2026 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

2026 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Single-elimination/Double-elimination
Finals site	Johnny Reagan Field Murray, Kentucky
Champions	UIC (1st title)
Winning coach	Sean McDermott (1st title)
MVP	Thomas Curry (UIC)
Television	ESPN+

2026 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings

	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
UIC ‍†‍‡‍y	16	–	8	–	0		.667			24	–	27	–	1		.471
Indiana State  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			30	–	25	–	0		.545
Murray State  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			30	–	25	–	0		.545
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0		.583			23	–	30	–	0		.434
Evansville  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			20	–	31	–	0		.392
Illinois State  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			33	–	22	–	0		.600
Belmont  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			21	–	34	–	0		.382
Bradley  ‍‍‍	6	–	18	–	0		.250			11	–	45	–	0		.196
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍	5	–	19	–	0		.208			12	–	38	–	0		.240
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 17, 2026 Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2026 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 20 through 23 at Johnny Reagan Field in Murray, Kentucky. The top six regular season finishers of the conference's 9 teams met in the tournament, with the top 2 teams advancing directly to the double-elimination rounds. The winner of the conference tournament will earn an automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Seeding and format

The league's top six teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage.

Bracket

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final										Final
						Game 4
	Game 1					1	UIC	11(7)
	3	Murray State	6			4	Southern Illinois	1			Game 7
	6	Illinois State	4								1	UIC	6
						Game 5					3	Murray State	5
	Game 2					3	Murray State	3
	4	Southern Illinois	8			2	Indiana State	2
	5	Evansville	4
																					1	UIC	7	–
																					4	Southern Illinois	2	–
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower round 3					Lower final
																Game 9
											Game 8					3	Murray State	7
						Game 6					2	Indiana State	5			4	Southern Illinois	9
	Game 3					5	Evansville	2			4	Southern Illinois	7
	6	Illinois State	3			4	Southern Illinois	3
	5	Evansville	6

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Notes	Reference
Wednesday, May 20
1	11:00 am	No. 4 Southern Illinois vs. No. 5 Evansville	8−4
2	3:00 pm	No. 3 Murray State vs. No. 6 Illinois State	6−4
Thursday, May 21
3	11:00 am	No. 6 Illinois State vs No. 5 Evansville	3−6	Illinois State Eliminated
4	1:45 pm	No. 1 UIC vs No. 4 Southern Illinois	11−1 F/7
5	5:30 pm	No. 2 Indiana State vs. No. 3 Murray State	2−3
6	9:15 pm	No. 5 Evansville vs. No. 4 Southern Illinois	2−3	Evansville Eliminated
Friday, May 22
7	11:00 am	No. 1 UIC vs. No. 3 Murray State	6−5
8	3:00 pm	No. 2 Indiana State vs. No. 4 Southern Illinois	5−7	Indiana State Eliminated
9	7:00 pm	No. 3 Murray State vs. No. 4 Southern Illinois	7−9	Murray State Eliminated
Saturday, May 23
10	3:00 pm	No. 4 Southern Illinois vs. No. 1 UIC	2−7	UIC wins Missouri Valley championship

All–Tournament Team

Source:

Player	Team
Charlie Longmeier	Evansville
Kaiden Jorge	Murray State
Nic Schutte
Andrew Evans	Southern Illinois
Meade Johnson
Michael Mylott
Tim Simay
Jake Busson	UIC
Thomas Curry
Will Flanigan
Mason Lei
Ashton Kampa

MVP in bold