Big West Championship is the game of the day

UC San Diego and UC Irvine combined to go 47-9! It's a rubber match where winner goes to the tournament, loser very likely doesn't (UCSD has a very slight chance as an at-large since they have a Q1A win to their name). UCSD is in their first year of DI eligibility, UC Irvine trying to make the tournament for the first time since 2019 (they won the regular season the previous two years but lost in the conference tournament).

This has to be the biggest game for the conference since 2005 when the title game was Utah State and #18 Pacific. This was the last time the Big West was a 2-bid league.