UCLA Baseball and Mississippi State gave the college baseball world a treat on March 1. It was an extra-inning game between two teams living up to the preseason hype, something fans could easily see again in Omaha.

It’s why the College Baseball Series exists. 

It’s why over three weekends fans flock to Arlington (and Surprise, Ariz. and Cleburne, Texas) to watch some of the best programs from the best baseball conferences go head-to-head.

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And it’s not going to stop. The College Baseball Series, which was born out of the College Baseball Showdown a few years ago, is now a mainstay of the NCAA Division I baseball season. Simply put: It’s an awesome thing the sport gives fans starting, usually, around Valentine’s Day.

This year was the best one yet. With six teams playing in all three weekends in Arlington, the CBS has never had this much talent and never had this many ranked teams.

Like literally. Up until now Weekend 2 and Weekend 3 only saw two games a day. This year we had six teams at Globe Life Field every weekend. They came from the SEC, Big 12, ACC and Big Ten. In Surprise, they even included Oregon State, an independent that happens to be one of the best programs in the country.

It’s fun to think about which teams will be in next year’s field. Which games will we get?

Here are the 27 matchups we’d love to fantasy-book for 2027.

College Baseball Showdown: Weekend 1 of College Baseball Series

This has traditionally been a matchup of three SEC teams and three Big 12 teams since the start, and we don’t intend to break that tradition. That includes some of the teams we love to see at the Shriners Children’s College Baseball Showdown.

Here’s our field:

Big 12

• Oklahoma State Baseball
•  TCU Baseball
•  Houston Baseball

SEC

• Arkansas Baseball
•  Vanderbilt Baseball
•  Texas Baseball

Houston Baseball is a program with some history and would be a newcomer to this tournament. The Cougars went to the Puerto Rico Challenge and the Frisco Classic this year, but seeing them play at Globe Life Field in the most premium non-conference tournament in the sport would be a boon for them.

Oklahoma State and TCU are charter members of the Showdown and two of the most consistent Big 12 programs.

On the SEC side, Arkansas is a staple of this event, Vanderbilt is good nearly every year and Texas baseball is one of the greatest programs in the sport’s history.

A prime-time, 7 p.m. Saturday night matchup between the Longhorns and Houston would be juicy.

Amegy Bank College Baseball Series Weekend 2

The best thing about the 2026 College Baseball Series was the larger fields in Weekend 2 and Weekend 3. Instead of four teams, we had six, like the Showdown the weekend before.

It included Big 12, SEC, Big Ten and ACC teams. Next year, with the return of the Pac-12, we’d love to see those schools come too.

Here’s our field:

SEC

• LSU Baseball

ACC

• Virginia Baseball
• Florida State Baseball

Big Ten

• UCLA Baseball
• Oregon Baseball

Pac-12

• Oregon State Baseball

LSU Baseball came to Globe Life in 2025 for a midweek game against Dallas Baptist, but here they come for a full weekend throwdown as the SEC representative.

And we’ll give the Tigers an epic slate:

• LSU vs. Virginia on Friday
•  LSU vs. UCLA on Saturday
•  LSU vs. Oregon on Sunday

That would be quite something. Sure, we could fantasy-book LSU against Florida State or Oregon State as well, but we’d love to see a program like Oregon, which has been to the Series before, get a shot at the Tigers.

Oregon State-UCLA would be the matchup we’d love to see close down the weekend.

Amegy Bank College Baseball Series Weekend 3

This is where the event gets over the top.

Weekend 3 in 2026 was arguably the best weekend of matchups the College Baseball Series has ever seen, and No. 1 UCLA and No. 3 Mississippi State put on a game for the ages.

So how do we top Weekend 3 of 2026?

Here's our field: 

SEC

• Florida Baseball
• Texas A&M Baseball
• Tennessee Baseball

Big Ten

• USC Baseball

ACC

• Wake Forest Baseball

Pac-12

• Dallas Baptist Baseball

Dallas Baptist joins the Pac-12 in baseball next season and will be among the most watched programs in the country as it enters what could become a true power conference in baseball.

DBU has played great teams in the past and held its own.

We also get Florida — a team we at FloCollege have been craving for in this event for years — to come to Arlington along with CBS veterans Texas A&M and Tennessee.

Perhaps the only program with a better case than Texas for the greatest college baseball program ever is USC.

Then there’s Wake Forest, one of the best programs in the ACC and an MLB prospect factory.

Florida vs. Wake Forest on Friday?

USC vs. Tennessee on Saturday?

DBU vs. Texas A&M on Sunday afternoon?

That’s the dream.

What About Surprise, Arizona and Cleburne?

Good question.

The College Baseball Series had two other locations this season plus midweek baseball games at Globe Life Field.

In Surprise, Arizona, at the Texas Rangers/Kansas City Royals spring training facility, four teams (Arizona, Oregon State, Michigan and Stanford) played games from Thursday to Monday.

The reason we have Oregon State in the second weekend and not the first is because the Beavers have opened the season in Surprise for a while now. They used to host the Sanderson Ford Classic.

Oregon State, Arizona, Stanford and Michigan are our picks again because that slate of games was incredible this season.

In Cleburne, Creighton, Abilene Christian, Tarleton State and Texas State played games. We like that slate, but perhaps we pump it up next year and bring the surging program UTSA (University of Texas San Antonio) into the mix along with a second Big East team, UConn.

When Will The College Baseball 2027 Teams Be Announced?

Stay tuned, baseball fans.

The slate will be announced before the 2027 season. Fans can sign up for the College Baseball Series newsletter to get the news as soon as it breaks.

Relive the 2026 College Baseball Series

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Shriners Children’s College Showdown

All Times Eastern

Feb. 13, 2026

• Noon – Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech
• 4 p.m. –TCU vs. Vanderbilt
• 8 p.m. – Oklahoma St vs. Arkansas

Feb. 14, 2026

• Noon – Texas Tech vs. Vanderbilt
• 4 p.m. – Oklahoma St vs. Oklahoma
• 8 p.m. – Arkansas vs. TCU

Feb. 15, 2026

• 11:30 a.m. – Vanderbilt vs. Oklahoma St. 
• 3:30 p.m. – Texas Tech vs. Arkansas
• 7:30 p.m. – TCU vs. Oklahoma

Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 2

Feb. 20, 2026

• Noon – Michigan vs. Florida St. 
• 4 p.m. – Nebraska vs. Louisville
• 8 p.m. – Auburn vs. Kansas St. 

Feb. 21, 2026

• Noon – Louisville vs. Michigan
• 4 p.m. – Florida St. vs. Auburn
• 8 p.m. – Kansas St. vs. Nebraska

Feb. 22, 2026

• 11:30 a.m. – Auburn vs. Louisville
• 3:30 p.m. – Nebraska vs. Florida St. 
• 7:30 p.m. – Michigan vs. Kansas St.

Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 3

Feb. 27, 2026

• Noon – Arizona St. vs. Mississippi St. 
• 4 p.m. – UCLA vs. Tennessee
• 8 p.m.– Virginia Tech vs. Texas A&M

Feb. 28, 2026

• Noon – Tennessee vs. Arizona St. 
• 4 p.m. – Mississippi St. vs. Virginia Tech
• 8 p.m. – Texas A&M vs. UCLA

March 1, 2026

• 11:30 a.m. – Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee
• 3:30 p.m. – UCLA vs. Mississippi St. 
• 7:30 p.m. – Arizona St vs. Texas A&M

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When Does The 2026 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Start?

The first/regional round of the 2026 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship will be May 29-31, with times and locations TBD.

The NCAA Super Regional action will be held June 5-7, again, with times and locations TBD.

The last eight teams standing will head to the 2026 Men's College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, from June 12-22 to battle through a combination of double-elimination and best-of-three competition until a champion emerges.

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College baseball in 2026 will be streamed on FloCollege and the FloSports app for select Division I preseason tournaments and for much of the Division II and Division III seasons. 

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• 2025 – LSU
• 2024 – Tennessee
• 2023 – LSU
• 2022 – Ole Miss
• 2021 – Mississippi State
• 2020 – No Tournament 
• 2019 – Vanderbilt 

When Is The 2026 MLB Draft?

The MLB Draft begins the Sunday of MLB All-Star Week, which is being held in Philadelphia from July 11-14.

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