College Softball Selection Sunday: How Many Big 12 Bids?

Originally posted on Heartland College Sports
By Pete Mundo | Last updated May 11, 2025 10:27 PM ET

College softball’s 2025 NCAA Tournament was set on Sunday, and the Big 12 Conference landed five bids. This ranks fourth of all conferences, trailing the SEC, ACC and Big Ten.

Here’s a look at the breakdown.

College Softball 2025 NCAA Tournament Bids By Conference

SEC: 14
ACC: 9
Big Ten: 8
Big 12: 5
American: 2
Every Other Conference: 1

Host Sites by Conference

SEC: 9
ACC: 4
Big 12: 2
Big Ten: 1

Here’s a look at the Tournament, with a * notifying an automatic bid.

NORMAN	BLACKSBURG
1 Oklahoma* (1)	1 Virginia Tech (16)
4 Weber State*	4 Robert Morris*

2 Virginia	2 Ohio State
3 Indiana	3 Kentucky

COLLEGE STATION	TUSCALOOSA
1 Texas A&M (2)	1 Alabama (15)
4 UC Santa Barbara*	4 Jackson State*

2 Cal	2 Oregon
3 Omaha*	3 Mercer*

GAINESVILLE	DURHAM
1 Florida (3)	1 Duke (14)
4 Binghamton*	4 Howard*

2 UCF	2 Georgia
3 FAU	3 Coastal Carolina*

FAYETTEVILLE	TUCSON
1 Arkansas (4)	1 Arizona (13)
4 Saint Louis*	4 Saint Francis*

2 Oklahoma State	2 GCU*
3 Purdue	3 Michigan*

TALLAHASSEE	LUBBOCK
1 Florida State (5)	*1 Texas Tech (12)**
4 Brown*	4 Miami*

2 Mississippi State	2 Ole Miss
3 USF*	3 Washington

KNOXVILLE	CLEMSON
1 Tennessee (6)	1 Clemson* (11)
4 Eastern Illinois*	4 Elon*

2 Georgia Tech	2 Auburn
3 Belmont*	3 UNF*

AUSTIN	COLUMBIA
1 Texas (7)	1 South Carolina (10)
4 Boston U.*	4 USC Upstate*

2 Nebraska	2 Liberty*
3 UConn*	3 North Carolina

LOS ANGELES	BATON ROUGE
1 UCLA (8)	1 LSU (9)
4 Santa Clara*	4 Marist*

2 San Diego State*	2 Stanford
3 Arizona State	3 SELA*

The Big 12 Conference nearly had six bids, but BYU did not make the cut. BYU was amongst the First Four Out, along wiht Nevada, Northwestern and North Texas.

The Regional round goes from May 16-18, followed by the Super Regional round from May 22-25, and finally, the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City from May 29 to June 5th or 6th.

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