2026 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball team

2026 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record12–2 (3–0 Big West)
Head coach
Associate head coachMatt Fonteno (7th season)
Assistant coachKyle Hunt (2nd season)
Pitching coachDylan Jones (7th season)
Home stadiumCaesar Uyesaka Stadium
2026 Big West Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 3 0   1.000 12 2   .857
Cal Poly  ‍‍‍ 3 0   1.000 8 7   .533
Cal State Northridge  ‍‍‍ 2 1   .667 9 6   .600
UC Davis  ‍‍‍ 2 1   .667 7 8   .467
Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍ 2 1   .667 6 9   .400
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍ 1 2   .333 9 7   .563
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 1 2   .333 6 10   .375
UC Riverside  ‍‍‍ 1 2   .333 4 12   .250
UC San Diego  ‍‍‍ 0 0   4 10   .286
Hawai'i  ‍‍‍ 0 3   .000 8 7   .533
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 0 3   .000 4 11   .267
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of March 9, 2026
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2026 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball team represent the University of California, Santa Barbara during the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gauchos will play their home games at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium as a member of the Big West Conference. They are led by head coach Andrew Checketts in his fifteenth season as manager. The top five teams in the Big West Conference will play in the conference's postseason tournament, with the winner receiving the automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA tournament.