The 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) softball tournament was held at Palmer Park on the campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, from May 6 through May 9, 2026. The event determines the champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference for the 2026 season. The 1st round, quarterfinals and semifinals were broadcast on the ACC Network. The championship game was broadcast by ESPN.
Clemson entered as the defending tournament champions, after winning their program's first title last year. They were the seventh seed and unable to defend their title as they lost in the First Round to . Top seed went on to win the title, defeating in the Final, 2–1. The title was the twentieth overall for the Seminoles' softball program and tenth for head coach Lonni Alameda. As tournament champions, Florida State earned the ACC's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
Seeding The top 12 finishers of the ACC's 15 softball-playing members were seeded based on conference results from the regular season. The top four seeds earned a bye into the quarterfinals. There was a three-way tie for the third through fifth seed of the tournament as , , and all finished with 18–6 regular season conference records. After the tiebreaker it was determined that Virginia Tech was the third seed, Stanford was the fourth seed, and Louisville was the fifth seed.
Team W L Pct. GB Seed 20 3 — 1 20 4 2 18 6 3 4 5 13 10 6 Clemson 13 11 7 11 13 8 10 14 9 9 15 10 8 16 11 7 16 12 5 19 DNQ 4 18 DNQ 3 20 DNQ
Tournament
Bracket
Schedule and results Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, May 6 1 11:00a.m. No. 9 vs. No. 8 13–3 ACCN 421 2 1:30p.m. No. 12 vs. No. 5 5–6 499 3 5:00p.m. No. 10 vs. No. 7 Clemson 4–3 1,185 4 7:30p.m. No. 11 vs. No. 6 1–2 1,005 Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 7 5 11:00a.m. No. 9 Georgia Tech vs. No. 1 1–2 ACCN 606 6 1:30p.m. No. 5 Louisville vs. No. 4 5–6 793 7 5:00p.m. No. 10 North Carolina vs. No. 2 8–16 1,302 8 7:30p.m. No. 6 Virginia vs. No. 3 1–3 1,814 Semifinals – Friday, May 8 9 1:00p.m. No. 4 Stanford vs. No. 1 Florida State 0–9 ACCN 989 10 3:30p.m. No. 3 Virginia Tech vs. No. 2 Duke 5–0 1,325 Championship – Saturday, May 9 11 2:30p.m. No. 3 Virginia Tech vs. No. 1 Florida State 1–2 ESPN 2,240
Game summaries First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship game 2026 ACC tournament championship Virginia Tech 1–2 Florida State
All Tournament Team Player Team Jessica Oakland Addison Leschber Bri Despines Madison Pickens Bree Carrico Michelle Chatfield Emma Mazzarone Jasyoni Beachum Ashtyn Danley Jazzy Francik Isa Torres MVP in boldSource:
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