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 be held on July 11-12 in Philadelphia.
Of the 79 D1 players ranked in MLB Pipeline’s Top 150 Draft Prospects list , 65 of them are on the teams participating in this year’s tournament, including four of the top five overall prospects in this year’s Draft class, and 16 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, UC Santa Barbara right-hander Jackson Flora and Alabama shortstop Justin Lebron join Cholowsky as top 5 prospects in the tournament.
UCLA and No. 2 seed Georgia Tech each have five Top 150 Draft prospects on their rosters, tops among the 64 teams. Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas A&M have four apiece.
Georgia and Auburn are the Nos. 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.
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL Game 1 : No. 1 UCLA vs. St. Mary's; 3 p.m. Game 2 : Cal Poly vs. Virginia Tech; 8 p.m. Top Draft prospect: Roch Cholowsky, SS, UCLA
Other Top 150 prospects: Logan Reddemann, RHP, UCLA; Mulivai Levu, 1B, UCLA; Will Gasparino, OF, UCLA; Brett Renfrow, RHP, Virginia Tech; Roman Martin, 3B, UCLA
ATLANTA REGIONAL Game 1: No. 2 Georgia Tech vs. UIC; 12 p.m. Game 2: The Citadel vs. Oklahoma; 5 p.m. Top Draft prospect: Vahn Lackey, C, Georgia Tech
Other Top 150 prospects: Drew Burress, OF, Georgia Tech; Jarren Advincula, 2B, Georgia Tech; Brendan Brock, C/OF, Oklahoma; LJ Mercurius, RHP, Oklahoma; Camden Johnson, 3B, Oklahoma; Jaxon Willits, SS, Oklahoma; Alex Hernandez, OF/1B, Georgia Tech
ATHENS REGIONAL Game 1: Liberty vs. Boston College; 2 p.m. Game 2: No. 3 Georgia vs. Long Island; 7 p.m. Top Draft prospect: Ben Blair, RHP, Liberty
Other Top 150 prospects: Daniel Jackson, C, Georgia; Joey Volchko, RHP, Georgia
AUBURN REGIONAL Game 1: No. 4 Auburn vs. Milwaukee; 1 p.m. Game 2: NC State vs. Central Florida; 6 p.m. Top Draft prospect: Chris Rembert, 2B, Auburn
Other Top 150 prospects: Ty Head, OF, NC State; Jacob Dudan, RHP, NC State; Andrew Williamson, OF, Central Florida; Ryan Marohn, LHP, NC State
CHAPEL HILL REGIONAL Game 1: East Carolina vs. Tennessee; 12 p.m. Game 2: No. 5 North Carolina vs. VCU; 5 p.m. Top Draft prospect: Tegan Kuhns, RHP, Tennessee
Other Top 150 prospects: Ryan Lynch, RHP, North Carolina; Jake Schaffner, SS, North Carolina; Jason DeCaro, RHP, North Carolina; Henry Ford, 3B, Tennessee
AUSTIN REGIONAL Game 1: No. 6 Texas vs. Holy Cross; 1 p.m. Game 2: Tarleton State vs. UC Santa Barbara; 6 p.m. Top Draft prospect: Jackson Flora, RHP, UC Santa Barbara