The Notre Dame Fighting Irish had an up and down baseball season, but did manage to win 11 of its last 12 games of the season — which was the best record in the country during that time. Notre Dame’s overall record of 30-21 and 13—17 in the ACC isn’t great — but it’s respectable. It’s the record of a dangerous team.
The Irish will look to be as dangerous as possible in the upcoming ACC Tournament. The Irish are the No. 10 seed and will first face the Clemson Tigers (a team the Irish swept earlier
this year) for the right to advance to play the Virginia Tech Hokies.
From the ACC:
Seeds, Bracket Released for 2026 ACC Baseball Championship
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – The bracket for the 2026 ACC Baseball Championship was announced on Saturday, May 16, following the conclusion of regular-season play. In head coach James Ramsey’s first season, Georgia Tech won the ACC regular-season championship outright and earned the tournament’s No. 1 seed for the second consecutive year.
The six-day event runs Tuesday, May 19, through Sunday, May 24, at Truist Field in Charlotte, North Carolina.
All 16 ACC teams will compete in a single-elimination championship. The top four seeds are based on the performance in the regular season and receive a double-bye into the quarterfinal round, which is scheduled to be held on Thursday and Friday, May 22-23. North Carolina (2), Florida State (3) and Boston College (4) join Georgia Tech with double byes.
Seeds five through eight will earn a bye into the second round on Wednesday, May 20. Seeds 9-16 will begin play with four first-round games on Tuesday, May 19.
The tournament begins with four games on Tuesday, starting at 9 a.m. ET with No. 9 seed NC State (32-21, 14-16 ACC) taking on No. 16 seed Duke (25-30, 10-20). At 1 p.m. ET, No. 12 Stanford (27-24, 13-16) battles No. 13 California (28-25, 11-18), followed by No. 10 Notre Dame (30-21, 13-17) against No. 15 Clemson (31-25, 10-20) at 5 p.m. ET and No. 11 Louisville (30-26, 13-17) versus No. 14 Pitt (30-23, 11-19) at 9 p.m. ET.
Wednesday’s play also kicks off at 9 a.m. ET, with No. 8 seed Virginia (35-20, 14-16) facing the NC State-Duke winner. No. 5 seed Miami (36-17, 16-14) then plays the Stanford-California winner at 1 p.m. ET. No. 7 seed Virginia Tech (29-23, 15-15) matches up with the Notre Dame-Clemson winner at 5 p.m. ET, with No. 6 seed Wake Forest (38-18, 16-14) battling the Louisville-Pitt winner at 9 p.m. ET in the nightcap.
Thursday’s quarterfinal action features top-seeded Georgia Tech (45-9, 25-5) playing the Game 5 winner at 3 p.m. ET, and No. 4 seed Boston College (36-20, 17-13) facing the Game 6 winner at 7 p.m. ET. No. 2 seed North Carolina (43-10, 22-8) starts the Friday quarterfinal games at 3 p.m. ET against the Game 7 winner, and No. 3 seed Florida State (38-16, 19-11) follows at 7 p.m. ET versus the Game 8 winner.
The Thursday winners match up in the first Saturday semifinal at 1 p.m. ET, followed by the two Friday winners at 5 p.m. ET.
ACC Network will carry each of the games from Tuesday through Saturday. Sunday’s championship contest is scheduled for a noon ET start and will be carried nationally by ESPN2. Each game will also air live on Sirius XM ACC Radio channel 371.
The ACC Baseball Championship returns to Charlotte for the fourth time overall, each coming since 2021. Most recently, Duke won the 2024 ACC Baseball Championship in Charlotte, defeating Florida State 16-4 in the championship game. North Carolina enters the 2026 championship as the reigning league champions after winning the 2025 ACC Championship in Durham, North Carolina, last year.
2026 ACC Baseball Championship Schedule
Tuesday, May 19
Game 1 – No. 16 Duke vs. No. 9 NC State, 9 a.m.
Game 2 – No. 12 Stanford vs. No. 13 California, 1 p.m.
Game 3 – No. 15 Clemson vs. No. 10 Notre Dame, 5 p.m.
Game 4 – No. 14 Pitt vs. No. 11 Louisville, 9 p.m.Wednesday, May 20
Game 5 – Game 1 winner vs. No. 8 Virginia, 9 a.m.
Game 6 – Game 2 winner vs. No. 5 Miami, 1 p.m.
Game 7 – Game 3 winner vs. No. 7 Virginia Tech, 5 p.m.
Game 8 – Game 4 vs. No. 6 Wake Forest, 9 p.m.Thursday, May 21
Game 9 – Game 5 Winner vs. No. 1 Georgia Tech, 3 p.m.
Game 10 – Game 6 Winner vs. No. 4 Boston College, 7 p.m.Friday, May 22
Game 11 – Game 7 Winner vs. No. 2 North Carolina, 3 p.m.
Game 12 – Game 8 Winner vs. No. 3 Florida State, 7 p.m.Saturday, May 23
Game 13 – Game 9 vs. Game 10 Winner, 1 p.m.
Game 14 – Game 11 vs. Game 12 Winner, 5 p.m.Sunday, May 24 – Championship Game
Game 15 – Saturday Winners, Noon, ESPN2
All Tuesday through Saturday games air on ACC Network
All times Eastern
