2026 California Golden Bears baseball team

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2026 California Golden Bears baseball
California Golden Bears logo.svg
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record0–0 (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 PCTW L PCT
Boston College  ‍‍‍0–0 –0–0 –
California  ‍‍‍0–0 –0–0 –
Clemson  ‍‍‍0–0 –0–0 –
Duke  ‍‍‍0–0 –0–0 –
Florida State  ‍‍‍0–0 –0–0 –
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍0–0 –0–0 –
Louisville  ‍‍‍0–0 –0–0 –
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍0–0 –0–0 –
NC State  ‍‍‍0–0 –0–0 –
North Carolina  ‍‍‍0–0 –0–0 –
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍0–0 –0–0 –
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍0–0 –0–0 –
Stanford  ‍‍‍0–0 –0–0 –
Virginia  ‍‍‍0–0 –0–0 –
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍0–0 –0–0 –
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍0–0 –0–0 –
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of November 11, 2025 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 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)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

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 New – 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: 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		OpponentRankTVVenueScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordACC record
March (0–0)
(Home; 0–0; Away: 0–0;)
Date
Time		OpponentRankTVVenueScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordACC record
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: [4]


Rankings

Ranking movements
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [5] *
Baseball America [6]
NCBWA† [7]

† 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. ↑ "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved November 11, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Tops 2025 ACC Baseball Preseason Poll". theacc.com. January 30, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "2026 Baseball Roster". California Golden Bears. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  4. ↑ "2025 Baseball Schedule". USC Trojans. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  5. ↑ Baseball Coaches Poll
  6. ↑ Baseball America College: Top 25
  7. ↑ NCBWA Division I poll
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