The 2026 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held from May 20 through 24 at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament, and were split into two double-elimination brackets of four. The winner of each bracket then played a single-game championship.
The Alabama State Hornets won the championship game against the Florida A&M Rattlers.
Seeding and format The top eight finishers of the league's twelve teams qualify for the double-elimination tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record.
Bracket
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreNotesReference Wednesday, May 20 1 9:00 am No. 6 Texas Southern vs No. 3 Florida A&M 6–8 2 12:00 pm No. 5 Grambling State vs No. 4 Alabama State 0–10 3 3:00 pm No. 7 Jackson State vs No. 2 Southern 3–4 (10) 4 6:00 pm No. 8 Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs No. 1 Bethune-Cookman 6–4 Thursday, May 21 5 9:00 am No. 6 Texas Southern vs No. 7 Jackson State 8–7 Jackson State Eliminated 6 12:00 pm No. 5 Grambling State vs No. 1 Bethune-Cookman 6–7 Grambling State Eliminated 7 3:00 pm No. 3 Florida A&M vs No. 2 Southern 15–6 Friday, May 22 8 9:00 am No. 4 Alabama State vs No. 8 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 8–7 Play was suspended at 12:08pm after the end of the 3rd due to weather and resumed at 5:15pm. 9 8:00 pm No. 6 Texas Southern vs No. 2 Southern 4–6 Texas Southern Eliminated Saturday, May 23 10 9:00 am No. 1 Bethune-Cookman vs No. 8 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 8–13 Bethune-Cookman Eliminated 11 1:00 pm No. 3 Florida A&M vs No. 2 Southern 5–1 Southern Eliminated 12 8:45 pm No. 8 Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs No. 4 Alabama State 5–8 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Eliminated Sunday, May 24 13 4:15 pm No. 4 Alabama State vs No. 3 Florida A&M 8–6 Alabama State Wins Championship
All-Tournament Team
Source:
Player Team Ryan Hunter Southern Andrey Martinez Bethune-Cookman Vinny Saumell Arkansas-Pine Bluff Aaron Grant Alex Monile Florida A&M Jesus Campa Jackson McKenzie Jay Campbell Fabian Santana Alabama State James Peterson Jorhan LaBoy Miguel Oropeza MVP in bold
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