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2022 college softball: TV schedule, results, auto-bids for conference tournaments

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Sixty-four teams will play for the national title in the 2022 DI softball championship. Thirty-two of those teams will qualify automatically by winning their conference or conference tournament.

We'll be tracking each of the automatic bids this spring. Four teams will earn a bid by winning their conference's regular-season tournament. The others will be conference tournament champions. In the table below, you will find all 32 automatic qualifiers.

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2022 college softball: Conference tournament brackets, automatic qualifiers

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CONFERENCE	CHAMPION	LOCATION	DATES
America East	UMBC	Vestal, NY	May 11-14
American Athletic	UCF	Greenville, NC	May 12-14
ACC	Florida State	Pittsburgh, Penn.	May 11-14
Atlantic Sun	Liberty	Jacksonville, Fla.	May 10-14
Atlantic 10	Fordham	Fairfax, Va.	May 11-14
Big East	Villanova	Rosemont, Ill.	May 12-14
Big Sky	Weber State	Ogden, Utah	May 11-14
Big South	Campbell	Farmville, Va.	May 11-14
Big Ten	Nebraska	East Lansing, Mich.	May 11-14
Big 12	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma City, Okla.	May 12-14
Big West	Cal State Fullerton	No tournament	N/A
Colonial	UNCW	Elon, NC	May 12-14
Conference USA	North Texas	Denton, Texas	May 11-14
Horizon	Oakland	Highest seed that meets criteria	May 11-14
Ivy	Princeton	Site of team with best Ivy League record	May 13-15
Metro Atlantic	Canisius	Location of highest seed	May 11-14
Mid-American	Miami (Ohio)	Highest seed hosts	May 12-14
Mid-Eastern	Howard	Norfolk, Va.	May 11-14
Missouri Valley	Missouri State	Springfield, Mo.	May 11-14
Mountain West	San Diego State	No tournament	N/A
Northeast	Saint Francis (PA)	Location of highest seed	May 12-14
Ohio Valley	Murray State	Oxford, Alabama	May 11-14
Pac-12	Arizona State	No tournament	N/A
Patriot	Lehigh	Top overall seed hosts	May 12-14
SEC	Arkansas	Gainesville, Fla.	May 10-14
Southern	Chattanooga	Greensboro, N.C.	May 11-14
Southland	McNeese	Hammond, La.	May 10-13
SWAC	Prairie View A&M	Gulfport, Miss.	May 11-14
Summit	South Dakota State	Brookings, S.D. and Vermillion, S.D.	May 11-15
Sun Belt	Louisiana	Mobile, Ala.	May 10-14
WAC	Grand Canyon	Huntsville, Texas	May 12-14
West Coast	Loyola Marymount	No Tournament	N/A

NCAA softball conference championship TV schedule

(all times Eastern and subject to change)

TIME, DATE	GAME	NETWORK
11 a.m., May 14	American Athletic Softball Tournament (Championship)	ESPN2
11 a.m., May 14	MAAC Softball Championship (Championship)	ESPN+
Noon, May 14	America East Softball Championship (Game 10)	ESPN+
Noon, May 14	A10 Softball Championships (Championship)	ESPN+
Noon, May 14	Big South Softball Championship (Game 10)	ESPN+
Noon, May 14	Horizon Softball Championship (Game 10)	ESPN+
Noon, May 14	OVC Softball Championship (Game #12)	ESPN+
Noon, May 14	Sun Belt Softball Championship (Elimination Game)	ESPN+
12:05 p.m., May 14	A10 Softball Championships (Championship)	ESPN+
12:05 p.m., May 14	Ivy League Softball Championship	ESPN+
12:05 p.m., May 14	Northeast Conference Softball Championship (Game #6)	ESPN3
12:05 p.m., May 14	Northeast Conference Softball Championship	ESPN3
12:05 p.m., May 14	Patriot League Softball Championship (Game #6)	ESPN+
12:05 p.m., May 14	Patriot League Softball Championship (Game #7)	ESPN+
1 p.m., May 14	ACC Softball Tournament (Championship)	ESPN2
1 p.m., May 14	ASUN Softball Championship (Championship)	ESPN+
1 p.m., May 14	Southern Conference Softball Tournament (Semifinal)	ESPN+
2 p.m., May 14	Big Sky Softball Championship (Championship)	ESPN+
2 p.m., May 14	MVC Softball Championship (Championship)	ESPN+
2 p.m., May 14	WAC Softball Conference Tournament (Championship)	ESPN+
2:30 p.m., May 14	Big South Softball Championship (Game 11)	ESPN+
2:30 p.m., May 14	Horizon Softball Championship (Game 11)	ESPN+
2:30 p.m., May 14	OVC Softball Championship (Game #13)	ESPN+
3 p.m., May 14	Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Tournament (Championship)	ESPN2
3 p.m., May 14	MAC Softball Championship (Championship)	ESPN+
3 p.m., May 14	Southern Conference Softball Tournament (Championship)	ESPN+
3:30 p.m., May 14	ASUN Softball Championship (Game #11 - If Necessary)	ESPN+
3:30 p.m., May 14	Sun Belt Softball Championship (Championship)	ESPN+
4:30 p.m., May 14	Big Sky Softball Championship (Game #11 - If Necessary)	ESPN+
5 p.m., May 14	SEC Softball Tournament (Championship)	ESPN2
5 p.m., May 14	WAC Softball Conference Tournament (If Necessary)	ESPN+
6 p.m., May 14	MAC Softball Championship (Championship – If Necessary)	ESPN+

NCAA softball championship schedule

Here's the current schedule for the 64-team NCAA softball tournament.

Selections: 7 p.m. ET Sunday, May 15, on ESPN2
Regionals: Friday through Sunday, May 20-22
Super Regionals: Thursday through Sunday, May 26-29
Women's College World Series: Thursday, June 2, through Thursday, June 9. Finals Game 3 will be Friday, June 10, if necessary.

NCAA Women's College World Series winners

Year	Champion (Record)	Coach	Score	Runner-Up	Site
2021	Oklahoma (56-4)	Patty Gasso	5-1	Florida State	Oklahoma City
2020	Canceled due to Covid-19	--	--	--	--
2019	*UCLA (56-6)	Kelly Inouye-Perez	5-4	Oklahoma	Oklahoma City
2018	*Florida State (58-12)	Lonni Alameda	8-3	Washington	Oklahoma City
2017	*Oklahoma (61-9)	Patty Gasso	5-4	Florida	Oklahoma City
2016	Oklahoma (57-8)	Patty Gasso	2-1	Auburn	Oklahoma City
2015	Florida (60-7)	Tim Walton	4-1	Michigan	Oklahoma City
2014	*Florida (55-12)	Tim Walton	6-3	Alabama	Oklahoma City
2013	*Oklahoma (57-4)	Patty Gasso	4-0	Tennessee	Oklahoma City
2012	Alabama (60-8)	Patrick Murphy	5-4	Oklahoma	Oklahoma City
2011	*Arizona State (60-6)	Clint Myers	7-2	Florida	Oklahoma City
2010	*UCLA (50-11)	Kelly Inouye-Perez	15-9	Arizona	Oklahoma City
2009	Washington (51-12)	Heather Tarr	3-2	Florida	Oklahoma City
2008	*Arizona State (66-5)	Clint Myers	11-0	Texas A&M	Oklahoma City
2007	Arizona (50-14-1)	Mike Candrea	5-0	Tennessee	Oklahoma City
2006	Arizona (54-11)	Mike Candrea	5-0	Northwestern	Oklahoma City
2005	Michigan (65-7)	Carol Hutchins	4-1	UCLA	Oklahoma City
2004	UCLA (47-9)	Sue Enquist	3-1	California	Oklahoma City
2003	UCLA (54-7)	Sue Enquist	1-0	California	Oklahoma City
2002	California (56-19)	Diane Ninemire	6-0	Arizona	Oklahoma City
2001	*Arizona (65-4)	Mike Candrea	1-0	UCLA	Oklahoma City
2000	*Oklahoma (66-8)	Patty Gasso	3-1	UCLA	Oklahoma City
1999	*UCLA (63-6)	Sue Enquist	3-2	Washington	Oklahoma City
1998	Fresno State (52-11)	Margie Wright	1-0	Arizona	Oklahoma City
1997	Arizona (61-5)	Mike Candrea	10-2	UCLA	Oklahoma City
1996	*Arizona (58-9)	Mike Candrea	6-4	Washington	Columbus, Ga.
1995	*#UCLA (50-6)	Sharron Backus	4-2	Arizona	Oklahoma City
1994	*Arizona (64-3)	Mike Candrea	2-0	Cal State Northridge	Oklahoma City
1993	Arizona (44-8)	Mike Candrea	1-0	UCLA	Oklahoma City
1992	*UCLA (54-2)	Sharron Backus	2-0	Arizona	Oklahoma City
1991	Arizona (56-16)	Mike Candrea	5-1	UCLA	Oklahoma City
1990	UCLA (62-7)	Sharron Backus	2-0	Fresno State	Oklahoma City
1989	*UCLA (48-4)	Sharron Backus	1-0	Fresno State	Sunnyvale, Calif.
1988	UCLA (53-8)	Sharron Backus	3-0	Fresno State	Sunnyvale, Calif.
1987	Texas A&M (56-8)	Bob Brock	4-1	UCLA	Omaha, Neb.
1986	*Cal State Fullerton (57-9-1)	Judi Garman	3-0	Texas A&M	Omaha, Neb.
1985	UCLA (41-9)	Sharron Backus	2-1	Nebraska	Omaha, Neb.
1984	UCLA (45-6-1)	Sharron Backus	1-0	Texas A&M	Omaha, Neb.
1983	Texas A&M (41-11)	Bob Brock	2-0	Cal State Fullerton	Omaha, Neb.
1982	*UCLA (33-7-2)	Sharron Backus	2-0	Fresno State	Omaha, Neb.

*Indicates undefeated teams in final series.

#-UCLA’s 1995 national championship was later vacated by the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions