BATON ROUGE — LSU baseball released its 2026 season schedule Tuesday afternoon.

The Tigers, who are the reigning NCAA College World Series champions, open up the season Feb. 13 with a three-game series against Milwaukee while Southeastern Conference play gets started March 13 with a series on the road at Vanderbilt.

Head coach Jay Johnson welcomes back a few starters and key contributors from last season’s national championship winning squad, headlined by the entire starting outfield of Derek Curiel, Chris Stanfield and Jake Brown, as well as shortstop Steven Milam.

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LSU signed one of the top transfer portal classes again, addressing a number of needs like left-handed pitching, as well as at the infield corners, with Brayden Simpson from High Point, Trent Caraway from Oregon State and Zach Yorke from Grand Canyon.

Highlights from LSU’s 56-game schedule is its participation in the Live Like Lou Jax College Baseball Classic in Jacksonville, Florida where it’ll face Notre Dame, Indiana and Central Florida from Feb. 20-22. There are two nonconference games at Alex Box Stadium against Northeastern, a mid-major that’s built a solid reputation in college baseball and LSU will play at Louisiana on March 4, while it will host Tulane for a midweek game later in the season, May 5.

In conference play, Vandy, Ole Miss, Georgia and Florida rotate onto LSU’s schedule for series that will be expected to be ranked matchups.

LSU baseball schedule 2026: Full list of gamesFeb. 13-15 MilwaukeeFeb. 16 Kent StateFeb. 18 Nicholls StateFeb. 20 Indiana (Live Like Lou Jax College Baseball Classic, Jacksonville, Fla.)Feb. 21 Notre Dame (Live Like Lou Jax College Baseball Classic, Jacksonville, Fla.)Feb. 22 UCF (Live Like Lou Jax College Baseball Classic, Jacksonville, Fla.)Feb. 24 McNeese StateFeb. 27 DartmouthFeb. 28 NortheasternMarch 1 DartmouthMarch 2 NortheasternMarch 4 at LouisianaMarch 6-8 Sacramento StateMarch 10 CreightonMarch 13-15 at Vanderbilt*March 17 Grambling StateMarch 20-22 Oklahoma*March 24 Louisiana TechMarch 27-29 Kentucky*March 31 SouthernApril 3-5 at Tennessee*April 7 Bethune CookmanApril 10-12 at Ole Miss*April 14 Northwestern StateApril 17-19 Texas A&M*April 21 New OrleansApril 24-26 at Mississippi State*April 28 Southeastern LouisianaMay 1-3 South Carolina*May 5 TulaneMay 8-10 at Georgia*May 14-16 Florida*May 19-24 SEC Tournanment (Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Hoover, Ala.)May 29-June 1 NCAA RegionalsJune 5-8 NCAA Super RegionalsJune 12-22 College World Series

Cory Diaz covers the LSU Tigers for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow his Tigers coverage on Twitter: @ByCoryDiaz. Got questions regarding LSU athletics? Send them to Cory Diaz at bdiaz@gannett.com.