***2026 NCAA Softball Tournament***

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Regionals: May 15-17
Super regionals: May 21-24
WCWS: May 28-June 5

Regional Hosts (top 16)
1 (1) Alabama
4 (16) LSU
3 (9) Florida State
2 (8) UCLA

1 (4) Nebraska
4 (13) Oklahoma State
3 (12) Duke
2 (5) Arkansas

1 (2) Texas
4 (15) Texas A&M
3 (10) Georgia
2 (7) Tennessee

1 (3) Oklahoma
4 (14) Oregon
3 (11) Texas Tech
2 (6) Florida

Big 12 qualifiers (7)
Texas Tech - regional host
Oklahoma State - regional host
Arizona State - #2 seed in College Station
Arizona - #2 seed in Durham
UCF - #2 seed in Tallahassee
Kansas - #2 seed in Norman
Baylor - #3 seed in Austin

 

[theshadow]

Regional hosts:
9 - SEC (ALA, TEX, OKLA, ARK, FLA, TENN, UGA, A&M, LSU)
3 - Big Ten (NEB, UCLA, ORE)
2 - Big 12 (TTU, OKST)
2 - ACC (FSU, DUKE)

 

[BigJCy]

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

Bummed that we had a decent season but we didn't fair as well this year during conference play as we did last year. Felt like other than a few head scratchers, we didn't have as many bad noncon losses this year but we had so many chances to win a series (Arizona, Oklahoma State, and Kansas series were all winnable) and I felt like that is what cost us.

RPI is basically what gets you in the tournament and ours was too low. All that said, I love this tournament and can't wait to watch some really good softball.

Texas Tech got a tough draw for a potential Supers matchup with Florida.

 

[BigJCy]

 

[CycloneDaddy]

South Dakota must have improved quite a bit as Kirkwood (Juco D2) beat them in Fall ball.

 

[OKClones]

South Dakota must have improved quite a bit as Kirkwood (Juco D2) beat them in Fall ball.

From my experience watching my daughters school fall ball means very little to D1 teams. The games are usually 10 innings. They'll pitch every kid on their roster an inning or 2. Sometimes you might see their best pitchers start the game, sometimes they'll only pitch an inning late in the game, or may not pitch at all. The position players may be the starters to start the game and only play 4 or 5 innings before the rest of the roster plays the remaining of the game. Usually the substitution rules are unlimited, kids coming and going every inning. I've even seen them put base runners on to start an inning and work on situations. Now saying that I have no idea how South Dakota does their fall ball games.
If the DI team is playing another D1 team then its more like a real game, but still free substitution.

 

[harimad]

If the DI team is playing another D1 team then its more like a real game, but still free substitution.

I was about to say. Until you wrote the final sentence I was wondering if you were talking about travel ball or something. I can't remember a single fall ball game my daughter played that was anything other than a regulation softball game. Maybe things are different below D1.

 

[BigJCy]

Gets going today. Here is the line-up:

 

[OKClones]

I was about to say. Until you wrote the final sentence I was wondering if you were talking about travel ball or something. I can't remember a single fall ball game my daughter played that was anything other than a regulation softball game. Maybe things are different below D1.

Sorry. I should have clarified that when my daughters D1 team played a D2, or JUCO team it was far from a regulation game.

 

[BigJCy]

Good upset here:

 

[BigJCy]

Big 12 Results today thus far:

 

[BigJCy]

6-1 first day for the Big 12:

 

[OKClones]

ACC taking some losses.

 

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FIRST ROUND (Friday 5/15)
Upsets in RED

REGION	#1 vs #4	#2 vs #3
Tuscaloosa	#1 Alabama 8, USC Upstate 0 (5)	Belmont 2, SE Louisiana 0
Baton Rouge	#16 LSU 8, Akron 0 (6)	Virginia Tech 6, South Alabama 0
Tallahassee	Stetson 8, #9 Florida State 3	UCF 2, Jacksonville State 1 (8)
Los Angeles	#8 UCLA 12, Cal Baptist 11	South Carolina 7, CS Fullerton 4
Fayetteville	#5 Arkansas 8, Fordham 0 (6)	South Florida 3, Washington 1
Durham	#12 Duke 10, Howard 1 (5)	Arizona 7, Marshall 5
Stillwater	#13 Oklahoma State 16, Eastern Illinois 0 (5)	Stanford 8, Princeton 2
Lincoln	#4 Nebraska 4, South Dakota 1	Grand Canyon 5, Louisville 1
Norman	#3 Oklahoma 11, Binghamton 0 (5)	Kansas 1, Michigan 0 (8)
Eugene	#14 Oregon 5, Idaho State 1	Mississippi State 3, Saint Mary's 2 (8)
Lubbock	#11 Texas Tech 10, Marist 3	Ole Miss 8, Boston U. 6
Gainesville	#6 Florida 12, Florida A&M 0 (5)	Georgia Tech 2, Texas State 1
Knoxville	#7 Tennessee 3, Northern Kentucky 1	Virginia 8, Indiana 7 (8)
Athens	#10 Georgia 5, Charleston 2	UNC Greensboro 1, Clemson 0
College Station	#15 Texas A&M 17, UConn 3 (5)	Arizona State 8, McNeese 0 (5)
Austin	#2 Texas 9, Wagner 1 (5)	Wisconsin 2, Baylor 1 (9)

 

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Saturday 5/16
Game 5 also scheduled for Saturday: Loser G3 vs Winner G4

REGION	Game 3 (1-0 vs 1-0)	Game 4 (0-1 vs 0-1; elimination)
Tuscaloosa	#1 Alabama vs Belmont (1:00)	USC Upstate vs SE Louisiana (3:30)
Baton Rouge	#16 LSU vs Virginia Tech (12:00)	South Alabama vs Akron (2:30)
Tallahassee	Stetson vs UCF (11:00)	#9 Florida State vs Jacksonville State (1:30)
Los Angeles	#8 UCLA vs South Carolina (4:00)	CS Fullerton vs Cal Baptist (6:30)
Fayetteville	#5 Arkansas vs South Florida (1:00)	Fordham vs Washington (3:30)
Durham	#12 Duke vs Arizona (12:00)	Marshall vs Howard (2:30)
Stillwater	#13 Oklahoma State vs Stanford (12:00)	Eastern Illinois vs Princeton (2:30)
Lincoln	#4 Nebraska vs Grand Canyon (12:00)	Louisville vs South Dakota (2:30)
Norman	#3 Oklahoma vs Kansas (2:00)	Binghamton vs Michigan (4:30)
Eugene	#14 Oregon vs Mississippi State (4:00)	Saint Mary's vs Idaho State (6:30)
Lubbock	#11 Texas Tech vs Ole Miss (2:00)	Marist vs Boston U. (4:30)
Gainesville	#6 Florida vs Georgia Tech (9am)	Texas State vs Florida A&M (11:30)
Knoxville	#7 Tennessee vs Virginia (2:00)	Northern Kentucky vs Indiana (4:30)
Athens	#10 Georgia vs UNCG (12:00)	Clemson vs Charleston (2:30)
College Station	#15 Texas A&M vs Arizona State (2:00)	UConn vs McNeese (4:30)
Austin	#2 Texas vs Wisconsin (12:00)	Baylor vs Wagner (2:30)

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Belmont might give Bama problems. They've got an absolute stud pitcher.

 

[BigJCy]

Arizona 5 innings rule #12 seed Duke 10-1.

UCF 5 innings Stetson also 10-1.

Oklahoma State beats Stanford 7-2

 

[BigJCy]

Arizona State is on quite the run here. Beat host #15 Texas A&M 4-3.

 

[BigJCy]

Wow, Texas Tech a 2 outs in the 7th Grand Slam to tie up the game vs. Ole Miss.