The road to Oklahoma City for Nebraska begins in Baton Rouge.
The NCAA Softball Championship bracket was revealed on Sunday. The Huskers were not selected as a top-16 national seed, meaning there will not be any postseason games in Lincoln.
Taking a trip south!
— Nebraska Softball (@HuskerSoftball) May 11, 2025
See y'all in Baton Rouge, Husker Nation! pic.twitter.com/9PyDeJ76eZ
Nebraska opens against UConn (35-17) on Friday at 2 p.m. CDT. That game will be streamed on ESPN+.
The Huskies won the Big East Conference Tournament with an 18-4 drubbing of Creighton. This is the first NCAA Tournament appearance for UConn since 2001.
On the other side of the regional is host and No. 10 national seed LSU (41-14) taking on Southeastern Louisiana (48-14). The Tigers are coming off of a Super Regional in 2024 while the Cowgirls won their second-straight Southland Conference Tournament Championship this season.
The winner of this regional will take on the winner of the Knoxville Regional. That site includes No. 7 national seed Tennessee, Ohio State, North Carolina, and Miami (OH).
Super Regionals are scheduled for May 22-25 with the Women's College World Series May 29 through June 5/6 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The full bracket can be found at NCAA.com.
The full list of national seeds and hosts is below.
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