The 2026 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held at Dabos Park in Montgomery, Alabama from May 19 to May 24. The tournament used a double-elimination format as in past years. Southern Miss won the tournament and earned the Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format Since 2017, the top ten teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn are invited to the tournament. The teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the bottom four seeds competing in a play-in round. The remaining eight teams will then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament. The winner of each bracket will play a championship final.
Results
Play-in Round
Double-Elimination Round
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreNotesReference Tuesday, May 19 1 3:00pm No. 7 Louisiana vs No. 10 Marshall 11–17 Marshall eliminated 2 6:30pm No. 8 Old Dominion vs No. 9 Georgia State 1–177 Old Dominion eliminated Wednesday, May 20 3 9:00am No. 3 Appalachian State vs No. 6 Texas State 5–6 4 12:30pm No. 2 Coastal Carolina vs No. 7 Louisiana 11–12 5 4:00pm No. 1 Southern Miss vs No. 9 Georgia State 7–6 Thursday, May 21 6 9:00am No. 4 Troy vs No. 5 South Alabama 11–3 7 12:30pm No. 3 Appalachian State vs No. 2 Coastal Carolina 2–8 Appalachian State Eliminated 8 4:00pm No. 9 Georgia State vs No. 5 South Alabama 4–7 Georgia State Eliminated 9 7:30pm No. 6 Texas State vs No. 7 Louisiana 4–3 Friday, May 22 10 11:00am No. 1 Southern Miss vs No. 4 Troy 7–6 11 3:00pm No. 2 Coastal Carolina vs No. 7 Louisiana 4–5 Coastal Carolina Eliminated Saturday, May 23 12 9:00am No. 5 South Alabama vs No. 4 Troy 10–11 South Alabama Eliminated 13 10:00am No. 6 Texas State vs No. 7 Louisiana 6–12 14 2:10pm No. 1 Southern Miss vs No. 4 Troy 6–9 15 7:00pm No. 7 Louisiana vs No. 6 Texas State 7–4Texas State Eliminated Sunday, May 24 16 9:00am No. 4 Troy vs No. 1 Southern Miss 2–6 Troy Eliminated 171:30pm No. 7 Louisiana vs No. 1 Southern Miss 7–11 Southern Miss Wins the Sun Belt Championship *Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.
All-Tournament Team
References