2026 Conference USA baseball tournament

2026 Conference USA
baseball tournament

Teams	9
Format	Pool play
Finals site	Mickey Dunn Stadium Kennesaw, GA
Champions	Jacksonville State (1st title)
Winning coach	Steve Bieser (1st title)
MVP	Sam Richardson (Jacksonville State)
Television	ESPN+, CBS Sports Network (final only)

2026 Conference USA baseball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Jacksonville State ‍†‍‡‍y	23	–	7		.767			42	–	13		.764
Liberty ‍‍‍y	21	–	9		.700			38	–	18		.679
Missouri State ‍‍‍y	20	–	10		.667			32	–	18		.640
Dallas Baptist  ‍‍‍	19	–	11		.633			31	–	24		.564
Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍	19	–	11		.633			33	–	23		.589
Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			29	–	26		.527
Kennesaw State  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			25	–	26		.490
Sam Houston  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			24	–	32		.429
Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			26	–	29		.473
FIU  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			19	–	35		.352
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			18	–	34		.346
Delaware  ‍‍‍	7	–	23		.233			19	–	35		.352
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 17, 2026 Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2026 Conference USA baseball tournament will be held from May 20 through 24 at the newly-built Mickey Dunn Stadium in Kennesaw, GA. The top nine regular season finishers of the conference's ten teams will meet in the pool play tournament, and will be split into three pools of 3 teams each, before the top 4 seeds by pool record will advance to single elimination semifinals and championship game. This format is a departure from recent tournaments, which featured 8-team double-elimination brackets.

Seeding and format

The top nine finishers of the league's twelve teams qualify for the pool play tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record.

Pool Play

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	No. 1 Jacksonville State	2	2	0	21	14	+7	1.000	Advance to Playoff round
2	No. 6 Western Kentucky	2	1	1	19	14	+5	.500	Eliminated
3	No. 9 Middle Tennessee	2	0	2	5	17	−12	.000

Source:

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	No. 2 Liberty	2	2	0	16	4	+12	1.000	Advance to Playoff round
2	No. 8 Sam Houston	2	1	1	18	23	−5	.500	Eliminated
3	No. 5 Louisiana Tech	2	0	2	13	20	−7	.000

Source:

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	No. 3 Missouri State	2	2	0	15	12	+3	1.000	Advance to Playoff round
2	No. 4 Dallas Baptist	2	1	1	14	9	+5	.500
3	No. 7 Kennesaw State	2	0	2	4	12	−8	.000	Eliminated

Source:

Championship Round

	Semifinals					Championship
	2	Liberty	7
	3	Missouri State	5
						2	Liberty	0
						1	Jacksonville State	10(7)
	1	Jacksonville State	6
	4	Dallas Baptist	5

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Notes	Reference
(Pool Play) Wednesday, May 20
1	10:00 am	No. 8 Sam Houston vs. No. 5 Louisiana Tech	14–13
2	1:30 pm	No. 7 Kennesaw State vs. No. 4 Dallas Baptist	0–6
3	5:00 pm	No. 9 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 6 Western Kentucky	2–8
(Pool Play) Thursday, May 21
4	10:00 am	No. 2 Liberty vs. No. 8 Sam Houston	10–4
5	4:10 pm	No. 3 Missouri State vs. No. 7 Kennesaw State	6–4
6	8:00 pm	No. 1 Jacksonville State vs. No. 9 Middle Tennessee	9–3
(Pool Play) Friday, May 22
7	9:00 am	No. 5 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 2 Liberty	0–6	Liberty advances to Championship Round
8	12:30 pm	No. 6 Western Kentucky vs. No. 1 Jacksonville State	11–12	Jacksonville State advances to Championship Round
9	4:00 pm	No. 4 Dallas Baptist vs. No. 3 Missouri State	8–9	Both teams advance to Championship Round
Saturday, May 23
10	1:30 pm	No. 1 Jacksonville State vs. No. 4 Dallas Baptist	6–5	Dallas Baptist Eliminated
11	6:50 pm	No. 2 Liberty vs. No. 3 Missouri State	7–5	Missouri State Eliminated
Sunday, May 24
12	1:00 pm	No. 1 Jacksonville State vs. No. 2 Liberty	10–0 (F/7)	Jacksonville State wins CUSA championship

All times Eastern