NCAA Division I softball tournament

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NCAA Division I softball tournament
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Sports current event.svg 2025 NCAA Division I softball tournament
Sport College softball
Founded1982
No. of teams64
Most recent
champion		 Texas (1)
Most titles UCLA (12)
Broadcasters ESPN
ESPN2
Official website NCAA.com

The NCAA Division I softball tournament is held annually in May/June and features 64 college softball teams in the United States, culminating in the Women's College World Series (WCWS), which is played in Oklahoma City.

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Tournament play and team selection

The tournament is different from many college tournaments in that it features four tiers of competition and a loss does not necessarily eliminate a team from contention. In fact, throughout the entire tournament a team can lose as many as four games and still be crowned champions.

A total of 64 teams compete in the tournament. 32 teams gain automatic entry into the tournament while the other 32 are selected by the Division I Softball committee. From this field of 64, 16 teams will be given "national seeds" and placed at one of the assigned regional sites, often the home field of each national seed. [1]

The first round of the tournament, called "regionals", consists of 16 locations that include four teams competing in a double elimination bracket. The winner of each regional moves on to the second round, the "super regionals."

For the super regionals, the regional containing overall #1 seed will be matched up with the regional containing the overall #16 seed, the #2 seed regional will be matched up with the #15 seed regional, and so on. The higher seed of the two teams usually hosts the best-of-three series, with the winner moving on to the Women's College World Series.

The final eight teams meet at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City in the Women's College World Series. The WCWS is further divided into two sections. The first part resembles the regional round, as teams are broken in two groups of four to play in a double-elimination bracket. The winners of each bracket then meet in a championship series similar to the super regional tier in that it is a best-of-three series. The winner of the WCWS is crowned national champion.

Team titles

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឴឴឵UCLA
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Arizona
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Oklahoma
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Arizona State
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Florida
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Texas
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Texas
A&M
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Alabama
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Cal State Fullerton
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California
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Florida
State
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Fresno
State
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Michigan
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Washington
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Schools that have won the NCAA Championship
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TeamNo.Years
UCLA 12 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995 , 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2019
Arizona 8 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007
Oklahoma 2000, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Florida 2 2014, 2015
Arizona State 2008, 2011
Texas A&M 1983, 1987
Texas 1 2025
Florida State 2018
Alabama 2012
Washington 2009
Michigan 2005
California 2002
Fresno State 1998
Cal State Fullerton 1986

Appearances by team

Total columns

Table entries

Starting in 2003, the NCAA seeded the top 8 teams, which are shown in double underline. Starting in 2005, the next 8 seeds are shown with single underline. These seeded teams are not always the host of the Regional, but in recent years, the list of hosts aligns very closely to the list of top seeds.

SchoolConference#16WSCH 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25

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Arizona Big 12 3835258R2R2W3W3W7CHRUCHCHRUCHCHRUW5W3CHRUW3R3W5CHCHW7W7RUSRSRR3SRSRSRSRSRW5W7W5SRR2
Oklahoma SEC 3127188R2R2R2R3R2R◦CHW5W7W5W5SRR2SRSRR3SRW7RUCHW5SRCHCHW3RUCHCHCHCHW3
Florida SEC 2516132R•R3R•R◦R◦R•R3SRW3RUW5RUR2W5CHCHSRRUW5W7SRW5R2W3W7
Arizona State Big 12 3220122W3R2W7R2R2R2R2R3R3W7R2R3W3R•R3W5W7CHW5SRCHW3W7R2R2R2R3W7R2R3SRR•
Texas A&M SEC 351882CHRUR2RUCHW5R3R2R2R•R•R◦R2R2R◦SRR3W7RUR3R2SRR2SRR2R2R2W7SRR•R3R2R2SRR2
Washington Big Ten 3124151R3R2RUW3W3RUW5R2R3W5W7SRSRW3R2CHW7SRSRW3SRR2SRW3RUW3SRR2W5R3R3
Alabama SEC 2622151R◦W5R3R◦W7R2W5W7SRW3W3SRW3CHSRRUW5W7SRSRW3W3R2W7W5SR
Florida State ACC 3724121R2W7R3R3W3W5W7W7R•R2R2R•R2R2W3R◦W5R2SRR•R3R3R3R2R3SRW7SRW3SRCHSRRUR2RUSRSR
California ACC 3624121R2W3R2R2R2R2R2W5R2R3R3W5R2R3W3W7W5CHRURUW7SRR3SRSRSRW5W3R2R3R2R2R3R2R3R2
Michigan Big Ten 3021121R2R2W7W7W5W5R◦R2W7W7W7CHSRSRSRW5SRR2SRW5SRRUW5R2R3R2R2R2R2R3
Fresno State Mountain West 3419121RUR2W5R2R2W5RURURUW3W3R2W5R2R2W3CHW5R2R◦R•R3R◦R2R2R3R2R2R2R3R•R3R3R3
Texas SEC 251281W7R◦R•R•W3W3W5R2R3R2R3R3SRW3R2R3R3R2R3SRSRRUSRRUCH
Cal State Fullerton Big West 321861W3RUR2W3CHW3R2R2R2R2R2R2R2W5R2R3R◦R2R2R•R2R3SRR•R3R2R2R2R•R3R3R2
Oklahoma State Big 12 271812-W7R2R2W3W3R2R2W4W3R3R2R2W3R3R2R2R3W7R2R2R3W5W5W3W5W7R2
Tennessee SEC 23149-R◦R◦R•W3W3RUR2R2W3R2W7RUSRW7R2SRSRSRR3R2W3SRW3
Oregon Big Ten 25167-W5R3R2R2R3R3R2R2R2R2R2SRSRW5SRW3W7SRW3W5R2R2SRR2W5
Nebraska Big Ten 27137-W5W3RUW3W5R3R3R2W5R2R2R3W5R3R2R3R2R•R3R3R2W7SRR3R2R3R2SR
Louisiana Sun Belt 33196-R2R3R2W3R2W5W5R2R2R•R2R•W7R2R3R2R•W5R2SRR2SRSRW7SRSRR2R2R2R2R2SRR2
Missouri SEC 27156-R2W7W5W7R•R•R2R◦R◦R2R2SRW7W7W5SRSRR2SRSRR•R2R2SRR2R3SR
LSU SEC 26156-R2R3R2W3R2R◦W3SRSRR2R2R3R2W5R2R2W3W3W5SRSRSRR•R2SRR3
Northwestern Big Ten 23116-W3W5W7R2R3R◦R•SRRUW3SRR•R2R2R•R3R2SRR3W7SRR2R3
Georgia SEC 23155-R3R•R2SRR2R2SRW3W3SRSRR2SRSRW5R2W7R2W7R2SRSRSR
Long Beach State Big West 2685-W5R2R2R2W5W4W5W7R3R3R3R3R◦R◦R3R•R3R3R3R3R3R3R3R3R•R•
Stanford ACC 22114-R2R◦R◦W3R3R◦W3SRSRR2SRSRR3SRR2R2R3R2SRW3W3R2
Utah Big 12 17104-R2W7R2W7R2W5R•R3R2R◦R◦R2R2SRSRW7R3
Cal Poly Pomona D2884-R2R2W7W4R2R2W3W5
DePaul Big East 2174-R•R•R2R2W3W7R3R2R3R◦W7W5R2R2R3R2R3R2R•R•R3
Baylor Big 12 1674-R3SRR2W5SRW3R3R2W3R2R2W7R2R•R3SR
Iowa Big Ten 1664-R3R2R3W3W3W5R3R3W7R•R2R◦R2R•R2R•
South Carolina SEC 25103-R2W4R2W7R3R3R2W7R3R3R◦R2R3R◦SRR2R3R3R2R2SRR2R2R2SR
Louisiana Tech CUSA 1173-W5R2W7W7R2R2R2R•R2R3R3
UMass Atlantic 10 2163-R2R3R2W3R•R3W7W7R3R◦R3R3R3R◦R•SRR2R2R2R•R•
Adelphi D2663-R2W5W5R2W7R2
UNLV Mountain West 953-W5W7R3R2R2W3R•R3R•
Oregon State West Coast 1562-R2R2R•R3R2R2R2W7R2R2R3R•R•R2W7
Creighton Big East 1252-W7W5R2R2R2R◦R◦R3R•R3R•R•
Cal State Northridge Big West 1442-R2W5RUR2R3R•R•R•R◦R•R◦R•R•R•
Indiana Big Ten 1042-W7R2W3R2R3R3R•R2R•R3
Auburn SEC 2032-R◦R◦R3R2R3R3R3R3R•R2W3RUSRR3R2R•R3R2R2R2
Princeton Ivy League 1222-R3W7W7R◦R◦R3R•R•R•R•R•R3
Southern Miss Sun Belt 422-W7W3R◦R◦
Kentucky SEC 1681-R2R3SRR3SRW5SRR2SRSRSRSRR2R3R3R2
Pacific West Coast 1371-R2W5R2R2R2R2R•R2R◦R◦R•R2R•
Central Michigan MAC 1461-R2R2R2W5R2R•R3R2R◦R3R•R•R◦R•
Kansas Big 12 1261-R2R2R2W7R2R3R2R3R3R2R3R2
Hawaii Big West 1151-R2R2R3R2R◦R3SRR2W5R•R2
South Florida American 1841-R3R3R2R2R◦R3R2SRR•W7R2R2R3R3R3R2R3R3
UConn Big East 941-R2R3R3R2W5R2R•R◦R•
Minnesota Big Ten 1731-R3R3R•R2R3R3R◦R3SRR2R2R2R2W7R2R3R3
Virginia Tech ACC 1431-R3R3R3W7R2R2R3R•R2SRSRR2R3R2
James Madison Sun Belt 931-R•R3R3R3SRR2R3SRW3
Ole Miss SEC 931-R2SRR2SRR2R2R2R•W7
Duke ACC 531-R2SRSRW7R2
Texas Tech Big 12 721-R2R•R2R2R3R2RU
Western Michigan MAC 421-W5R2R◦R•
Utah State Mountain West 421-W7R3R3R2
UIC Missouri Valley 1211-W7R3R3R3R3R◦R◦R3R•R3R•R•
Kent State MAC 411-W7R3R2R3
Toledo MAC 311-W7R3R•
Northern Illinois MAC 211-W7R3
Arkansas SEC 144--R•R3R3R•R2R2R•SRR•SRSRR2R3SR
Notre Dame ACC 273--R3R2R•R•R◦R2R2R•R◦R2R2R3R3R2R2R3R2R•R2R2R2R3R2R3R2R3R3
Ohio State Big Ten 133--R2R2R◦R3R2SRR2R3R•R2R3R3R2
Clemson ACC 53--R2SRSRR3SR
Hofstra CAA 182--R3R3R◦R◦R◦R•R2R2R3R3R2R2SRR2R3R3R3R•
San Diego State Mountain West 152--R2R◦R2R3R•R3R2R2R3R3R2R2SRR•R3
Georgia Tech ACC 132--R2R•R3R2R2R3R3SRR2R3R3R3R•
Penn State Big Ten 112--R2R2R•R•R•R◦R2R2R•R2R3
Houston Big 12 92--R◦R2SRSRR3R3R3R3R2
Michigan State Big Ten 42--R3R2R2R•
Mississippi State SEC 191--R3R◦R◦R◦R2R3R3R•R•R3R3R3R•R2R2R2SRR3R2
BYU Big 12 171--R◦R3R3R2R2R3SRR2R2R•R3R3R3R2R3R3R2
Boston University Patriot 141--R2R◦R◦R2R3R3R3R•R•R•R•R3R3R•
Texas State Sun Belt 121--R◦R3R2R3R•R3R3R3R3R3R3R2
UCF Big 12 121--R3R2R3R•R2R2R2R2SRR3R3R2
Southern Illinois Missouri Valley 111--R3R2R3R3R3R3R•R3R•R•R2
Bethune–Cookman SWAC 101--R◦R◦R◦R◦SRR•R•R•R•R•
North Dakota State Summit 101--SRR•R•R3R3R2R3R3R3R•
Illinois State Missouri Valley 91--R2R3R•R•R3R2R•R3R2
Jacksonville State CUSA 91--R•R2SRR•R3R•R2R3R2
Liberty CUSA 81--R◦R•R2R2R3R2R2SR
Illinois Big Ten 81--R◦R2R•R2R3R2R3R•
Missouri State Missouri Valley 71--R2R•R•R3R•R3R3
Wichita State American 71--R2R•R3R2R2R3R3
NC State ACC 51--R3R3R2R2SR
UAB American 51--R3R3R•SRR3
Bowling Green MAC 41--R2R3R3R◦
San Jose State Mountain West 41--R3R2R•R3
Maryland Big Ten 41--R2R3R3R•
Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 31--R2R3R3
Nicholls Southland 31--R3R2R•
Colorado State Mountain West 31--R2R◦R3
Rutgers Big Ten 21--R2R•
Wyoming defunct11--R2
New Mexico Mountain West 11--R2
Rhode Island Atlantic 10 11--R2
North Carolina ACC 16---R•R◦R◦R2R•R3R•R2R2R2R3R3R3R2R2R•
Louisville ACC 15---R◦R3R2R3R3R3R2R2R2R3R•R•R•R2R3
Chattanooga Southern 13---R•R◦R3R◦R◦R•R•R2R•R•R•R3
Florida Atlantic American 11---R3R◦R3R•R•R•R2R2R3R•R3
Lehigh Patriot 11---R◦R◦R•R2R3R2R•R•R3R•R3
Tulsa American 11---R•R•R2R2R3R•R2R•R2R3R2
LIU NEC 10---R•R◦R◦R•R3R•R2R•R•R•
Fordham Atlantic 10 10---R2R3R3R•R2R•R3R•R•R•
Canisius MAAC 9---R3R•R◦R◦R•R•R3R•R•
McNeese Southland 9---R•R3R•R3R3R3R3R2R2
Wisconsin Big Ten 9---R3R◦R•R2R2R2R3R2R2
Miami (OH) MAC 9---R•R3R3R3R•R3R2R3R3
Harvard Ivy League 8---R3R◦R•R•R2R•R•R•
Florida A&M SWAC 8---R◦R•R3R•R•R•R•R•
Mississippi Valley State SWAC 8---R•R•R•R•R•R3R•R•
Albany America East 8---R•R•R2R•R3R•R•R•
USC Upstate Big South 7---R3R3R3R3R3R•R•
Saint Francis (PA) NEC 7---R3R•R•R•R•R3R•
Campbell CAA 6---R•R3R•R3R•R3
Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 6---R•R3R◦R•R3R3
UMBC America East 6---R◦R◦R•R•R•R•
Portland State Big Sky 6---R3R•R•R3R•R•
South Alabama Sun Belt 6---R2R2R2R2R3R2
Northwestern State Southland 5---R•R◦R◦R•R•
Cornell Ivy League 5---R◦R◦R◦R•R•
Marist MAAC 5---R•R•R•R•R3
Longwood Big South 5---R•R3R2R2R•
Weber State Big Sky 5---R•R•R3R•R3
Western Illinois Ohio Valley 4---R3R◦R◦R3
Sacramento State Big Sky 4---R3R•R•R•
Drake Missouri Valley 4---R•R•R2R3
UNC Greensboro Southern 4---R•R•R•R•
East Carolina American 4---R◦R3R2R2
Seton Hall Big East 4---R◦R•R3R•
Oakland Horizon 4---R◦R◦R•R•
Wright State defunct4---R◦R•R•R3
UC Santa Barbara Big West 4---R◦R•R•R2
Loyola Marymount West Coast 4---R•R2R3R3
Tennessee Tech Ohio Valley 4---R•R•R2R3
Iona MAAC 4---R•R•R•R•
New Mexico State CUSA 4---R3R3R•R•
Grand Canyon WAC 4---R•R3R2R3
Maine America East 3---R•R◦R•
Ohio MAC 3---R•R•R2
Boston College ACC 3---R3R•R•
Cleveland State Horizon 3---R•R•R•
Ball State MAC 3---R•R•R3
Colgate Patriot 3---R◦R◦R•
Southeast Missouri State Ohio Valley 3---R•R3R•
Army Patriot 3---R◦R◦R•
Middle Tennessee CUSA 3---R◦R•R2
Eastern Kentucky ASUN 3---R•R◦R•
FIU CUSA 3---R◦R2R3
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Southland 3---R◦R◦R3
Georgia Southern Sun Belt 3---R3R•R3
Nevada Mountain West 3---R•R2R3
Southern Utah WAC 3---R•R3R•
Howard MEAC 3---R•R•R•
Lipscomb ASUN 3---R2R2R3
Syracuse ACC 3---R•R3R2
Virginia ACC 3---R3R2R3
Jackson State SWAC 3---R•R•R•
Valparaiso Missouri Valley 3---R•R3R•
Western Kentucky CUSA 3---R2R2R3
Texas Southern SWAC 3---R•R•R•
Alabama State SWAC 3---R•R•R•
Prairie View A&M SWAC 3---R•R•R•
Villanova Big East 3---R3R•R2
Omaha Summit 3---R3R2R3
Iowa State Big 12 2---R3R2
Georgia State Sun Belt 2---R•R•
Troy Sun Belt 2---R•R3
Brown Ivy League 2---R•R•
Rider MAAC 2---R•R◦
Manhattan MAAC 2---R◦R•
Southern SWAC 2---R◦R◦
Centenary D32---R◦R•
UTSA American 2---R◦R•
Green Bay Horizon 2---R3R•
Robert Morris Horizon 2---R•R•
Cal Poly Big West 2---R•R2
Sam Houston CUSA 2---R3R3
Stetson ASUN 2---R•R3
Winthrop Big South 2---R2R•
Purdue Big Ten 2---R3R2
Stony Brook CAA 2---R•R•
Bradley Missouri Valley 2---R3R•
Radford Big South 2---R3R2
Sacred Heart MAAC 2---R3R•
UT Martin Ohio Valley 2---R•R•
Elon CAA 2---R•R•
Saint Mary's West Coast 2---R•R•
Florida Gulf Coast ASUN 2---R3R3
Central Connecticut NEC 2---R3R•
Marshall Sun Belt 2---R3R3
Dartmouth Ivy League 2---R•R•
Binghamton America East 2---R•R•
Central Arkansas ASUN 2---R•R3
Fairfield MAAC 2---R•R•
Boise State Mountain West 2---R•R2
Kennesaw State CUSA 2---R•R3
Monmouth CAA 2---R•R•
Seattle WAC 2---R3R3
Morgan State MEAC 2---R•R•
South Dakota State Summit 2---R3R3
UNC Wilmington CAA 2---R•R•
Charlotte American 2---R2R3
Eastern Illinois Ohio Valley 2---R•R•
Northern Colorado Big Sky 2---R•R•
Southeastern Louisiana Southland 2---R2R2
Providence Big East 1---R3
Louisiana–Monroe Sun Belt 1---R3
Niagara MAAC 1---R•
Saint Peter's MAAC 1---R◦
Evansville Missouri Valley 1---R◦
UT Arlington WAC 1---R3
Charleston CAA 1---R2
Youngstown State Horizon 1---R•
Eastern Michigan defunct1---R•
Furman Southern 1---R•
Delaware State MEAC 1---R•
Stephen F. Austin Southland 1---R•
Alcorn State SWAC 1---R•
Bucknell Patriot 1---R•
UC Davis Big West 1---R•
Jacksonville ASUN 1---R3
Memphis American 1---R3
Hampton CAA 1---R•
Penn Ivy League 1---R•
Purdue Fort Wayne Horizon 1---R•
Bryant America East 1---R•
Charleston Southern Big South 1---R•
SIU Edwardsville Ohio Valley 1---R•
Utah Valley WAC 1---R•
Indiana State Missouri Valley 1---R3
Pittsburgh ACC 1---R2
St. John's Big East 1---R•
Butler Big East 1---R•
Cal State Bakersfield Big West 1---R•
Samford Southern 1---R•
East Tennessee State Southern 1---R•
Montana Big Sky 1---R•
Detroit Mercy Horizon 1---R•
George Washington Atlantic 10 1---R•
Murray State Missouri Valley 1---R•
North Texas American 1---R2
George Mason Atlantic 10 1---R•
North Carolina Central MEAC 1---R•
Northern Kentucky Horizon 1---R•
Dayton Atlantic 10 1---R•
Siena MAAC 1---R•
Belmont Missouri Valley 1---R3
Mercer Southern 1---R2
North Florida ASUN 1---R2
Saint Louis Atlantic 10 1---R•
Santa Clara WCC 1---R•

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Road to the Championship | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
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