The Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament is here, and that means a new format to follow.UCLA earned the top seed by running away with the regular season. That gives the Bruins an automatic bid in the quarterfinals, which begin on Friday. They're joined by 2-seed Nebraska, 3-seed Oregon, and 4-seed USC.Seeds 5-12 must make it through a pair of double-elimination brackets to advance to the quarterfinals. All qualifiers from the double-elimination brackets need two wins to advance.Once the quarterfinals begin on Friday, a single-elimination format is followed to determine the Big Ten Conference Tournament champion. Nebraska is the two-time reigning tournament champion.Nebraska players hold up the trophy after winning the 2025 Big Ten Baseball Tournament. | Nebraska AthleticsFollow along below for all the results. Every game will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network.All times central.Double Elimination Bracket 1Tuesday, May 19Game 1: #5 Purdue vs. #12 Michigan State at 9 a.m.Game 2: #8 Iowa vs. #9 Illinois at 1 p.m.Wednesday, May 20Game 5: G1 loser vs. G2 loser at 9 a.m.Game 7: G1 winner vs. G2 winner at 5 p.m.Thursday, May 21Game 9: G5 winner vs. G7 loser at 2 p.m.Double Elimination Bracket 2Tuesday, May 19Game 3: #7 Michigan vs. #10 Rutgers at 5 p.m.Game 4: #6 Ohio State vs. #11 Washington at 9 p.m.Wednesday, May 20Game 6: G3 loser vs. G4 loser at 1 p.m.Game 8: G3 winner vs. G4 winner at 9 p.m.Thursday, May 21Game 10: G6 winner vs. G8 loser at 6 p.m.Single Elimination BracketFriday, May 22 (Quarterfinals)Game 11: #4 USC vs. G7 winner at 9 a.m.Game 12: #1 UCLA vs. G9 winner at 1 p.m.Game 13: #2 Nebraska vs. G10 winner at 5 p.m.Game 14: #3 Oregon vs. G8 winner at 9 p.m.Saturday, May 23 (Semifinals)Game 15: G11 winner vs. G12 winner at 2 p.m.Game 16: G13 winner vs. G14 winner at 6 p.m.Sunday, May 24 (Championship)Game 17: G15 winner vs. G16 winner at 2 p.m.Big Ten Baseball Bracket | Big Ten ConferenceBig Ten Baseball Tournament HistoryThe Big Ten Baseball Tournament has been played nearly every year since 1981, taking off just 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Host sites have included Ann Arbor, Minneapolis, Columbus, Champaign, State College, Iowa City, Bloomington, and Omaha.From 1981 to 1999, the tournament used a double-elimination format with four teams. For the first seven years, qualifying teams were from the East and West divisions. The field expanded to six teams in 2000, before moving to eight teams in 2014 and 12 teams in 2025.Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Neb. | Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORKWith the latest conference realignment bringing in Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington, the regular double-elimination format was dropped in 2025. Instead, pool play determined who advanced to the single-elimination quarterfinals. That format was dropped after just one run, with this year's use of two double-elimination brackets to determine the second half of the single-elimination field for the weekend.Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio State are tied for the most conference tournament titles at 10 each. Nebraska is the reigning tournament champion, having won each of the last two editions going into 2026.Below are the champions from each year.1981 Michigan1982 Minnesota1983 Michigan1984 Michigan1985 Minnesota1986 Michigan1987 Michigan1988 Minnesota1989 Illinois1990 Illinois1991 Ohio State1992 Minnesota1993 Minnesota1994 Ohio State1995 Ohio State1996 Indiana1997 Ohio State1998 Minnesota1999 Michigan2000 Illinois2001 Minnesota2002 Ohio State2003 Ohio State2004 Minnesota2005 Ohio State2006 Michigan2007 Ohio State2008 Michigan2009 Indiana2010 Minnesota2011 Illinois2012 Purdue2013 Indiana2014 Indiana2015 Michigan2016 Ohio State2017 Iowa2018 Minnesota2019 Ohio State2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic2022 Michigan2023 Maryland2024 Nebraska2025 NebraskaHave a question or comment for Kaleb? Send an email to kalebhenry.huskermax@gmail.com.Add us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow