ROSEMONT, Ill. \u2013 The Big Ten Conference has qualified seven teams for the 2026 NCAA Division I Men\u2019s Tennis Championship. Michigan State, ranked 25th by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, received the conference\u2019s automatic berth while No. 3 Ohio State, No. 14 Illinois, No. 19 USC, No. 21 UCLA, No. 34 Wisconsin and No. 39 Michigan earned at-large berths. Ohio State, seeded third overall, and Illinois, seeded 14th, will host first and second matches.<\/p>\n
The NCAA field includes 64 teams playing at 16 different sites for the first and second rounds, May 1-2. Sixteen teams advance to the Super Regionals on May 8-9 with eight teams moving on to the National Championship, May 14-17, at Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Georgia.<\/p>\n
Details on first round matches:<\/p>\n
Friday, May 1
Columbia, S.C. | Carolina Tennis Center
#43 North Carolina (15-11) vs. #25 Michigan State (18-8) \u2013 11 a.m. ET
The Spartans are making their third-straight NCAA appearance and fourth overall.<\/p>\n
Norman, Okla. | Headington Family Tennis Center
#42 Duke (15-13) vs. #19 USC (18-7) \u2013 12 p.m. ET
The Trojans have qualified for their 46th NCAA Tournament, having captured 21 national championships.<\/p>\n
Columbus, Ohio | Auer Tennis Complex
Buffalo (16-6) vs. #3 Ohio State (29-4) \u2013 1 p.m. ET
The Buckeyes will compete in the NCAA postseason for the 26th time and host opening round action for the 19th time in 20 years.<\/p>\n
Starkville, Miss. | A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre
#73 Samford (16-6) vs. #34 Wisconsin (17-7) \u2013 1 p.m. ET
The Badgers are making their eighth trip to the NCAAs having qualified for the first time since 2017.<\/p>\n
San Diego, Calif. | Hogan Tennis Center
#30 Arizona State (17-10) vs. #21 UCLA (17-7) \u2013 1 p.m. ET
The Bruins received their 48th NCAA berth, extending their streak to four-straight seasons. UCLA has won 16 national championships.<\/p>\n
Baton Rouge, La. | LSU Tennis Complex
#39 Michigan (13-10) vs. #27 Pepperdine (17-9) \u2013 3 p.m. ET
The Wolverines have qualified for the NCAAs for the 36th time overall and for the 10th-straight season.<\/p>\n
Urbana, Ill. | Atkins Tennis Center
#44 Yale (16-9) vs. #14 Illinois (22-7) \u2013 7 p.m. ET
The Fighting Illini are making a trip to the NCAAs for the fourth-straight year and for the 29th time in program history. Illinois won the national title in 2003<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ROSEMONT, Ill. \u2013 The Big Ten Conference has qualified seven teams for the 2026 NCAA Division I Men\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[35722,49,48,35725,35724,35726,35730,82,35728,865,35723,35727,35729,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-633051","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-big-ten","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-college-basketball-scores","12":"tag-college-football-scores","13":"tag-college-volleyball-scores","14":"tag-player-statistics","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-sports-information","17":"tag-sports-news","18":"tag-sports-scores","19":"tag-sports-videos","20":"tag-team-statistics","21":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}