The 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held May 19–24, 2026 at Truist Field in Charlotte, North Carolina. The annual tournament determined the conference champion of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference for college baseball in the 2026 season.
The tournament has been held every year but two since 1973, with Clemson winning eleven championships prior to this, the most all-time. Georgia Tech won its tenth championship, defeating defending champion North Carolina, who have won nine championships. Florida State has won eight titles since its entry to the league in 1992. Recent entrants Virginia Tech, Boston College, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Louisville have never won the event.
Seeding All of the sixteen teams that participated in the 2026 season qualified for the tournament. Seeds one through four were awarded a bye into the Quarterfinals, while seeds five through eight received a bye into the Second Round. Ties were broken based on tiebreaking procedures described below.
Team W L Pct. GB Seed Tiebreaker Georgia Tech 25 5 .833 - 1 North Carolina 22 8 .733 3 2 Florida State 19 11 .633 6 3 Boston College 17 13 .567 8 4 Miami 16 14 .533 9 5 2–1 against WF Wake Forest 16 14 .533 9 6 1–2 against MIA Virginia Tech 15 15 .500 10 7 Virginia 14 16 .467 11 8 2–1 against UNC NC State 14 16 .467 11 9 1–2 against UNC Notre Dame 13 17 .433 12 10 4–2 against LOU and STAN Louisville 13 17 .433 12 11 3–3 against ND and STAN Stanford 13 17 .433 12 12 2–4 against ND and LOU California 12 18 .400 13 13 Pitt 11 19 .367 14 14 Clemson 10 20 .333 15 15 1–2 against GT Duke 10 20 .333 15 16 0–3 against GT
Schedule and Results
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GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendanceReference Tuesday, May 19 1 9:00 a.m. No. 16 Duke vs. No. 9 NC State 21–12ACCN 2,296 2 1:00 p.m. No. 13 California vs. No. 12 Stanford 4–11 2,455 3 5:00 p.m. No. 15 Clemson vs. No. 10 Notre Dame 4–5 3,721 4 9:00 p.m. No. 14 Pittsburgh vs. No. 11 Louisville 16–8 2,943 Wednesday, May 20 5 9:00 a.m. No. 16 Duke vs. No. 8 Virginia 4–6 ACCN 1,186 6 1:00 p.m. No. 12 Stanford vs. No. 5 Miami 2–11 3,588 7 5:00 p.m. No. 10 Notre Dame vs. No. 7 Virginia Tech 10–17 3,913 8 9:00 p.m. No. 14 Pittsburgh vs. No. 6 Wake Forest 7–4 4,409 Thursday, May 21 9 11:00 a.m. No. 8 Virginia vs. No. 1 Georgia Tech 10–16 ACCN 2,906 10 3:00 p.m. No. 5 Miami vs. No. 4 Boston College 8–2 3,014 Friday, May 22 11 11:00 a.m. No. 7 Virginia Tech vs. No. 2 North Carolina 4–10 ACCN 12 3:00 p.m. No. 14 Pittsburgh vs. No. 3 Florida State 8–6 Saturday, May 23 13 11:00 a.m. No. 1 Georgia Tech vs. No. 5 Miami 9–3 ACCN 14 3:00 p.m. No. 2 North Carolina vs. No. 14 Pittsburgh 13–5 Championship – Sunday, May 24 Championship 12:00 p.m. No. 1 Georgia Tech vs. No. 2 North Carolina 13–6 ESPN2 *Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.
Game Summaries
First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship game ACC ChampionshipNo. 2 North Carolinavs.No. 1 Georgia Tech
All Tournament Team Source:
Position Player Team 1B Kent Schmidt Georgia Tech 2B Trey Fenderson Pitt SS Jake Schaffner North Carolina 3B Ryan Zuckerman Georgia Tech C Vahn Lackey Georgia Tech DH Kaden Smith Duke OF Owen Hull North Carolina OF Drew Burress Georgia Tech OF Rom Kellis North Carolina P David Leslie Pitt P Jack Radel Notre Dame
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