The 2017 NCAA softball tournament bracket was revealed on Sunday night, with 64 teams vying for a chance to become champions of the sport.
NCAA softball tournament 2017: Bracket and schedule revealed
The Florida Gators are the No. 1 overall seed and host one of 16 regional rounds.
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Thirty-two teams received automatic bids for winning their conferences, including defending champion Oklahoma, victors in the Big 12. The other 32 teams were selected at large by the NCAA.
The top overall seed is Florida, which finished atop the SEC with a 50-6 mark in 2017.
The 64 teams are split up into 16 different regionals, played at the home site of the top team in each region. The regionals, played from May 18-21, will each produce one winner, with the 16 regional winners paired off for eight super regional matchups. The super regionals are best-of-three series to be played from May 25-28, with the eight winners advancing to the Women’s College World Series, played in Oklahoma City from June 1-7.
Here are the 16 national seeds:
- Florida
- Arizona
- Oregon
- Florida State
- UCLA
- Washington
- Auburn
- Tennessee
- Texas A&M
- Oklahoma
- Utah
- Ole Miss
- LSU
- Kentucky
- Baylor
- Alabama
Here are the regional groupings, with the matchups shown below those of the first games of each region. The full 64-team bracket can be found here.
Regionals
Gainesville regional
No. 1 Florida vs. Florida A&M
Florida International vs. Oklahoma State
Tuscaloosa regional
No. 16 Alabama vs. Albany
Minnesota vs. Louisiana Tech
College Station regional
No. 9 Texas A&M vs. Texas Southern
Texas vs. Texas State
Knoxville regional
No. 8 Tennessee vs. Longwood
Ohio State vs. USC Upstate
Los Angeles regional
No 5 UCLA vs. Lehigh
San Jose State vs. Cal State Fullerton
Oxford regional
No. 12 Ole Miss vs. Southern Illinois
Arizona State vs. North Carolina
Baton Rouge regional
No. 13 LSU vs. Fairfield
McNeese vs. UL Lafayette
Tallahassee regional
No. 4 Florida State vs. Princeton
Jacksonville State vs. Georgia
Eugene regional
No. 3 Oregon vs. Illinois Chicago
Wisconsin vs. Missouri
Lexington regional
No. 14 Kentucky vs. DePaul
Illinois vs. Marshall
Salt Lake City regional
No. 11 Utah vs. Fordham
BYU vs. Mississippi State
Seattle regional
No. 6 Washington vs. Montana
Michigan vs. Fresno State
Auburn regional
No. 7 Auburn vs. ETSU
Notre Dame vs. California
Norman regional
No. 10 Oklahoma vs. North Dakota State
Tulsa vs. Arkansas
Waco regional
No. 15 Baylor vs. Kent State
Oregon State vs. James Madison
Tucson regional
No. 2 Arizona vs. New Mexico State
South Carolina vs. St. Francis (PA)
Super regionals
May 25-28
Gainesville winner vs. Tuscaloosa winner
College Station winner vs. Knoxville winner
Los Angeles winner vs. Oxford winner
Baton Rouge winner vs. Tallahassee winner
Eugene winner vs. Lexington winner
Salt Lake City winner vs. Seattle winner
Auburn winner vs. Norman winner
Waco winner vs. Tucson winner
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