NCAA reveals 2022 Women’s College World Series bracket, schedule
After a long season with plenty upsets and surprise storylines, the NCAA announced the 64-team field for the Softball Championship and road to the Women’s College World Series. With the first round taking place across 16 regional sites, the second round will take place at the super regional site of the higher remaining seed.
Oklahoma is the No. 1 overall seed, followed by No. 2 Florida State, No. 3 Virginia Tech, No. 4 Arkansas, No. 5 UCLA, No. 6 Alabama, No. 7 Oklahoma State and No. 8 Arizona State. They will have the inside track to those Super Regional series and will be favored to make the Women’s College World Series field of eight in Oklahoma City.
The NCAA’s softball tournament format starts with a double-elimination round which groups teams into pods of four. At the end, the last team without two losses over the weekend advances. The second round is a best-of-three series between two teams. Then, as the Women’s College World Series begins, the double elimination format resumes to produce two teams which play another best-of-three series for the national championship.
2022 NCAA softball bracket
Norman Regional
Prairie View A&M
Tallahassee Regional
Howard
Blacksburg Regional
St. Francis
Fayetteville Regional
Princeton
Los Angeles Regional
Grand Canyon
Loyola Marymount
Tuscaloosa Regional
Chattanooga
Murray State
Stillwater Regional
Fordham
Tempe Regional
Cal State Fullerton
Evanston Regional
Oakland
McNeese State
Clemson Regional
UNC Wilmington
Knoxville Regional
Campbell
Durham Regional
UMBC
Seattle Regional
Lehigh
Weber State
Gainesville Regional
Canisius
Columbia Regional
Missouri State
Orlando Regional
Villanova
South Dakota State
Super Regionals
Winner from Norman v. Winner from Orlando
Winner from Tallahassee v. Winner from Columbia
Winner from Blacksburg v. Winner from Gainesville
Winner from Fayetteville v. Winner from Seattle
Winner from Los Angeles v. Winner from Durham
Winner from Tuscaloosa v. Winner from Knoxville
Winner from Stillwater v. Winner from Clemson
Winner from Tempe v. Winner from Evanston
Women’s College World Series
June 2 through June 9 or June 10.