2026 Big West Conference baseball tournament

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. SeedSchoolRecordTiebreaker1UC Santa Barbara22–83–0 vs. Cal Poly2Cal Poly22–80–3 vs. UC Santa Barbara318–124Hawai'i16–14515–15DNQUC Irvine14–163–0 vs. UC DavisDNQ14–160–3 vs. UC IrvineDNQ12–18DNQ11–192–1 vs. Long Beach StateDNQ11–191–2 vs. Cal State BakersfieldDNQ10–20

Bracket

Schedule GameTimeTVMatchup#ScoreNotesReferenceWednesday, May 2016:00 pmESPN+No. 4 Hawai'i vs. No. 5 Cal State Fullerton1–5Hawai'i eliminatedThursday, May 2121:00 pmESPN+No. 5 Cal State Fullerton vs. No. 1 UC Santa Barbara 4–736:00 pmESPN+No. 3 UC San Diego vs. No. 2 Cal Poly0–1Friday, May 2241:00 pmESPN+No. 2 Cal Poly vs. No. 1 UC Santa Barbara 4–256:00 pmESPN+No. 5 Cal State Fullerton vs. No. 3 UC San Diego1–5Cal State Fullerton eliminatedSaturday, May 2361:00 pmESPN+No. 1 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 3 UC San Diego0–7UC Santa Barbara eliminated76:00 pmESPN+No. 2 Cal Poly vs. No. 3 UC San Diego2–12Sunday, May 24812:00 pmESPN+No. 2 Cal Poly vs. No. 3 UC San Diego4–3UC 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. PositionPlayerSchoolP Jackson Flora UC Santa Barbara Isaiah Magdaleno Hawai'iGriffin Naess Cal PolyMikiah Negrete Cal State FullertonCordon Pettey Cal PolyNathan Ries UC San DiegoCL Nick Bonn Cal PolyC Nate Vargas UC Santa Barbara1BGabe Camacho UC San Diego2B/RFNick Miller Cal State FullertonLFAlex Leopard UC San DiegoDHCam Hoiland Cal Poly

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