UCLA No. 1 overall seed as NCAA baseball regionals set

UCLA was named top overall seed of the 2026 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship on Monday, with 12 teams from the SEC named to the 64-team field.

The tournament begins Friday at 16 regional sites, all hosted by the top 16 seeded teams in the field.

The Bruins went 51-6 during the regular season and finished in first place in the Big Ten Conference, as well as winning the Big Ten tournament.

Georgia Tech (48-9) is the second overall seed, followed by Georgia (46-12), Auburn (38-19), North Carolina (45-11-1), Texas (40-13), Alabama (37-19), Florida (39-19), Southern Mississippi (44-15), Florida State (38-17), Oregon (40-16), Texas A&M (39-14), Nebraska (42-15), Mississippi State (40-17), Kansas (42-16), and West Virginia (39-14).

The SEC not only earned 12 spots in the overall field, the conference has five of the top eight overall seeds.

All 16 regional sites will have a four-team round robin to decide 16 Super Regional qualifiers who will move on to play at eight different sites. Super Regional games are scheduled to begin June 5.

The eight-team Men's College World Series begins June 12 at Omaha, Neb.

Defending champion LSU did not earn a spot in the 64-team field after finishing the regular-season with a 30-28 record.

First-round locations and teams, in order of seeds at each site:

At UCLA (51-6): Virginia Tech (30-24), Cal Poly (36-22), Saint Mary's (CA) (34-25)

At Georgia Tech (48-9): Oklahoma (32-21), The Citadel (35-24), UIC (27-27-1)

At Georgia (46-12): Boston College (36-21), Liberty (41-19), LIU (30-20)

At Auburn (38-19): UCF (31-21), NC State (32-22) Milwaukee (25-31)

At North Carolina (45-11-1): Tennessee (38-20), East Carolina (36-22-1), VCU (37-23)

At Texas (40-13) UC Santa Barbara (38-18), Tarleton State (37-19), Holy Cross (25-28)

At Alabama (37-19): Oklahoma St. (37-20), USC Upstate (33-28), Alabama St. (34-21)

At Florida (39-19): Miami (FL) (38-18), Troy (32-29), Rider (33-18)

At Southern Miss. (44-15): Virginia (36-21), Jacksonville St. (46-13), Little Rock (36-26)

At Florida St. (38-17): Coastal Carolina (37-21), NIU (35-17), St. John's (33-24)

At Oregon (40-16): Oregon St. (43-12), Washington St. (30-26), Yale (30-13-1)

At Texas A&M (39-14): Southern California (43-15), Texas St. (36-24), Lamar (34-25)

At Nebraska (42-15): Ole Miss (36-21), Arizona St. (37-19), South Dakota St. (24-31)

At Mississippi St. (40-17): Cincinnati (37-20), Louisiana (39-23), Lipscomb (29-24)

At Kansas (42-16): Arkansas (39-20), Missouri St. (34-19), Northeastern (38-20),

At West Virginia (39-14): Wake Forest (38-19), Kentucky (31-21), Binghamton (31-20)

--Field Level Media