Arizona baseball will have a five-game homestand between neutral-site tournaments to open the 2026 season, according to the schedule released Wednesday.

After beginning the season in the previously announced College Baseball Series in Surprise, the Wildcats will face Nebraska Omaha on Tuesday, Feb. 17, in the home opener at Hi Corbett Field. Arizona then will host UConn for a four-game series Feb. 20-23.

The Wildcats close February at the Las Vegas Classic before a four-game homestand that features a midweek game vs. Grand Canyon (March 3) and a three-game series vs. Fresno State (March 6-8).

Arizona plays 29 home games in all. The first Big 12 Conference home series is March 20-22 vs. Texas Tech. The UA hosts Arizona State April 2-4, a Thursday-Saturday series ahead of Easter Sunday.

Arizona faces ASU twice in Phoenix in nonconference midweek games. The first, on March 10, precedes the start of league play at Utah (March 13-15).

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The final home series is May 8-10 vs. Houston. Arizona wraps up the regular season May 14-16 at Oklahoma State.

Arizona head coach Chip Hale greets his Wildcats during the introductions before UA’s game against Hermosillo in the Mexican Baseball Fiesta on Oct. 2, 2025, at Kino Stadium.

Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star

The Big 12 Baseball Championship in Surprise is the following week. NCAA regionals begin May 29.

Arizona plays 25 games against 11 teams that made the NCAA Tournament last season.

All UA home games and Big 12 contests will be streamed on ESPN+. Some of the latter could be moved to a linear ESPN network.

2026 ARIZONA BASEBALL SCHEDULE

Friday, Feb. 13: vs. Stanford at Surprise*, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 14: vs. Oregon State at Surprise*, 2 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 15: vs. Michigan at Surprise*, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 17: vs. Nebraska Omaha, 6 p.m., ESPN+

Friday, Feb. 20: vs. UConn, 6 p.m., ESPN+

Saturday, Feb. 21: vs. UConn, 6 p.m., ESPN+

Sunday, Feb. 22: vs. UConn, 1 p.m., ESPN+

Monday, Feb. 23: vs. UConn, noon, ESPN+

Friday, Feb. 27: vs. Oregon at Las Vegas**, 7 p.m., D1Baseball Stream

Saturday, Feb. 28: vs. Vanderbilt at Las Vegas**, 5 p.m., D1Baseball Stream

Sunday, March 1: vs. UC Irvine at Las Vegas**, 4 p.m., D1Baseball Stream

Tuesday, March 3: vs. Grand Canyon, 6 p.m., ESPN+

Friday, March 6: vs. Fresno State, 6 p.m., ESPN+

Saturday, March 7: vs. Fresno State, 6 p.m., ESPN+

Sunday, March 8: vs. Fresno State, noon, ESPN+

Tuesday, March 10: at Arizona State, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, March 13: at Utah, 5 p.m.

Saturday, March 14: at Utah, 1 p.m.

Sunday, March 15: at Utah, noon

Tuesday, March 17: vs. New Mexico, 6 p.m., ESPN+

Friday, March 20: vs. Texas Tech, 6 p.m., ESPN+

Saturday, March 21: vs. Texas Tech 6 p.m., ESPN+

Sunday, March 22: vs. Texas Tech, noon, ESPN+

Tuesday, March 24: vs. Grand Canyon, 6 p.m., ESPN+

Friday, March 27: at UCF, TBA

Saturday, March 28: at UCF, TBA

Sunday, March 29: at UCF, TBA

Tuesday, March 31: vs. West Virginia, 6 p.m., ESPN+

Thursday, April 2: vs. Arizona State, 6 p.m., ESPN+

Friday, April 3: vs. Arizona State, 6 p.m., ESPN+

Saturday, April 4: vs. Arizona State, 6 p.m., ESPN+

Wednesday, April 8: vs. New Mexico State, 6 p.m., ESPN+

Friday, April 10: at TCU, 4 p.m.

Saturday, April 11: at TCU, noon

Sunday, April 12: at TCU, 11 a.m.

Monday, April 13: at Arizona State, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, April 17: vs. Kansas State, 6 p.m., ESPN+

Saturday, April 18: vs. Kansas State, 6 p.m., ESPN+

Sunday, April 19: vs. Kansas State, noon, ESPN+

Thursday, April 23: vs. BYU 6 p.m., ESPN+

Friday, April 24: vs. BYU 6 p.m., ESPN+

Saturday, April 25: vs. BYU noon, ESPN+

Tuesday, April 28: at Grand Canyon, TBA

Friday, May 1: at Kansas, 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 2: at Kansas, noon

Sunday, May 3: at Kansas, 11 a.m.

Wednesday, May 6: vs. New Mexico State, 6 p.m., ESPN+

Friday, May 8: vs. Houston, 6 p.m., ESPN+

Saturday, May 9: vs. Houston 6 p.m.., ESPN+

Sunday, May 10: vs. Houston, noon, ESPN+

Thursday, May 14: at Oklahoma State, TBA

Friday, May 15: at Oklahoma State, TBA

Saturday, May 16: at Oklahoma State, TBA

(*—College Baseball Series at Surprise Stadium; **—Las Vegas Classic at Las Vegas Ballpark)

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