The CAA looks a little different in 2024. First, they’re the Coastal Athletic Assocation now, no longer the Colonial. During the summer, Campbell joined the conference ranks, bolstering the softball membership to twelve schools.In the Fighting Camels, the CAA added a two-time-defending NCAA tournament participant; Campbell won the Big South tournament in each of the last two seasons. The Camels immediately joined the top tier […]

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?

Storylines abound in the nation’s most historic softball conference – the final season that the PAC-12 will play in its current form. Stanford enters the season as conference favorites, but there’s a pack of PAC teams that have other plans.

The WAC is a league that may have finally found its identity as a softball conference after a few recent years of realignment moves. A group of teams could show themselves as real contenders in the conference race.

Nearly half of Conference USA is made up of new teams this year, following some exits and entrances via realignment. Liberty is a title favorite immediately, but they’re not alone among teams that could take home a championship.

McNeese came just three outs from a Super Regional berth last season, a sign of strength for both the Cowgirls and the Southland as a whole. In 2024, some up-and-coming teams believe they can challenge for the top spot in the conference.

Central Arkansas was one of the nation’s best squads last season, but saw their stellar pitching depart. Speaking of departures, two teams that are traditionally near the top of the league also left this summer. The result of it all is a league full of parity and ripe for the picking.

The ACC’s upper tier has been one of the strongest groups in the nation, boasting three regional hosts a year ago, and young pitching is a major strength for the league entering the 2024 season.

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.

The American is a conference of which softball fans should take notice – as one veteran AAC coach said, the softball diamond might be the one place that the league got truly *stronger* through the realignment process.

The Sun Belt has been and remains one of the best softball leagues outside the Power Five. With the Ragin’ Cajuns looking to build off of a Super Regional appearance and some solid teams fighting for space in the conference standings, another banner year could be ahead.

Following a run to the Women’s College World Series, Tennessee is hoping to retain its position at the top of the SEC standings. But the Lady Vols will have plenty of challengers in the loaded conference chase.

Boise State won the Mountain West regular-season title last season, but San Diego State won the inaugural conference tournament crown and went on a run all the way to a Super Regional berth. Here’s a look at how the conference shakes out in 2024.

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.

Can anyone stop Villanova All-American Paige Rauch? The Big East’s reigning Pitcher and Player of the Year hopes to hold off an improving conference.

UCF returns a good portion of its offensive lineup and headlines the American entering the 2022 season.

The Sun Belt earned four NCAA Tournament bids last season. Could the league emulate that type of performance in 2022?

Fresh off a runner-up finish at the Women’s College World Series, Florida State will try to reign supreme in an increasingly deeper ACC.

Northern Iowa and Southern Illinois return aces from NCAA tournament teams, but will the MVC recover from losing stars Sammey Bunch, Mack Leonard and Morgan Day?

Headlined by Montana Fouts and Alabama, the SEC will once again be the deepest conference in the country with a plethora of teams in contention for the title and deep postseason runs.

The Pac-12 graduated a lot of talent from last season. There will be new stars, but the favorites for the conference appear to be the same.

Oklahoma returns its historic lineup almost intact, but transfers abound as Big 12 teams restock to take on the defending national champions.

Who are the expected, most impactful True Freshmen in college softball this spring? Here’s our list of 15 players to watch.

Sunshine State rivals UCF and South Florida are ready to battle it out atop the American standings, while Houston and Tulsa are hot on their heels.

Texas Tech has a fresh face at head coach, Texas has a tough two-way talent to replace and Oklahoma is once again the headliner.

Sydney Sherrill and Florida State might lead the charge in the ACC, but NC State and a host of others have a chance to make some waves.

Michigan and Northwestern might lead the charge in the Big Ten, but the league should be as competitive as ever throughout the 2021 campaign.

LSU is the headliner in the Southeastern Conference, while Florida, Alabama and others are hot on their heels.