2026 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

2026 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	12
Format	one bracket single-elimination tournament
Finals site	Surprise Stadium Surprise, Arizona
Champions	Kansas (2nd title)
Winning coach	Dan Fitzgerald (1st title)
MVP	Tyson LeBlanc (Kansas)
Television	Bracket Play: ESPN+, ESPN2, ESPNU Championship: ESPNU

2026 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 12 Kansas ‍†‍‡‍y	22	–	8		.733			45	–	16		.738
No. 4 West Virginia ‍‍‍y	21	–	9		.700			47	–	17		.734
Arizona State ‍‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			39	–	21		.650
UCF ‍‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			32	–	23		.582
No. 25 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			39	–	22		.639
Cincinnati ‍‍‍y	17	–	13		.567			38	–	22		.633
TCU ‍‍‍	17	–	13		.567			33	–	21		.611
Baylor ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			30	–	27		.526
BYU ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			28	–	29		.491
Utah ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			26	–	25		.510
Kansas State ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			30	–	27		.526
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			27	–	28		.491
Arizona ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			19	–	34		.358
Houston ‍‍‍	7	–	23		.233			24	–	31		.436
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 20, 2026 Rankings from D1baseball

The 2026 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was a postseason baseball tournament for the Big 12 Conference in the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The tournament took place from May 19–23, 2026 and was held at Surprise Stadium in Surprise, Arizona. This was be the 29th annual postseason Big 12 tournament, with Kansas receiving an automatic berth to the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The tournament has been held since 1997, the inaugural year of the Big 12 Conference. Among current league members, Oklahoma State and TCU have won the most championships with four. Among original members, Kansas State has never won the event. Defending champion Arizona won their first championship in 2025. Iowa State discontinued their program after the 2001 season without having won a title.

Format and seeding

The top twelve finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through twelve, and will then play a single-elimination tournament. This is a change from the previous season where the tournament was double elimination.

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
#1	Kansas	22–8	39–16
#2	West Virginia	21–9	37–13
#3	Arizona State	19–11	36–18	2–1 vs UCF
#4	UCF	19–11	31–20	1–2 vs ASU
#5	Oklahoma State	18–12	35–19
#6	Cincinnati	17–13	37–19	2–1 vs West Virginia
#7	TCU	17–13	33–20	1–2 vs West Virginia
#8	Baylor	14–16	28–26	2–1 vs BYU
#9	BYU	14–16	27–27	1–2 vs Baylor
#10	Utah	12–18	26–24
#11	Kansas State	11–19	28–26
#12	Texas Tech	10–20	27–27

† First Round Bye
Arizona & Houston did not qualify for the tournament

Bracket

	First round Tuesday, May 19					Second round Wednesday, May 20					Quarterfinals Thursday, May 21					Semifinals Friday, May 22					Finals Saturday, May 22
											1	Kansas	8(10)
						8	Baylor	13			8	Baylor	7
	12	Texas Tech	8			9	BYU	9								1	Kansas	9
	9	BYU	18(7)													5	Oklahoma State	2
											4	UCF	6
											5	Oklahoma State	12
																					1	Kansas	9
																					2	West Virginia	0
											2	West Virginia	4
						7	TCU	4			11	Kansas State	2
	11	Kansas State	9			11	Kansas State	9								2	West Virginia	7
	10	Utah	5													3	Arizona State	3
											3	Arizona State	10
											6	Cincinnati	2

* denotes extra innings

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Box Score	Television	Attendance	Notes
First round – Tuesday, May 19
1	4:30 p.m.	No. 9 BYU vs. No. 12 Texas Tech	18−8(7 ing.)	Box Score	ESPN+	1,298	Texas Tech Eliminated
2	8:00 p.m.	No. 10 Utah vs. No. 11 Kansas State	5−9	Box Score			Utah Eliminated
Second round – Wednesday, May 20
3	4:30 p.m.	No. 8 Baylor vs. No. 9 BYU	13−9	Box Score	ESPN+	1,413	BYU Eliminated
4	8:00 p.m.	No. 7 TCU vs. No. 11 Kansas State	4−9	Box Score			TCU Eliminated
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 21
5	9:00 a.m.	No. 4 UCF vs. No. 5 Oklahoma State	6−12		ESPNU		UCF Eliminated
6	12:30 p.m.	No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 8 Baylor	8−7(10)				Baylor Eliminated
7	4:30 p.m.	No. 2 West Virginia vs. No. 11 Kansas State	4−2				Kansas State Eliminated
8	8:00 p.m.	No. 3 Arizona State vs. No. 6 Cincinnati	10−2				Cincinnati Eliminated
Semifinals – Friday, May 22
9	4:30 p.m.	No. 5 Oklahoma State vs. No. 1 Kansas	2−9		ESPN+		Oklahoma State Eliminated
10	8:00 p.m.	No. 2 West Virginia vs. No. 3 Arizona State	7−3				Arizona State Eliminated
Championship – Saturday, May 23
11	6:00 p.m.	No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 2 West Virginia	9−0		ESPN2		West Virginia Eliminated
Game times in MST. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Conference Championship Game

Big 12 Championship
TBD	vs.	TBD

May 23, 2026 6:00 p.m. (MST) at Surprise Stadium in Surprise, Arizona

Team
TBD
TBD
WP: (–)   LP: (–)

All-tournament Team

The following players were members of the 2026 Big 12 Baseball All-Tournament Team. Player in Bold selected as Tournament MVP.

Position	Player	School
C	Augusto Mungarrieta	Kansas
1B	Armani Guzman	West Virginia
2B	Cade Baldridge	Kansas
3B	Easton Jones	BYU
SS	Tyson LeBlanc	Kansas
OF	Matt Polk	Arizona State
	Brady Janusek	Baylor
	Savion Flowers	Kansas
DH	Sean Smith	West Virginia
SP	Dominic Voegele	Kansas
	Maxx Yehl	West Virginia
RP	Taylor Penn	Arizona State