2026 UCLA Bruins baseball team

2026 UCLA Bruins baseball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Savage (22nd season)
Hitting coach	Bryant Ward (12th season)
Pitching coach	David Berg (6th season)
Home stadium	Jackie Robinson Stadium
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2026 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Illinois  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Indiana  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Iowa  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Maryland  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Michigan  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Oregon  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Penn State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Purdue  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
UCLA  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
USC  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Washington  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of November 1, 2025 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2026 UCLA Bruins baseball team will represent the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins play their home games at Jackie Robinson Stadium as a member of the Big Ten Conference (B1G). They are led by head coach John Savage, in his 22nd season at UCLA. ^{[2] [3]}

Previous season

Main article: 2025 UCLA Bruins baseball team

The Bruins ended the 2025 season with a record of 22–8 in conference play and 48–16, good for a First Place tie with Oregon. They would play in the Big Ten tournament as the #2 seed in Pool B as they would beat (11) Illinois, (7) Michigan, and (3) Iowa in the Semifinals, but would lose to (8) Nebraska in the championship game. They would be invited to play in the NCAA tournament, as they were the 15th seed in the Los Angeles Super Regional as they would beat (4) Fresno State 19–4, (3) Arizona State 11–5, (2) UC Irvine 8–5 in the Regional Final, and to UTSA 5–2 in Game 1 and 7–0 in Game 2 in the Super Regionals. They would play in the College World Series for the sixth time in program history, where they would beat Murray State 6–4, before losing to (6) 3rd seed and evenuual national champions LSU 9–5.

Personnel

Roster

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2026 UCLA Bruins roster
	Pitchers 10 - Ian May - Senior 12 - Zach Strickland - Freshman 14 - Landon Stump - Junior 16 - Jake Swenson - Junior 18 - Wylan Moss - Sophomore 20 - Justin Lee - Junior 21 - Jack O'Connor - Senior 24 - Logan Reddemann - Junior 25 - CJ Bott - Sophomore 27 - Easton Hawk - Sophomore 29 - Finn McIlroy - Senior 31 - Chris Aldrich - Graduate Student (GS) 34 - Mack Edwards - Freshman 35 - Hayden George - Freshman 41 - Will Crain - Freshman 44 - Ian Fisher - Freshman 45 - Chris Grothues - 47 - Elai Iwanaga - Freshman 55 - Michael Barnett - Senior 85 - Cal Randall - Junior 99 - Angel Cervantes - Freshman	Catchers 8 - Kasen Khansarinia - Sophomore 33 - Blake Balsz - Junior 40 - Chashel Dugger - Junior Infielders 1 - Roch Cholowsky - Junior 2 - Grant Gray - Sophomore 4 - Phoenix Call - Junior 6 - Dominic Cadiz - Freshman 7 - Roman Martin - Junior 19 - David Mysza - Sophomore 26 - Aiden Aguayo - Freshman 28 - Maverek Russell - Freshman 30 - Tyler Dunning - Freshman 39 - Mulivai Levu - Junior		Outfielders 3 - Michael Cunningham - Graduate Student (GS) 5 - Aidan Espinoza - Sophomore 9 - Will Gasparino - Junior 11 - Payton Brennan - Junior 15 - Jarrod Hocking - Senior 36 - Dean West - Junior 38 - Trey Gudoy - Freshman

Coaches

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2026 UCLA Bruins baseball coaching staff
John Savage – head coach – 22nd season Bryant Ward – assistant coach – 11th season Niko Gallego – assistant coach – 12th season Griffin Barnes – assistant coach – 2nd season Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at UCLA.

Personnel

Starters

Opening Night Lineup

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Weekend Pitching Rotation

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Schedule and results

2026 UCLA Bruins 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 (PST) Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record February 13 5:00 p.m. vs UC San Diego* TBD Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California — — February 14 2:00 p.m. vs UC San Diego* TBD Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California — — February 15 1:00 p.m. vs UC San Diego* TBD Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California — — February 17 5:00 p.m. vs Tulane* TBD Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California — — February 20 5:00 p.m. vs TCU* Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California — — February 21 2:00 p.m. vs TCU* TBD Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California — — February 22 1:00 p.m. vs TCU* TBD Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California — — February 24 5:00 p.m. vs San Diego State* TBD Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California — — February 27 1:00 p.m. Tennessee Amegy Bank College Baseball Series TBD Globe Life Field • Arlington, Texas — — February 28 5:00 p.m. Texas A&M Amegy Bank College Baseball Series TBD Globe Life Field • Arlington, Texas — —
March (0–0) (Home; 0–0; Away: 0–0) Date Time Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record
April (0–0) (Home; 0–0; Away: 0–0) Date Time Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big Ten record
May (0–0) (Home; 0–0; Away: 0–0) Date Time Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big Ten record
Postseason (0–0)
Big Ten Tournament (0-0) Date Time Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Tournament record
"#" represents ranking. All rankings from D1 Baseball Poll on the date of the contest. "()" represents postseason seeding in the Big 10 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.   = Win,   = Loss,   = Canceled/Postponed Bold = UCLA Bruins team member * = Non-Conference Game
Schedule Source: [5]

Rankings

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches' [6]		*
Baseball America [7]
NCBWA† [8]

† 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. "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
2. Zemec, Mark (May 18, 2025). "UCLA shares Big Ten championship with Oregon after beating Northwestern in finale". USA Today. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
3. UCLA Earns Share of Big Ten Championship Big Ten Conference, May 17, 2025. "Bruins capture title on the last day of the season"
4. "2026 Baseball Roster". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
5. "2026 Baseball Schedule". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
6. USA Today Coaches Poll
7. Baseball America Poll
8. NCBWA Poll

External links

• UCLA Bruins baseball