SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Notre Dame Baseball program and John P. and Catherine Murphy Head Baseball Coach Shawn Stiffler have announced the schedule for the 2026 spring season.
The 2026 schedule has the Irish squaring off against seven teams who competed in the 2025 NCAA Tournament in opponents LSU, Duke, Louisville, Clemson, North Carolina, NC State and Florida State. LSU and Louisville both advanced to the Men’s College World Series while LSU went on to take the 2025 championship. The full slate of competition is available here.
Notre Dame will begin the season on the road with a series at Florida Atlantic University (Feb. 13-15) before competing in the Live Like Lou Jax College Baseball Classic over February 20-22. At the prestigious event, the Irish take on Central Florida, LSU and Indiana. The Irish make a trip to Tennessee to face Alabama A&M, UIC and host Tennessee Tech from February 27 through March 1.
Notre Dame is slated for their home opener on March 3 against Eastern Michigan before beginning ACC play at Duke (Mar. 6-8). The Irish will travel to Queens for a single game on March 10 before closing out the spring break week at Louisville for an ACC series (Mar. 13-15).
The squad is then slated to have a two-week homestand with a midweek matchup against Central Michigan (Mar. 17), an ACC series against Clemson (Mar. 20-22), a midweek game against Western Michigan (Mar. 24) and a home series against North Carolina (Mar. 27-29).
The Irish travel to NC State for an ACC series to begin April (Apr. 2-4) and return home to host Michigan State (Apr. 8) ahead of a home ACC series against Virginia (Apr. 10-12). Notre Dame is then set to square off against in-state foe Valparaiso on April 14.
The team travels to Florida State for an ACC series from April 17-19 and makes the trek to East Lansing to face Michigan State on the road on April 22. The Irish host Boston College for a series (Apr. 24-26), Milwaukee for a midweek contest (Apr. 29), Stanford for a league series (May 1-3) and Oakland for a weekend series (May 8-10) to close out their home slate of competition.
The Irish will serve as the home team for a game at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio against Dayton on May 12 before ending the regular season at Pittsburgh (May 14-16).
The 2026 ACC Tournament will take place Tuesday, May 19 through Sunday, May 24 at Truist Field in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Irish will then look to claim a spot in the NCAA Tournament, with Regionals and Super Regionals culminating in the Men’s College World Series from June 12-22 in Omaha, Nebraska.