	9:00 a.m.	No. 16 Duke vs. No. 9 NC State	21–12	ACCN	2,296	^[5]
2	1:00 p.m.	No. 13 California vs. No. 12 Stanford	4–11		2,455	^[6]
3	5:00 p.m.	No. 15 Clemson vs. No. 10 Notre Dame	4–5		3,721	^[7]
4	9:00 p.m.	No. 14 Pittsburgh vs. No. 11 Louisville	16–8		2,943	^[8]
Wednesday, May 20
5	9:00 a.m.	No. 16 Duke vs. No. 8 Virginia	4–6	ACCN	1,186	^[9]
6	1:00 p.m.	No. 12 Stanford vs. No. 5 Miami	2–11		3,588	^[10]
7	5:00 p.m.	No. 10 Notre Dame vs. No. 7 Virginia Tech	10–17		3,913	^[11]
8	9:00 p.m.	No. 14 Pittsburgh vs. No. 6 Wake Forest	7–4		4,409	^[12]
Thursday, May 21
9	11:00 a.m.	No. 8 Virginia vs. No. 1 Georgia Tech	10–16	ACCN	2,906	^[13]
10	3:00 p.m.	No. 5 Miami vs. No. 4 Boston College	8–2	ACCN	3,014	^[14]
Friday, May 22
11	11:00 a.m.	No. 7 Virginia Tech vs. No. 2 North Carolina	4–10	ACCN
12	3:00 p.m.	No. 14 Pittsburgh vs. No. 3 Florida State	8–6	ACCN
Saturday, May 23
13	11:00 a.m.	No. 1 Georgia Tech vs. No. 5 Miami	9–3	ACCN
14	3:00 p.m.	No. 2 North Carolina vs. No. 14 Pittsburgh	13–5	ACCN
Championship – Sunday, May 24
Championship	12:00 p.m.	No. 1 Georgia Tech vs. No. 2 North Carolina	13–6	ESPN2
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Game Summaries

First Round

May 19 9:00 a.m. ET Game 1	(16) Duke	21–12	(9) NC State	Truist Field Attendance: 2,296 Umpires: HP: Brian deBrauwere, 1B: Tim Rosso, 2B: Brandon Cooper, 3B: Brian Miller
	WP: Sammy Petrocelli (1–0)	Boxscore	LP: Ryder Garino (3–5)
	HR: K. Smith 2 (13)		HR: D. Bargo (7), T. Head (14), L. Nixon (9), W. Peifer (1)

May 19 1:00 p.m. ET Game 2	(13) California	4–11	(12) Stanford	Truist Field Attendance: 2,455 Umpires: HP: Travis Godec, 1B: Brandon Henson, 2B: Joe Blumenauer, 3B: Linus Baker
	LP: Otto Espinoza (2–3)	Boxscore	WP: Aidan Keenan (1–3)
	HR: H. Prather (14), E. Kodama (1)		HR: J. Nati (8), C. Bates (9)

May 19 5:00 p.m. ET Game 3	(15) Clemson	4–5	(10) Notre Dame	Truist Field Attendance: 3,721 Umpires: HP: Jose Matamoros, 1B: Jon Byrne, 2B: Ryan Clark, 3B: Travis Carlson
	LP: Michael Sharman (6–2)	Boxscore	WP: Jack Radel (8–3) Sv: Noah Rooney (6)
	HR: T. Lichtenberger (2), B. Clavon (5), J. Jarrell (18)		HR: D. Berkland (16), B. Watters (10), J. Lee (13)

May 19 9:00 p.m. ET Game 4	(14) Pittsburgh	16–8	(11) Louisville	Truist Field Attendance: 2,943 Umpires: HP: Brandon Henson, 1B: Joe Blumenauer, 2B: Linus Baker, 3B: Travis Godec
	WP: David Leslie (3–5)	Boxscore	LP: Wyatt Danilowicz (4–3)
	HR: T. Fenderson 2 (6), M. Ligenza (5)

Second Round

May 20 9:00 a.m. ET Game 5	(16) Duke	4–6	(8) Virginia	Truist Field Attendance: 1,186 Umpires: HP: Jon Byrne, 1B: Ryan Clark, 2B: Travis Carlson, 3B: Jose Matamoros
	LP: Aidan Weaver (4–9)	Boxscore	WP: Henry Zatowski (8–1) Sv: Lucas Hartman (1)
	HR: T. Albright (4)		HR: J. Weatherspoon (5)

May 20 1:00 p.m. ET Game 6	(12) Stanford	2–11	(5) Miami	Truist Field Attendance: 3,588 Umpires: HP: Joseph Blumenauer, 1B: Linus Baker, 2B: Travis Godec, 3B: Brandon Henson
	LP: Andrew Shaw (1–1)	Boxscore	WP: Rob Evans (10–3)
	HR: T. Tokheim (1)		HR: A. Alonzo (2)

May 20 5:00 p.m. ET Game 7	(10) Notre Dame	10–17	(7) Virginia Tech	Truist Field Attendance: 3,913 Umpires: HP: Tim Rosso, 1B: Brandon Cooper, 2B: Brian Miller, 3B: Brian deBrauwere
	LP: Ty Uber (4–3)	Boxscore	WP: Logan Eisenreich (2–2)
	HR: M. Quatrani (15), J. Zee (5)		HR: E. Ball 2 (15),

May 20 9:00 p.m. ET Game 8	(14) Pittsburgh	7–4	(6) Wake Forest	Truist Field Attendance: 4,409 Umpires: HP: Ryan Clark, 1B: Travis Carlson, 2B: Jose Matamoro, 3B: Jon Byrne
	WP: Drew Lafferty (5–4) Sv: Eddie Smink (5)	Boxscore	LP: Rhys Bowie (1–3)
			HR: D. Wentz (17)

Quarterfinals

May 21 11:00 a.m. ET Game 9	(8) Virginia	10–16	(1) Georgia Tech	Truist Field Attendance: 2,906 Umpires: HP: Brandon Cooper, 1B: Brian Miller, 2B: Brian deBrauwere, 3B: Tim Rosso
	LP: Max Stammel (3–5)	Boxscore	WP: Mason Pate; (4–0)
	HR: J. Tiroly (14), H. Didawick (9), A. Perrotta (5)		HR: C. Kerce 2 (10), V. Lackey 2 (17), P. Brosius (10)

May 21 3:00 p.m. ET Game 10	(5) Miami	8–2	(4) Boston College	Truist Field Attendance: 3,014 Umpires: HP: Jose Matamoros, 1B: Jon Byrne, 2B: Travis Carlson, 3B: Ryan Clark
	WP: Lazaro Collera (4–3)		LP: A.J. Colarusso (5–4)
	HR: A. Sosa (17), F. Peralta (1)

May 22 11:00 a.m. ET Game 11	(7) Virginia Tech	4–10	(2) North Carolina	Truist Field Umpires: HP: Brian deBrauwere, 1B: Brian Miller, 2B: Tim Rosso, 3B: Brandon Cooper
	LP: Griffin Stieg (2–5)		WP: Caden Glauber (9–0)
	HR: E. Gibson (7), H. Cooke (8), E. Ball (16)		HR: M. Winslow (10)

May 22 3:00 p.m. ET Game 12	(14) Pittsburgh	8–6	(3) Florida State	Truist Field Umpires: HP: , 1B: , 2B: , 3B:

Semifinals

May 23 11:00 a.m. ET Game 13	(1) Georgia Tech	9–3	(5) Miami	Truist Field Umpires: HP: , 1B: , 2B: , 3B:

May 23 3:00 p.m. ET Game 14	(2) North Carolina	13–5	(14) Pittsburgh	Truist Field Umpires: HP: , 1B: , 2B: , 3B:

Championship game

ACC Championship
No. 2 North Carolina	vs.	No. 1 Georgia Tech

May 24, 2026 12:00 p.m. (EDT) at Truist Field in Charlotte, North Carolina
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
No. 2 North Carolina	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	6	8	1
No. 1 Georgia Tech	0	1	5	0	0	2	3	2	X	13	14	2

All Tournament Team

Source:

Position	Player	Team
1B	Kent Schmidt	Georgia Tech
2B	Trey Fenderson	Pitt
SS	Jake Schaffner	North Carolina
3B	Ryan Zuckerman	Georgia Tech
C	Vahn Lackey	Georgia Tech
DH	Kaden Smith	Duke
OF	Owen Hull	North Carolina
OF	Drew Burress	Georgia Tech
OF	Rom Kellis	North Carolina
P	David Leslie	Pitt
P	Jack Radel	Notre Dame

MVP in bold.

References

↑ "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
1 2 "2026 ACC baseball tournament: Bracket, schedule, game times". NCAA. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
↑ "ACC Baseball Championship Tiebreakers". Atlantic Coast Conference. May 21, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
1 2 "ACC Baseball Championship". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
↑ "Duke Powers Past NC State in First-Round Win".
↑ "California (29-26 / ) -vs- Stanford (28-25 / )".
↑ "(15) Clemson vs. (10) Notre Dame".
↑ "(14) Pittsburgh vs. (11) Louisville".
↑ "Duke (26-31 / 10-20) -vs- Virginia (36-20 / 14-16)".
↑ "Stanford (28-26 / 13-17) -vs- Miami FL (37-17 / 16-14)".
↑ "Notre Dame (31-24 / 13-17) -vs- Virginia Tech (30-23 / 15-15)".
↑ "Pitt (32-23 / ) -vs- Wake Forest (38-19 / )".
↑ "Virginia (36-21 / 14-16) -vs- Georgia Tech (46-9 / 25-5)".
↑ "Miami FL (38-17 / ) -vs- Boston College (36-21 / )".

[1] "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved May 4, 2026.

[ncaa-2] 1 2 "2026 ACC baseball tournament: Bracket, schedule, game times". NCAA. Retrieved April 25, 2026.

[3] "ACC Baseball Championship Tiebreakers". Atlantic Coast Conference. May 21, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2024.

[champ-4] 1 2 "ACC Baseball Championship". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved April 25, 2026.

[5] "Duke Powers Past NC State in First-Round Win".

[6] "California (29-26 / ) -vs- Stanford (28-25 / )".

[7] "(15) Clemson vs. (10) Notre Dame".

[8] "(14) Pittsburgh vs. (11) Louisville".

[9] "Duke (26-31 / 10-20) -vs- Virginia (36-20 / 14-16)".

[10] "Stanford (28-26 / 13-17) -vs- Miami FL (37-17 / 16-14)".

[11] "Notre Dame (31-24 / 13-17) -vs- Virginia Tech (30-23 / 15-15)".

[12] "Pitt (32-23 / ) -vs- Wake Forest (38-19 / )".

[13] "Virginia (36-21 / 14-16) -vs- Georgia Tech (46-9 / 25-5)".

[14] "Miami FL (38-17 / ) -vs- Boston College (36-21 / )".

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