Last Four In: Utah, Iowa State, Stanford, Oregon State
First Four Out: North Carolina, Long Beach State, North Carolina State, Nebraska
Michigan continued to assert itself as a serious national title contender after going down to Tuscaloosa and getting two wins over Alabama during the Easton Bama Bash Tournament. The Wolverines, despite a narrow 2-1 loss to Florida in the opening weekend of the season in Gainesville, have put together a great body of work as far being able to beat the nation’s best away from Ann Arbor. Oregon navigated its trip down to the Lone Star State nicely as they beat Texas A&M convincingly in College Station and grinded out a split against Baylor down in Waco. The Ducks now can set their sights on Florida next Friday in San Diego in what will be a terrific test for both teams early on in this season. The Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, like always, lived up to the hype as teams like Kentucky and Missouri had great showings, while Tennessee’s defense let them down en route to three losses. UCLA, pitching wise, has work to do in order for them to be a top eight caliber national seed in the NCAA Tournament. California continued its outstanding start as they got a dramatic win over Florida State on Saturday 7-6. UCF and Washington split two hard-fought games in a battle of teams that will be right on the edge of being in the Top 16 seeds all year long. The Knights get their shot at Florida on Wednesday in Gainesville in what would be a huge RPI booster if Central Florida could find a way to steal a win.
See the Projected Softball NCAA Tournament Bracket
ACC: Florida State Virginia Tech, Notre Dame
American: South Florida, Tulsa, UCF
Big East: DePaul
Big 12: Baylor, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa State
Big Ten: Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State
Pac-12: Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, Washington, Oregon State, California, Utah
SEC: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas A&M, South Carolina
A-10: Fordham
America East: Stony Brook
A-Sun: Florida Gulf Coast, USC Upstate
Big Sky: Idaho State
Big South: Coastal Carolina
Big West: Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge
CAA: James Madison
C-USA: UAB
Horizon: Green Bay
Ivy: Harvard
MAAC: Marist
MAC: Ball State
MEAC: Bethune-Cookman
MVC: Wichita State
MWC: San Diego State
NEC: Bryant
OVC: Jacksonville State
Patriot: Lehigh
Southern: Mercer
Southland: McNeese State
Summit: South Dakota State
Sun Belt: Louisiana, South Alabama
SWAC: Texas Southern
WAC: New Mexico State
WCC: BYU
See the Projected Softball NCAA Tournament Bracket
