2026 NCAA Men's Golf Championship: Match play field, pairings set for quarterfinals

CARLSBAD, Calif. — The men’s individual national champion has been crowned, which means one thing: it’s time for match play at the 2026 NCAA Women's Golf Championship.

>Auburn finished first after stroke play while Oklahoma State junior Preston Stout became the school's 10th NCAA individual champion, beating Alabama's William Jennings by a shot. In addition, there was a 4-for-2 playoff for the final match play spots.

>A reminder: Oklahoma State in 2018 is the only No. 1 seed after stroke play to go on and win the title in match play.

>The quarterfinals are set to begin on Tuesday morning and the semifinals to follow in the afternoon. On Wednesday, it'll be the final. (Note: all times ET, which is three hours ahead of Carlsbad).

NCAA Men's Golf Championship 2026 match play bracketNo. 1 Auburn vs. No. 8 UCLAQuarterfinal matches

Jackson Koivun vs. Nathan Wang, 10:40 a.m., 10th tee • >Logan Reilly vs. Dean Greyserman, 10:50 a.m. • >Jake Albert vs. Ethan Gao, 11 a.m. • >Josiah Gilbert vs. Jay Leng, 11:10 a.m. • >Cayden Pope vs. Edan Cui, 11:20 a.m.AuburnAppearances: 4

>Match Play Record: 4-1

>NCAA ranking: No. 1

StanfordAppearances: 4

>Match Play Record: 4-2

>NCAA ranking: No. 15

No. 4 Florida vs. No. 5 Oklahoma StateLuke Poulter vs. Eric Lee, 10:40 a.m., 1st tee • >Zach Swanwick vs. Ethan Fang, 10:50 a.m. • >Parker Sands vs. Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson, 11 a.m. • >Matthew Kress vs. Preston Stout, 11:10 a.m. • >Jack Turner vs. Gaven Lane, 11:20 a.m.FloridaAppearances: 3

>Match Play Record: 4-1

>NCAA ranking: No. 2

Oklahoma StateAppearances: 11

>Match Play Record: 13-8

>NCAA ranking: No. 5

No. 3 Vanderbilt vs. No. 6 ArizonaChase Nevins vs. Taishi Moto, 9:50 a.m., 1st tee • >Jon Ed Steed vs. Tianyi Xiong, 10 a.m. • >Will Hartman vs. Filip Jakubcik, 10:10 a.m. • >Ryan Downes vs. William Wistrand, 10:20 a.m. • >Wells Williams vs. Zach Pollo, 10:30 a.m.VanderbiltAppearances:

>Match Play Record:

>NCAA ranking:

ArizonaAppearances: 0

>Match Play Record: 0-0

>NCAA ranking: No. 12

No. 2 Texas vs. No. 7 UCLADaniel Bennett vs. Alex Papayoanou, 9:50 a.m., 10th tee • >Tommy Morrison vs. Josh Kim, 10 a.m. • >Christiaan Maas vs. Baylor Larrabee, 10:10 a.m. • >Luke Potter vs. Tyler Loree, 10:20 a.m. • >Matt Comegys vs. Kyle An, 10:30 a.m.TexasAppearances: 9

>Match Play Record: 10-6

>NCAA ranking: No. 3

UCLAAppearances: 5

>Match Play Record: 0-4

>NCAA ranking: No. 30

>This article originally appeared on Golfweek: NCAA Men's Golf Championship 2026: Match play bracket, pairings