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hokietony OP
May 18, 2026 at 10:19 AM ET
NCAA Softball Regionals by the Numbers .....
Using the old school terms below of 1-seed through 4-seed in the region. 1. 13 of 16 top seeds won their regional (all except Duke went undefeated). This has been the average for the last 5 years. 2. One top seed (overall #9 seed FSU) lost in 1st round but got back to champ series but lost in final game of region. 3. One top seed (overall #15 seed Texas A&M) lost both games in region to 2-seed (ASU). 4. One top seed (overall # 14 seed Oregon) lost in the 1-0 and elimination games and did not make final series. L. Grein was out due to eye infection. 5. Ten 2-seeds got to the champ series (3 won region including Miss St, UCF, and ASU). 6. Six 3-seeds (UM, GT, USF, GCU, Baylor, St Mary's) got to the champ series but none won the region. 7. One 4-seed (USC Upstate) go to the champ series. 8. 9 SEC, 4 Big12, 2 Big10, and 1 ACC team made it to Super Regionals. 9. No Top 8 national seeds lost. 10. Only real surprise was UCF over FSU. Miss St over Oregon and ASU over Texas A&M were very mild upsets. ** Edited by hokietony at 5/18/2026, 10:19:51 AM ** Edited by hokietony at 5/18/2026, 10:20:31 AM

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nkhooch
2mo
Looks like Big 12 is the number 2 softball conference.
hokiepro hokiepro
2mo
Hokies 4-4 vs Super Regional teams
TomTurkey TomTurkey
2mo
Number 9 is the reality-check for up and comers
What were the percentages for tipping of the scale, pitching, hitting, fielding. Walks and errors made the difference in some games.
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VTsportscaster
2mo
But that happened last year though when #1 A&M lost at home
A top 8 seed can lose at home, just not very often.
TomTurkey TomTurkey
2mo
My point. Need to get to that level for highest probability to advance.
Truly to that level in talent and success.