The 2026 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln during the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cornhuskers were led by head coach Will Bolt in his seventh season, and were members of the Big Ten Conference. The Huskers played their home games at Haymarket Park in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Previous season

Nebraska finished the 2025 season with 33–29 (15–15 Big Ten) record. The Huskers won the 2025 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament securing the conference's automatic berth into the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. There, the Huskers were placed as the three-seed in the Chapel Hill Regional, where they went 1–2.

Preseason Preseason Big Ten awards and honors Preseason awards will be announced in January or February 2025.

Preseason Big Ten Players to Watch Player Position Year Ref. Jett Buck INF Senior Ty Horn RHP Junior Case Sanderson INF Junior

Coaches poll The coaches poll was released on February 11, 2026. Only the top six teams are publicly revealed. Nebraska was selected to finish fourth in the conference.

Coaches' Poll 1 UCLA 2 Oregon 3 USC 4 Nebraska 5 Indiana 6 Iowa

Personnel

Starters LineupPos. No.Player. Year C 0 Jeter Worthley Freshman 1B 14 Case Sanderson Junior 2B 1 Jett Buck Senior SS 15 Dylan Carey Junior 3B 4 Joshua Overbeek Senior LF 10 Drew Grego Freshman CF 17 Mac Moyer Junior RF 11 Max Buettenback Junior DH 13 Will Jesske Junior

Weekend pitching rotation Day No.Player. Year Friday 2 Ty Horn Junior Saturday 39 Carson Jasa RS Sophomore Sunday 50 Gavin Blachowicz Sophomore

Roster

Game log 2026 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball game log (43–17) Regular season (41–14) February (5–4) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record B1G February 13 MLBN vs. UConn* Salt River Fields at Talking StickScottsdale, AZ W 12–2 Clark (1–0) West (0–1) — 275 1–0 — February 14 MLBN vs. * Sloan ParkMesa, AZ W 7–4 Jasa (1–0) Rising (0–1) Mannell (1) 999 2–0 — February 15 MLBN vs. * Sloan Park W 9–1 Olson (1–0) Frey (0–1) — 876 3–0 — February 16 MLBN vs. Stanford* Salt River Fields at Talking Stick L 6–11 Gomez (2–0) Nowaczyk (0–1) — 1,535 3–1 — February 20 vs. No. 15 Louisville* Globe Life FieldArlington, TX L 2–4 Brown (1–0) Clark (1–1) England (1) 3,219 3–2 — February 21 vs. Kansas State* Globe Life Field L 3–5 Liggett (1–0) Unger (0–1) — 3,702 3–3 — February 22 vs. No. 16 Florida State* Globe Life Field W 10–1 Blachowicz (1–0) Manca (0–1) — 3,374 4–3 — February 27 SECN+ at No. 7 Auburn* Plainsman ParkAuburn, AL W 9–8 Unger (1–1) Brewer (0–1) Bender (1) 6,000 5–3 — February 28 SECN+ at No. 7 Auburn* Plainsman Park L 4–15 Chatterton (1–0) Jasa (1–1) — 6,687 5–4 — March (17–2) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record B1G March 1 ESPN+ at No. 7 Auburn* Plainsman Park L 3–12 Petrovic (3–0) Blachowicz (1–1) — 5,411 5–5 — March 3 B1G+ * Haymarket ParkLincoln, NE W 8–5 Katskee (1–0) Riggs (1–1) Unger (1) 3,934 6–5 — March 4 B1G+ * Haymarket Park W 5–4 Mannell (1–0) Rylance (0–1) — 3,929 7–5 — March 6 B1G+ Michigan State Haymarket Park W 5–4 Unger (2–1) Greeley (0–1) — 4,312 8–5 1–0 March 7 BTN Michigan State Haymarket Park W 3–1 Jasa (2–1) Monke (1–2) Katskee (1) 5,007 9–5 2–0 March 8 B1G+ Michigan State Haymarket Park W 12–2 Blachowicz (2–1) Pikur (0–3) — 5,762 10–5 3–0 March 11 B1G+ * Haymarket Park W 11–1 Katskee (2–0) Totten (0–2) — 4,082 11–5 — March 13 B1G+ * Haymarket Park W 6–5 Unger (3–1) Wheeler (0–2) — 4,316 12–5 — March 14 B1G+ Maine* Haymarket Park W 6–3 Jasa (3–1) Larisa (0–2) Katskee (2) 4,877 13–5 — March 15 B1G+ Maine* Haymarket Park W 8–7 Worthley (1–0) Wheeler (0–3) — 5,073 14–5 — March 17 ESPN+ at * Eck StadiumWichita, KS W 8–1 Katskee (3–0) Rogers (0–2) Unger (2) 1,572 15–5 — March 18 ESPN+ at Wichita State* Eck Stadium W 10–1 Timmerman (1–0) Kortum (2–1) — 2,121 16–5 — March 20 B1G+ at Michigan Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, MI L 1–2 Barr (3–2) Horn (0–1) Debiec (1) 808 16–6 3–1 March 21 B1G+ at Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium W 10–0 Jasa (4–1) Lally Jr. (0–1) — 1,207 17–6 4–1 March 22 BTN at Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium W 9–5 Unger (4–1) DeVooght (0–2) — 848 18–6 5–1 March 24 B12N+ at Kansas State* No. 24 Tointon Family StadiumManhattan, KS W 14–9 Worthley (2–0) Arnold (0–1) — 2,344 19–6 — March 27 B1G+ Indiana No. 24 Haymarket Park W 6–5 Horn (1–1) Reagan (0–3) Unger (3) 4,927 20–6 6–1 March 28 B1G+ Indiana No. 24 Haymarket Park W 12–7 Jasa (5–1) Neubeck (2–3) — 5,678 21–6 7–1 March 29 B1G+ Indiana No. 24 Haymarket Park W 12–4 Katskee (4–0) Seebold (1–2) — 5,682 22–6 8–1 March 31 BEDN at * No. 19 Charles Schwab Field OmahaOmaha, NE W 6–5 Blachowicz (3–1) Koosman (0–3) Unger (4) 4,197 23–6 — April (12–5) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record B1G April 3 B1G+ No. 19 Haymarket Park W 8–7 Timmerman (2–0) Brown III (1–2) Unger (5) 4,326 24–6 9–1 April 4 B1G+ Penn State No. 19 Haymarket Park W 13–1 Jasa (6–1) Hudson (1–6) — 4,997 25–6 10–1 April 5 B1G+ Penn State No. 19 Haymarket Park W 8–6 Katskee (5–0) Shayter (1–5) Unger (6) 4,985 26–6 11–1 April 7 B1G+ Kansas* No. 19 Haymarket Park L 3–5 West (3–0) Clark (1–2) Rahe (6) 4,402 26–7 — April 10 BTN at No. 21 Oregon No. 19 PK ParkEugene, OR L 6–7 Sanford (5–1) Timmerman (2–1) Bell (8) 2,640 26–8 11–2 April 11 B1G+ at No. 21 Oregon No. 19 PK Park W 10–8 Clark (2–2) Clarke (5–3) Unger (7) 2,410 27–8 12–2 April 12 B1G+ at No. 21 Oregon No. 19 PK Park L 4–5 Bradley (3–0) Cleavinger (0–1) Bell (9) 2,701 27–9 12–3 April 14 B1G+ Creighton* Haymarket Park W 5–4 Timmerman (3–1) Stratton (2–1) Unger (8) 6,148 28–9 — April 17 B1G+ No. 12 USC Haymarket Park W 8–7(10) Unger (5–1) Matson (1–1) — 6,27129–9 13–3 April 18 B1G+ No. 12 USC Haymarket Park W 12–2(7) Jasa (7–1) Govel (7–1) — 7,602 30–9 14–3 April 19 BTN No. 12 USC Haymarket Park W 16–6(8) Horn (2–1) Johnson (3–2) — 7,510 31–9 15–3 April 21 B12N at No. 16 Kansas* No. 20 Hoglund BallparkLawrence, KS L 7–9 Scheidt (2–1) Horn (2–2) Rahe (7) 2,674 31–10 — April 24 B1G+ at No. 20 Illinois FieldChampaign, IL L 5–10 Hall (6–4) Katskee (5–1) — 1,362 31–11 15–4 April 25 B1G+ at Illinois No. 20 Illinois Field W 12–5 Jasa (8–1) Dye (1–1) Unger (9) 1,482 32–11 16–4 April 26 B1G+ at Illinois No. 20 Illinois Field W 3–0 Blachowicz (4–1) Flinn (0–2) Horn (1) 1,052 33–11 17–4 April 28 B1G+ Kansas State* No. 16 Haymarket Park W 7–6 Unger (6–1) Miles (2–4) — 5,531 34–11 — May (7–3) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record B1G May 1 B1G+ at No. 16 Bill Davis StadiumColumbus, OH L 1–2 Kuzniewski (4–2) Jasa (8–2) Zamora (3) 955 34–12 17–5 May 2 BTN at Ohio State No. 16 Bill Davis Stadium L 3–7 Domke (5–5) Blachowicz (4–2) — 977 34–13 17–6 May 3 B1G+ at Ohio State No. 16 Bill Davis Stadium L 1–10 Herrenbuck (5–3) Katskee (5–2) — 1,290 34–14 17–7 May 8 B1G+ No. 25 Haymarket Park W 10–0(8) Jasa (9–2) Guerin (2–3) None 7,094 35–14 18–7 May 9 B1G+ Iowa No. 25 Haymarket Park W 15–11 Nowaczyk (1–1) Husak (1–1) None 7,773 36–14 19–7 May 10 BTN Iowa No. 25 Haymarket Park W 8–6 Nowaczyk (2–1) Bleeker (5–5) Timmerman (1) 7,948 37–14 20–7 May 12 B1G+ Creighton* No. 24 Haymarket Park W 8–4 Katskee (6–2) Koosman (0–4) None 10,095 38–14 — May 14 B1G+ at No. 24 Siebert FieldMinneapolis, MN W 12–7 Nowaczyk (3–1) Urban (2–1) None 258 39–14 21–7 May 15 B1G+ at Minnesota No. 24 Siebert Field W 7–6 Harrahill (1–0) Kruzan (4–4) Unger (10) — 40–14 22–7 May 16 B1G+ at Minnesota No. 24 Siebert Field W 14–11 Bender (1–0) Kruzan (4–5) Unger (11) — 41–14 23–7 Postseason (2–3) (1–1) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record B1GT May 22 BTN vs. Michigan(Quarterfinals) Charles Schwab FieldOmaha, Neb W 6–4 Horn (3–2) Barr (5–6) Unger (1) 7,035 42–14 1–0 May 23 BTN vs. No. 14 Oregon(Semifinals) Charles Schwab Field L 0–8 Sanford (8–2) Blachowicz (4–3) None 12,083 42–15 1–1 (1–2) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record NCAAT May 29 ESPN+ Haymarket Park W 4–1 Jasa (10–2) Schlecht (4–5) Unger (2) 7,828 43–15 1–0 May 31 ESPN+ No. 18 Ole Miss Haymarket Park L 3–6 Rabe (5–3) Horn (3–3) Hudson (1) 7,835 43–16 1–1 May 31 ESPN No. 22 Arizona State Haymarket Park L 8–11 Guy (2–0) Blachowicz (4–4) Schaefer (1) 7,748 43–17 1–2 Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = CanceledBold =Nebraska team member   * Non-conference gameRankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Rankings

References

External links Nebraska Baseball