The 64-team field for the 2026 NCAA Division 1 baseball championship is set and, as usual, it is packed with top Draft prospects, giving fans an opportunity to see players who are likely to hear their names called early in this year’s Draft, which will take place on July 11-12 in Philadelphia.
Of the 108 D1 players ranked on MLB Pipeline's Top 200 Draft Prospects list, 87 of them are on the teams participating in this year’s tournament, including three of the top five overall prospects in this year’s Draft class, and 15 of the top 25.
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UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky, the No. 1 prospect in the class, leads the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament. The Bruins will host the Los Angeles regional after posting a 48-6 record and becoming the first team to go wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team through the regular season since Baseball America started its rankings in 1981.
Georgia Tech catcher Vahn Lackey (No. 3) and UC Santa Barbara right-hander Jackson Flora (No. 5) join Cholowsky as top-five prospects in the tournament.
Arkansas has six Top 200 Draft prospects on its roster, tops among the 64 teams. UCLA, Georgia Tech, Georgia, North Carolina and Oklahoma have five apiece.
Georgia and Auburn are the No. 3 and 4 overall seeds, leading a contingent of 12 SEC teams, including seven that are hosting regionals.
The 16 double-elimination regionals begin Friday and run through Sunday. Winners advance to eight best-of-3 super regionals on June 5-8. Those eight winners move on to the Men's College World Series in Omaha beginning June 12.
Here’s a look at each regional. All games listed are on Friday and all times are ET. Overall seeds for teams in parentheses.
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL (6 Top 200 prospects)
Game 1: No. 1 UCLA (1) vs. No. 4 St. Mary's; 3 p.m.
Game 2: No. 2 Virginia Tech vs. No. 3 Cal Poly; 8 p.m.
Top Draft prospect: Roch Cholowsky, SS, UCLA (No. 1)
Other Top 150 prospects: Logan Reddemann, RHP, UCLA (No. 28); Mulivai Levu, 1B, UCLA (No. 79); Will Gasparino, OF, UCLA (No. 85); Brett Renfrow, RHP, Virginia Tech (No. 119); Roman Martin, 3B, UCLA (No. 124)
ATLANTA REGIONAL (10 Top 200 prospects)
Game 1: No. 1 Georgia Tech (2) vs. No. 4 Illinois Chicago; 12 p.m.
Game 2: No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 3 The Citadel; 5 p.m.
Top Draft prospect: Vahn Lackey, C, Georgia Tech (No. 3)
Other Top 150 prospects: Drew Burress, OF, Georgia Tech (No. 7); Jarren Advincula, 2B, Georgia Tech (No. 42); Brendan Brock, C/OF, Oklahoma (No. 109); Camden Johnson, 3B, Oklahoma (No. 129); Carson Kerce, SS, Georgia Tech (No. 131); Alex Hernandez, OF/1B, Georgia Tech (No. 143); Jaxon Willits, SS, Oklahoma (No. 146); Cameron Johnson, LHP, Oklahoma (No. 166); LJ Mercurius, RHP, Oklahoma (No. 172)
ATHENS REGIONAL (6 Top 200 prospects)
Game 1: No. 2 Boston College vs. No. 3 Liberty; 2 p.m.
Game 2: No. 1 Georgia (3) vs. No. 4 Long Island; 7 p.m.
Top Draft prospect: Daniel Jackson, C, Georgia (No. 39)
Other Top 150 prospects: Ben Blair, RHP, Liberty (No. 54); Joey Volchko, RHP, Georgia (No. 73); Tre Phelps, 3B, Georgia (No. 116), Rylan Lujo, OF, Georgia (No. 187); Dylan Vigue, RHP, Georgia (No. 199)
AUBURN REGIONAL (5 Top 200 prospects)
Game 1: No. 1 Auburn (4) vs. No. 4 Milwaukee; 1 p.m.
Game 2: No. 2 Central Florida vs. No. 3 NC State; 6 p.m.
Top Draft prospect: Chris Rembert, 2B, Auburn (No. 41)
Other Top 150 prospects: Andrew Williamson, OF, Central Florida (No. 48); Ty Head, OF, NC State (No. 58); Jacob Dudan, RHP, NC State (No. 70); Ryan Marohn, LHP, NC State (No. 147)
CHAPEL HILL REGIONAL (9 Top 200 prospects)
Game 1: No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 3 East Carolina; 12 p.m.
Game 2: No. 1 North Carolina (5) vs. No. 4 VCU; 5 p.m.
Top Draft prospect: Tegan Kuhns, RHP, Tennessee (No. 24)
Other Top 150 prospects: Jake Schaffner, SS, North Carolina (No. 91); Ryan Lynch, RHP, North Carolina (No. 97); Jason DeCaro, RHP, North Carolina (No. 125); Henry Ford, 3B, Tennessee (No. 145); Owen Hull, OF, North Carolina (No. 158); Ethan Norby, LHP, East Carolina (No. 164); Garrett Wright, OF/C, Tennessee (No. 188); Gavin Gallaher, 2B, North Carolina (No. 198)
AUSTIN REGIONAL (4 Top 200 prospects)
Game 1: No. 1 Texas (6) vs. No. 4 Holy Cross; 1 p.m.
Game 2: No. 2 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 3 Tarleton State; 6 p.m.
Top Draft prospect: Jackson Flora, RHP, UC Santa Barbara (No. 5)
Other Top 150 prospects: Aiden Robbins, OF, Texas (No. 30); Ruger Riojas, RHP, Texas (No. 77); Carson Tinney, C, Texas (No. 86)
TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL (2 Top 200 prospects)
Game 1: No. 2 Oklahoma State vs. No. 3 SC Upstate; 2 p.m.
Game 2: No. 1 Alabama (7) vs. No. 4 Alabama State; 7 p.m.
Top Draft prospect: Justin Lebron, SS, Alabama (No. 9)
Other Top 150 prospects: Kollin Ritchie, OF, Oklahoma State (No. 89)
GAINESVILLE REGIONAL (6 Top 200 prospects)
Game 1: No. 1 Florida (8) vs. No. 4 Rider; 1 p.m.
Game 2: No. 2 Miami vs. No. 3 Troy; 6 p.m.
Top Draft prospect: Liam Peterson, RHP, Florida (No. 14)
Other Top 150 prospects: Daniel Cuvet, 3B, Miami (No. 115); Kyle Jones, OF, Florida (No. 127); Alex Sosa, C, Miami (No. 161); Russell Sandefer, RHP, Florida (No. 175); Luke McNeillie, RHP, Florida (No. 183)
HATTIESBURG REGIONAL (4 Top 200 prospects)
Game 1: No. 1 Southern Mississippi (9) vs. No. 4 Arkansas-Little Rock; 2 p.m.
Game 2: No. 2 Virginia vs. No. 3 Jacksonville State; 7 p.m.
Top Draft prospect: A.J. Gracia, OF, Virginia (No. 17)
Other Top 150 prospects: Eric Becker, SS, Virginia (No. 26); Joe Tiroly, 2B/3B, Virginia (No. 144); Kyle Johnson, LHP, Virginia (No. 148)
TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL (5 Top 200 prospects)
Game 1: No. 1 Florida State (10) vs. No. 4 St. John's; 3 p.m.
Game 2: No. 2 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 3 Northern Illinois; 8 p.m.
Top Draft prospect: Cameron Flukey, RHP, Coastal Carolina (No. 11)
Other Top 150 prospects: Wes Mendes, LHP, Florida State (No. 40); Myles Bailey, 1B, Florida State (No. 88); Trey Beard, LHP, Florida State (No. 126); Brayden Dowd, OF, Florida State (No. 176)
EUGENE REGIONAL (4 Top 200 prospects)
Game 1: No. 2 Oregon State vs. No. 3 Washington State; 3 p.m.
Game 2: No. 1 Oregon (11) vs. No. 4 Yale; 8 p.m.
Top Draft prospect: Ethan Kleinschmit, LHP, Oregon State (No. 64)
Other Top 150 prospects: Ryan Cooney, 2B, Oregon (No. 133); Maddox Molony, SS, Oregon (No. 173); Cal Scolari, RHP, Oregon (No. 191)
COLLEGE STATION REGIONAL (5 Top 200 prospects)
Game 1: No. 1 Texas A&M (12) vs. No. 4 Lamar; 4 p.m.
Game 2: No. 2 Southern California vs. No. 3 Texas State; 9 p.m.
Top Draft prospect: Chris Hacopian, 2B, Texas A&M (No. 10)
Other Top 150 prospects: Caden Sorrell, OF, Texas A&M (No. 29); Gavin Grahovac, 1B, Texas A&M (No. 32); Mason Edwards, LHP, Southern California (No. 34); Shane Sdao, LHP, Texas A&M (No. 95)
LINCOLN REGIONAL (5 Top 200 prospects)
Game 1: No. 1 Nebraska (13) vs. No. 4 South Dakota State; 4 p.m.
Game 2: No. 2 Ole Miss vs. No. 3 Arizona State; 9 p.m.
Top Draft prospect: Cole Carlon, LHP, Arizona State (No. 25)
Other Top 150 prospects: Cade Townsend, RHP, Ole Miss (No. 27); Taylor Rabe, RHP, Ole Miss (No. 90); Carson Jasa, RHP, Nebraska (No. 171); Wil Libbert, LHP, Ole Miss (No. 179)
STARKVILLE REGIONAL (2 Top 200 prospects)
Game 1: No. 1 Mississippi State (14) vs. No. 4 Lipscomb; 2 p.m.
Game 2: No. 2 Cincinnati vs. No. 3 Louisiana; 7 p.m.
Top Draft prospect: Ace Reese, 3B, Mississippi State (No. 21)
Other Top 150 prospects: Jack Natili, C, Cincinnati (No. 87)
LAWRENCE REGIONAL (8 Top 200 prospects)
Game 1: No. 1 Kansas (15) vs. No. 4 Northeastern; 1 p.m.
Game 2: No. 2 Arkansas vs. No. 3 Missouri State; 6 p.m.
Top Draft prospect: Ryder Helfrick, C, Arkansas (No. 13)
Other Top 150 prospects: Hunter Dietz, LHP, Arkansas (No. 15); Carson Wiggins, RHP, Arkansas (No. 84); Caden Bogenpohl, OF, Missouri State (No. 93); Gabe Gaeckle, RHP, Arkansas (No. 96); Tyson LeBlanc, SS, Kansas (No. 130); Camden Kozeal, SS/2B, Arkansas (No. 132); Ethan McElvain, LHP, Arkansas (No. 140)
MORGANTOWN REGIONAL (6 Top 200 prospects)
Game 1: No. 2 Wake Forest vs. No. 3 Kentucky; 12 p.m.
Game 2: No. 1 West Virginia (16) vs. No. 4 Binghamton; 5 p.m.
Top Draft prospect: Tyler Bell, SS, Kentucky (No. 20)
Other Top 150 prospects: Kade Lewis, 1B, Wake Forest (No. 104); Dalton Wentz, 3B/2B, Wake Forest (No. 142); Jaxon Jelkin, RHP, Kentucky (No. 162); Dawson Montesa, RHP, West Virginia (No. 167); Duncan Marsten, RHP, Wake Forest (No. 192)