The 2026 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was a postseason baseball tournament for the Big 12 Conference in the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The tournament took place from May 19–23, 2026 and was held at Surprise Stadium in Surprise, Arizona. This was be the 29th annual postseason Big 12 tournament, with Kansas receiving an automatic berth to the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The tournament has been held since 1997, the inaugural year of the Big 12 Conference. Among current league members, Oklahoma State and TCU have won the most championships with four. Among original members, Kansas State has never won the event. Defending champion Arizona won their first championship in 2025. Iowa State discontinued their program after the 2001 season without having won a title.
Format and seeding The top twelve finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through twelve, and will then play a single-elimination tournament. This is a change from the previous season where the tournament was double elimination.
SeedSchoolConf.Over.Tiebreaker#1 Kansas 22–8 39–16 #2 West Virginia 21–9 37–13 #3 Arizona State 19–11 36–18 2–1 vs UCF#4 19–11 31–20 1–2 vs ASU#5 Oklahoma State 18–12 35–19 #6 Cincinnati 17–13 37–19 2–1 vs West Virginia#7 TCU 17–13 33–20 1–2 vs West Virginia#8 14–16 28–26 2–1 vs BYU#9 14–16 27–27 1–2 vs Baylor#10 12–18 26–24 #11 Kansas State 11–19 28–26 #12 10–20 27–27 † First Round Bye Arizona & did not qualify for the tournament
Bracket * denotes extra innings
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreBox ScoreTelevisionAttendanceNotes First round – Tuesday, May 1914:30 p.m. No. 9 vs. No. 12 18−8(7 ing.) Box ScoreESPN+1,298 Texas Tech Eliminated28:00 p.m. No. 10 vs. No. 11 Kansas State 5−9 Box ScoreUtah Eliminated Second round – Wednesday, May 2034:30 p.m. No. 8 vs. No. 9 BYU 13−9Box ScoreESPN+1,413BYU Eliminated48:00 p.m. No. 7 TCU vs. No. 11 Kansas State 4−9Box ScoreTCU Eliminated Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 2159:00 a.m. No. 4 vs. No. 5 Oklahoma State6−12ESPNU UCF Eliminated612:30 p.m. No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 8 Baylor 8−7(10)Baylor Eliminated74:30 p.m. No. 2 West Virginia vs. No. 11 Kansas State 4−2Kansas State Eliminated88:00 p.m. No. 3 Arizona State vs. No. 6 Cincinnati 10−2Cincinnati Eliminated Semifinals – Friday, May 2294:30 p.m. No. 5 Oklahoma State vs. No. 1 Kansas 2−9ESPN+ Oklahoma State Eliminated108:00 p.m. No. 2 West Virginia vs. No. 3 Arizona State 7−3Arizona State Eliminated Championship – Saturday, May 23116:00 p.m. No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 2 West Virginia 9−0ESPN2West Virginia Eliminated Game times in MST. Rankings denote tournament seed.
Conference Championship Game Big 12 ChampionshipTBDvs.TBD
All-tournament Team The following players were members of the 2026 Big 12 Baseball All-Tournament Team. Player in Bold selected as Tournament MVP. Position Player School C Augusto Mungarrieta Kansas 1B Armani Guzman West Virginia 2B Cade Baldridge Kansas 3B Easton Jones BYU SS Tyson LeBlanc Kansas OF Matt Polk Arizona State Brady Janusek Baylor Savion Flowers Kansas DH Sean Smith West Virginia SP Dominic Voegele Kansas Maxx Yehl West Virginia RP Taylor Penn Arizona State
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