NCAA Division I softball tournament

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.

NCAA Division I softball tournament
Current season, competition or edition:
2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament
SportCollege softball
Founded1982
No. of teams64
Most recent
champion(s)		Oklahoma (8)
Most titlesUCLA (12)
TV partner(s)ESPN
ESPN2
Official websiteNCAA.com

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
឴឴឵UCLA
Arizona
Oklahoma
Arizona State
Florida
Texas
A&M
Alabama
Cal State Fullerton
California
Florida
State
Fresno
State
Michigan
Washington
Schools that have won the NCAA Championship
12, 8, 2, 1
Team No. 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
Florida State 1 2018
Alabama 2012
Washington 2009
Michigan 2005
California 2002
Fresno State 1998
Cal State Fullerton 1986

Appearances by team

Total Columns

  • School refers to the current name and branding of the softball team.
  • Conference shows where the school as of the 2024 season.
  •  #  Total appearances in the NCAA Tournament, not counting vacated appearances.
  •  16  Finished in the top 16 of the tournament: top 2 in a Regional (1982 through 2004) or won a Regional (2005 to present).
  •  WS  Total appearances in the College World Series
  •  CH  National Championships

Table Entries

  •  CH  National Champion
  •  RU  National Runner-up
  •  W3   W4   W5   W7  Played in the College World Series with the given placement. All World Series have had 2 teams finish in 5th and two teams finish in 7th. Since 1995, all have had 2 teams finish in 3rd, but before then, some years would have separate 3rd and 4th place teams, depending on how the bracket played out.

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.

School Conference
(as of 2024)		 # 16 WS CH 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
UCLAPac-1239343212CHW3CHCHRUCHCHCHRUCHRUW3CHW3RUCHRURUW5CHCHRUW3R3W5SRCHR2R•R2SRW5W7W5W3CHW5W3R•W5
ArizonaPac-123735258R2R2W3W3W7CHRUCHCHRUCHCHRUW5W3CHRUW3R3W5CHCHW7W7RUSRSRR3SRSRSRSRSRW5W7W5SR
OklahomaBig 123026178R2R2R2R3R2R◦CHW5W7W5W5SRR2SRSRR3SRW7RUCHW5SRCHCHW3RUCHCHCHCH
Arizona StatePac-123120122W3R2W7R2R2R2R2R3R3W7R2R3W3R•R3W5W7CHW5SRCHW3W7R2R2R2R3W7R2R3SR
FloridaSEC2415122R•R3R•R◦R◦R•R3SRW3RUW5RUR2W5CHCHSRRUW5W7SRW5R2W3
Texas A&MSEC341882CHRUR2RUCHW5R3R2R2R•R•R◦R2R2R◦SRR3W7RUR3R2SRR2SRR2R2R2W7SRR•R3R2R2SR
WashingtonPac-123024151R3R2RUW3W3RUW5R2R3W5W7SRSRW3R2CHW7SRSRW3SRR2SRW3RUW3SRR2W5R3
AlabamaSEC2521151R◦W5R3R◦W7R2W5W7SRW3W3SRW3CHSRRUW5W7SRSRW3W3R2W7W5
CaliforniaPac-123524121R2W3R2R2R2R2R2W5R2R3R3W5R2R3W3W7W5CHRURUW7SRR3SRSRSRW5W3R2R3R2R2R3R2R3
Florida StateACC3623121R2W7R3R3W3W5W7W7R•R2R2R•R2R2W3R◦W5R2SRR•R3R3R3R2R3SRW7SRW3SRCHSRRUR2RUSR
MichiganBig Ten2921121R2R2W7W7W5W5R◦R2W7W7W7CHSRSRSRW5SRR2SRW5SRRUW5R2R3R2R2R2R2
Fresno StateMountain West3419121RUR2W5R2R2W5RURURUW3W3R2W5R2R2W3CHW5R2R◦R•R3R◦R2R2R3R2R2R2R3R•R3R3R3
Cal State FullertonBig West321861W3RUR2W3CHW3R2R2R2R2R2R2R2W5R2R3R◦R2R2R•R2R3SRR•R3R2R2R2R•R3R3R2
Oklahoma StateBig 12261812-W7R2R2W3W3R2R2W4W3R3R2R2W3R3R2R2R3W7R2R2R3W5W5W3W5W7
TennesseeSEC22138-R◦R◦R•W3W3RUR2R2W3R2W7RUSRW7R2SRSRSRR3R2W3SR
NebraskaBig Ten26127-W5W3RUW3W5R3R3R2W5R2R2R3W5R3R2R3R2R•R3R3R2W7SRR3R2R3R2
TexasBig 1224117-W7R◦R•R•W3W3W5R2R3R2R3R3SRW3R2R3R3R2R3SRSRRUSRRU
LouisianaSun Belt33196-R2R3R2W3R2W5W5R2R2R•R2R•W7R2R3R2R•W5R2SRR2SRSRW7SRSRR2R2R2R2R2SRR2
MissouriSEC27156-R2W7W5W7R•R•R2R◦R◦R2R2SRW7W7W5SRSRR2SRSRR•R2R2SRR2R3SR
LSUSEC25156-R2R3R2W3R2R◦W3SRSRR2R2R3R2W5R2R2W3W3W5SRSRSRR•R2SR
OregonPac-1224156-W5R3R2R2R3R3R2R2R2R2R2SRSRW5SRW3W7SRW3W5R2R2SRR2
NorthwesternBig Ten22116-W3W5W7R2R3R◦R•SRRUW3SRR•R2R2R•R3R2SRR3W7SRR2
GeorgiaSEC22145-R3R•R2SRR2R2SRW3W3SRSRR2SRSRW5R2W7R2W7R2SRSR
Long Beach StateBig West2685-W5R2R2R2W5W4W5W7R3R3R3R3R◦R◦R3R•R3R3R3R3R3R3R3R3R•R•
StanfordPac-1221114-R2R◦R◦W3R3R◦W3SRSRR2SRSRR3SRR2R2R3R2SRW3W3
UtahPac-1217104-R2W7R2W7R2W5R•R3R2R◦R◦R2R2SRSRW7R3
Cal Poly PomonaD2884-R2R2W7W4R2R2W3W5
DePaulBig East2174-R•R•R2R2W3W7R3R2R3R◦W7W5R2R2R3R2R3R2R•R•R3
BaylorBig 121674-R3SRR2W5SRW3R3R2W3R2R2W7R2R•R3SR
IowaBig Ten1664-R3R2R3W3W3W5R3R3W7R•R2R◦R2R•R2R•
South CarolinaSEC2493-R2W4R2W7R3R3R2W7R3R3R◦R2R3R◦SRR2R3R3R2R2SRR2R2R2
Louisiana TechCUSA1173-W5R2W7W7R2R2R2R•R2R3R3
UMassAtlantic 102163-R2R3R2W3R•R3W7W7R3R◦R3R3R3R◦R•SRR2R2R2R•R•
AdelphiD2663-R2W5W5R2W7R2
UNLVMountain West953-W5W7R3R2R2W3R•R3R•
Oregon StatePac-121562-R2R2R•R3R2R2R2W7R2R2R3R•R•R2W7
CreightonBig East1252-W7W5R2R2R2R◦R◦R3R•R3R•R•
Cal State NorthridgeBig West1442-R2W5RUR2R3R•R•R•R◦R•R◦R•R•R•
IndianaBig Ten942-W7R2W3R2R3R3R•R2R•
AuburnSEC1932-R◦R◦R3R2R3R3R3R3R•R2W3RUSRR3R2R•R3R2R2
PrincetonIvy League1222-R3W7W7R◦R◦R3R•R•R•R•R•R3
Southern MissSun Belt422-W7W3R◦R◦
KentuckySEC1581-R2R3SRR3SRW5SRR2SRSRSRSRR2R3R3
PacificWest Coast1371-R2W5R2R2R2R2R•R2R◦R◦R•R2R•
Central MichiganMid-American1461-R2R2R2W5R2R•R3R2R◦R3R•R•R◦R•
KansasBig 121261-R2R2R2W7R2R3R2R3R3R2R3R2
HawaiiMountain West1151-R2R2R3R2R◦R3SRR2W5R•R2
South FloridaAmerican1741-R3R3R2R2R◦R3R2SRR•W7R2R2R3R3R3R2R3
UConnBig East841-R2R3R3R2W5R2R•R◦
MinnesotaBig Ten1731-R3R3R•R2R3R3R◦R3SRR2R2R2R2W7R2R3R3
Virginia TechACC1331-R3R3R3W7R2R2R3R•R2SRSRR2R3
James MadisonColonial931-R•R3R3R3SRR2R3SRW3
DukeACC431-R2SRSRW7
Western MichiganMid-American421-W5R2R◦R•
Utah StateMountain West421-W7R3R3R2
UICHorizon1211-W7R3R3R3R3R◦R◦R3R•R3R•R•
Kent StateMid-American411-W7R3R2R3
ToledoMid-American311-W7R3R•
Northern IllinoisMid-American211-W7R3
Notre DameACC273--R3R2R•R•R◦R2R2R•R◦R2R2R3R3R2R2R3R2R•R2R2R2R3R2R3R2R3R3
ArkansasSEC133--R•R3R3R•R2R2R•SRR•SRSRR2R3
Ohio StateBig Ten123--R2R2R◦R3R2SRR2R3R•R2R3R3
HofstraColonial182--R3R3R◦R◦R◦R•R2R2R3R3R2R2SRR2R3R3R3R•
San Diego StateMountain West142--R2R◦R2R3R•R3R2R2R3R3R2R2SRR•
Georgia TechACC122--R2R•R3R2R2R3R3SRR2R3R3R3
Penn StateBig Ten112--R2R2R•R•R•R◦R2R2R•R2R3
HoustonBig 1292--R◦R2SRSRR3R3R3R3R2
Ole MissSEC82--R2SRR2SRR2R2R2R•
Michigan StateBig Ten42--R3R2R2R•
ClemsonACC42--R2SRSRR3
Mississippi StateSEC181--R3R◦R◦R◦R2R3R3R•R•R3R3R3R•R2R2R2SRR3
BYUBig 12171--R◦R3R3R2R2R3SRR2R2R•R3R3R3R2R3R3R2
Boston UniversityPatriot122--R2R◦R◦R2R3R3R3R•R•R•R•R3R3
Texas StateSun Belt121--R◦R3R2R3R•R3R3R3R3R3R3R2
Southern IllinoisMissouri Valley111--R3R2R3R3R3R3R•R3R•R•R2
UCFBig 12111--R3R2R3R•R2R2R2R2SRR3R3
Bethune–CookmanSWAC101--R◦R◦R◦R◦SRR•R•R•R•R•
North Dakota StateSummit101--SRR•R•R3R3R2R3R3R3R•
Illinois StateMissouri Valley91--R2R3R•R•R3R2R•R3R2
Jacksonville StateCUSA91--R•R2SRR•R3R•R2R3R2
IllinoisBig Ten81--R◦R2R•R2R3R2R3R•
Missouri StateMissouri Valley71--R2R•R•R3R•R3R3
Wichita StateAmerican71--R2R•R3R2R2R3R3
Texas TechBig 1261--R2R•R2R2R3R2
NC StateACC51--R3R3R2R2SR
UABAmerican51--R3R3R•SRR3
Bowling GreenMid-American41--R2R3R3R◦
San Jose StateMountain West41--R3R2R•R3
MarylandBig Ten41--R2R3R3R•
Northern IowaMissouri Valley31--R2R3R3
NichollsSouthland31--R3R2R•
Colorado StateMountain West31--R2R◦R3
RutgersBig Ten21--R2R•
WyomingMountain West11--R2
New MexicoMountain West11--R2
Rhode IslandAtlantic 1011--R2
North CarolinaACC15---R•R◦R◦R2R•R3R•R2R2R2R3R3R3R2R2
LouisvilleACC15---R◦R3R2R3R3R3R2R2R2R3R•R•R•R2R3
ChattanoogaSouthern13---R•R◦R3R◦R◦R•R•R2R•R•R•R3
LehighPatriot11---R◦R◦R•R2R3R2R•R•R3R•R3
TulsaAmerican11---R•R•R2R2R3R•R2R•R2R3R2
Florida AtlanticAmerican10---R3R◦R3R•R•R•R2R2R3R•
LIUNortheast10---R•R◦R◦R•R3R•R2R•R•R•
FordhamAtlantic 1010---R2R3R3R•R2R•R3R•R•R•
CanisiusMAAC9---R3R•R◦R◦R•R•R3R•R•
McNeeseSouthland9---R•R3R•R3R3R3R3R2R2
WisconsinBig Ten9---R3R◦R•R2R2R2R3R2R2
HarvardIvy League8---R3R◦R•R•R2R•R•R•
Florida A&MSWAC8---R◦R•R3R•R•R•R•R•
Mississippi Valley StateSWAC8---R•R•R•R•R•R3R•R•
AlbanyAmerica East8---R•R•R2R•R3R•R•R•
Miami (OH)Mid-American8---R•R3R3R3R•R3R2R3
LibertyCUSA7---R◦R•R2R2R3R2R2
CampbellBig South6---R•R3R•R3R•R3
UMBCAmerica East6---R◦R◦R•R•R•R•
Portland StateBig Sky6---R3R•R•R3R•R•
South AlabamaSun Belt6---R2R2R2R2R3R2
USC UpstateBig South6---R3R3R3R3R3R•
Saint Francis (PA)Northeast6---R3R•R•R•R•R3
Coastal CarolinaSun Belt5---R•R3R◦R•R3
Northwestern StateSouthland5---R•R◦R◦R•R•
CornellIvy League5---R◦R◦R◦R•R•
LongwoodBig South5---R•R3R2R2R•
Western IllinoisSummit4---R3R◦R◦R3
Sacramento StateBig Sky4---R3R•R•R•
DrakeMissouri Valley4---R•R•R2R3
UNC GreensboroSouthern4---R•R•R•R•
East CarolinaAmerican4---R◦R3R2R2
Seton HallBig East4---R◦R•R3R•
OaklandHorizon4---R◦R◦R•R•
Wright StateHorizon4---R◦R•R•R3
Loyola MarymountWest Coast4---R•R2R3R3
Tennessee TechOhio Valley4---R•R•R2R3
MaristMAAC4---R•R•R•R•
IonaMAAC4---R•R•R•R•
New Mexico StateWAC4---R3R3R•R•
Weber StateBig Sky4---R•R•R3R•
MaineAmerica East3---R•R◦R•
OhioMid-American3---R•R•R2
Boston CollegeACC3---R3R•R•
Cleveland StateHorizon3---R•R•R•
Ball StateMid-American3---R•R•R3
ColgatePatriot3---R◦R◦R•
Southeast Missouri StateOhio Valley3---R•R3R•
ArmyPatriot3---R◦R◦R•
Middle TennesseeCUSA3---R◦R•R2
Eastern KentuckyOhio Valley3---R•R◦R•
FIUCUSA3---R◦R2R3
Texas A&M–Corpus ChristiSouthland3---R◦R◦R3
UC Santa BarbaraBig West3---R◦R•R•
Georgia SouthernSouthland3---R3R•R3
NevadaMountain West3---R•R2R3
Southern UtahWAC3---R•R3R•
LipscombASUN3---R2R2R3
SyracuseACC3---R•R3R2
ValparaisoMissouri Valley3---R•R3R•
Western KentuckyCUSA3---R2R2R3
Texas SouthernSWAC3---R•R•R•
Alabama StateSWAC3---R•R•R•
Prairie View A&MSWAC3---R•R•R•
VillanovaBig East3---R3R•R2
Grand CanyonWAC3---R•R3R2
Iowa StateBig 122---R3R2
Georgia StateSun Belt2---R•R•
TroySun Belt2---R•R3
RiderMAAC2---R•R◦
ManhattanMAAC2---R◦R•
SouthernSWAC2---R◦R◦
CentenaryD32---R◦R•
UTSAAmerican2---R◦R•
Green BayHorizon2---R3R•
Cal PolyBig West2---R•R2
HowardMEAC2---R•R•
Sam HoustonSouthland2---R3R3
StetsonASUN2---R•R3
WinthropBig South2---R2R•
PurdueBig Ten2---R3R2
Stony BrookAmerica East2---R•R•
BradleyMissouri Valley2---R3R•
RadfordBig South2---R3R2
Sacred HeartNortheast2---R3R•
UT MartinOhio Valley2---R•R•
Saint Mary'sWest Coast2---R•R•
VirginiaACC2---R3R2
Jackson StateSWAC2---R•R•
Florida Gulf CoastASUN2---R3R3
Central ConnecticutNortheast2---R3R•
MarshallSun Belt2---R3R3
DartmouthIvy League2---R•R•
Central ArkansasSouthland2---R•R3
FairfieldMAAC2---R•R•
Boise StateMountain West2---R•R2
Kennesaw StateASUN2---R•R3
MonmouthMAAC2---R•R•
SeattleWAC2---R3R3
Morgan StateMEAC2---R•R•
South Dakota StateSummit2---R3R3
UNC WilmingtonColonial2---R•R•
CharlotteAmerican2---R2R3
Northern ColoradoBig Sky2---R•R•
OmahaSummit2---R3R2
ProvidenceBig East1---R3
BrownIvy League1---R•
Louisiana–MonroeSun Belt1---R3
NiagaraMAAC1---R•
Saint Peter'sMAAC1---R◦
EvansvilleMissouri Valley1---R◦
UT ArlingtonSun Belt1---R3
CharlestonColonial1---R2
Robert MorrisHorizon1---R•
Youngstown StateHorizon1---R•
Eastern MichiganMid-American1---R•
FurmanSouthern1---R•
Delaware StateMEAC1---R•
Stephen F. AustinWAC1---R•
Alcorn StateSWAC1---R•
BucknellPatriot1---R•
ElonColonial1---R•
UC DavisBig West1---R•
JacksonvilleASUN1---R3
MemphisAmerican1---R3
HamptonColonial1---R•
PennIvy League1---R•
Purdue Fort WayneHorizon1---R•
BryantNortheast1---R•
Charleston SouthernBig South1---R•
SIU EdwardsvilleOhio Valley1---R•
Utah ValleyWAC1---R•
BinghamtonAmerica East1---R•
Indiana StateMissouri Valley1---R3
PittsburghACC1---R2
St. John'sBig East1---R•
ButlerBig East1---R•
Cal State BakersfieldBig West1---R•
SamfordSouthern1---R•
East Tennessee StateSouthern1---R•
MontanaBig Sky1---R•
DetroitHorizon1---R•
George WashingtonAtlantic 101---R•
Murray StateMissouri Valley1---R•
North TexasAmerican1---R2
Eastern IllinoisOhio Valley1---R•
George MasonAtlantic 101---R•
North Carolina CentralMEAC1---R•
Northern KentuckyHorizon1---R•
DaytonAtlantic 101---R•
SienaMAAC1---R•
Southeastern LouisianaSouthland1---R2
School Conference # 16 E8 CH 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

See also

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