2026 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

2026 Arizona Wildcats baseball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
D1Baseball.com	No. 24
Record	0–0 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Chip Hale (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Trip Couch (5th season) Sean Kenny (1st season) Toby Demello (5th season)
Home stadium	Hi Corbett Field
Seasons ←  2025 2027 →

2026 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 24 Arizona  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Arizona State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Baylor  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
BYU  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Houston  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Kansas  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Kansas State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
No. 10 TCU  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
UCF  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Utah  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
West Virginia  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of November 11, 2025 [1] Rankings from D1baseball

The 2026 Arizona Wildcats baseball team will represent the University of Arizona during the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats will play their home games for the 15th season at Hi Corbett Field, with the team being coached by Chip Hale in his 5th season at Arizona. This will be Arizona's 2nd season participating as a member of the Big 12 Conference after departing the Pac-12 Conference.

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2025 season with a record of 44–21 (18–12 Conf.), good for 4th place. In the Big 12 Tournament in Arlington, TX, as a #4 seed they would beat BYU in the quarterfinals, West Virginia in the Semifinals, and would beat TCU in the Championship Game in 10 innings. The team would be in the 2025 NCAA tournament, they would be in the Chapel Hill Regional, where they would beat Cal Poly 3–2, Utah Valley 14–4, win the rematch game against Cal Poly 14–0, to move to the Super Regional to play against No. 5 North Carolina, losing Game 1 by the score of 18–2, but would win Game 2 by a score of 10–8, and Game 3 by the score of 4–3, to make their 20th Men's College World Series, where they would lose to No. 11 Coastal Carolina by the score of 7–4, and Louisville by the score of 8–3, ending their season record at 44–21.

Coaches poll

Coaches' Poll

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Personnel

Roster

2026 Arizona Wildcats baseball roster [2]
		Pitchers	Catchers Infielders	Outfielders Utility

Coaches

2026 Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching staff [3]
Chip Hale - Head Coach Trip Couch - Assistant Coach Sean Kenny - Assistant Coach Toby Demello - Volunteer Assistant Coach

Opening day

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position

Schedule and results

2026 Arizona Wildcats baseball game log (Overall: 0–0; Conference: 0–0); (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
Regular season (0-0)
February (0–0) (Home; 0–0; Away: 0–0) Date Time (MST) Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big 12 record College Baseball Series February 13 6:00 p.m. Stanford* No. 24 FloCollege Surprise Stadium • Surprise, Arizona — — February 14 2:00 p.m. No. 12 Oregon State* No. 24 FloCollege Surprise Stadium • Surprise, Arizona — — February 15 4:00 p.m. Michigan* No. 24 FloCollege Surprise Stadium • Surprise, Arizona — — February 17 6:00 p.m. vs Omaha* ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — February 19 6:00 p.m. vs UConn* ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — February 20 6:00 p.m. vs UConn* ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — February 21 6:00 p.m. vs UConn* ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — February 22 1:00 p.m. vs UConn* ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — Las Vegas Classic February 27 7:00 p.m. Oregon* D1Baseball Las Vegas Ballpark • Las Vegas, Nevada — — February 28 5:00 p.m. Vanderbilt D1Baseball Las Vegas Ballpark • Las Vegas, Nevada — —
March (0–0) (Home; 0–0; Away: 0–0) Date Time (MST) Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big 12 record March 1 4:00 p.m. UC Irvine D1Baseball Las Vegas Ballpark • Las Vegas, Nevada — — March 3 6:00 p.m. vs Grand Canyon* ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — March 6 6:00 p.m. vs Fresno State* ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — March 7 6:00 p.m. vs Fresno State* ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — March 8 12:00 p.m. vs Fresno State* ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — March 10 6:35 p.m. at Arizona State* (Rivalry) TBD Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, Arizona — — March 13 5:00 p.m. at Utah ESPN+ America First Field • Salt Lake City, Utah — — March 14 1:00 p.m. at Utah ESPN+ America First Field • Salt Lake City, Utah — — March 15 12:00 p.m. at Utah ESPN+ America First Field • Salt lake City, Utah — — March 17 6:00 p.m. vs New Mexico* ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — March 20 6:00 p.m. vs Texas Tech ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — March 21 6:00 p.m. vs Texas Tech ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — March 22 12:00 p.m. vs Texas Tech ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — March 24 6:00 p.m. vs Grand Canyon* ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — March 27 3:00 p.m. at UCF ESPN+ John Euliano Park • Orlando, Florida — — March 28 3:00 p.m. at UCF ESPN+ John Euliano Park • Orlando, Florida — — March 29 10:00 a.m. at UCF ESPN+ John Euliano Park • Orlando, Florida — — March 31 6:00 p.m. vs West Virginia* ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — —
April (0–0) (Home; 0–0; Away: 0–0) Date Time (MST) Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big 12 record April 2 6:00 p.m. vs Arizona State (Rivalry) ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — April 3 6:00 p.m. vs Arizona State (Rivalry) ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — April 4 6:00 p.m. vs Arizona State (Rivalry) ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — April 8 6:00 p.m. vs New Mexico State* ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — April 10 4:00 p.m. at TCU ESPN+ Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas — — April 11 12:00 p.m. at TCU ESPN+ Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas — — April 12 11:00 a.m. at TCU ESPN+ Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas — — April 13 6:35 p.m. at Arizona State* (Rivalry) ESPN+ Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, Arizona — — April 17 6:00 p.m. vs Kansas State ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — April 18 6:00 p.m. vs Kansas State ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — April 19 12:00 p.m. vs Kansas State ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — April 23 6:00 p.m. vs BYU ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — April 24 6:00 p.m. vs BYU ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — April 25 12:00 p.m. vs BYU ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — April 28 TBD at Grand Canyon* TBD Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark • Phoenix, Arizona — —
May (0–0) (Home; 0–0; Away: 0–0) Date Time (MST) Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big 12 record May 1 4:00 p.m. at Kansas ESPN+ Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, Kansas — — May 2 12:00 p.m. at Kansas ESPN+ Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, Kansas — — May 3 11:00 p.m. at Kansas ESPN+ Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, Kansas — — May 6 6:00 p.m. vs New Mexico State* ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — May 8 6:00 p.m. vs Houston ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — May 9 6:00 p.m. vs Houston ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — May 10 11:00 p.m. vs Houston ESPN+ Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona — — May 14 TBD at Oklahoma State ESPN+ O'Brate Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma — — May 15 TBD at Oklahoma State ESPN+ O'Brate Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma — — May 16 TBD at Oklahoma State ESPN+ O'Brate Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma — —
Postseason (0-0)
Big 12 Tournament (0-0) Date Time (MST) Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Tournament record TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD • TBD — —
"#" represents ranking. All rankings from D1 Baseball Poll on the date of the contest. "()" represents postseason seeding in the Big 12 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.   = Win,   = Loss,   = Canceled/Postponed Bold = Arizona Wildcats team member * = Non-Conference Game
Schedule Source: [4]

Rankings

See also: 2026 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Coaches' [5]		*
Baseball America [6]
NCBWA† [7]
D1Baseball [8]	24
Perfect Game [9]	—

† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

1. "2026 Baseball Standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved November 11, 2025.
2. "2026 Baseball Roster". University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
3. "2026 Baseball Roster - Coaches". University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
4. "2026 Baseball Schedule". University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
5. Baseball Coaches Poll
6. Baseball America College: Top 25
7. NCBWA Division I poll
8. Division 1 Baseball Rankings
9. Perfect Game Preseason Top 25 Rankings