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. The fortieth tournament's champion was Arizona, coached by Jerry Kindall. The Most Outstanding Player was Mike Senne of Arizona.

National seeds
Bold indicates CWS participant.


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

Regionals
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. The winners of each Regional advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

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

Notable players

 * 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

Tournament notes

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