Oklahoma's Ailana Agbayani (50) celebrates a grand slam in the third inning during the college softball game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns at Loves Field in Norman, Okla., Friday, April, 25, 2025.

The college softball season is down is down to its final few weeks, but the questions are soaring from all over heading into Selection Sunday.

Will there be a team from outside the power conferences make it to the final eight for the Women's College World Series at Devon Park in Oklahoma City?

This year's bracket might require giving a little more grace to the selection committee when the inevitable grips come.

Case in point: There are sound arguments for OU and Texas A&M to be the No. 1 overall seed. Saturday's SEC championship rainout ruined the opportunity to settle things on the field.

Conference realignment added another wrinkle into the selection process this year on top of trying to place teams for geographic proximity.

Our final projections have 14 of the 15 SEC teams in the field, with only Missouri missing out because the Tigers have a losing record despite a top-40 RPI rating.

Here is our projected field of 64 entering Selection Sunday:

Which teams earned automatic bids to 2025 NCAA softball tournament?

Atlantic 10: Saint Louis
ACC: Clemson
America East: Binghamton or Bryant
American: South Florida
Atlantic Sun: North Florida
Big 12: Texas Tech
Big East: Connecticut
Big Sky: Weber State
Big South: USC Upstate
Big Ten: Michigan
Big West: UC Santa Barbara
Coastal Athletic: Elon
C-USA: Liberty
Horizon: Robert Morris
Ivy: Brown
Metro Atlantic: Marist or Siena
Mid-American: Miami (Ohio)
Mid-Eastern: Howard
Missouri Valley: Belmont
Mountain West: San Diego State
Northeast: Long Island or Saint Francis (PA)
Ohio Valley: Eastern Illinois
Patriot: Army or Boston
SEC: Oklahoma
Southern: Mercer
Southland: Southeastern Louisiana
Summit: Omaha
Sun Belt: Coastal Carolina
SWAC: Florida A&M
WAC: Grand Canyon
West Coast: Santa Clara

NCAA softball tournament projected host seeds

Texas A&M
Oklahoma
Florida State
Arkansas
Florida
UCLA
Texas
LSU
Tennessee
Clemson
South Carolina
Texas Tech
Arizona
Duke
Virginia Tech
Oregon

2025 NCAA softball tournament bracket projections

Asterisks denote automatic bid. Through games played May 10:

Last Four In: Washington, Kentucky, Nevada, Indiana

First Four Out: Purdue, BYU, North Texas, Northwestern

College Station Regional

Texas A&M (1)
South Florida*
Marist/Siena*
Robert Morris*

Eugene Regional

Oregon (16)
Stanford
Arizona State
Weber State*

Baton Rouge Regional

LSU (8)
Virginia
Indiana
Miami (Ohio)*

Knoxville Regional

Tennessee (9)
Ohio State
North Carolina
Elon*

Fayetteville Regional

Arkansas (4)
Oklahoma State
Omaha*
Saint Louis*

Tucson Regional

Arizona (13)
Ole Miss
Grand Canyon*
Santa Clara*

Gainesville Regional

Florida (5)
Florida Atlantic
Belmont*
Army/Boston*

Lubbock Regional

Texas Tech (12)*
Mississippi State
Washington
SE Louisiana*

Tallahassee Regional

Florida State (3)
UCF
Kentucky
Florida A&M

Durham Regional

Duke (14)
Alabama
Michigan*
Howard*

Los Angeles Regional

UCLA (6)
California
Nevada
UC Santa Barbara*

Columbia Regional

South Carolina (11)
Liberty*
Georgia Tech
USC Upstate*

Austin Regional

Texas (7)
Nebraska
UConn*
Eastern Illinois*

Clemson Regional

Clemson (10)*
Georgia
North Florida*
Brown*

Norman Regional

Oklahoma (2)*
San Diego State*
Mercer*
LIU/Saint Francis (PA)*

Blacksburg Regional

Virginia Tech
Auburn
Coastal Carolina*
Binghamton/Bryant*

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