On today’s episode, we chat with Villanova Head Coach Bridget Orchard who had a 2024 to remember with their first regional finals appearance.

Big 12 teams will play eight conference opponents, have a bye week, and avoid two opponents in league play in 2025. The conference now stands at 11 softball-playing members.

Eric catches up with new Georgia State Head Coach Becca Mueller. Victor hops in and introduces Eric to the newest members of the Big 12 along with some of the early storylines to look for in 2025. 

Texas earned their first outright conference regular-season title since 2010, but a group of very good teams – led by Oklahoma and Oklahoma State – will have something to say about the Longhorns making a clean sweep of league championships.

Our afternoon session of Big 12 Media Week sends the focus to Lawrence, Kansas. The Jayhawks made some waves last year, but are hoping experience and health can guide them to more in 2024.

First, we chat with Head Coach Jamie Pinkerton about his revamped coaching staff and his roster. Afterwards, we’ll hear from senior outfielder Milaysia Ochoa.

Day 1 of Big 12 Media Week concludes with one of the new kids on the block; the BYU Cougars. Head Coach Gordon Eakin shares his excitement of being in the Big 12.

Baylor looks to make a deep postseason run with an experienced and healthier roster. We discuss those expectations with Head Coach Glenn Moore along with his excitement for his team going into this season.

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.

Looking for its first super regional appearance since 2010, BYU has a roster ready to compete from the outset in its inaugural Big 12 season.

Last year’s sensational freshmen set a high bar. But in its final Big 12 season, Texas may have an incoming class capable of a sequel.

Tennessee, UCLA, Oklahoma, Northwestern and Florida State remain atop the Conference Power Rankings heading into the final week of the regular season.

While Tennessee, UCLA, Oklahoma, Northwestern and Florida State remain atop the D1Softball Conference Power Rankings, Autumn Pease and Minnesota are on the move.

Tennessee, UCLA, Oklahoma, Northwestern and Florida State lead the way in the latest D1Softball Conference Power Rankings.

Georgia ascends in the SEC, joining Oklahoma, UCLA, Northwestern and Florida State atop the conference power rankings.

Tennessee, UCLA, Clemson, Northwestern and Oklahoma sit atop D1Softball’s latest conference power rankings.

The top two teams face off in the Pac-12.

Northwestern rises to the top of the Big Ten.

Louisville rises in the ACC.

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The D1Softball staff gives you its weekly check-in around the Power Five conferences.

The NCAA softball season has entered a new chapter with the start of conference play. D1Softball’s Graham Hays, Rhiannon Potkey and Brady Vernon check in on the Power 5.

Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are still loaded, national finalist Texas wants to prove it can start how it finished and a deeper league means there will be no easy weekends in the Big 12.

With everyone back from a team that won a championship you might have missed, Baylor hopes some key new faces will lead them back to the big tournament.

For Oklahoma, the fall isn’t about finding out if it still has All-Americans. It’s about finding out if those All-Americans are ready to be Sooners.

New Texas Tech coach Craig Snider and some intriguing pitching additions could help the Red Raiders find stability after recent upheaval in Lubbock.

Lexi Kilfoyl is one of more than a dozen newcomers adjusting to life in Stillwater. With Kelly Maxwell still around, don’t expect the winning to stop.

Iowa State returns one of softball’s most stable rosters, but an intriguing group of newcomers will compete for time as the Cyclones try to return to the NCAA tournament.

With a young returning core and a big class of newcomers, Kansas may be able to catch its breath and starting building on its foundation.

Oklahoma State exacted some Bedlam revenge and earned the first Big 12 Tournament title in program history by beating Oklahoma.

Hope Trautwein looked better than ever in leading Oklahoma to a semifinal victory. Check in on the Big 12 Tournament Central.

It’s awards season for the D1Softball Big 12 Notebook. And a three-way race for Pitcher of the Year comes down to the wire. Also, what’s at stake in the Big 12 Tournament?