Miami Hurricanes’ NCAA tournament path is set. Here’s where they’ll start
The Miami Hurricanes’ NCAA tournament path is set.
The Hurricanes (38-18) are the No. 2 seed in the Gainesville regional, hosted by the No. 8 national seed Florida Gators. No. 3 seed Troy and No. 4 seed Ryder round out the four-team bracket for the regional.
Miami plays Troy at 6 p.m. Friday to begin the tournament.
The NCAA announced the full 64-team field on Monday.
The NCAA tournament takes place in four rounds. It starts with 16 regionals, where groups of four play in a double-elimination format. Regionals will take place from Friday through June 1.
The 16 teams who advance from the regional round will then be grouped into pairs based off their national seeding — the team from the No. 1 seed regional plays the No. 16 seed regional’s winner, No. 2 plays No. 15, and so on and so forth. Those pairs will play a best-of-3 series in the super regional round. The Gainesville regional that Miami is in is paired with the Hattiesburg regional, hosted by No. 9 seed Southern Miss and also contains Jacksonville State, Virginia and Little Rock.
The eight super regional winners then move on to the Men’s College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, where the format essentially repeats itself. A double-elimination tournament narrows the field from eight teams to two, and the final two teams play a best-of-3 series for the national championship.
The Men’s College World Series will be played from June 12-22 at Charles Schwab Field.
Miami last reached the College World Series in 2016 and last won the national championship in 2001. The Hurricanes were one win away from advancing to Omaha last season but fell in three games to Louisville in the super regionals.
This story will be updated.
This story was originally published May 25, 2026 at 12:17 PM.
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