2026 Big West Conference baseball tournament

2026 Big West Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	5
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark Irvine, CA
Champions	Cal Poly (2nd title)
Winning coach	Larry Lee (2nd title)
MVP	Nick Bonn (Cal Poly)
Television	ESPN+

2026 Big West Conference baseball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UC Santa Barbara ‍†‍‍y	22	–	8		.733			40	–	20		.667
No. 19 Cal Poly ‍‍‡‍y	22	–	8		.733			39	–	24		.619
UC San Diego  ‍‍‍	18	–	12		.600			27	–	28		.491
Hawai'i  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			27	–	23		.540
Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			24	–	32		.429
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			25	–	27		.481
UC Davis  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			26	–	28		.481
Cal State Northridge  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			25	–	28		.472
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			21	–	32		.396
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			17	–	35		.327
UC Riverside  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			15	–	37		.288
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2026 Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2026 Big West Conference baseball tournament determined the conference champion for the Big West Conference at the end of the 2026 college baseball season. The top five teams met at UC Irvine's on campus venue, Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark from May 20 through 24. This was the second Big West Conference postseason championship event since the 1998 season. The winner, Cal Poly, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs. This also marks the second year in a row that Cal Poly won the title.

Seeding and format

The top five finishers from the regular season were seeded one through five based on conference winning percentage. Seeds No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 received a bye into the double elimination bracket, while No. 4 and No. 5 battled in a single elimination game in the first round.

Seed	School	Record	Tiebreaker
1	UC Santa Barbara	22–8	3–0 vs. Cal Poly
2	Cal Poly	22–8	0–3 vs. UC Santa Barbara
3	UC San Diego	18–12
4	Hawai'i	16–14
5	Cal State Fullerton	15–15
DNQ	UC Irvine	14–16	3–0 vs. UC Davis
DNQ	UC Davis	14–16	0–3 vs. UC Irvine
DNQ	Cal State Northridge	12–18
DNQ	Cal State Bakersfield	11–19	2–1 vs. Long Beach State
DNQ	Long Beach State	11–19	1–2 vs. Cal State Bakersfield
DNQ	UC Riverside	10–20

Bracket

	Round 1					Round 2					Upper final					Finals
						1	UC Santa Barbara	7
	4	Hawai'i	1			5	Cal State Fullerton	4
	5	Cal State Fullerton	5								1	UC Santa Barbara	2
											2	Cal Poly	4
						2	Cal Poly	1
						3	UC San Diego	0
																2	Cal Poly	2	4
																3	UC San Diego	12(8)	3
						Lower round 2					Lower final
											3	UC San Diego	7
						5	Cal State Fullerton	1			1	UC Santa Barbara	0
						3	UC San Diego	5

Schedule

Game	Time	TV	Matchup#	Score	Notes	Reference
Wednesday, May 20
1	6:00 pm	ESPN+	No. 4 Hawai'i vs. No. 5 Cal State Fullerton	1–5	Hawai'i eliminated
Thursday, May 21
2	1:00 pm	ESPN+	No. 5 Cal State Fullerton vs. No. 1 UC Santa Barbara	4–7
3	6:00 pm	ESPN+	No. 3 UC San Diego vs. No. 2 Cal Poly	0–1
Friday, May 22
4	1:00 pm	ESPN+	No. 2 Cal Poly vs. No. 1 UC Santa Barbara	4–2
5	6:00 pm	ESPN+	No. 5 Cal State Fullerton vs. No. 3 UC San Diego	1–5	Cal State Fullerton eliminated
Saturday, May 23
6	1:00 pm	ESPN+	No. 1 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 3 UC San Diego	0–7	UC Santa Barbara eliminated
7	6:00 pm	ESPN+	No. 2 Cal Poly vs. No. 3 UC San Diego	2–12
Sunday, May 24
8	12:00 pm	ESPN+	No. 2 Cal Poly vs. No. 3 UC San Diego	4–3	UC San Diego eliminated

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the Big West Conference All-Tournament Team. The player in bold won the MVP.

Position	Player	School
P	Jackson Flora	UC Santa Barbara
	Isaiah Magdaleno	Hawai'i
	Griffin Naess	Cal Poly
	Mikiah Negrete	Cal State Fullerton
	Cordon Pettey	Cal Poly
	Nathan Ries	UC San Diego
CL	Nick Bonn	Cal Poly
C	Nate Vargas	UC Santa Barbara
1B	Gabe Camacho	UC San Diego
2B/RF	Nick Miller	Cal State Fullerton
LF	Alex Leopard	UC San Diego
DH	Cam Hoiland	Cal Poly