NCAA.com | May 17, 2018 2018 Division I softball championship bracket unveiled Top 10 Plays of the 2017 Women's College World Series Share INDIANAPOLIS — The University of Oregon earned the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Division I Softball Championship today when the NCAA Division I Softball Committee announced the 64-team field. The Ducks will host Albany (NY) an automatic qualifier from the America East Conference. Thirty-two conferences were awarded an automatic qualification, while the remaining 32 slots were filled with at-large selections to complete the bracket. The top 16 teams were seeded nationally and will play at campus sites beginning this Thursday. BRACKETS: View the interactive bracket | Printable Team pairings were determined by geographic proximity, with the exception that teams from the same conference were not paired during regional competition. The Southeastern Conference led all leagues with 13 teams selected to the championship tournament. The Pac-12 Conference placed seven teams in the championship tournament. Four teams are making their first appearance in the tournament: Boise State University, Kennesaw State University, Monmouth University, and Prairie View A&M University. RELATED: Schedule, times, infomation to know about the 2018 softball championship Only 12 schools have been crowned the NCAA Division I softball champion since the tournament started in 1982, 11 of the 12 will compete in this year’s bracket. Automatic Qualifiers Conference School American Athletic Tulsa America East Albany (N.Y.) ACC Florida State Atlantic Sun Kennesaw State Atlantic 10 Fordham Big East DePaul Big 12 Oklahoma Big Sky Sacramento State Big South Liberty Big Ten Minnesota Big West Cal State Fullerton Colonial Hofstra Conference USA Middle Tennessee Horizon Illinois Chicago Ivy Harvard Metro Atlantic Monmouth Mid-American Ohio MEAC Bethune-Cookman Missouri Valley Drake Mountain West Boise State Northeast Saint Francis (PA) Ohio Valley Jacksonville State Patriot Boston University Pac-12 Oregon SEC Florida Southern UNC-Greensboro Southland McNeese Sun Belt Texas State Summit North Dakota State SWAC Prairie View West Coast BYU Western Athletic New Mexico State At-Large Qualifiers School Conference Alabama SEC Arizona Pac-12 Arizona State Pac-12 Arkansas SEC Auburn SEC Baylor Big 12 California Pac-12 Georgia SEC Houston American Athletic James Madison Colonial Kentucky SEC Louisiana Sun Belt LSU SEC Long Beach State Big West Michigan Big Ten Mississippi State SEC Missouri SEC Northwestern Big Ten Notre Dame ACC Ohio State Big Ten Oklahoma State Big 12 Ole Miss SEC Oregon State Pac-12 South Carolina SEC South Florida American Athletic Tennessee SEC Texas Big 12 Texas A&M SEC UCLA Pac-12 Washington Pac-12 Wichita State American Athletic Wisconsin Big Ten Dates/Sites/Pairings: *Indicates Host Institution Eugene Regional – May 17-19 at Eugene, Oregon No. 1 seed Oregon* (47-7) vs. Albany (NY) (32-14) BYU (35-20) vs. Drake (43-10) Lexington Regional – May 18-20 at Lexington, Kentucky Michigan (43-11) vs. Notre Dame (32-21) Ill.-Chicago (33-19) vs. No. 16 seed Kentucky* (31-19) Columbia Regional – May 18-20 at Columbia, South Carolina No. 9 seed South Carolina* (45-14) vs. UNCG (46-11) Liberty (47-12) vs. Hofstra (40-12) Tempe Regional – May 18-20 at Tempe, Arizona Long Beach St. (42-12) vs. Ole Miss (30-23) New Mexico St. (29-22) vs. No. 8 seed Arizona St.* (43-11) Seattle Regional – May 18-20 at Seattle, Washington No. 5 seed Washington* (44-8) vs. Boise St. (40-14) Texas (32-24) vs. Minnesota (39-15) Tuscaloosa Regional – May 18-20 at Tuscaloosa, Alabama Oregon St. (28-26) vs. Wisconsin (28-21) Middle Tenn. (39-20) vs. No. 12 seed Alabama* (33-18) Fayetteville Regional – May 18-20 at Fayetteville, Arkansas No. 13 seed Arkansas* (39-15) vs. DePaul (35-15) Wichita St. (30-21) vs. Oklahoma St. (38-20) Norman Regional – May 18-20 at Norman, Oklahoma Missouri (28-27) vs. Tulsa (33-23) Boston U. (39-18) vs. No. 4 seed Oklahoma* (50-3) Los Angeles Regional – May 18-20 at Los Angeles, California No. 3 seed UCLA* (50-4) vs. Sacramento St. (31-18) Cal St. Fullerton (33-23) vs. Texas St. (42-14) Tucson Regional – May 18-20 at Tucson, Arizona Mississippi St. (36-21) vs. North Dakota St. (33-17) St. Francis (PA) (39-17) vs. No. 14 seed Arizona* (40-14) Baton Rouge Regional – May 18-20 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana No. 11 seed LSU* (41-14) vs. Fordham (33-21) Houston (36-20) vs. Louisiana (38-14) Tallahassee Regional – May 18-20 at Tallahassee, Florida Auburn (40-15) vs. Kennesaw St. (39-15) Jacksonville St. (33-23) vs. No. 6 seed Florida St.* (47-10) Athens Regional – May 18-20 at Athens, Georgia No. 7 seed Georgia* (43-11) vs. Harvard (23-16) Northwestern (36-17) vs. California (34-19) Knoxville Regional – May 18-20 at Knoxville, Tennessee James Madison (42-12) vs. Ohio (38-15) Monmouth (32-14) vs. No. 10 seed Tennessee* (45-12) College Station Regional – May 18-20 at College Station, Texas No. 15 seed Texas A&M* (40-16) vs. Prairie View (20-21) McNeese (40-19) vs. Baylor (36-16) Gainesville Regional – May 18-20 at Gainesville, Florida Ohio St. (34-14) vs. South Fla. (38-21) Bethune-Cookman (31-24) vs. No. 2 seed Florida* (50-8) Championship structure: The committee held selections on May 11-13. The 64-team field was selected from 297 NCAA Division I institutions sponsoring softball. Of the 64 teams, 32 teams received an automatic qualification with the remaining best 32 teams selected on an at-large basis. Regionals will be held May 17-20 on 16 campus sites. At each campus site, a four-team, double-elimination tournament will be conducted, and the 16 winning teams advance to the Super Regionals. Super Regionals for the championship will be held May 24-27 on eight campus sites. At each site, two teams play in a best-of-three tournament format. The winners from each site advance to the NCAA® Women’s College World Series (WCWS). Seeding/Sites: Teams were selected to the field of 64 teams. 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