2022 NCAA Division I softball season

2022 NCAA Division I softball season
Duration	February 10, 2022 – June 9, 2022
Number of teams	301
Preseason No. 1	Oklahoma
Defending Champions	Oklahoma
TV partner/s	ESPN & ESPN+
NCAA Tournament
Duration	May 20 – June 9
Most conference bids	SEC, 12 bids
Women's College World Series
Duration	June 2 – June 9
Champions	Oklahoma (6th title)
Runners-up	Texas (6th WCWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Patty Gasso (6th title)
WCWS MOP	Jocelyn Alo
Seasons
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The 2022 NCAA Division I softball season, part of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2022. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2022 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2022 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held annually in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended in June 2022.

Realignment

The following conference moves for the 2022 season were announced:

• Five schools left the Southland Conference. Abilene Christian, Lamar, Sam Houston, and Stephen F. Austin moved to the WAC, ^[1] and Central Arkansas left for the ASUN. ^[2]
• The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference lost three members. Bethune–Cookman ^[3] and Florida A&M ^[4] joined the Southwestern Athletic Conference, and North Carolina A&T joined the Big South Conference. ^[5]
• The Ohio Valley Conference lost Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State to the ASUN. ^[2]
• The Summit League gained St. Thomas from NCAA Division III's Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference after the reception of a waiver for a direct transition to D-I. ^[6]

Season outlook

Further information: 2022 NCAA Division I softball rankings

USA Today/NFCA DI Coaches Poll [7] Ranking Team 1 Oklahoma 2 Alabama 3 UCLA 4 Florida State 5 Oklahoma State 6 Florida 7 Washington 8 Arkansas 9 Arizona 10 Texas 11 Missouri 12 Georgia 13 Virginia Tech 14 LSU 15 Clemson 16 Michigan 17 James Madison 18 Oregon 19 Kentucky 20 Duke 21 Arizona State 22 Tennessee 23 Louisiana 24 Liberty 25 Wichita State

ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Poll [8] Ranking Team 1 Oklahoma 2 Alabama 3 UCLA 4 Oklahoma State 5 Florida 6 Florida State 7 Washington 8 Texas 9 Arkansas 10 Virginia Tech 11 Arizona 12 Missouri 13 Michigan 14 Clemson 15 LSU 16 Tennessee 17 Oregon 18 Duke 19 Georgia 20 Kentucky 21 Arizona State 22 James Madison 23 Louisiana 24 Northwestern 25 Wichita State

D1Softball [9] Ranking Team 1 Oklahoma 2 Alabama 3 Oklahoma State 4 UCLA 5 Florida 6 Florida State 7 Washington 8 Arkansas 9 Texas 10 Missouri 11 Virginia Tech 12 Michigan 13 Duke 14 Clemson 15 Arizona 16 Oregon 17 LSU 18 Tennessee 19 Georgia 20 Kentucky 21 Arizona State 22 Louisiana 23 Northwestern 24 Liberty 25 James Madison

Softball America [10] Ranking Team 1 Oklahoma 2 Oklahoma State 3 Alabama 4 UCLA 5 Florida State 6 Florida 7 Arizona 8 Washington 9 Missouri 10 Arkansas 11 Texas 12 Virginia Tech 13 Michigan 14 Clemson 15 Duke 16 LSU 17 Oregon 18 Georgia 19 Louisiana 20 Kentucky 21 Arizona State 22 James Madison 23 Tennessee 24 Liberty 25 Wichita State

Conference standings

2022 America East Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT UMBC  ‍†‍‡‍y 12 – 6   .667 31 – 12   .721 Stony Brook  ‍‍‍ 10 – 6   .625 31 – 16   .660 Albany  ‍‍‍ 10 – 6   .625 25 – 17   .595 UMass Lowell  ‍‍‍ 10 – 7   .588 28 – 20   .583 Binghamton  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8   .467 22 – 23   .489 Hartford  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13   .278 17 – 29   .370 Maine  ‍‍‍ 4 – 12   .250 8 – 37   .178 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [11] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today	2022 American Athletic Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 21 UCF  ‍†‍‡‍y 16 – 2 – 0   .889 49 – 14 – 0   .778 Wichita State  ‍‍‍y 14 – 4 – 0   .778 34 – 18 – 0   .654 South Florida  ‍‍‍y 12 – 5 – 0   .706 45 – 16 – 0   .738 Houston  ‍‍‍ 8 – 9 – 1   .472 27 – 27 – 1   .500 Tulsa  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9 – 1   .441 18 – 30 – 1   .378 East Carolina  ‍‍‍ 2 – 16 – 0   .111 20 – 36 – 0   .357 Memphis  ‍‍‍ 2 – 16 – 0   .111 16 – 38 – 0   .296 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [12] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today	2022 ASUN Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT East Division Liberty  x‍‍‡‍y 23 – 1   .958 44 – 18   .710 North Florida  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8   .667 42 – 17   .712 Kennesaw State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 23 – 28   .451 Stetson  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 21 – 35   .375 Florida Gulf Coast  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 18 – 33   .353 Jacksonville  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 15 – 31   .326 West Division Central Arkansas  x‍‍‍ 17 – 7   .708 37 – 21   .638 North Alabama  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9   .625 40 – 20   .667 Jacksonville State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 31 – 24   .564 Lipscomb  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 20 – 32   .385 Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 13 – 36   .265 Bellarmine  ‍‍‍ 1 – 23   .042 10 – 41   .196 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [13] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today
2022 Atlantic 10 Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT George Washington  ‍†‍‍ 21 – 3   .875 36 – 16   .692 Fordham  ‍‍‡‍y 15 – 8   .652 30 – 23   .566 Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍ 14 – 8   .636 23 – 23   .500 Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 13 – 10   .565 22 – 29   .431 Dayton  ‍‍‍ 12 – 11   .522 22 – 25   .468 George Mason  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 24 – 26   .480 UMass  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 19 – 32   .373 Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ 4 – 20   .167 11 – 36   .234 St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍ 1 – 23   .042 8 – 38   .174 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [14] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today	2022 Atlantic Coast Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 10 Virginia Tech  ‍†‍‍y 21 – 2   .913 46 – 10   .821 No. 12 Duke  ‍‍‍y 19 – 3   .864 44 – 11   .800 No. 13 Florida State  ‍‍‡‍y 19 – 5   .792 54 – 7   .885 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 16 – 5   .762 40 – 12   .769 No. 16 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 14 – 10   .583 42 – 17   .712 Virginia  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 28 – 26   .519 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 38 – 18   .679 Louisville  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 27 – 25   .519 Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 7 – 15   .318 26 – 21   .553 NC State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 33 – 23   .589 North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 23 – 28   .451 Boston College  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 20 – 27   .426 Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 2 – 20   .091 14 – 27   .341 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 14, 2022 [15] Rankings from NFCA	2022 Big 12 Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 1 Oklahoma  ‍†‍‍y 17 – 1 – 0   .944 59 – 3 – 0   .952 No. 7 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‡‍y 14 – 4 – 0   .778 48 – 14 – 0   .774 No. 17 Texas  ‍‍‍y 12 – 6 – 0   .667 47 – 22 – 1   .679 Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12 – 0   .333 28 – 27 – 0   .509 Baylor  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12 – 0   .333 32 – 24 – 0   .571 Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13 – 0   .278 22 – 27 – 0   .449 Kansas  ‍‍‍ 3 – 15 – 0   .167 20 – 36 – 0   .357 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 9, 2022 [16] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today
2022 Big East Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT UConn  ‍†‍‍ 20 – 4   .833 38 – 18   .679 Butler  ‍‍‍ 16 – 6   .727 31 – 17   .646 Villanova  ‍‍‡‍y 16 – 7   .696 32 – 24   .571 DePaul  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8   .667 29 – 24   .547 Providence  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 25 – 21   .543 Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 9 – 14   .391 20 – 23   .465 Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 5 – 16   .238 15 – 28   .349 Creighton  ‍‍‍ 5 – 17   .227 15 – 27   .357 St. John's  ‍‍‍ 5 – 18   .217 12 – 35   .255 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 5, 2022 [17] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today	2022 Big Sky Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Weber State  ‍†‍‡‍y 13 – 1   .929 38 – 10   .792 Sacramento State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667 30 – 25   .545 Portland State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5   .667 28 – 18   .609 Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 23 – 30   .434 Idaho State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 25 – 27   .481 Montana  ‍‍‍ 6 – 11   .353 20 – 27   .426 Southern Utah  ‍‍‍ 0 – 18   .000 3 – 40   .070 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [18] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today	2022 Big South Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT USC Upstate  ‍†‍‍ 21 – 6   .778 48 – 10   .828 Campbell  ‍†‍‡‍y 21 – 6   .778 37 – 19   .661 Longwood  ‍†‍‍ 21 – 6   .778 34 – 24   .586 Presbyterian  ‍‍‍ 19 – 8   .704 36 – 15   .706 Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 12 – 13   .480 27 – 28   .491 Radford  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15   .444 19 – 29   .396 Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 10 – 17   .370 18 – 37   .327 Gardner–Webb  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20   .259 15 – 29   .341 Hampton  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20   .259 19 – 36   .345 North Carolina A&T  ‍‍‍ 3 – 22   .120 13 – 35   .271 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [19] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today
2022 Big Ten Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 10 Northwestern  ‍†‍‍y 19 – 4 – 0   .826 45 – 13 – 0   .776 Nebraska  ‍‍‡‍y 17 – 5 – 0   .773 41 – 16 – 0   .719 Illinois  ‍‍‍y 15 – 7 – 0   .682 34 – 22 – 0   .607 Maryland  ‍‍‍ 14 – 8 – 0   .636 29 – 23 – 0   .558 No. 24 Michigan  ‍‍‍y 14 – 8 – 0   .636 38 – 18 – 0   .679 Ohio State  ‍‍‍y 13 – 9 – 0   .591 36 – 17 – 0   .679 Penn State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 10 – 0   .565 32 – 22 – 0   .593 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍y 12 – 11 – 0   .522 30 – 21 – 0   .588 Minnesota  ‍‍‍y 11 – 12 – 0   .478 27 – 26 – 1   .509 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13 – 0   .435 27 – 22 – 0   .551 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 7 – 15 – 0   .318 24 – 31 – 0   .436 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 16 – 0   .200 24 – 28 – 0   .462 Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 3 – 17 – 0   .150 25 – 30 – 0   .455 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 3 – 20 – 0   .130 21 – 31 – 0   .404 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [20] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today	2022 Big West Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Cal State Fullerton  ‍†‍‍y 20 – 7   .741 37 – 22   .627 Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 19 – 8   .704 29 – 22   .569 Hawaii  ‍‍‍ 17 – 10   .630 23 – 19   .548 UC Riverside  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11   .593 25 – 24   .510 UC San Diego  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 28 – 28   .500 Cal State Northridge  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13   .519 24 – 30   .444 Cal Poly  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13   .519 19 – 29   .396 UC Davis  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16   .407 23 – 29   .442 UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 6 – 21   .222 15 – 39   .278 Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 3 – 24   .111 8 – 37   .178 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [21] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today	2022 Colonial Athletic Association softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Delaware  ‍†‍‍ 11 – 4   .733 29 – 16   .644 James Madison*  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5   .667 21 – 21   .500 Hofstra  ‍‍‍ 13 – 6   .684 21 – 27   .438 UNC Wilmington  ‍‍‡‍y 11 – 8   .579 32 – 15   .681 Elon  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 30 – 22   .577 College of Charleston  ‍‍‍ 7 – 10   .412 15 – 37   .288 Drexel  ‍‍‍ 5 – 14   .263 24 – 23   .511 Towson  ‍‍‍ 4 – 16   .200 14 – 33   .298 *Ineligible for the 2022 Tournament due to postseason ban imposed by the CAA. † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [22] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today
2022 Conference USA softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT East Western Kentucky  x‍‍‍ 17 – 7   .708 38 – 13   .745 Marshall  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9   .625 35 – 18   .660 Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9   .625 29 – 26   .527 Charlotte  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 35 – 23   .603 Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 19 – 34   .358 FIU  ‍‍‍ 5 – 19   .208 19 – 31   .380 West Louisiana Tech  x‍‍‍ 18 – 6   .750 39 – 20   .661 North Texas  ‍‍‡‍y 17 – 7   .708 37 – 16   .698 UAB  ‍‍‍ 13 – 10   .565 25 – 24   .510 UTSA  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478 18 – 30   .375 Southern Miss  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 29 – 23   .558 UTEP  ‍‍‍ 5 – 19   .208 15 – 34   .306 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [23] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today	2022 Horizon League softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Oakland  ‍†‍‡‍y 18 – 7   .720 26 – 17   .605 Cleveland State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 8   .692 22 – 24   .478 Youngstown State  ‍‍‍ 17 – 9   .654 32 – 24   .571 Robert Morris  ‍‍‍ 16 – 9   .640 31 – 21   .596 Green Bay  ‍‍‍ 15 – 10   .600 25 – 25   .500 Northern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13   .519 27 – 29   .482 UIC  ‍‍‍ 10 – 15   .400 13 – 32   .289 IUPUI  ‍‍‍ 9 – 17   .346 12 – 38   .240 Purdue Fort Wayne  ‍‍‍ 6 – 20   .231 7 – 42   .143 Detroit Mercy  ‍‍‍ 6 – 21   .222 6 – 36   .143 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [24] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today	2022 Ivy League softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Princeton  ‍†‍‡‍y 17 – 4 – 0   .810 27 – 17 – 2   .609 Harvard  ‍‍‍ 15 – 6 – 0   .714 22 – 20 – 0   .524 Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 14 – 7 – 0   .667 20 – 24 – 0   .455 Yale  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12 – 0   .429 11 – 23 – 0   .324 Columbia  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13 – 0   .381 12 – 26 – 0   .316 Cornell  ‍‍‍ 7 – 14 – 0   .333 17 – 23 – 0   .425 Brown  ‍‍‍ 7 – 14 – 0   .333 16 – 25 – 0   .390 Penn  ‍‍‍ 7 – 14 – 0   .333 12 – 31 – 0   .279 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [25] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today
2022 Mid-American Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Miami (OH)  ‍†‍‡‍y 24 – 5 – 0   .828 40 – 16 – 1   .711 Ohio  ‍‍‍ 17 – 10 – 0   .630 23 – 25 – 0   .479 Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 17 – 11 – 0   .607 27 – 24 – 0   .529 Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11 – 0   .593 30 – 18 – 0   .625 Ball State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 14 – 0   .517 22 – 31 – 0   .415 Buffalo  ‍‍‍ 13 – 14 – 0   .481 22 – 24 – 0   .478 Akron  ‍‍‍ 13 – 16 – 0   .448 18 – 32 – 0   .360 Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 12 – 17 – 0   .414 22 – 33 – 0   .400 Kent State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 17 – 0   .393 20 – 28 – 0   .417 Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 11 – 18 – 0   .379 18 – 28 – 0   .391 Toledo  ‍‍‍ 5 – 21 – 0   .192 12 – 37 – 0   .245 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [26] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today	2022 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Canisius  ‍†‍‡‍y 16 – 4 – 0   .800 32 – 18 – 0   .640 Fairfield  ‍‍‍ 17 – 5 – 0   .773 27 – 22 – 0   .551 Siena  ‍‍‍ 14 – 6 – 0   .700 32 – 23 – 0   .582 Rider  ‍‍‍ 11 – 9 – 0   .550 28 – 25 – 1   .528 Marist  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10 – 0   .524 25 – 29 – 0   .463 Iona  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10 – 0   .500 23 – 24 – 0   .489 Niagara  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12 – 0   .429 15 – 25 – 0   .375 Manhattan  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11 – 0   .389 13 – 30 – 0   .302 Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍ 7 – 13 – 0   .350 22 – 33 – 0   .400 Monmouth  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14 – 0   .300 11 – 38 – 0   .224 Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍ 5 – 15 – 0   .250 12 – 29 – 0   .293 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [27] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today	2022 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Morgan State  ‍†‍‍ 18 – 3   .857 31 – 15   .674 Howard  ‍‍‡‍y 17 – 4   .810 31 – 24   .564 Norfolk State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 5   .762 34 – 23   .596 Maryland Eastern Shore  ‍‍‍ 13 – 8   .619 18 – 33   .353 North Carolina Central  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13   .381 12 – 36   .250 Coppin State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 14   .333 8 – 37   .178 Delaware State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 18   .143 4 – 33   .108 South Carolina State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 19   .095 3 – 37   .075 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [28] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today
2022 Missouri Valley Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Northern Iowa  ‍†‍‍ 22 – 2 – 0   .917 32 – 14 – 0   .696 Missouri State  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 7 – 0   .720 28 – 20 – 0   .583 Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 16 – 10 – 0   .615 27 – 19 – 1   .585 Drake  ‍‍‍ 14 – 12 – 0   .538 21 – 29 – 0   .420 Bradley  ‍‍‍ 13 – 14 – 0   .481 26 – 26 – 0   .500 Illinois State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 13 – 0   .480 24 – 28 – 0   .462 Indiana State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 14 – 0   .462 26 – 26 – 0   .500 Evansville  ‍‍‍ 9 – 18 – 0   .333 24 – 27 – 0   .471 Loyola Chicago  ‍‍‍ 9 – 18 – 0   .333 16 – 31 – 0   .340 Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 5 – 22 – 0   .185 14 – 33 – 0   .298 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [29] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today	2022 Mountain West Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT San Diego State  ‍†‍‍y 20 – 4   .833 39 – 16   .709 Boise State  ‍‍‍ 19 – 5   .792 40 – 10   .800 UNLV  ‍‍‍ 17 – 7   .708 43 – 15   .741 Utah State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 28 – 28   .500 Fresno State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 19 – 36   .345 Colorado State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 18 – 28   .391 San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 22 – 29   .431 Nevada  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 17 – 35   .327 New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 26 – 27   .491 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [30] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today	2022 Northeast Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Saint Francis (PA)  ‍†‍‡‍y 20 – 4   .833 37 – 18   .673 Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 17 – 7   .708 26 – 22   .542 Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 24 – 25   .490 LIU Brooklyn  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 26 – 31   .456 Bryant  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 15 – 27   .357 Wagner  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 19 – 29   .396 Merrimack  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 14 – 28   .333 Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍ 5 – 19   .208 13 – 42   .236 Central Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 4 – 20   .167 8 – 41   .163 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [31] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today
2022 Ohio Valley Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Murray State  ‍†‍‡‍y 21 – 7 – 0   .750 40 – 18 – 1   .686 Belmont  ‍‍‍ 20 – 8 – 0   .714 33 – 17 – 0   .660 UT Martin  ‍‍‍ 17 – 8 – 0   .680 34 – 19 – 0   .642 Southeast Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 10 – 0   .615 30 – 24 – 0   .556 Austin Peay  ‍‍‍ 17 – 11 – 0   .607 30 – 23 – 0   .566 Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍ 13 – 14 – 0   .481 32 – 22 – 0   .593 Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 10 – 17 – 0   .370 25 – 30 – 0   .455 SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍ 9 – 19 – 0   .321 19 – 35 – 0   .352 Morehead State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20 – 0   .259 8 – 36 – 0   .182 Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 22 – 0   .214 15 – 39 – 0   .278 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [32] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today	2022 Pac-12 Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT No. 8 Arizona State  ‍†‍‍y 20 – 4 – 0   .833 43 – 11 – 0   .796 No. 5 UCLA  ‍‍‍y 19 – 5 – 0   .792 51 – 10 – 0   .836 No. 11 Washington  ‍‍‍y 14 – 10 – 0   .583 38 – 17 – 0   .691 Stanford  ‍‍‍y 11 – 13 – 0   .458 39 – 22 – 0   .639 No. 23 Oregon  ‍‍‍y 10 – 14 – 0   .417 33 – 19 – 0   .635 Oregon State  ‍‍‍y 9 – 15 – 0   .375 39 – 22 – 0   .639 Utah  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15 – 0   .375 27 – 27 – 0   .500 Arizona  ‍‍‍y 8 – 16 – 0   .333 39 – 21 – 0   .650 California  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16 – 0   .333 28 – 27 – 1   .509 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2022 [33] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today	2022 Patriot League softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Boston University  ‍†‍‍ 16 – 2 – 0   .889 40 – 17 – 0   .702 Lehigh  ‍‍‡‍y 15 – 3 – 0   .833 31 – 20 – 1   .606 Army  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8 – 0   .556 20 – 34 – 0   .370 Colgate  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9 – 0   .500 20 – 28 – 0   .417 Holy Cross  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10 – 0   .444 21 – 29 – 0   .420 Bucknell  ‍‍‍ 3 – 15 – 0   .167 7 – 38 – 0   .156 Lafayette  ‍‍‍ 2 – 16 – 0   .111 10 – 37 – 0   .213 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [34] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today
2022 Southeastern Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 9 Arkansas  ‍†‍‡‍y 19 – 5   .792 48 – 11   .814 No. 17 Alabama  ‍‍‍y 16 – 8   .667 44 – 13   .772 No. 20 Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 15 – 8   .652 41 – 18   .695 No. 5 Florida  ‍‍‍y 13 – 11   .542 49 – 19   .721 No. 21 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y 13 – 11   .542 37 – 19   .661 LSU  ‍‍‍y 13 – 11   .542 34 – 23   .596 No. 23 Missouri  ‍‍‍y 12 – 11   .522 38 – 22   .633 No. 22 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 12 – 12   .500 43 – 18   .705 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 12 – 12   .500 41 – 19   .683 No. 24 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 11 – 13   .458 40 – 17   .702 No. 19 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 10 – 14   .417 37 – 27   .578 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 6 – 18   .250 31 – 28   .525 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 3 – 21   .125 26 – 30   .464 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 9, 2022 [35] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today [36]	2022 Southern Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT UNC Greensboro  ‍†‍‍ 16 – 2   .889 39 – 18   .684 Samford  ‍‍‍ 15 – 3   .833 34 – 19   .642 Chattanooga  ‍‍‡‍y 9 – 9   .500 30 – 27   .526 Furman  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 22 – 33   .400 Mercer  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 16 – 40   .286 Western Carolina  ‍‍‍ 4 – 14   .222 19 – 34   .358 East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 14   .222 8 – 48   .143 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [37] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today	2022 Southland Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT McNeese State  ‍†‍‡‍y 15 – 3   .833 40 – 21   .656 Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 14 – 4   .778 40 – 16   .714 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 11 – 7   .611 25 – 27   .481 Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 29 – 22   .569 Incarnate Word  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13   .278 15 – 36   .294 Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍ 4 – 13   .235 19 – 29   .396 Nicholls  ‍‍‍ 4 – 14   .222 12 – 38   .240 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [38] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today
2022 Southwestern Athletic Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT East Bethune-Cookman  x‍‍‍ 18 – 7   .720 25 – 25   .500 Jackson State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 24 – 27   .471 Alabama State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 24 – 31   .436 Florida A&M  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 18 – 31   .367 Alabama A&M  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 16 – 24   .400 Mississippi Valley State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 11 – 26   .297 West Texas Southern  x‍‍‍ 21 – 3   .875 26 – 20   .565 Prairie View A&M  ‍‍‡‍y 17 – 8   .680 20 – 29   .408 Grambling State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 24 – 24   .500 Southern  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 15 – 33   .313 Alcorn State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 17 – 33   .340 Arkansas–Pine Bluff  ‍‍‍ 4 – 20   .167 6 – 39   .133 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [39] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today	2022 Summit League softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT South Dakota State  ‍†‍‡‍y 18 – 2   .900 41 – 13   .759 Omaha  ‍‍‍ 17 – 4   .810 32 – 14   .696 North Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 30 – 23   .566 South Dakota  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10   .524 28 – 25   .528 Kansas City  ‍‍‍ 9 – 11   .450 13 – 34   .277 St. Thomas (MN)  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13   .381 14 – 36   .280 North Dakota  ‍‍‍ 4 – 16   .200 14 – 39   .264 Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 4 – 17   .190 8 – 37   .178 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [40] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today	2022 Sun Belt Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Louisiana  ‍†‍‡‍y 23 – 4   .852 47 – 13   .783 South Alabama  ‍‍‍ 16 – 6   .727 26 – 21   .553 Texas State  ‍‍‍ 19 – 8   .704 39 – 19   .672 Troy  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 32 – 20   .615 UT Arlington  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15   .444 22 – 28   .440 Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 15   .400 29 – 26   .527 Georgia State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 21 – 34   .382 Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 10 – 17   .370 27 – 27   .500 Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 25 – 29   .463 Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 13 – 34   .277 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [41] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today
2022 Western Athletic Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Southwest Division Stephen F. Austin  x‍‍‍ 18 – 6   .750 31 – 27   .534 Abilene Christian  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9   .625 25 – 26   .490 Tarleton State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 30 – 25   .545 Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 15 – 39   .278 Lamar  ‍‍‍ 5 – 19   .208 11 – 38   .224 West Division Grand Canyon  x‍‍‡‍y 19 – 5   .792 39 – 16   .709 Seattle  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9   .625 32 – 24   .571 California Baptist  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 30 – 26   .536 Utah Valley  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 24 – 27   .471 Dixie State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 19 – 32   .373 New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 13 – 38   .255 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [42] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today	2022 West Coast Conference softball standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT BYU  ‍†‍‍ 13 – 2   .867 42 – 10   .808 Loyola Marymount  ‍†‍‍y 13 – 2   .867 37 – 17   .685 Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 7 – 8   .467 21 – 30   .412 San Diego  ‍‍‍ 5 – 9   .357 20 – 34   .370 Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 4 – 11   .267 16 – 31   .340 Pacific  ‍‍‍ 2 – 12   .143 12 – 37   .245 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2022 [43] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

Awards

• USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year: Jocelyn Alo, Oklahoma ^[44]
• NFCA National Player of the Year: Jocelyn Alo, Oklahoma ^[45]
• Softball America Player of the Year: Jocelyn Alo, Oklahoma ^[46]
• NFCA National Pitcher of the Year: Georgina Corrick, South Florida
• Softball America Pitcher of the Year: Georgina Corrick, South Florida ^[47]
• NFCA National Freshman of the Year: Jordy Bahl, Oklahoma ^[48]
• Softball America Freshman of the Year: Jordy Bahl, Oklahoma ^[49]
• Softball America Defensive Player of the Year: Jordyn Rudd, Northwestern ^[50]
• NFCA Catcher of the Year: Mia Davidson, Mississippi State
• NFCA Golden Shoe Award: Alexis Johns, South Florida

All-America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams. ^[51]

First Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Georgina Corrick	SR.	South Florida
	Jordy Bahl	FR.	Oklahoma
	Kelly Maxwell	R-JR.	Oklahoma State
C	Mia Davidson	GS	Mississippi State
1B	Danielle Gibson	R-SR.	Arkansas
2B	Tiare Jennings	SO.	Oklahoma
3B	Hannah Gammill	SO.	Arkansas
SS	Baylee Klingler	SR.	Washington
OF	Rachel Lewis	GS	Northwestern
	Jayda Coleman	SO.	Oklahoma
	KB Sides	R-SR.	Arkansas
UT	Valerie Cagle	SO.	Clemson
	Jocelyn Alo	R-SR.	Oklahoma
AT-L	Keely Rochard	SR.	Virginia Tech
	Grace Lyons	SR.	Oklahoma
	Danielle Williams	SR.	Northwestern
	Linnie Malkin	R-SR.	Arkansas
	Cydney Sanders	FR.	Arizona State

Second Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Chenise Delce	R-JR.	Arkansas
	Megan Faraimo	R-JR.	UCLA
	Kathryn Sandercock	SR.	Florida State
C	Delanie Wisz	R-SR.	UCLA
1B	Haley Lee	SR.	Texas A&M
2B	Janae Jefferson	SR.	Texas
3B	Sydney Sherrill	R-SR.	Florida State
SS	Erin Coffel	SO.	Kentucky
OF	Yannira Acuña	SR.	Arizona State
	Addison Barnard	SO.	Wichita State
	Bailey Vannoy	SR.	Charlotte
UT	Miranda Elish	GS	Oklahoma State
	Skylar Wallace	R-JR.	Florida
AT-L	Gabbie Plain	GS	Washington
	Sydney McKinney	JR.	Wichita State
	Allie Skaggs	SO.	Arizona
	Sara Mosley	JR.	Georgia
	Montana Fouts	SR.	Alabama

Third Team

Position	Player	Class	School
P	Mariah Mazon	SR.	Oregon State
	Hailey Dolcini	SR.	Texas
	Peyton St. George	GS	Duke
C	Makena Smith	JR.	California
1B	Karina Gaskins	SO.	Notre Dame
2B	Cam Ybarra	SO.	Nebraska
3B	Karli Spaid	SO.	Miami (OH)
SS	Jameson Kavel	GS	Duke
OF	Carmyn Greenwood	GS	Louisville
	Emma Ritter	SO.	Virginia Tech
	Ellessa Bonstrom	SR.	Utah
UT	Sierra Lange	GS	George Washington
	Mac Barbara	R-FR.	San Diego State
AT-L	Briana Perez	R-SR.	UCLA
	Bailey Parshall	SR.	Penn State
	Rachel Becker	SR.	Purdue
	Mya Stevenson	SR.	Marshall
	Lacey Fincher	SR.	Georgia

Coaching changes

This table lists programs that changed head coaches at any point from the first day of the 2022 season until the day before the first day of the 2023 season. ^[52]

Team	Former coach	Interim coach	New coach	Reason
Michigan State	Jacquie Joseph			Joseph announced her retirement after 29 seasons at Michigan State on May 12. [53]
Texas A&M	Jo Evans			On May 23, Texas A&M announced that head coach Jo Evans' contract would not be renewed. [54]

See also

• 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season

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