Ole Miss Baseball headed to Lincoln Regional; Rebels begin play vs. Arizona State
OXFORD, Miss. — The 2026 Road to Omaha was announced on Monday morning, and Ole Miss has been selected as the No. 2 seed in the Lincoln Regional. Ole Miss will take on regional No. 3 seed Arizona State (37-19) on Friday at 8:00 p.m. CTÂ on ESPN2.
Ole Miss joins host and No. 13 overall seed Nebraska (42-15), South Dakota State (24-31), and Arizona State (37-19) in the regional.
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Each regional consists of four teams playing in a double-elimination format. Regional winners will advance to best-of-three Super Regionals, with those eight winners advancing to the College World Series.
For super regional play, the Lincoln Regional is paired with the Auburn Regional. If No. 4 overall seed Auburn wins its regional, it would also host the super regional.
Ole Miss comes into the NCAA Baseball Tournament 36-21 overall and 15-15 in the SEC. The Rebels’ run in the SEC Baseball Tournament ended early as they lost their first game to Missouri 10-8 in the single elimination tournament.
A nation-leading seven Southeastern Conference baseball programs were selected among 16 regional hosts for the NCAA Baseball Championship, according to an announcement Sunday by the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Subcommittee.
The seven SEC schools named as NCAA Regional hosts were Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State, Texas and Texas A&M.
The Rebel Walk will have full coverage this afternoon from coach Mike Bianco and players about this weekend’s regional.
Adam Brown
Adam Brown returns to The Rebel Walk after being on the Ole Miss beat as a Sports Editor for over 13 years. He is a lifelong Oxford resident. Brown graduated from the University of Mississippi with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
Prior to The Rebel Walk, Brown was the sports editor of HottyToddy.com covering every Ole Miss sport and local high school sports in the community.
