ESPN on Tuesday released its schedule of Division I softball coverage, featuring nearly 200 televised games and more than 1,900 matchups across its digital networks.

ESPN Releases Regular-Season Coverage Schedule

Top Stories D1Softball Staff - February 8, 2022

ESPN on Tuesday released its schedule of Division I softball coverage, featuring nearly 200 televised games and more than 1,900 matchups across its digital networks.

Games are available across ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, ACC Network, Big 12 Now on ESPN+, Longhorn Network, ESPN+, SEC Network+ and ACC Network Extra. All of ESPN’s live softball programming is available in the ESPN App.

The season begins with the return of the St. Pete Clearwater Elite Invitational (Feb. 17-20), featuring 16 teams and 40 games on ESPN platforms.

Schedule Highlights

• A new game-of-the-week series on Thursdays in mid-April/early-May featuring four top matchups on ESPN

April 14: No. 17 Oregon at No. 11 Arizona at 8 p.m. ET

April 21: No. 14 Clemson at No. 6 Florida State at 9 p.m.

April 28: No. 4 Oklahoma State at No. 6 Florida State at 7 p.m.

May 5: No. 4 Oklahoma State at No. 1 Oklahoma at 9 p.m.

• Two top-five series featured:

No. 2 Alabama at No. 5 Florida – 4/9 at noon on ESPN2, 4/10 at 4 p.m. on ESPN2 and 4/11 at 7 p.m. on SEC Network

No. 4 Oklahoma State at No. 1 Oklahoma – 5/5 at 9 p.m. on ESPN2, 5/6 at 7 p.m. on ESPN2 and 5/7 at 5 p.m. on ESPNU

• Nine top-10 matchups including: No. 3 UCLA at No. 7 Washington, No. 6 Florida State at No. 5 Florida, No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 8 Texas, No. 10 Virginia Tech at No. 6 Florida State and No. 4 Oklahoma State at No. 6 Florida State

ESPN’s Regular Season Softball Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Wed, Feb 16	2 p.m.	South Alabama at No. 6 Florida State	ACC Network
	5 p.m.	McNeese at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
Thu, Feb 17	10 a.m.	Notre Dame vs. Tennessee	ESPNU
	12:30 p.m.	Texas Tech vs.  Auburn	SEC Network
	1 p.m.	UCF vs. Wisconsin	ESPNU
	3:30 p.m.	Texas Tech vs. Clemson	ACC Network
	4 p.m.	Tennessee vs. Florida State	ESPNU
Fri, Feb 18	10 a.m.	Michigan vs. Oklahoma State	ESPNU
	12:30 p.m.	Washington vs. Tennessee	SEC Network
	1 p.m.	Texas vs. Florida State	ESPNU
	3 p.m.	South Florida vs. Notre Dame	ACC Network
	4 p.m.	LSU vs. Oklahoma State	ESPNU
	4 p.m.	Auburn vs. Texas	Longhorn Network
Sat, Feb 19	10 a.m.	UCLA vs. Auburn	ESPNU
	10:30 a.m.	Notre Dame vs. LSU	SEC Network
	11 a.m.	Northwestern vs. Clemson	ACC Network
	1 p.m.	Michigan vs. Florida State	ACC Network
	4 p.m.	Texas vs. UCLA	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	UCF vs. Texas	Longhorn Network
Sun, Feb 20	9 a.m.	Texas Tech vs. LSU	SEC Network
	10 a.m.	Washington vs. Clemson	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	UCLA vs. Florida State	ESPN2
Wed, Feb 23	TBD	Georgia State at Georgia Tech	ACC Network
Thu, Feb 24	7:30 p.m.	UT San Antonio	Longhorn Network
Fri, Feb 25	3 p.m.	No. 21 Arizona State at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
Sat, Feb 26	12:30 p.m.	No. 8 Texas vs. Tulsa	Longhorn Network
Sun, Feb 27	1:30 p.m.	No. 21 Arizona State at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
Tue, Mar 1	5 p.m.	No. 13 Michigan at North Carolina	ACC Network
Wed, Mar 2	7 p.m.	Sam Houston at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
Fri, Mar 4	5 p.m.	No. 10 Virginia Tech at No. 14 Clemson	ACC Network
Sun, Mar 6	1 p.m.	Louisiana Tech at No. 15 LSU	SEC Network
	3 p.m.	Kansas City at No. 11 Arkansas	SEC Network
Wed, Mar 9	4 p.m.	UNC Charlotte at No. 18 Duke	ACC Network
Thu, Mar 11	5 p.m.	Drake at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
	7:30 p.m.	Minnesota at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
Sat, Mar 12	Noon	Mississippi State at No. 5 Florida	SEC Network
		Syracuse at No. 10 Virginia Tech	ACC Network
	2 p.m.	No. 16 Tennessee at No. 12 Missouri	SEC Network
		No. 6 Florida State at Georgia Tech	ACC Network
	4 p.m.	Nicholls at No.8 Texas	Longhorn Network
	6:30 p.m.	Minnesota at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
	7 p.m.	Texas A&M at Auburn	SEC Network
	9 p.m.	No. 2 Alabama at No. 15 LSU	SEC Network
Sun, Mar 13	Noon	Boston College at North Carolina	ACC Network
	1:30 p.m.	Drake at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
	2 p.m.	No. 19 Georgia at South Carolina	SEC Network
		Notre Dame at Virginia	ACC Network
	4 p.m.	Mississippi State at No. 5 Florida	SEC Network
		NC State at No. 18 Duke	ACC Network
Mon, Mar 14	7 p.m.	Mississippi State at No. 5 Florida	SEC Network
Tue, Mar 15	6 p.m.	UNCW at North Carolina	ACC Network
Wed, Mar 16	5 p.m.	Penn State at Pitt	ACC Network
	7 p.m.	No. 6 Florida State at No. 2 Alabama	SEC Network
Fri, Mar 18	5 p.m.	North Carolina at No. 10 Virginia Tech	ACC Network
	7 p.m.	No. 15 LSU at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
Sat, Mar 19	2 p.m.	Notre Dame at Pitt	ACC Network
	3 p.m.	No. 15 LSU at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
	4 p.m.	Georgia Tech at Louisville	ACC Network
	5:30 p.m.	Ole Miss at Mississippi State	SEC Network
		No. 15 LSU at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
Sun, Mar 20	10 a.m.	Campbell at USC Upstate	ESPNU
	Noon	Virginia at NC State	ACC Network
	2 p.m.	No. 14 Clemson at No. 18 Duke	ACC Network
	6 p.m.	South Carolina at Auburn	SEC Network
Mon, Mar 21	7 p.m.	South Carolina at Auburn	SEC Network
Tue, Mar 22	5:30 p.m.	Lamar at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
	7 p.m.	No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 20 Kentucky	SEC Network
		Liberty at Virginia	ACC Network
Wed, Mar 23	7 p.m.	No. 14 Clemson at No. 19 Georgia	SEC Network
Fri, Mar 25	5 p.m.	Syracuse at Georgia Tech	ACC Network
	9 p.m.	No. 12 Missouri at Ole Miss	ESPNU
Sat, Mar 26	1 p.m.	Auburn at No. 20 Kentucky	SEC Network
	5 p.m.	Louisville at No. 14 Clemson	ACC Network
	6 p.m.	Texas A&M at No. 19 Georgia	SEC Network
	8:30 p.m.	No. 15 LSU at No. 11 Arkansas	ESPN2
Sun, Mar 27	Noon	No. 18 Duke at Notre Dame	ACC Network
	1 p.m.	No. 15 LSU at No. 11 Arkansas	ESPN
	2 p.m.	No. 16 Tennessee at No. 5 Florida	ESPNU
		Syracuse at Georgia Tech	ACC Network
	4 p.m.	NC State at North Carolina	ACC Network
	7 p.m.	No. 3 UCLA at No. 7 Washington	ESPNU
Mon, Mar 28	7 p.m.	No. 15 LSU at No. 11 Arkansas	SEC Network
Tue, Mar 29	5 p.m.	Harvard at Boston College	ACC Network
Wed, Mar 30	7 p.m.	South Carolina at No. 14 Clemson	ACC Network
		No. 23 Louisiana at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
Fri, Apr 1	7 p.m.	Iowa State at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
Sat, Apr 2	1 p.m.	No. 11 Arkansas at Ole Miss	SEC Network
	2 p.m.	Iowa State at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
	3 p.m.	No. 5 Florida at Auburn	SEC Network
	4:30 p.m.	No. 19 Georgia at No. 2 Alabama	ESPN2
	6 p.m.	No. 20 Kentucky at No. 15 LSU	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	No. 4 Oklahoma State at Baylor	ESPN2
Sun, Apr 3	Noon	Illinois at Minnesota	ESPN2
		Mississippi State at No. 16 Tennessee	SEC Network
	1 p.m.	Iowa State at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
	2 p.m.	South Carolina at No. 12 Missouri	SEC Network
	4 p.m.	No. 19 Georgia at No.2 Alabama	SEC Network
Mon, Apr 4	7 p.m.	No. 19 Georgia at No. 2 Alabama	SEC Network
Tue, Apr 5	5 p.m.	No. 24 No. 24 Northwestern at Notre Dame	ACC Network
Wed, Apr 6	5 p.m.	St. Francis at Pitt	ACC Network
	6 p.m.	No. 6 Florida State at No. 5 Florida	SEC Network
	7 p.m.	No. 20 Kentucky at Louisville	ESPNU
		UT Arlington at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
Fri, Apr 8	2:30 p.m.	NC State at South Carolina	ESPNEWS
	5 p.m.	No. 14 Clemson at Pitt	ACC Network
	6 p.m.	Ole Miss at No. 20 Kentucky	SEC Network
	10 p.m.	No. 21 Arizona State at No. 17 Oregon	ESPN2
Sat, Apr 9	Noon	Ole Miss at No. 20 Kentucky	SEC Network
	3 p.m.	No. 2 Alabama at No. 5 Florida	ESPN2
	5 p.m.	Auburn at No. 11 Arkansas	SEC Network
Sun, Apr 10	Noon	No. 10 Virginia Tech at No. 6 Florida State	ACC Network
	1:30 p.m.	No. 16 Tennessee at No. 19 Georgia	ESPN2
	4 p.m.	No. 2 Alabama at No. 5 Florida	ESPN2
	4 p.m.	No. 21 Arizona State at No. 17 Oregon	ESPNU
Mon, Apr 11	7 p.m.	No. 2 Alabama at No. 5 Florida	SEC Network
Tue, Apr 12	7 p.m.	No. 14 Clemson at South Carolina	ESPNU
Thu, Apr 14	6 p.m.	Mississippi State at No. 2 Alabama	SEC Network
	7 p.m.	No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
	8 p.m.	No. 17 Oregon at No. 11 Arizona	ESPN2
Fri, Apr 15	11 a.m.	UMES at Morgan State	ESPNU
	1 p.m.	Alabama State at Jackson State	ESPNU
		No. 19 Georgia at No. 12 Missouri	SEC Network
	5 p.m.	Syracuse at Louisville	ACC Network
	7 p.m.	No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
	8 p.m.	No. 17 Oregon at No. 11 Arizona	ESPNU
	10 p.m.	UC San Diego at Cal State Fullerton	ESPNU
Sat, Apr 16	Noon	South Carolina at No. 15 LSU	SEC Network
	2 p.m.	Mississippi State at No. 2 Alabama	ESPNU
	2 p.m.	No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
	5 p.m.	Texas A&M at No. 16 Tennessee	SEC Network
	6 p.m.	No. 19 Georgia at No. 12 Missouri	ESPN2
	8 p.m.	No. 20 Kentucky at No. 11 Arkansas	ESPN2
Sun, Apr 17	11 a.m.	Princeton at Yale	ESPNU
	Noon	Syracuse at Louisville	ACC Network
	2 p.m.	No. 20 Kentucky at No. 11 Arkansas	SEC Network
	4 p.m.	Texas A&M at No. 16 Tennessee	SEC Network
Mon, Apr 18	7 p.m.	Texas A&M at No. 16 Tennessee	SEC Network
Wed, Apr 20	5 p.m.	ECU at NC State	ACC Network
	7 p.m.	No. 10 Virginia Tech at No. 16 Tennessee	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	Houston at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
Thu, Apr 21	9 p.m.	No. 14 Clemson at No. 6 Florida State	ESPN2
Fri, Apr 22	4 p.m.	Pitt at Virginia	ACC Network
	6 p.m.	No. 14 Clemson at No. 6 Florida State	ACC Network
	6:30 p.m.	Auburn at Mississippi State	SEC Network
	8 p.m.	No. 11 Arkansas at No. 5 Florida	ESPNU
Sat, Apr 23	2 p.m.	No. 15 LSU at No. 19 Georgia	ESPNU
		No. 14 Clemson at No.6 Florida State	ACC Network
	2:30 p.m.	No. 11 Arkansas at No. 5 Florida	ESPN2
	3 p.m.	Ole Miss at South Carolina	SEC Network
	5 p.m.	Auburn at Mississippi State	SEC Network
	7 p.m.	No. 2 Alabama at Texas A&M	SEC Network
	7:30 p.m.	No. 8 Texas at No. 4 Oklahoma State	ESPN2
Sun, Apr 24	Noon	Ohio State at No. 13 Michigan	ESPN2
		No. 15 LSU at No. 19 Georgia	ESPNU
		Louisville at No. 10 Virginia Tech	ACC Network
	7 p.m.	No. 12 Missouri at No. 20 Kentucky	SEC Network
Mon, Apr 25	7 p.m.	No. 12 Missouri at No. 20 Kentucky	SEC Network
Wed, Apr 27	4 p.m.	UCONN at Boston College	ACC Network
	7 p.m.	Lamar at Texas A&M	SEC Network
Thu, Apr 28	7 p.m.	No. 4 Oklahoma State at No. 6 Florida State	ESPN2
Fri, Apr 29	6 p.m.	No. 4 Oklahoma State at No. 6 Florida State	ESPNU
Sat, Apr 30	Noon	No. 5 Florida at No. 15 LSU	ESPN2
	3 p.m.	Mississippi State at No. 20 Kentucky	SEC Network
	4 p.m.	Virginia at Louisville	ACC Network
	5 p.m.	Texas A&M at No. 12 Missouri	SEC Network
Sun, May 1	11 a.m.	No. 10 Virginia Tech at Boston College	ACC Network
	Noon	No. 5 Florida at No. 15 LSU	ESPN2
	2 p.m.	Houston at South Florida	ESPNU
	6 p.m.	No. 16 Tennessee at Ole Miss	SEC Network
Mon, May 2	7 p.m.	No. 16 Tennessee at Ole Miss	SEC Network
Tue, May 3	5 p.m.	Liberty at No. 10 Virginia Tech	ACC Network
	6 p.m.	No. 5 Florida at No. 6 Florida State	ESPNU
Wed, May 4	6 p.m.	Dartmouth at Boston College	ACC Network
Thu, May 5	7 p.m.	Pitt at No. 18 Duke	ACC Network
	9 p.m.	No. 4 Oklahoma State at No. 1 Oklahoma	ESPN2
Fri, May 6	5 p.m.	No. 24 Northwestern at Minnesota	ESPN2
	6 p.m.	Auburn at No. 16 Tennessee	SEC Network
	7 p.m.	No. 4 Oklahoma State at No. 1 Oklahoma	ESPN2
Sat, May 7	11:30 a.m.	Auburn at No. 16 Tennessee	SEC Network
	1 p.m.	Pitt at No. 18 Duke	ACC Network
	1:30 p.m.	Ole Miss at No. 19 Georgia	SEC Network
	2 p.m.	Baylor at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network
	3:30 p.m.	No. 11 Arkansas at Texas A&M	SEC Network
	5 p.m.	No. 4 Oklahoma State at No. 1 Oklahoma	ESPNU
Sun, May 8	Noon	No. 20 Kentucky at South Carolina	SEC Network
	Noon	No. 6 Florida State at NC State	ACC Network
	2 p.m.	No. 12 Missouri at No. 2 Alabama	ESPNU
		Louisville at Notre Dame	ACC Network
		Baylor at No. 8 Texas	Longhorn Network

What they are saying:

“I’m most excited for these Thursday night games where great matchups and our sport can be showcased to the nation! But within these games on your screen, conference championships will be won and lost. Now more than ever, with the competitiveness of our sport, something is on the line every game and new stars will be
born.” – Amanda Scarborough, ESPN Analyst

“Softball is a prime-time sport. The fast-paced environment, the emotion and the competition. The fact we are going to get a consistent Thursday night game four weeks in a row will allow those who love great competition to see the sport of softball in a prime-time slot.” – Jessica Mendoza, ESPN Analyst

“The St. Pete Clearwater Elite Invitational is once again one of the premier tournaments in the early part of the NCAA softball season. A lot of people behind the scenes have been working hard to make sure our great sport of softball is highlighted and aired at the highest level of broadcasting standards. I’m proud to be a part of this event and all it has to offer the student-athletes, teams and fans.” – Michele Smith, ESPN Analyst

“As a fan of softball, I couldn’t be more excited for this schedule of games that’s diverse and jam packed. As someone who works for ESPN, I am proud of the role my company has had in the growth of softball and can’t wait to be a part of this year’s coverage.” – Jen Schroeder, ESPN Analyst