SB America comment on the game and hosting
This was written by Brady Vernon, who is the Managing Editor of Softball America and their primary bracketologist.
"Virginia Tech will likely find itself as a two-seed in the 17-20 bucket traveling to one of the 13-16 seeds. Florida State is locked into a hosting spot, how high will be the question? Can they sneak into a Top Eight seed? We will find out on Sunday."
In their Bracketology on Saturday morning, their 13-16 seeds looked like this:
Oklahoma State (13)
Texas A&M (14)
LSU (15)
Oregon (16)
** Edited by VTChip at 5/9/2026, 8:42:47 PM
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2mo
USA Today released their Regional hosts predictions at 8:24 Saturday night.
I am not familiar with Austin Curtright, who made the projections. His bio says he's a recent Oklahoma graduate.
1. Texas (42-10)
2. Alabama (49-6)
3. Oklahoma (48-8)
4. Nebraska (46-6)
5. Arkansas (42-11)
6. Florida (48-10)
7. Tennessee (42-10)
8. UCLA (47-8)
9. Texas Tech (52-6)
10. Florida State (49-8)
11. Georgia (38-18)
12. Duke (39-14)
13. LSU (37-17)
14. Oklahoma State (38-15)
15. Oregon (40-12)
16. Texas A&M (36-17)
Link:
USA Today hosts
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jimmyrow
2mo
from Dallas, hoping we get A&M
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2mo
. . . first women's fast pitch game there in 1984. It's a unique place and was a great experience. Haven't been back since our football game there is 2002? I recommend the trip for those who can make it if that's where we are placed.
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schubee
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2mo
Michigan State ended up totally tanking - this morning, they had an RPI of 151. That's a BAD loss.
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2mo
I know that it ripped through the team pretty good with several playing while still under the weather.
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2mo
our pitching for the most part.
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schubee
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do more than a month after you played them.
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nkhooch
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Base it on preseason rankings? And doing this also means that we would not benefit from any team who got better as the season went on.
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2mo
them.
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dallasvt
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2mo
Not
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2mo
And it keeps us from having a "clean sheet" in the 150+ category.
The Selection Committee Chair recently said they were looking for clean sheets.
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2mo
Amazon.
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... if a desired SEC team had a "dirty" clean sheet.
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