Lincoln hosts NCAA Baseball Regional Tournament for first time since 2008

Local residents are returning to Lincoln.

For the first time since 2008, Nebraska will host the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA unveiled the host site on social media Sunday night.

Full spots and brackets will be announced on Monday. The Selection Show will air on ESPN2 starting at 11 a.m. Pacific Time.

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Fifteen other programs will host regional events next weekend. The actual seeds will be announced on Monday and are listed below alphabetically by site.

• Athens, Georgia – Georgia State (46-12)
• Atlanta, Georgia – Georgia Tech (48-9)
• Auburn, Alabama – Auburn (38-19)
• Austin, Texas – Texas State (40-13)
• Chapel Hill, NC – NC State (45-11-1)
• College Station, Texas – Texas A&M (39-14)
• Eugene, Oregon – Oregon State (40-16)
• Gainesville, Fla. – Florida State (39-19)
• Hattiesburg, Mississippi – Southern Mississippi (43-15)
• Lawrence, Kansas – Kansas State (42-16)
• Lincoln, Nebraska – Nebraska State (42-15)
• Los Angeles, CA – UCLA (51-6)
• Morgantown, WV – West Virginia (39-14)
• Starkville, Mississippi – Mississippi State (40-17)
• Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida State (38-17)
• Tuscaloosa, Alabama – Alabama State (37-19)

As for what the seeding will be, here are the same 16 teams with RPI participating in Monday’s selection.

• 1 University of California, Los Angeles
• 2 Georgia Tech
• 3 Auburn
• 4 North Carolina
• 5 Texas
• 6 Alabama
• 7 Georgia
• 8 Florida
• 10 Nebraska
• 11 Florida
• 12 Southern Mississippi
• 13 Mississippi
• 14 Texas A&M
• 15 Oregon
• 17 West Virginia
• 18 Kansas

2026 Husker Season

Nebraska enters the NCAA Tournament with a record of 42 wins and 15 losses. This is the program’s best record over regionals in the past 20 years.

The Huskers opened the season with a 3-0 record. That hasn’t happened since 2005.

Before the first Big Ten Conference game, Nebraska’s record was 7-5. The sweep of Michigan State helped the Big Red win its 11th straight game and the first series win in eight league games.

Nebraska did not lose a Big Ten game at Haymarket Park. In fact, the Huskers only lost at home to Kansas, 23-1.

Nebraska finished in second place in conference play with a record of 23 wins and 7 losses. Over the past six seasons, the Huskers have finished in the top two of the Big Ten three times.

In the Big Ten Tournament, Nebraska’s opener was postponed as the league struggled to make decisions given the possibility of storms. When the Huskers were finally allowed to take the field for the ceremonial first pitch at 11 p.m. Friday, they defeated Michigan to advance to the semifinals for the fourth straight year.

But in Saturday’s semifinal, it was all Oregon. The Ducks defeated the Huskers 8-0 with three home runs. Oregon State would go on to lose 3-2 in the 11th inning to top-seeded UCLA in the championship.

Because Nebraska received a bye in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament, its pitching staff will be completely rested for the regional tournament, meaning the team will play just two games in 12 days.

Lincoln Area History

2001

Nebraska entered the 2001 postseason as the No. 8 seed in the nation. The Huskers defeated Northern Iowa 16-6 at Buck Belzer Stadium and beat Rutgers twice to win the region title.

In the super regional against Rice, Nebraska won 7-0, 9-6.

2002

Now at Haymarket Park, Nebraska is running through the area again. The Huskers defeated Milwaukee, Marist and Southwest Missouri State to win the region championship.

In the Super Regional, Nebraska needed to win all three games to defeat Richmond and advance to the College World Series for the second straight year.

2003

Nebraska, which will host the tournament for the third consecutive year, opened with a 16-11 victory over Eastern Michigan State. But then Southwest Missouri State upset the Huskers 4-2, forcing a repechage game. After crushing Eastern Michigan again, 18-2, Nebraska defeated Southwest Missouri State, 9-5.

Southwest Missouri State won 7-0 in the winner-take-all game.

2005

Nebraska, the No. 3 seed nationally, defeated UIC and defeated Creighton twice. In the Super Regional, the Huskers defeated Miami (Florida) and returned to the CWS.

In Omaha, the Huskers defeated Arizona State 5-3 for their first win on the Greatest Show on Dirt.

2006

After perhaps the best season in program history, the University of Nebraska returns to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 6 seed in the nation. This time, however, the Huskers quickly bounced back with losses to Manhattan (4-1) and San Francisco (5-1).

2008

It’s officially Hawks Field, Nebraska is back as host. The Huskers defeated Eastern Illinois, 13-10, but lost to UC Irvine, 3-2. Oral Roberts then shut out Nebraska 8-0 in the last regional game ever played in Lincoln.

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Nebraska Baseball 2026 Schedule

• February 13th Nebraska 12, University College 2 [7 inn.] (MLB Desert Invitational)
• February 14 Nebraska 7, Northeastern 4 (MLB Desert Invitational)
• February 15 Nebraska 9, Grand Canyon 1 (MLB Desert Invitational)
• February 16 Stanford 11, Nebraska 6 (MLB Desert Invitational)
• February 20 Louisville 4, Nebraska 2 (Amergy Bank College Baseball Series)
• February 21 Kansas State 3, Nebraska 3 Flo College (Amergy Bank College Baseball Series)
• February 22 Nebraska 10, Florida State 1 (Amergy Bank College Baseball Series)
• Feb. 27 Nebraska 9, Auburn 8 [10 inn.]
• February 28th Auburn, Nebraska 15 [7 inn.]
• March 1 Auburn 12, Nebraska 3
• March 3 Nebraska 8, Omaha 5
• March 4th Nebraska 5, South Dakota 4
• March 6 Nebraska 5, Michigan 4 [10 inn.]
• March 7 Nebraska 3, Michigan 1
• March 8 Nebraska 12, Michigan 2 [7 inn.]
• March 11th Nebraska 11, North Dakota 1 [7 inn.]
• March 13 Nebraska 6, Maine 5
• March 14 Nebraska 6, Maine 3
• March 14 Nebraska 8, Maine 7
• March 17 Nebraska 8, Wichita 1
• March 18 Nebraska 10, Wichita 1
• March 20 Michigan State 2, Nebraska State 1
• March 21 Nebraska 10, Michigan 0 [7 inn.]
• March 22 Nebraska 9, Michigan 5
• March 24th Nebraska 14, Kansas 9
• March 27 Nebraska 6, Indiana 5
• March 28 Nebraska 12, Indiana 7
• March 29 Nebraska 12, Indiana 4
• March 31 Nebraska 6, Creighton 5
• April 4th Nebraska 8, Pennsylvania 7
• April 4th Nebraska 13, Pennsylvania 1 [7 inn.]
• April 5 Nebraska 8, Pennsylvania 6
• April 7th Kansas State 5, Nebraska State 3
• April 10 Oregon State 7, Nebraska State 6
• April 11 Nebraska 10, Oregon 8
• April 12 Oregon State 5, Nebraska State 4
• April 14 Nebraska 5, Creighton 4
• April 17 Nebraska 8, USC 7 [10 inn.]
• April 18 Nebraska 12, USC 2 [7 inn.]
• April 19 Nebraska 16, USC 6 [8 inn.]
• April 21 Kansas State 9, Nebraska State 7
• April 24 Illinois 10, Nebraska 5
• April 25th Nebraska 12, Illinois 5
• April 26th Nebraska 3, Illinois 0
• April 28 Nebraska 7, Kansas 6
• May 1 Ohio State 2, Nebraska 1
• May 2 Ohio State 7, Nebraska 3
• May 3 Ohio State 10, Nebraska 1
• May 8 Nebraska 10, Iowa 0 [8 inn.]
• May 9 Nebraska 15, Iowa 11
• May 10 Nebraska 8, Iowa State 6
• May 12 Nebraska 8, Creighton 4
• May 14 Nebraska 12, Minnesota 7
• May 15 Nebraska 7, Minnesota 6
• May 16th Nebraska 14, Minnesota 11
• May 22 Nebraska 6, Michigan 4 (Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals)
• May 23: Oregon 8, Nebraska 0 (Big Ten Tournament semifinals)

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