The 2026 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament is a postseason baseball tournament for the Mid-American Conference for the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season, held on May 20–24 at ForeFront Field in Avon, Ohio. The winner will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format The top six finishers of the league's twelve teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record.
Seed School Conferencerecord Tiebreaker 1 Miami (OH) 25–8 — 2Kent State 24–9 — 3Toledo 21–12 2–1 vs. NIU 4Northern Illinois 21–12 1–2 vs. Toledo 5 Western Michigan 20–13 — 6Ball State 18–15 —
Bracket
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreNotesReference Wednesday, May 20 1 12:30 p.m. No. 3 Toledo vs. No. 6 Ball State 8−2 2 6:00 p.m. No. 4 Northern Illinois vs. No. 5 Western Michigan 11−0(7) Thursday, May 21 3 10:00 a.m. No. 6 Ball State vs. No. 5 Western Michigan 6−8 Ball State eliminated 4 2:00 p.m. No. 1 Miami(OH) vs. No. 4 Northern Illinois 5−6(15) 5 8:10 p.m. No. 2 Kent State vs. No. 3 Toledo 0−8 Friday, May 22 6 9:00 am No. 1 Miami (OH) vs. No. 2 Kent State 1−3 Miami (OH) eliminated 7 1:00 pm No. 2 Kent State vs. No. 5 Western Michigan 6−1 Western Michigan eliminated 8 4:45 pm No. 3 Toledo vs. No. 4 Northern Illinois 3−10 Saturday, May 23 9 12:30 pm No. 2 Kent State vs. No. 3 Toledo 2−5 Kent State eliminated 10 6:00 pm No. 4 Northern Illinois vs. No. 3 Toledo 5−1MAC Tournament Championship
All–Tournament Team
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Player Team Ciaran Caughey Kent State Alejandro Covas Gavin Baldwin Northern Illinois Cooper Cohn Carter Cox Cole Smith Max Vaisvila Michael Fliss Toledo Nathan Leininger Troy Sudbrook
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