D1Softball Field Of 64 Projections: April 28
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With Selection Sunday just a few weeks away and the NCAA scheduled to announce the 20 potential host sites this week, we decided to put together our own set of projections for the 2021 Road to Oklahoma City.
How the NCAA selection committee will weigh the Big Ten and the RPI accordingly is the biggest question mark in putting together the field of 64.
On Wednesday evening, the team met to discuss whether the committee would allow special dispensation, and after some debate the answer was yes; hence Michigan picking up the overall No. 16 seed. Taking into account COVID-19 health concerns and typical regional travel, we put together a field based on what the committee would do if filling the bracket today.
The Pac-12 and SEC lead our top 16 national seeds with five, followed by the Big 12 with three, the ACC with two, and the Big Ten with one.
| LOS ANGELES | ANN ARBOR | |
| 1. UCLA* (1) | 1. Michigan* (16) | |
| 4. CSUF* | 4. Youngstown State* | |
| 2. James Madison* | 2. Kentucky | |
| 3. Delaware | 3. Miami (OH)* | |
| NORMAN | TUCSON | |
| 1. Oklahoma* (2) | 1. Arizona (15) | |
| 4. North Texas* | 4. UNC Greensboro* | |
| 2. Texas State | 2. Georgia | |
| 3. South Dakota State* | 3. Villanova* | |
| GAINESVILLE | AUSTIN | |
| 1. Florida (3) | 1. Texas (14) | |
| 4. Monmouth* | 4. Prairie View A&M* | |
| 2. Minnesota | 2. Texas A&M | |
| 3. South Florida | 3. Boston U* | |
| TUSCALOOSA | EUGENE | |
| 1. Alabama (4) | 1. Oregon (13) | |
| 4. Fordham* | 4. Weber State* | |
| 2. Virginia Tech | 2. Tennessee | |
| 3. South Alabama* | 3. Illinois | |
| FAYETTEVILLE | TEMPE | |
| 1. Arkansas* (5) | 1. Arizona State (12) | |
| 4. Stony Brook* | 4. New Mexico State* | |
| 2. Duke | 2. Notre Dame | |
| 3. Stanford | 3. South Carolina | |
| SEATTLE | CLEMSON | |
| 1. Washington (6) | 1. Clemson* (11) | |
| 4. Fresno State* | 4. Campbell* | |
| 2. Ole Miss | 2. Auburn | |
| 3. BYU* | 3. Liberty* | |
| TALLAHASSEE | BATON ROUGE | |
| 1. Florida State (7) | 1. LSU (10) | |
| 4. Norfolk State* | 4. Stephen F. Austin* | |
| 2. UCF | 2. Louisiana* | |
| 3. Troy | 3. Baylor | |
| STILLWATER | COLUMBIA | |
| 1. Oklahoma State (8) | 1. Missouri (9) | |
| 4. Long Island* | 4. Eastern Kentucky* | |
| 2. Wichita State* | 2. Northwestern | |
| 3. George Washington | 3. Illinois State* | |