1986 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

The 1986 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its fortieth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Four regions held a four team, double-elimination tournament while the remaining four regions included six teams, resulting in 40 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The fortieth tournament's champion was Arizona, coached by Jerry Kindall. The Most Outstanding Player was Mike Senne of Arizona.

Bold indicates CWS participant.

• Florida State
• LSU
• Miami (FL)
• Texas
• UCLA

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, four consisting of four teams and four of six teams.^[2] The winners of each Regional advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

• Arizona: Chip Hale, Gil Heredia, Tommy Hinzo
• Florida State: Luis Alicea, Bien Figueroa, Richie Lewis, Mike Loynd, Paul Sorrento
• Indiana State: Mike Gardiner
• Loyola Marymount: Chris Donnels, Billy Bean, Tim Layana
• LSU: Albert Belle, Jeff Yurtin, Jim Bowie, Mark Guthrie, Barry Manuel, Jeff Reboulet, Jack Voigt
• Maine: Mike Bordick, Jeff Plympton
• Miami (FL): Chris Howard, Greg Vaughn
• Oklahoma State: Jeff Bronkey, Gordon Dillard, Monty Fariss, Tim Pugh, Robin Ventura, Scott Wilkinson

• In the Central Regional Arizona sets a tournament record scoring 26 runs in the first game.

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