NCAA.com | May 15, 2016 2016 Division I Softball conference championships, automatic qualifiers Share The Division I Softball Committee will unveil its selections for the 2016 NCAA Division I Softball Championship on Sunday May 15 at 10 p.m. ET on ESPNU. The 64-team field will be selected from 283 NCAA Division I institutions sponsoring the sport of softball. Of the 64 teams, 32 teams will receive automatic qualification with the remaining best 32 teams selected on an at-large basis. 2016 DIVISION I SOFTBALL CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS Conference Location Dates Champion American Athletic Tulsa, Okla. May 12-14 Tulsa Atlantic Coast Raleigh, N.C. May 12-14 Florida State America East Vestal, N.Y. May 11-14 Maine Atlantic 10 Washington, D.C. May 12-15 Fordham Atlantic Sun Fort Myers, Fla. May 11-14 USC Upstate Big 12 No tournament N/A Oklahoma Big East Rosemont, Ill. May 13-14 Butler Big Sky Ogden, Utah May 12-14 Weber State Big South Rock Hill, S.C. May 11-14 Longwood Big Ten University Park, Pa. May 12-14 Minnesota Big West No tournament N/A Cal State Fullerton Conference USA Denton, TX May 11-14 Florida Atlantic Colonial Athletic Harrisburg, Va. May 10-13 James Madison Horizon League Chicago, Ill. May 11-14 Valparaiso Ivy League Cambridge, Mass. May 8-9 Princeton Mid-American Akron, Ohio May 11-14 Miami (Ohio) MEAC Ormond Beach, Fla. May 12-14 Florida A&M Mountain West No tournament N/A Fresno State Metro Atlantic Poughkeepsie, N.Y. May 11-15 Marist Missouri Valley Carbondale, Ill. May 12-14 Wichita State Northeast Brooklyn, N.Y. May 12-14 LIU Brooklyn Ohio Valley Oxford, Ala. May 11-14 Jacksonville State Pac-12 No tournament N/A Oregon Patriot League Bethlehem, Pa. May 12-15 Boston U. Southeastern Starkville, Miss. May 11-14 Auburn SWAC Irondale, Ala. May 11-14 Alabama State Southern Greensboro, N.C. May 11-14 Samford Southland Lake Charles, La. May 11-13 McNeese State Summit League Fargo, N.D. May 11-14 North Dakota State Sun Belt Mobile, Ala. May 11-14 Louisiana-Lafayette Western Athletic Seattle, Wash. May 12-14 CSU Bakersfield West Coast No championship N/A BYU Canada and Mexico softball play for bronze at the 2020 Olympics. All players competed in the NCAA When Canada and Mexico battle for the bronze medal in Tokyo, fans will see rosters made up entirely of NCAA student-athletes. READ MORE USA softball team roster: Colleges, stats for the 2020 Olympics players Softball is back at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. After being left out of the 2008 through 2016 games, the sport returns this summer. All 15 USA team members played in college. READ MORE Video review challenges recommended for college softball The NCAA Softball Rules Committee proposed implementing video review and allowing coaches to have two video review challenges beginning in the 2021-22 academic year. READ MORE