NEW ORLEANS, La. — For the first time in conference history, five Sun Belt baseball programs will represent the conference in NCAA Baseball Regionals from Friday, May 29, to Monday, June 1. The Sun Belt has been a multi-bid conference in 31-of-37 campaigns since 1989, including earning four-or-more bids in four of the last five seasons. 
 
The Sun Belt is 1-of-4 conferences with five-or-more teams in the NCAA field, joining the SEC, ACC and Big 12. 
 
Sun Belt regular-season and tournament champion Southern Miss will host a regional at Pete Taylor Park for a second-straight year, giving the conference five regional hosts over the past five seasons—No. 9 Southern Miss (2026), No. 13 Coastal Carolina (2025), No. 16 Southern Miss (2025), No. 10 Coastal Carolina (2023) and No. 16 Georgia Southern (2022). 
 
No. 9 national seed Southern Miss (44-15) will commence its 10th-straight and 22nd all-time NCAA appearance against Ohio Valley Conference tournament champion Little Rock (36-26) at 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT on Friday, May 29, on ESPN+. Conference USA regular-season and tournament champion Jacksonville State (46-13) and Virginia (36-21) will also compete in Hattiesburg, Miss. 

     
 
Sun Belt regular-season runner-up Coastal Carolina (37-21) is bound for the Tallahassee Regional at Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium. The Chanticleers, who are making their 22nd all-time NCAA appearance and seventh over the past eight seasons, will take on MAC tournament champion Northern Illinois (35-17) in their regional opener at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on Friday, May 29, on ESPN+. No. 10 national seed Florida State (38-17) and Big East regular-season and tournament champion St. John’s (33-24) will also compete in Tallahassee, Fla. 
 
Sun Belt tournament runner-up Louisiana (39-23) is bound for the Starkville Regional at Dudy Noble Field. The Ragin’ Cajuns, who are making their 20th all-time NCAA appearance and fourth over the past five seasons, will take on Cincinnati (37-20) at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT on Friday, May 29, on ESPN+. No. 14 national seed Mississippi State (40-17) and ASUN tournament champion Lipscomb (29-24) will also compete in Starkville, Miss. 

      
 
Troy (32-29) is bound for the Gainesville Regional at Condron Family Ballpark. The Trojans, who return to the tournament for the first time since 2023 after narrowly missing the field in 2024 and 2025, are making their 23rd all-time NCAA appearance. Troy will take on Miami (38-18) at 6 p.m. ET/5 p.m. CT on Friday, May 29, on ACC Network. No. 8 national seed Florida (39-19) and MAAC regular-season and tournament champion Rider (33-18) will also compete in Gainesville, Fla. 
 
Texas State (36-24) is bound for the College Station Regional at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park. The Bobcats, who are making their seventh all-time NCAA appearance and first since 2022, will take on USC (43-15) at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT on Friday, May 29, on ESPN+. No. 12 national seed Texas A&M (39-14) and Southland tournament champion Lamar (34-25) will also compete in College Station, Texas. 


 
The Sun Belt’s first-ever appearance in the College World Series championship series in 2025 came on the heels of a four-season span in which it sent 14 teams to NCAA Baseball Regionals, 10 to NCAA Baseball Regional finals and two to NCAA Baseball Super Regionals. With five teams in NCAA Baseball Regionals in 2026, the conference will look to add to those tallies. 
 
The winner of each double-elimination regional tournament will compete in NCAA Super Regionals from June 5-8, with the Super Regional victors advancing to the 2026 College World Series in Omaha, Neb., from June 12-22.