The NCAA Baseball Tournament Field of 64 was announced on Monday on ESPN. And as we knew, there are two Big 12 teams, Kansas and West Virginia, hosting regionals, while five other Big 12 teams are heading to the NCAA Tournament. They are Oklahoma State, Arizona State, UCF and Cincinnati. Here is where each team is heading in the NCAA Regionals starting later this week in the double-elimination bracket.
Hosting NCAA Regionals
The two Big 12 teams hosting Regionals, Kansas and West Virginia, got the final two Regional locations in the 2026 NCAA Baseball Tournament. Kansas landed the No. 15 seed after a 42-16 season where they won the league title for the first time since 1949 and won the Big 12 tournament for the first time since 2006. The Jayhawks will host Northeastern (38-20) on Friday at 1:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+. And on the other side of the bracket is Missouri State and Arkansas.
Meantime, the West Virginia Mountaineers are the No. 16 seed and final NCAA Regional host in this year’s NCAA Baseball Tournament. West Virginia went 39-14 this season and will take on Binghamton (31-20) on Friday at 5:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The other two teams in the Regional are Kentucky and Wake Forest.
Four Other Big 12 Teams Make the Field of 64
The UCF Knights get the toughest draw, heading to the Auburn Regional with No. 4 Auburn, NC State and Milwaukee. For the Knights, it is their 14th NCAA appearance and second in the last three seasons. The Knights went 31-21 on the season and will play on Friday night at 6:00 p.m. ET on ESPNU vs. NC State.
The Arizona State Sun Devils are going to Omaha for the Nebraska Regional with the No. 13 Huskers, South Dakota State and Ole Miss. The Sun Devils went 37-19. They will take on Ole Miss on Friday at 9:00 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
The Cincinnati Bearcats will play in the Mississippi State Regional, joining the No. 14 Bulldogs, Lipscomb and Louisiana. The Bearcats went 37-20 and play Lousiana on Friday at 7pm ET pn ESPN+
The Oklahoma State Cowboys are heading to SEC country to play in the Alabama Regional, with No. 7 Alabama, Alabama State, SC Upstate. Josh Holliday will try to get his program past the Regionals for the first time since 2019. The Cowboys went 37-20 on the season and will take on SC Upstate on Friday 2:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
TCU Left Out
The TCU Horned Frogs were expected to make the Tournament, based on earlier projections, however the Horned Frogs, who lost their first and only game in the Big 12 Tournament, losing to Kansas State 9-4.
