Selection Day for college softball is nearing and our Tara Henry and Graham Hays release the updated Field of 64 Projections as of May 12.
D1Softball Field of 64 Projections: May 12
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With Selection Sunday just a few days away and the NCAA announcing the 20 potential host sites, we have updated our 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 Tuesday evening, the team met to discuss whether the committee would allow special dispensation, again, and after some debate the answer is still yes; hence Michigan staying as the overall No. 16 seed. Tennessee enters the national seeds at No. 14 as Texas drops out. We are sending the Longhorns to Eugene – all in good faith – as it has the potential to be an epic matchup at the Jane. 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 SEC lead our top 16 national seeds with six, followed by the Pac-12 with five, the Big 12 and 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)* | |
| TUSCALOOSA | EUGENE | |
| 1. Alabama (2) | 1. Oregon (15) | |
| 4. Fordham* | 4. Weber State* | |
| 2. Virginia Tech | 2. Texas | |
| 3. Troy | 3. Mississippi State | |
| NORMAN | KNOXVILLE | |
| 1. Oklahoma* (3) | 1. Tennessee (14) | |
| 4. North Texas* | 4. Texas Southern* | |
| 2. Texas State | 2. Duke | |
| 3. South Dakota State* | 3. Boston U* | |
| GAINESVILLE | CLEMSON | |
| 1. Florida (4) | 1. Clemson* (13) | |
| 4. Canisus* | 4. Campbell* | |
| 2. Minnesota | 2. Auburn | |
| 3. South Florida | 3. Villanova | |
| FAYETTEVILLE | TUCSON | |
| 1. Arkansas* (5) | 1. Arizona (12) | |
| 4. UMBC* | 4. UNC Greensboro* | |
| 2. Notre Dame | 2. Georgia | |
| 3. Stanford | 3. Depaul* | |
| STILLWATER | TEMPE | |
| 1. Oklahoma State (6) | 1. Arizona State (11) | |
| 4. Saint Francis* | 4. New Mexico State* | |
| 2. Wichita State* | 2. Texas A&M | |
| 3. George Washington* | 3. Liberty | |
| TALLAHASSEE | COLUMBIA | |
| 1. Florida State (7) | 1. Missouri (10) | |
| 4. Morgan State* | 4. SEMO* | |
| 2. UCF | 2. Northwestern | |
| 3. South Carolina | 3. Illinois State* | |
| BATON ROUGE | SEATTLE | |
| 1. LSU (8) | 1. Washington (9) | |
| 4. Stephen F. Austin* | 4. Fresno State* | |
| 2. Louisiana* | 2. Ole Miss | |
| 3. Baylor | 3. BYU* | |