Seeds, Bracket Released for 2026 ACC Baseball Championship

CHARLOTTE, NC (theACC.com) – The bracket for the 2026 ACC Baseball Championship was introduced on Saturday, May 16, following the conclusion of regular-season play. In head coach James Ramsey’s first season, Georgia Tech received the ACC regular-season championship outright and earned the event’s No. 1 seed for the second consecutive 12 months.
The six-day occasion runs Tuesday, May 19, via Sunday, May 24, at Truist Field in Charlotte, North Carolina.
All 16 ACC groups will compete in a single-elimination championship. The high 4 seeds are based mostly on efficiency within the common season and obtain a double-bye into the quarterfinal spherical, which is scheduled to be held on Thursday and Friday, May 22-23. North Carolina (2), Florida State (3) and Boston College (4) be a part of Georgia Tech with double byes.
Seeds 5 via eight will earn a bye into the second spherical on Wednesday, May 20. Seeds 9-16 will start play with 4 first-round video games on Tuesday, May 19.
The event begins with 4 video games on Tuesday, beginning at 9 a.m. ET with No. 9 seed NC State (32-21, 14-16 ACC) taking over No. 16 seed Duke (25-30, 10-20). At 1 pm ET, No. 12 Stanford (27-24, 13-16) battles No. 13 California (28-25, 11-18), adopted by No. 10 Notre Dame (30-21, 13-17) towards No. 15 Clemson (31-25, 10-20) at 5 pm ET and No. 11 Louisville (30-26, 13-17) versus No. 14 Pitt (30-23, 11-19) at 9 p.m. ET.
Wednesday’s play additionally kicks off at 9 a.m. ET, with No. 8 seed Virginia (35-20, 14-16) dealing with the NC State-Duke winner. No. 5 seed Miami (36-17, 16-14) then performs the Stanford-California winner at 1 pm ET. No. 7 seed Virginia Tech (29-23, 15-15) matches up with the Notre Dame-Clemson winner at 5 pm ET, with No. 6 seed Wake Forest (38-18, 16-14) battling the Louisville-Pitt winner at 9 pm ET within the nightcap.
Thursday’s quarterfinal motion options top-seeded Georgia Tech (45-9, 25-5) taking part in the Game 5 winner at 3 pm ET, and No. 4 seed Boston College (36-20, 17-13) dealing with the Game 6 winner at 7 pm ET. No. 2 seed North Carolina (43-10, 22-8) begins the Friday quarterfinal video games at 3 pm ET towards the Game 7 winner, and No. 3 seed Florida State (38-16, 19-11) follows at 7 pm ET versus the Game 8 winner.
The Thursday winners match up within the first Saturday semifinal at 1 pm ET, adopted by the 2 Friday winners at 5 pm ET.
ACC Network will carry every of the video games from Tuesday via Saturday. Sunday’s championship contest is scheduled for a midday ET begin and will probably be carried nationally by ESPN2. Each sport can even air stay on Sirius XM ACC Radio channel 371.
The ACC Baseball Championship returns to Charlotte for the fourth time general, every coming since 2021. Most just lately, Duke received the 2024 ACC Baseball Championship in Charlotte, defeating Florida State 16-4 within the championship sport. North Carolina enters the 2026 championship because the reigning league champions after successful the 2025 ACC Championship in Durham, North Carolina, final 12 months.
2026 ACC Baseball Championship Schedule
Tuesday, May 19

Game 1 – No. 16 Duke vs. No. 9 NC State, 9 a.m.
Game 2 – No. 12 Stanford vs. No. 13 California, 1 p.m.
Game 3 – No. 15 Clemson vs. No. 10 Notre Dame, 5 p.m.
Game 4 – No. 14 Pitt vs. No. 11 Louisville, 9 p.m.
Wednesday, May 20

Game 5 – Game 1 winner vs. No. 8 Virginia, 9 a.m.
Game 6 – Game 2 winner vs. No. 5 Miami, 1 p.m.
Game 7 – Game 3 winner vs. No. 7 Virginia Tech, 5 p.m.
Game 8 – Game 4 vs. No. 6 Wake Forest, 9 p.m.
Thursday, May 21

Game 9 – Game 5 Winner vs. No. 1 Georgia Tech, 3 p.m.
Game 10 – Game 6 Winner vs. No. 4 Boston College, 7 p.m.
Friday, May 22

Game 11 – Game 7 Winner vs. No. 2 North Carolina, 3 p.m.
Game 12 – Game 8 Winner vs. No. 3 Florida State, 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 23

Game 13 – Game 9 vs. Game 10 Winner, 1 p.m.
Game 14 – Game 11 vs. Game 12 Winner, 5 p.m.
Sunday, May 24 – Championship Game

Game 15 – Saturday Winners, Noon, ESPN2
All Tuesday via Saturday video games air on ACC Network
All occasions Eastern