NCAA.com | May 17, 2018

2018 Division I softball championship bracket unveiled

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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.

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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.

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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. The top 16 teams were seeded in order, and the remaining teams are paired by geographic proximity, with the exception that teams within the same conference were not paired during regional competition.

Championship notes: 2017 Highlights: Oklahoma defeated Florida, 5-4, to win their fourth softball championship title.

For complete championship details log on to www.ncaa.com.