The Tuscaloosa Regional features host and No. 14 seed Alabama, along with Clemson, Southeastern Louisiana, and USC Upstate.

The road to the Women’s College World Series begins now, but who is the team to beat and which players have the most on their shoulders?

D1Softball has you covered with all the stories, scores and more from the Big Ten Tournament in Iowa City.

D1Softball has you covered with all the stories, scores and more from the ACC Tournament in Durham.

Drama, stakes and some of the best mid-major pitchers in the country. The MVC tournament has everything a softball fan could ask for.

Conference newcomers FAU and Charlotte split the AAC regular season title, but will host Wichita State make sure Addison Barnard gets one more NCAA stage?

Northwestern and Michigan top the seeding, but there are plenty of Big Ten teams for which this week’s visit to Iowa City amounts to a play-in for the NCAA tournament.

As the ACC converges on Durham, will No. 1 seed Duke make life difficult on reigning champ Florida State and a conference with plenty of challengers?

Why is Florida State so hard to put away? Why is SIU’s Maddia Groff so good as a freshman? What is the root of Florida’s offensive success? D1Softball’s Graham Hays digs into the numbers.

Diving into the numbers, D1Softball’s Graham Hays explores what makes Madisyn Kennedy so tough to get out, Duke’s Jala Wright so tough to hit and Nebraska’s sister act so valuable.

East Carolina’s Morgan Johnson continues to honor Jackie Robinson’s legacy the best way she knows how, by living a life that inspires and lifts up others.

Kimane Rogron didn’t even know what softball was until she was a teenage. But Texas A&M Corpus Christi’s French third baseman is proof that softball can be part of the global language of sports.

College softball’s most consistent giant killer for three decades, Louisiana snapped Oklahoma’s record winning streak at 71 games.

Oklahoma’s long-awaited Love’s Field opener nearly went historically awry against a Miami team eager to show off its power credentials. Then Kinzie Hansen delivered. Again.

From Taylor Pleasants’ return to form to Tallen Edwards making the leap and Isabela Emerling emerging as a potential star, what’s the story behind some of college softball’s hottest starts?

Omaha’s Kamryn Meyer is a once-in-a-generation mid-major ace. But her legacy will have more to do with how much the high school coach and kindergarten student-teacher cares about the next generation.

As her longtime travel coach, Josh Bloomer put Allie Skaggs on the road from Louisville to Tucson. It turned out she did the same for Arizona’s newest assistant.

Taryn Kern grew up near Palo Alto, but it took a continent-wide detour for the All-American to return home as Stanford’s first transfer in nearly 25 years.

At 48-3 in the league over the past two seasons, Samantha Heyer, Alexis Pupillo and Northern Iowa may be impervious even to the transfer portal.

Oklahoma feels inevitable these days. But its rise to rule college softball was anything but preordained. Follow 10 turning points that launched a dynasty.

Northwestern is the team to beat in the Big Ten. Nebraska’s Jordy Bahl and Indiana’s Brianna Copeland may be the stars capable of doing it.

The MAC is stocked with a strong collection of aces, but will that be enough to stop Karli Spaid, Allie Cummins and Miami’s dynasty from rolling to another title?

With Sydney Berzon, Taylor Pleasants and one of the nation’s best defenses, LSU has all the tools to erase memories of last May and play into June.

With Boston University and Lehigh’s mid-major dynasties fighting to be the team no one wants to play in a regional, the Patriot League remains one of college softball’s hidden gems.

BYU, UCF and Houston herald the start of a new era for the Big 12, but Oklahoma and Texas will be tough to beat in their farewell seasons.

What does Kayla Beaver have in common with Montana Fouts? Maybe more than just an Alabama uniform, as D1Softball looks at 10 intriguing mid-major transfers.

Even as Oklahoma opens a new ballpark, its unconquerable seniors—with a little help from a former rival—will try to write the perfect final chapter in an unprecedented story.

Growing up on a Nebraska farm, Tori Kniesche steered clear of the big animals. But on the softball field, the two-time Summit League Pitcher of the Year was made to take down Goliath.

For Houston, a new conference means new players, a new outlook, new assistant coaches and a new opportunity in the Big 12.