2026 Big Ten Conference Tournament

The 2026 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held May 19-24 at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, NE. #1 University of California, Los Angeles defeated #3 University of Oregon for the title. Mulivai Levu of UCLA was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of California, Los Angeles	28-2	John Savage
2	University of Nebraska	23-7	Will Bolt
3	University of Oregon	20-10	Mark Wasikowski
4	University of Southern California	20-10	Andy Stankiewicz
5	Purdue University	18-12	Greg Goff
6	Ohio State University	18-12	Justin Haire
7	University of Michigan	17-13	Tracy Smith
8	University of Iowa	15-15	Rick Heller
9	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	14-16	Dan Hartleb
10	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick	13-17	Steve Owens
11	University of Washington	12-18	Eddie Smith
12	Michigan State University	11-19	Jake Boss, Jr.

Results

Bracket

1st round

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	5	Purdue	4
	12	Michigan St.	8
						12	Michigan St.	4
						8	Iowa	3
	8	Iowa	10
	9	Illinois	6
											12	Michigan St.	advances
											5	Purdue	advances
						8	Iowa	1
	5	Purdue	3			5	Purdue	8
	9	Illinois	1

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	7	Michigan	10
	10	Rutgers	0
						7	Michigan	1
						11	Washington	7
	6	Ohio St.	6
	11	Washington	8
											11	Washington	advances
											7	Michigan	advances
						7	Michigan	3
	10	Rutgers	2			6	Ohio St.	0
	6	Ohio St.	3

Finals

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	UCLA	4
	5	Purdue	3
						1	UCLA	7
						4	USC	5
	4	USC	7
	12	Michigan St.	0
											1	UCLA	3
											3	Oregon	2
	2	Nebraska	6
	7	Michigan	4
						2	Nebraska	0
						3	Oregon	8
	3	Oregon	9
	11	Washington	4

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 19
Game 1	Michigan State University	8-4	Purdue University
Game 2	University of Iowa	10-6	University of Illinois
Game 3	University of Michigan	10-0	Rutgers University
Game 4	University of Washington	8-6	Ohio State University
May 20
Game 5	Purdue University	3-1	University of Illinois	Illinois eliminated
Game 6	Ohio State University	3-2	Rutgers University	Rutgers eliminated
Game 7	Michigan State University	4-3	University of Iowa
Game 8	University of Washington	7-1	University of Michigan
May 21
Game 9	Purdue University	8-1	University of Iowa	Iowa eliminated
Game 10	University of Michigan	3-0	Ohio State University	Ohio St. eliminated
May 22
Game 11	University of Southern California	7-0	Michigan State University	Michigan St. eliminated
Game 12	University of California, Los Angeles	4-3	Purdue University	Purdue eliminated
Game 13	University of Nebraska	6-4	University of Michigan	Michigan eliminated
May 23
Game 14	University of Oregon	9-4	University of Washington	Washington eliminated
Game 15	University of California, Los Angeles	7-5	University of Southern California	USC eliminated
Game 16	University of Oregon	8-0	University of Nebraska	Nebraska eliminated
May 24
Game 17	University of California, Los Angeles	3-2 (11)	University of Oregon	UCLA advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• P – Shane Brinham, Michigan
• P – Cal Scolari, Oregon
• P – Will Sanford, Oregon
• C – Noah Miller, Michigan
• 1B – Mulivai Levu, UCLA
• 2B – Dylan Drake, Purdue
• SS – Henry Kaczmar, Ohio State
• 3B – Drew Smith, Oregon
• OF – Angel Laya, Oregon
• OF – Will Gasparino, UCLA
• OF – Mic Paul, Washington
• DH – Naulivou Lauaki Jr., Oregon

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