When is the 2026 Big 12 baseball tournament?

The 2026 Big 12 Baseball Tournament runs May 19-23, 2026 at Surprise Stadium in Surprise, Arizona — the spring training home of the Kansas City Royals and Texas Rangers.

How does the Big 12 baseball tournament work?

All 12 Big 12 teams qualify. Seeds 9-12 play an opening round Tuesday. Seeds 7-8 enter Wednesday vs the opening winners. Seeds 1-6 enter Thursday for Round 2 (four games). Semifinals Friday, championship Saturday. Single-elimination throughout.

BIG 12 · BASEBALL TOURNAMENT · 2026

Big 12 Tournament.

May 19 – 23, 2026 · Surprise Stadium · Surprise, AZ

FORMAT

12-team single elimination · top 4 seeds bye to Round 2 · seeds 7-8 bye to Round 1 · seeds 9-12 play opening

The bracket sets after the regular season concludes. Pool play and seedings are based on conference standings; tiebreakers vary by league.

Bracket — 12-team single elimination

Opening Round · Tue

Round 1 · Wed

NCAA tournament implications

After realignment, Big 12 typically sends 4-7 teams to NCAAs. Tournament winner gets the auto-bid; standings winners with strong RPI lock at-large slots.

The tournament champion automatically earns one of 31 conference auto-bids to the NCAA Tournament. The remaining 33 spots are at-large selections — strong tournament runs by lower-seeded teams can flip their bubble status from out to in.

Recent champions

Year	Tournament Champion
2025	Oklahoma State
2024	Texas Tech
2023	Oklahoma State
2022	TCU
2021	TCU

Postseason

Postseason Hub CWS Bracket Regional Tournaments Big 12 Standings Power Rankings