HCS Softball Bracketology: Field of 64 for Week 10
It’s officially April, which means the NCAA Softball Tournament is coming up next month. One of the most exciting times of the year is just around the corner, and Heartland College Sports is here to help you keep up with the action.
Our softball experts have taken the liberty of compiling the data and coming up with their projections for the entire Field of 64, as of Wednesday, April 12.
The field consists of 32 automatic qualifiers and 32 at-large bids. Of the 32 automatic qualifiers, 30 of them will earn bids by winning their conference tournament (the Big West and WCC regular season champions will earn the other two bids).
The Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) is used heavily in these projections, as it is when the selection committee creates the field during the Selection Show.
16 national seeds will be selected, with each team hosting a regional site for the first round of the tournament. At each campus site, a four-team, double-elimination tournament will be held, and the 16 winning teams advanced to the Super Regionals.
Super Regionals are hosted on eight campus sites, determined by Regionals winner’s seeding. At each site, two teams will play in a best-of-three tournament, with the winners going to Oklahoma City.
Automatic Bids
America East: Binghamton
American: Wichita State
ACC: Florida State
Atlantic 10: Dayton
Atlantic Sun: Central Arkansas
Big 12: Oklahoma
Big East: UConn
Big Sky: Sacramento State
Big South: Campbell
Big Ten: Northwestern
Big West: Cal St. Fullerton
CAA: Delaware
C-USA: Charlotte
Horizon: Robert Morris
Ivy: Princeton
MAC: Miami (OH)
MAAC: Canisius
MEAC: Morgan State
Missouri Valley: Northern Illinois
Mountain West: Boise State
NEC: LIU
OVC: SEMO
PAC-12:UCLA
Patriot League: Boston
SEC: Tennessee
SoCon: UNC Greensboro
Southland: SE Louisiana
SWAC: Prairie View A&M
Summit League: S Dakota State
Sun Belt: Louisiana
WAC: Grand Canyon
West Coast: BYU
National Seeds
1. Oklahoma
2. UCLA
3. Oklahoma State
4. Florida State
5. Tennessee
6. Stanford
7. Clemson
8. LSU
9. Duke
10. Texas
11. Washington
12. Georgia
13. Arkansas
14. Alabama
15. Northwestern
16. Baylor
Regional Brackets
Norman Regional
1. Oklahoma (1)*
4. Robert Morris*
2. Arizona State
3. South Dakota State*
Los Angeles Regional
1. UCLA (2)*
4. Grand Canyon*
2. Auburn
3. Cal St. Fullerton*
Stillwater Regional
1. Oklahoma State (3)
4. Morgan State*
2. Arizona
3. Missouri
Tallahassee Regional
1. Florida State (4)*
4. LIU*
2. Florida
3. UCF
Knoxville Regional
1. Tennessee (5)*
4. Southeast Missouri State*
2. Indiana
3. UConn*
Palo Alto Regional
1. Stanford (6)
4. Sacramento State*
2. Michigan
3. Mississippi State
Clemson Regional
1. Clemson (7)
4. Princeton*
2. California
3. South Carolina
Baton Rouge Regional
1. LSU (8)
4. Canisius*
2. Louisiana*
3. SE Louisiana*
Durham Regional
1. Duke (9)
4. Binghamton*
2. Charlotte*
3. Campbell*
Austin Regional
1. Texas (10)
4. Prairie View A&M*
2. Texas A&M
3. Minnesota
Seattle Regional
1. Washington (11)
4. Marshall
2. Boise State*
3. BYU*
Athens Regional
1. Georgia (12)
4. Delaware*
2. Virginia Tech
3. Nebraska
Fayetteville Regional
1. Arkansas (13)
4. Northern Illinois*
2. Wichita State*
3. Central Arkansas*
Tuscaloosa Regional
1. Alabama (14)
4. Boston*
2. Utah
3. Maryland
Chicago Regional
1. Northwestern (15)*
4. Dayton*
2. Kentucky
3. UNC Greensboro*
Waco Regional
1. Baylor (16)
4. Miami (OH)*
2. Oregon
3. Ole Miss
*- Auto Bids
Last Four In: Arizona, Mississippi State, Maryland, Marshall
First Four Out: Liberty, Texas State, San Diego State, Wisconsin
