Last year’s winner of the NCAA Division I softball championship, Oklahoma, looks poised for another deep run in the tournament. The Sooners enter NCAA play at 49-2, earning the No. 1 overall seed in this year’s bracket. Led by the trio of sophomore Tiare Jennings and seniors Grace Lyons and Jocelyn Alo — the latter the NCAA’s all-time home run leader — Oklahoma has to be considered the tournament favorite.
But there’s a host of talent across the collegiate softball landscape. The 64 teams that make up the tournament field will hope to strut their stuff on the diamond and move on to the next step on the road to Oklahoma City, the super regionals, which take place from May 26-29.
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NCAA softball tournament bracket 2022
The NCAA released the full softball tournament bracket May 15 with the 16 host sites and the rankings of the top teams in the nation.
Each team is placed in a mini bracket with three other schools. The top seed in each bracket will host the No. 4 seed, while the No. 2 seed in each bracket clashes with the No. 3 seed. Teams will play a minimum of two games
Teams play a minimum of two games before being sent home. Meanwhile, a team needs three wins to advance out of the regional stage and into super regionals. There, the dream of collegiate softball glory becomes more tangible with the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City just one step away.
All times Eastern
NCAA softball super regionals 2022
Norman Super Regional
Friday, May 27: Game 1, No. 16 UCF vs. No. 1 Oklahoma, 4:30 p.m., ESPN2Saturday, May 28: Game 2, UCF vs. Oklahoma, 2 p.m., ESPNSunday, May 29: Game 3, if necessary
Tempe Super Regional
Friday, May 27: Game 1, No. 9 Northwestern at No. 8 Arizona State, 8 p.m., ESPNUSaturday, May 28: Game 2, Northwestern at Arizona State, 11 p.m., ESPN2Sunday, May 29: Game 3, if necessary
Los Angeles Super Regional
Friday, May 27: Game 1, No. 12 Duke at No. 5 UCLA, 11 p.m., ESPN2Saturday, May 28: Game 2, Duke at UCLA, 8:30 p.m., ESPN2Sunday, May 29: Game 3, if necessary
Fayetteville Super Regional
Thursday, May 26: Game 1, Texas at No. 4 Arkansas, 7 p.m., ESPN2Friday, May 27: Game 2, Texas at Arkansas, 6:30 p.m., ESPN2Saturday, May 28: Game 3, if necessary
Blacksburg Super Regional
Friday, May 27: Game 1, No. 14 Florida at No. 3 Virginia Tech, 2 p.m., ESPN2Saturday, May 28: Game 2, Florida at Virginia Tech, noon, ESPNSunday, May 29: Game 3, if necessary
Stanford Super Regional
Friday, May 27: Game 1, Oregon State at Stanford, 10:30 p.m., ESPNUSaturday, May 28: Game 2, Oregon State at Stanford, 6 p.m., ESPNUSunday, May 29: Game 3, if necessary
Stillwater Super Regional
Thursday, May 26: Game 1, No. 10 Clemson at No. 7 Oklahoma State, 9:30 p.m., ESPN2Friday, May 27: Game 2, Clemson at Oklahoma State, 9 p.m., ESPN2Saturday, May 28: Game 3, if necessary
Starkville Super Regional
Friday, May 27: Game 1, Arizona at Mississippi State, Noon, ESPNUSaturday, May 28: Game 2, Arizona at Mississippi State, 4 p.m., ESPNUSunday, May 29: Game 3, if necessary
NCAA softball regionals 2022
Norman Regional
Oklahoma (No. 1 national seed) Texas A&M Minnesota Prairie View
Orlando Regional
UCF (16) Michigan South Dakota State Villanova
Tallahassee Regional
Florida State (2) Mississippi State South Florida Howard
Columbia Regional
Missouri (15) Illinois Missouri State Arizona
Blacksburg Regional
Virginia Tech (3) Kentucky St. Francis (Pa. ) Miami (Ohio)
Gainesville Regional
Florida (14) Georgia Tech Wisconsin Canisius
Fayetteville Regional
Arkansas (4) Oregon Wichita State Princeton
Seattle Regional
Washington (13) Texas Weber State Lehigh
Los Angeles Regional
UCLA (5) Ole Miss Loyola Marymount Grand Canyon
Durham Regional
Duke (12) Georgia Liberty UMBC
Tuscaloosa Regional
Alabama (6) Stanford Murray State Chattanooga
Knoxville Regional
Tennessee (11) Ohio State Oregon State Campbell
Stillwater Regional
Oklahoma State (7) Nebraska North Texas Chattanooga
Clemson Regional
Clemson (10) Auburn Louisiana UNC Wilmington
Tempe Regional
Arizona State (8) LSU San Diego State Cal State Fullerton
Evanston Regional
Northwestern (9) Notre Dame McNeese Oakland
How to watch NCAA softball regionals
All the softball regional matchups will be shown on ESPN networks from May 20-22 before the super regionals in the following week.
Select games can also be streamed live with fuboTV, which offers a free trial.
Here’s the TV schedule for the regionals:
All times Eastern
Norman Regional
Friday, May 20: Game 1: Texas A&M 5, Minnesota 1Game 2: No. 1 Oklahoma 14, Prairie View 0
Saturday, May 21: Game 3: Oklahoma 3, Texas A&M 2Game 4: Minnesota 13, Prairie View 1 (Prairie View eliminated)Game 5: Texas A&M 10, Minnesota 7 (Minnesota eliminated)
Sunday, May 22: Game 6: Oklahoma 20, Texas A&M 0 (Oklahoma advances to super regional)
Orlando Regional
Friday, May 20: Game 1: Michigan 2, South Dakota State 1Game 2: No. 16 UCF 6, Villanova 0
Saturday, May 21: Game 3: UCF 3, Michigan 2
Sunday, May 22: Game 4: South Dakota State 5, Villanova 4 (Villanova eliminated)Game 5: Michigan 4, South Dakota State 1 (South Dakota State eliminated)Game 6: UCF 9, Michigan 4 (UCF advances to super regional)
Tallahassee Regional
Friday, May 20: Game 1: South Florida 4, Mississippi State 0Game 2: No. 2 Florida State 8, Howard 0
Saturday, May 21: Game 3: Florida State 8, South Florida 0Game 4: Mississippi State 6, Howard 3 (Howard eliminated)Game 5: Mississippi State 6, South Florida 0 (South Florida eliminated)
Sunday, May 22: Game 6: Mississippi State 5, Florida State 0 Game 7: Mississippi State 4, Florida State 3 (Mississippi State advances to super regional)
Columbia Regional
Friday, May 20: Game 1: No. 15. Missouri 3, Missouri State 1Game 2: Arizona 8, Illinois 3
Saturday, May 21: Game 3: Arizona 2, Missouri 0Game 4: Missouri State 2, Illinois 0 (Illinois eliminated)Game 5: Missouri 2, Missouri State 0 (Missouri State eliminated)
Sunday, May 22: Game 6: Arizona 1, Missouri 0 (Arizona advances to super regional)
Blacksburg Regional
Friday, May 20: Game 1: No. 3 Virginia Tech 4, St. Francis (Pa.) 0Game 2: Kentucky 15, Miami (Ohio) 1
Saturday, May 21: Game 3: Kentucky 5, Virginia Tech 4Game 4: Miami (Ohio) 4, St. Francis (Pa.) 0 (St. Francis eliminated)Game 5: Virginia Tech 5, Miami (Ohio) 4 (Miami eliminated)
Sunday, May 22: Game 6: Virginia Tech 9, Kentucky 2Game 7: Virginia Tech 5, Kentucky 4 (Virginia Tech advances to super regional)
Gainesville Regional
Friday, May 20: Game 1: Georgia Tech 2, Wisconsin 1Game 2: No. 14 Florida 10, Canisius 1
Saturday, May 21: Game 3: Florida 7, Georgia Tech 1Game 4: Wisconsin 3, Canisius 0 (Canisius eliminated)
Sunday, May 22: Game 5: Wisconsin 7, Georgia Tech 6 (Georgia Tech eliminated)Game 6: Florida 11, Wisconsin 0 (Florida advances to super regional)
Fayetteville Regional
Friday, May 20: Game 1: No. 4 Arkansas 11, Princeton 0Game 2: Oregon 10, Wichita State 2
Saturday, May 21: Game 3: Arkansas 6, Oregon 2Game 4: Wichita State 5, Princeton 4 (Princeton eliminated)Game 5: Oregon 8, Wichita State 1 (Wichita State eliminated)
Sunday, May 22: Game 6: Arkansas 9, Oregon 3 (Arkansas advances to super regional)
Seattle Regional
Friday, May 20: Game 1: Texas 6, Weber State 0Game 2: No. 13 Washington 9, Lehigh 2
Saturday, May 21: Game 3: Texas 8, Washington 2Game 4: Lehigh 5, Weber State 4 (Weber State eliminated)Game 5: Washington 6, Lehigh 1 (Lehigh eliminated)
Sunday, May 22: Game 6: Washington 2, Texas 1Game 7: Texas 3, Washington 2 (Texas advances to super regional)
Los Angeles Regional
Friday, May 20: Game 1: Loyola Marymount 4, Ole Miss 2Game 2: No. 5 UCLA 12, Grand Canyon 1
Saturday, May 21: Game 3: UCLA 7, Loyola Marymount 1Game 4: Ole Miss 9, Grand Canyon 5 (Grand Canyon eliminated)Game 5: Ole Miss 4, Loyola Marymount 2 (Loyola Marymount eliminated)
Sunday, May 22: Game 6: UCLA 9, Ole Miss 1 (UCLA advances to super regional)
Durham Regional
Friday, May 20: Game 1: Liberty 2, Georgia 0Game 2: No. 12 Duke 4, UMBC 0
Saturday, May 21: Game 3: Duke 5, Liberty 0Game 4: Georgia 6, UMBC 3 (UMBC eliminated)Game 5: Georgia 7, Liberty 2 (Liberty eliminated)
Sunday, May 22: Game 6: Georgia 5, Duke 3Game 7: Duke 13, Georgia 5 (Duke advances to super regional)
Tuscaloosa Regional
Friday, May 20: Game 1: No. 6 Alabama 3, Chattanooga 0Game 2: Stanford 3, Murray State 1
Saturday, May 21: Game 3: Stanford 6, Alabama 0Game 4: Chattanooga 1, Murray State 0 (Murray State eliminated)Game 5: Alabama 6, Chattanooga 2 (Chattanooga eliminated)
Sunday, May 22: Game 6: Alabama 4, Stanford 0Game 7: Stanford 6, Alabama 0 (Stanford advances to super regional)
Knoxville Regional
Friday, May 20: Game 1: Oregon State 4, Ohio State 3Game 2: No. 11 Tennessee 9, Campbell 1
Saturday, May 21: Game 3: Tennessee 3, Oregon State 0Game 4: Ohio State 10, Campbell 0 (Campbell eliminated)Game 5: Oregon State 5, Ohio State 1 (Ohio State eliminated)
Sunday, May 22: Game 6: Oregon State 8, Tennessee 3Game 7: Oregon State 3, Tennessee 1 (Oregon State advances to super regional)
Stillwater Regional
Friday, May 20: Game 1: Nebraska 3, North Texas 0Game 2: No. 7 Oklahoma State 12, Fordham 0
Saturday, May 21: Game 3: Oklahoma State 7, Nebraska 4Game 4: North Texas 5, Fordham 3 (Fordham eliminated)Game 5: North Texas 3, Nebraska 0 (Nebraska eliminated)
Sunday, May 22: Game 6: Oklahoma State 2, North Texas 0 (Oklahoma State advances to super regional)
Clemson Regional
Friday, May 20: Game 1: No. 10 Clemson 9, UNC Wilmington 0Game 2: Auburn 4, Louisiana 3
Saturday, May 21: Game 3: Clemson 1, Auburn 0Game 4: Louisiana 3, UNC Wilmington 1 (UNC Wilmington eliminated)Game 5: Louisiana 4, Auburn 3 (Auburn eliminated)
Sunday, May 22: Game 6: Clemson 8, Louisiana 0 (Clemson advances to super regional)
Tempe Regional
Friday, May 20: Game 1: San Diego State 10, LSU 5Game 2: No. 8 Arizona State 5, Cal State Fullerton 2
Saturday, May 21: Game 3: Arizona State 11, San Diego State 8Game 4: Cal State Fullerton 3, LSU 2 (LSU eliminated)Game 5: San Diego State 8, Cal State Fullerton 5 (Cal State Fullerton eliminated)
Sunday, May 22: Game 6: Arizona State 8, San Diego State 4 (Arizona State advances to super regional)
Evanston Regional
Friday, May 20: Game 1: McNeese 11, Notre Dame 1Game 2: No. 9 Northwestern 9, Oakland 2
Saturday, May 21: Game 3: Northwestern 17, McNeese 3Game 4: Notre Dame 16, Oakland 1 (Oakland eliminated)Game 5: McNeese 3, Notre Dame 1 (Notre Dame eliminated)
Sunday, May 22: Game 6: Northwestern 10, McNeese 2 (Northwestern advances to super regional)
