2026 California Golden Bears baseball team

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2026 California Golden Bears baseball
California Golden Bears logo.svg
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record9–3 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Chris Bodishbaugh (4th season)
  • Chad Highberger (6th season)
Hitting coachBrett Wallace
Home stadium Evans Diamond
Seasons
←  2025
2027 →
2026 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 12 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍3–0–0 1.00015–1–0 .938
No. 4 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍2–1–0 .66714–2–0 .875
No. 14 Virginia  ‍‍‍2–1–0 .66713–3–0 .813
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍2–1–0 .6679–4–0 .692
Boston College  ‍‍‍2–1–0 .6679–6–0 .600
No. 15 North Carolina  ‍‍‍1–2–0 .33313–3–1 .794
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍1–2–0 .33312–4–0 .750
Duke  ‍‍‍1–2–0 .33313–5–0 .722
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍1–2–0 .3338–7–0 .533
No. 11 Clemson  ‍‍‍0–0–0 –15–1–0 .938
No. 10 NC State  ‍‍‍0–0–0 –14–2–0 .875
No. 20 Florida State  ‍‍‍0–0–0 –13–2–0 .867
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍0–0–0 –12–2–0 .857
California  ‍‍‍0–0–0 –13–3–0 .813
Louisville  ‍‍‍0–0–0 –10–5–0 .667
Stanford  ‍‍‍0–3–0 .0005–10–0 .333
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of March 9, 2026 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2026 California Golden Bears baseball team represents the University of California, Berkeley in the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Golden Bears play their home games at Evans Diamond. This will be their second season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and will be led by Mike Neu in his 9th season at Cal.

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Previous season

The 2025 California Golden Bears baseball team posted a 24–31 (9–21) season record, good for last place in the ACC. As a 16th seed in the ACC Tournament, they would beat 9th seed Miami (FL) in 8th inning in the First Round, 8th seed Wake Forest in the Second Round, but would lose to top (1st) seed Georgia Tech in the Quarterfinals ending their season after they didn't get an invite to the NCAA Tournament.

Preseason

Coaches poll

ACC coaches poll
Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Georgia Tech237 (7)
2North Carolina236 (6)
3Florida State221 (1)
4Louisville196
5Clemson185 (2)
6NC State169
7Virginia165
8Miami159
9Wake Forest145
10Stanford99
11Virginia Tech89
12Notre Dame87
13Duke67
14Pittsburgh45
15California41
16Boston College35

Source: [2]

Roster

2026 California Golden Bears roster [3]
 

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

 

Outfielders

Two Way Players

Coaches

2026 California Golden Bears baseball coaching staff [3]
  • Mike Neu – Head coach – 9th season
  • Chris Bodishbaugh – Pitching/Assistant coach – 4th season
  • Brett Wallace – Hitting/Assistant coach – 2nd season
  • Anthony Gilich – Assistant coach – 1st season

Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at California.

Personnel

Starters

Opening Night Lineup
Pos.No.Player.Year
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Weekend pitching rotation
DayNo.Player.Year
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Offseason

2025 MLB draft

2025 MLB draft class
RoundPickOverall pickPlayerPositionMLB team

Schedule and results

2026 California Golden Bears baseball game log (Overall: 9–3; Conference: 0–0); (Home: 5–1; Away: 4–2)
Regular season (9–3)
February (7–3)
(Home; 3–1; Away: 4–2)
Date
Time		OpponentRankTVVenueScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordACC record
February 13 Santa Clara* ACCNX Evans Diamond
Berkeley, CA 		2–13 Baylesde la Torre—6480–1–
February 14Santa Clara*ACCNXEvans Diamond 5–4 ClarkLanz—7281–1–
February 14Santa Clara*ACCNXEvans Diamond 4–3 LopezSchreiber—7282–1–
February 16at Santa Clara* ESPN+ Stephen Schott Stadium
Santa Clara, CA 		4–10 ChowRussell—4802–2–
February 20at UC Irvine*ESPN+ Anteater Ballpark
Irvine, CA 		3–5 Hansende la TorreRodgers1,0312–3–
February 21at UC Irvine*ESPN+Anteater Ballpark 11–2 FoleyOjedaEspinoza9843–3–
February 22at UC Irvine*ESPN+Anteater Ballpark 4–2 EddyCastlesKreis8944–3–
February 24 UC Davis*ACCNXEvans DiamondCancelled due to inclement weather [4] 4–3–
February 25at UC Davis*ESPN+ Dobbins Stadium
Davis, CA 		7–2 GroveSpeights—5125–3–
February 27 Sacramento State*ACCNXEvans Diamond 5–4 ClarkMarton—5926–3–
February 28at Sacramento State*WAC International John Smith Field
Sacramento, CA 		8–2 FoleyWilsonOtto5917–3–
March (2–0)
(Home; 2–0; Away: 0–0;)
Date
Time		OpponentRankTVVenueScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordACC record
March 1Sacramento State*ACCNXEvans Diamond 3–2 EddyTimothyClark6018–3–
March 4 Cal State Bakersfield*ACCNXEvans Diamond 15–6 RoachMyers2809–3–
March 6 San Diego*ACCNXEvans Diamond––
March 7San Diego*ACCNXEvans Diamond––
March 7San Diego*ACCNXEvans Diamond––
March 8San Diego*ACCNXEvans Diamond––
March 10at San Jose State* Excite Ballpark
San Jose, CA 		––
March 13No. 15 North Carolina ACCNXEvans Diamond––
March 14No. 15 North CarolinaACCNXEvans Diamond––
March 15No. 15 North CarolinaACCNXEvans Diamond––
March 17 UConn*ACCNXEvans Diamond––
March 20at Boston College Pellagrini Diamond
Boston, MA 		––
March 21at Boston CollegePellagrini Diamond––
March 22at Boston CollegePellagrini Diamond––
March 27at Wake Forest David F. Couch Ballpark
Winston-Salem, NC 		––
March 28at Wake ForestDavid F. Couch Ballpark––
March 29at Wake ForestDavid F. Couch Ballpark––
March 31 Saint Mary's*ACCNXEvans Diamond––
April (0–0)
(Home; 0–0; Away: 0–0)
Date
Time		OpponentRankTVVenueScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordACC record
May (0–0)
(Home; 0–0; Away: 0–0)
Date
Time		OpponentRankTVVenueScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordACC record
Postseason (0-0)
Date
Time		OpponentRankTVVenueScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordTournament record
"#" represents ranking. All rankings from D1 Baseball Poll on the date of the contest.
"()" represents postseason seeding in the ACC Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.
  = Win,   = Loss,   = Canceled/Postponed
Bold = California Golden Bears team member
* = Non-Conference Game
Schedule Source: [5]


Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [6] ——*——RV
Baseball America [7] —————
NCBWA† [8] ————RV
D1Baseball [9] —————
Perfect Game [10] —————

† NCBWA ranks 30 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 25 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. ↑ "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved March 9, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Georgia Tech Tops 2026 ACC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll". theacc.com. January 29, 2026. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
  3. 1 2 "2026 Baseball Roster". California Golden Bears. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Tuesday's Game Against UC Davis Canceled".
  5. ↑ "2026 Baseball Schedule". Cal Athletics. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  6. ↑ Baseball Coaches Poll
  7. ↑ Baseball America College: Top 25
  8. ↑ NCBWA Division I poll
  9. ↑ D1 Baseball
  10. ↑ Perfect Game Top 25 Rankings
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