Last Four In: Louisville, Pittsburgh, Utah, Oregon State
First Four Out: Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State, Maryland, Stanford
LSU continues to build up the most intimidating home field advantage as the Tigers beat Oklahoma twice, outscoring the vaunted Sooner offense 11-2 enroute to a sweep. The environment was electric in Baton Rouge and at the rate the Tigers are going, they should be home all the way until the Women’s College World Series. Florida and Alabama, when they have been able to play, have done a nice job of neutralizing each other’s offensive attacks, which is a huge plus for both teams moving forward. UCLA is surging out west after they clinched a series win at Washington on Sunday with an 8-4 victory over the Huskies. Also, don’t sleep on Auburn as they swept Kentucky. And with the way the Tigers hit the ball, they have to be in the conversation as a College World Series threat. Next, the Atlantic Coast Conference is coming into its own as teams like Louisville and Pittsburgh are surging and that will give the necessary depth that the conference needs to get possibly five teams in the NCAA Tournament. Finally, Michigan was absolutely electric offensively as they destroyed Ohio State all weekend long and with Kansas getting to 29-2, they just might make the Big 12 a three-team race.
See the Projected Softball NCAA Tournament Bracket
ACC: Florida State, Virginia Tech, Louisville, Pittsburgh, NC State, North Carolina
American: South Florida, Tulsa, UCF
Big East: DePaul
Big 12: Baylor, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas
Big Ten: Michigan, Minnesota, Purdue
Pac-12: Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, 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 Northridge
CAA: James Madison
C-USA: UAB
Horizon: Green Bay
Ivy: Harvard
MAAC: Marist
MAC: Kent 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
