D1 Softball Bracketology is out, No surprise: Hokies at #18
ACC Schools
Hosting:
#9 Duke - with a good run, they would have a argument to be in the Top 8 and thus a Super Regional host
#14 Florida State
Seeded:
#17 Stanford at #16 LSU
#18 Virginia Tech at #15 Georgia along with UNC-Greensboro and Belmont
#22 Clemson at #11 Oklahoma State
#26 UVA at #5 Tennessee
#29 Louisville at #3 Arkansas
Both Georgia Tech and UNC are listed in the first four out - GT as team #65
A not surprising comment about hosts: "The 16 regional hosts are close to set and secured. Both Virginia Tech and Stanford likely must win the ACC tournament to have a shot at rising back into the top-16...
Let's just go win the dang thing!
** Edited by VTChip at 5/5/2026, 12:22:49 AM
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nkhooch
2mo
championship game. Things worked out really well for us in that sense. I can see Stanford beating FSU again and then possibly us or them booting FSU from a host slot. Or even booting LSU if they have a poor tournament showing.
Does DI Softball have some inside info on the locked positions? Or just speculating.
** Edited by nkhooch at 5/5/2026, 2:53:18 AM
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2mo
IMHO, they are borderline, but the committee traditionally loves RPI when it has a strong SOS attached.
RPI: 15, KPI: 15, DSR: 17
Strength of Schedule: 5
Non-Conference SOS: 35
Top 25 Wins: 10 - (1) Arkansas, (3) Nebraska, (4) Texas, (5) Florida x2, (10) Duke, (16) Texas A&M, (18) Mississippi State x2, (21) Central Florida
Top 50 Wins: 18 - ADD: (36) Missouri x2, (42) Belmont, (43) Georgia Tech, (46) Northwestern, (50) Kentucky x3
Top100 Wins: 25- ADD: (53) South Alabama x2, (64) NC State, (86) Samford, (87) Georgia Southern, (97) UNC Wilmington x2
Worst Loss: Belmont (42)
Again, I am simply sharing information - don't shoot the messenger
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nkhooch
2mo
mean it's the only defendable choice of course.
** Edited by nkhooch at 5/5/2026, 2:27:21 AM
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2mo
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skautdog
2mo
Two daughters and two son in laws who are UGA grads and now my grand son is finishing his FR year at that place. Oh, and one of my grand daughters graduates next week from UNCheat.
What did I do wrong????
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nkhooch
2mo
Did you tell her that before she went there? Maybe she did it in defiance? Your family is well educated. Fine institutions. (Good for you and you should be proud). Clinging to cheesy partisan nicknames may not be their style. Time for you to graduate from "UNCheat" and let it go? For your family's sake. :-)
** Edited by nkhooch at 5/5/2026, 2:43:55 AM
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skautdog
2mo
might feel better.
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nkhooch
2mo
and complimented you and your family at the same time. Sorry if it missed the mark. Thanks for the breathing tip.
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2mo
No prisoners taken!
** Edited by TomTurkey at 5/4/2026, 8:40:54 PM
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