NCAA2025–26 NCAA Baseball Rules
BUILT-IN ENGINE
ASK NCAA
Describe the play
EXAMPLE
CREWThis selection controls the mechanics engine. You do not need to say it.
3-MAN
Recording…Speak the play naturally.0:00
V10.9 COGNITIVE CHECKOnly material facts — inferred when baseball already tells us
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Air-ball mechanics detectedUmpireIQ reads the play first. It only asks you for a detail when that detail changes the CCA mechanic.
READ
Need one detail
RESULT
Need one detail
CF MOVEMENTOnly appears when a trouble ball to straight center cannot be assigned correctly without the fielder’s movement.
Baseball Voice starts a fresh play each time you record. It clears the previous transcript and old routine/trouble or catch/no-catch choices before analyzing the new play.
PLAY READ
Here’s what I heard
OUTS ?
COGNITIVE READ
How UmpireIQ is thinking
World state & audit
Reading NCAA…Matching the exact situation to the selected book.
THE CALL • OBR
Interpretation
CCA MECHANIC—
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PLAY FORK
What changes next?
The catch/no-catch result changes downstream tag-ups, rotations and base ownership. UmpireIQ calculates both when you do not state the result.
LIVE FIELD
Watch the crew work the play
UMPIRE VIEW
OUTS ?
3-MAN
Pre-pitch positions
Umpire Runner Ball Responsibility / sight line
Run the whole play continuously, or choose one umpire under UMPIRE VIEW to follow that official’s responsibilities and sight lines. Starting positions are locked to the selected CCA crew and runner configuration.
GRID 1
Fly-ball coverage
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GRID 2
Runner, tag-up & touch responsibilities
GRID 3
Base & rotation responsibilities
CREW VIEW
3-MAN
Complete crew responsibilities
RULEBOOK PROOF
Why this answer is supported
CROSS-CODE CHECK
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