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 D1Softball breaks down what to expect in the 2022 softball season D1Softball’s Graham Hays, Tara Henry, Rhiannon Potkey and Brady Vernon share some of the players, teams and storylines to watch going into the 2022 season. READ MORE 2022 college softball preview and predictions with D1Softball's Tara Henry Here is all you need to know ahead of the 2022 college softball season. D1softball's Tara Henry breaks down the top five teams, biggest storylines, top players and more ahead of the first pitch in February. READ MORE College softball rankings: Preseason Top 25 for 2022 by D1Softball Defending national champion Oklahoma comes in at No. 1 in D1Softball's 2022 preseason top 25 rankings. Alabama is No. 2, while Oklahoma State, UCLA and Florida round out the top 5. READ MORE