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
Pool B
Pool C
Championship Round
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreNotesReference (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
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