2025 Big 12 Conference softball tournament

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2025 Big 12 Conference
softball tournament
Teams11
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Texas Tech  (1st title)
Runner-up Arizona (1st title game)
Winning coach Gerry Glasco  (1st title)
MVP NiJaree Canady (Texas Tech)
2025 Big 12 Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 10 Texas Tech  y2040 .83345120 .789
No. 12 Arizona  y1770 .70845110 .804
Iowa State  1590 .62531230 .574
No. 24 Oklahoma State  y1390 .59133180 .647
Arizona State  y14100 .58335190 .648
BYU  13110 .54232170 .653
UCF  y12120 .50033221 .598
Baylor  11130 .45827270 .500
Kansas  6180 .25022280 .440
Utah  5190 .20813400 .245
Houston  4180 .18222250 .468
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 10, 2025 [1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2025 Big 12 Conference softball tournament was held at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from May 7 to May 10, 2025. As the tournament winner, Texas Tech earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I softball tournament.

Contents

Format

All eleven teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then will play a single-elimination tournament, with the top five seeds receiving a first-round bye. [2] [3]

Seeds

The tournament featured all eleven teams in this conference (Cincinnati, Colorado, Kansas State, TCU & West Virginia do not field teams). Teams will play once per day at the 2025 Big 12 Softball Championship. The seedings were determined upon completion of regular season play. The winning percentage of the teams in conference play determined tournament seedings. There were tiebreakers in place to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConf.Over.Tiebreaker
#1 Texas Tech#†20−445−12
#2 Arizona17−744−11
#3 Iowa State15−930−23
#4 Oklahoma State13−933−18
#5 Arizona State14−1025−19
#6 BYU 13−1132−16
#7 UCF 12−1233−21−1
#8 Baylor 11−1327−27
#9 Kansas 6−1822−28
#10 Utah 5−1913−40
#11 Houston 4−1822−25

Notes: # – Big 12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed
† – Received a single-bye into the conference tournament second round.

Bracket

Play-in Game
May 7
Quarterfinals
May 8
Semifinals
May 9
Finals
May 10
1 Texas Tech 4
9 Kansas 3 8 Baylor 0
8 Baylor 7 1 Texas Tech 18(5)
5 Arizona State 0
5 Arizona State 2
4 Oklahoma State 1
1 Texas Tech 4
2 Arizona 0
2 Arizona 4
10 Utah 5 7 UCF 3
7 UCF 7 2 Arizona 6
3 Iowa State 3
3 Iowa State 4
11 Houston 0 6 BYU 2
6 BYU 4

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision
First Round – Wednesday, May 7
12:30 p.m.No. 8 Baylor vs. No. 9 Kansas7–3 ESPN+
25:00 p.m.No. 7 UCF vs. No. 10 Utah7–5
37:30 p.m.No. 6 BYU vs. No. 11 Houston4–0
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 8
411:00 a.m.No. 4 Oklahoma State vs. No. 5 Arizona State1–2ESPN+
51:30 p.m.No. 1 Texas Tech vs. No. 8 Baylor4–0
65:00 p.m.No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 7 UCF4–3
77:30 p.m.No. 3 Iowa State vs. No. 6 BYU4–2
Semifinals – Friday, May 9
83:00 p.m.No. 1 Texas Tech vs. No. 5 Arizona State18–0(5)ESPN+
95:30 p.m.No. 2 Arizona vs No. 3 Iowa State6–3
Championship – Saturday, May 10
1011:00 a.m.No. 1 Texas Tech vs. No. 2 Arizona4–3 ESPN
*Game times in CST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. [4]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the all-tournament team: [5]

PlayerSchool
Devyn NetzArizona
Regan Shockey
Sydney Stewart
Kenzie BrownArizona State
Aleia AgbayaniBYU
Ashleigh GriffinUCF
Angelina AllenIowa State
Mihyia DavisTexas Tech
Alana Johnson
Hailey Toney
NiJaree Canady (MOP)


References

  1. "Big 12 Softball Standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
  2. "Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. May 7, 2025. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  3. Patterson, Jeff (May 5, 2024). "Big 12 softball tournament: 2024 final standings, bracket, TV schedule". The Oklahoman . Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  4. "2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship Bracket Released". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. May 5, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  5. "Texas Tech wins Big 12 Championship". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. May 10, 2025. Retrieved May 12, 2024.