NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championship: Full Bracket, Schedule & All First-Round Matches
The 2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championship field was officially announced on Monday, April 27, 2026. This year’s tournament features a 64-team single-elimination bracket, with 27 automatic bids going to conference champions and 37 at-large selections.
Tournament Details
Format: 64-team single-elimination
First & Second Rounds: Friday, May 1 – Saturday, May 2, 2026 (at 16 regional sites)
Super Regionals: Friday, May 8 or Saturday, May 9, 2026
Quarterfinals: Thursday, May 14, 2026
Semifinals: Saturday, May 16, 2026
National Championship: Sunday, May 17, 2026 at Dan Magill Tennis Complex, Athens, Georgia
Here is the complete list of first-round matchups:
Top Half
No. 1 Wake Forest vs. Navy
Gardner-Webb vs. Old Dominion
No. 2 Texas vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi
SMU vs. Princeton
No. 3 Ohio State vs. Buffalo
California vs. Kentucky
No. 4 Virginia vs. Rider
Columbia vs. St. John’s (NY)
Second Quarter
No. 5 Mississippi State vs. Tennessee Tech
Samford vs. Wisconsin
No. 6 TCU vs. Denver
Cornell vs. Arkansas
No. 7 LSU vs. Alabama State
Michigan vs. Pepperdine
No. 8 Arizona vs. Northern Arizona
Ole Miss vs. Clemson
Third Quarter
No. 9 Oklahoma vs. Utah State
Duke vs. Southern California
No. 10 Baylor vs. Tulsa
Auburn vs. Santa Clara
No. 11 Texas A&M vs. Wagner
Penn vs. Stanford
No. 12 Georgia vs. Elon
NC State vs. Middle Tennessee
Bottom Half
No. 13 South Carolina vs. Richmond
North Carolina vs. Michigan State
No. 14 Illinois vs. Yale
Notre Dame vs. Vanderbilt
No. 15 San Diego vs. UC Santa Barbara
Arizona State vs. UCLA
No. 16 UCF vs. South Carolina State
Florida vs. Stetson
Key Tournament Dates
Selection Show: Monday, April 27, 2026
First & Second Rounds: May 1–2, 2026
Super Regionals: May 8–9, 2026
Quarterfinals: May 14, 2026
Semifinals: May 16, 2026
National Championship: May 17, 2026 (Athens, Georgia)
Defending Champions
Wake Forest won the 2025 national championship, defeating TCU 4-2 in the final. It was the Demon Deacons’ second title in program history and their first since 2018. Wake Forest enters the 2026 tournament as the No. 1 overall seed.
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