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The higher seed of the two teams usually hosts the best-of-three series, with the winner moving on to the Women's College World Series. The final eight teams meet at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City in the Women's College World Series. The WCWS is further divided into two sections.
Softball was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the AIAW for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve (and other) sports.
The following human polls make up the 2025 NCAA Division I women's softball rankings. The NFCA/USA Today Poll is voted on by a panel of 32 Division I softball coaches. The NFCA/USA Today Poll is voted on by a panel of 32 Division I softball coaches.
Over 600 NCAA member colleges are sponsors of women's softball programs. The women's softball championships are held in Division I , Division II , and Division III . The NCAA writes the rules of play, while each sanctioning body supervises season-ending tournaments.
The tournament ended with the 2024 Women's College World Series at Devon Park in Oklahoma City. [1] Oklahoma won the 2024 Women's College World Series, becoming the first team in college softball history to four-peat. [2] [3] [tone] Dayton, Siena and Southeastern Louisiana made their NCAA Division I softball tournament debuts. [4] [5] [6] [7]
One school began a transition from NCAA Division II to Division I on July 1, 2023. [1]Le Moyne joined the Northeast Conference (NEC).; A total of 15 softball-sponsoring schools changed conferences after the 2023 season.
The following is a list of schools that participate in NCAA Division I softball, according to NCAA.com. [1] These teams compete to go to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Devon Park for the Women's College World Series. (For schools whose athletic branding does not directly correspond with the school name, the athletic branding is in parentheses.)
The NCAA Division II Softball Championship is the annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of women's college softball among Division II members in the United States and Canada. The final rounds of the tournament are also referred to as the NCAA Division II Women's College World Series. The tournament has been ...