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2026 California Golden Bears baseball team

The 2026 California Golden Bears baseball team represents the University of California, Berkeley in the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Golden Bears play their home games at Evans Diamond. This will be their second season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and will be led by Mike Neu in his 9th season at Cal.

2026 California Golden Bears baseball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record29–26 (12–18 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Chris Bodishbaugh (4th season)
  • Chad Highberger (6th season)
Hitting coachBrett Wallace
Home stadiumEvans Diamond
Seasons
← 2025
2027 →
2026 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 Georgia Tech ‍†‍‡‍y 25–5–0 .83345–9–0 .833
No. 4 North Carolina ‍‍‍y 22–8–0 .73343–10–1 .806
No. 12 Florida State ‍‍‍y 19–11–0 .63338–16–0 .704
Boston College ‍‍‍y 17–13–0 .56736–20–0 .643
Wake Forest ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .53338–18–0 .679
Miami (FL) ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .53336–17–0 .679
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍y 15–15–0 .50029–23–0 .558
Virginia ‍‍‍y 14–16–0 .46736–20–0 .643
NC State ‍‍‍y 14–16–0 .46732–21–0 .604
Louisville ‍‍‍ 13–17–0 .43330–26–0 .536
Notre Dame ‍‍‍ 13–17–0 .43330–21–0 .588
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 13–17–0 .43328–25–0 .528
California  ‍‍‍ 12–18–0 .40029–26–0 .527
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍ 11–19–0 .36730–23–0 .566
Clemson ‍‍‍ 10–20–0 .33331–25–0 .554
Duke ‍‍‍ 10–20–0 .33325–31–0 .446
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 17, 2026[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season

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The 2025 California Golden Bears baseball team posted a 24–31 (9–21) season record, good for last place in the ACC. As a 16th seed in the ACC Tournament, they would beat 9th seed Miami (FL) in 8th inning in the First Round, 8th seed Wake Forest in the Second Round, but would lose to top (1st) seed Georgia Tech in the Quarterfinals ending their season after they didn't get an invite to the NCAA Tournament.

Preseason

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Coaches poll

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ACC coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Georgia Tech237 (7)
2North Carolina236 (6)
3Florida State221 (1)
4Louisville196
5Clemson185 (2)
6NC State169
7Virginia165
8Miami159
9Wake Forest145
10Stanford99
11Virginia Tech89
12Notre Dame87
13Duke67
14Pittsburgh45
15California41
16Boston College35

Source:[2]

Roster

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2026 California Golden Bears roster[3]
 

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

  

Outfielders

Two Way Players

Coaches

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2026 California Golden Bears baseball coaching staff[3]
  • Mike Neu – Head coach – 9th season
  • Chris Bodishbaugh – Pitching/Assistant coach – 4th season
  • Brett Wallace – Hitting/Assistant coach – 2nd season
  • Anthony Gilich – Assistant coach – 1st season

Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at California.

Personnel

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Starters

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Opening Night Lineup
Pos.No.Player.Year
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Weekend pitching rotation
DayNo.Player.Year
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Offseason

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2025 MLB draft

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2025 MLB draft class
Round Pick Overall pick Player Position MLB team

Schedule and results

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2026 California Golden Bears baseball game log (Overall: 13–6; Conference: 0–2); (Home: 9–2; Away: 4–4)
Regular season (13–6)
February (7–3)
(Home; 3–1; Away: 4–2)
Date
Time		OpponentRankTVVenueScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordACC record
February 13Santa Clara*ACCNXEvans Diamond
Berkeley, CA		2–13Baylesde la Torre—6480–1–
February 14Santa Clara*ACCNXEvans Diamond5–4ClarkLanz—7281–1–
February 14Santa Clara*ACCNXEvans Diamond4–3LopezSchreiber—7282–1–
February 16at Santa Clara*ESPN+Stephen Schott Stadium
Santa Clara, CA		4–10ChowRussell—4802–2–
February 20at UC Irvine*ESPN+Anteater Ballpark
Irvine, CA		3–5Hansende la TorreRodgers1,0312–3–
February 21at UC Irvine*ESPN+Anteater Ballpark11–2FoleyOjedaEspinoza9843–3–
February 22at UC Irvine*ESPN+Anteater Ballpark4–2EddyCastlesKreis8944–3–
February 24UC Davis*ACCNXEvans DiamondCancelled due to inclement weather[4]4–3–
February 25at UC Davis*ESPN+Dobbins Stadium
Davis, CA		7–2GroveSpeights—5125–3–
February 27Sacramento State*ACCNXEvans Diamond5–4ClarkMarton—5926–3–
February 28at Sacramento State*WAC InternationalJohn Smith Field
Sacramento, CA		8–2FoleyWilsonOtto5917–3–
March (6–3)
(Home; 6–1; Away: 0–2)
Date
Time		OpponentRankTVVenueScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordACC record
March 1Sacramento State*ACCNXEvans Diamond3–2EddyTimothyClark6018–3–
March 4Cal State Bakersfield*ACCNXEvans Diamond15–6RoachMyers2809–3–
March 6San Diego*ACCNXEvans Diamond11–1de la TorreGutierrez38810–3–
March 7San Diego*ACCNXEvans Diamond15–9KreisPiper52411–3–
March 7San Diego*ACCNXEvans Diamond9–1OttoPalencia52412–3–
March 8San Diego*ACCNXEvans Diamond5–2EddyDeschryverColombara52413–3–
March 10at San Jose State*Mountain West NetworkExcite Ballpark
San Jose, CA		2–3DukeKreis38813–4–
March 13No. 15 North CarolinaACCNXEvans Diamond1–8DeCarode la TorreGlauber60513–50–1
March 14No. 15 North CarolinaACCNXEvans Diamond2–6LynchFoley67213–60–2
March 15No. 15 North CarolinaACCNXEvans Diamond2–10McDuffieEddy67413–70–3
March 17UConn*ACCNXEvans Diamond––
March 20at Boston CollegePellagrini Diamond
Boston, MA		––
March 21at Boston CollegePellagrini Diamond––
March 22at Boston CollegePellagrini Diamond––
March 27at Wake ForestDavid F. Couch Ballpark
Winston-Salem, NC		––
March 28at Wake ForestDavid F. Couch Ballpark––
March 29at Wake ForestDavid F. Couch Ballpark––
March 31Saint Mary's*ACCNXEvans Diamond––
April (0–0)
(Home; 0–0; Away: 0–0)
Date
Time		OpponentRankTVVenueScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordACC record
May (0–0)
(Home; 0–0; Away: 0–0)
Date
Time		OpponentRankTVVenueScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordACC record
Postseason (0-0)
Date
Time		OpponentRankTVVenueScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordTournament record
"#" represents ranking. All rankings from D1 Baseball Poll on the date of the contest.
"()" represents postseason seeding in the ACC Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.
  = Win,   = Loss,   = Canceled/Postponed
Bold = California Golden Bears team member
* = Non-Conference Game
Schedule Source:[5]


Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
Coaches'[6]——*——RV—
Baseball America[7]——————
NCBWA†[8]————RV—
D1Baseball[9]——————
Perfect Game[10]——————

† NCBWA ranks 30 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 25 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

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  1. ↑ "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Georgia Tech Tops 2026 ACC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll". theacc.com. January 29, 2026. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
  3. 1 2 "2026 Baseball Roster". California Golden Bears. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Tuesday's Game Against UC Davis Canceled".
  5. ↑ "2026 Baseball Schedule". Cal Athletics. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  6. ↑ Baseball Coaches Poll
  7. ↑ Baseball America College: Top 25
  8. ↑ NCBWA Division I poll
  9. ↑ D1 Baseball
  10. ↑ Perfect Game Top 25 Rankings
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