ACC Unveils 2026 Baseball Championship Bracket
The 2026 ACC Baseball Championship bracket was announced on May 16, setting the stage for a week of competition that will run from May 19 through May 24 at Truist Field in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Georgia Tech entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed after capturing the ACC regular‑season championship, while North Carolina, Florida State and Boston College joined the Yellow Jackets with double byes into the quarterfinals.
First‑round action kicks off on Tuesday, May 19, with a slate of matchups that includes No. 9 seed NC State versus No. 16 seed Duke at 9 a.m. ET, followed by No. 12 seed Stanford taking on No. 13 seed California at 1 p.m. ET, and later games featuring Notre Dame, Clemson, Louisville and Pitt.
The schedule continues through the week, with Wednesday’s games beginning at 9 a.m. ET and Thursday’s quarterfinals featuring top‑seeded Georgia Tech against the Game 5 winner at 3 p.m. ET, while Boston College meets the Game 6 winner at 7 p.m. ET.
Broadcast and Historical Context
Semifinals are slated for Saturday, May 23, with the first semifinal at 1 p.m. ET and the second at 5 p.m. ET, before the championship game on Sunday at noon ET, which will be televised nationally on ESPN2 and streamed on the ACC Network.
The tournament marks the fourth time Charlotte has hosted the event, and it returns just weeks after Duke captured the 2024 title in the same city, a reminder of the growing prominence of ACC baseball.
ACC officials, including James Ramsey, highlighted the importance of the broadcast partnership with ESPN2 and SiriusXM ACC Radio channel 371 for bringing the games to fans across the country.