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2025 NCAA Softball Tournament Bracket: Updated Regional matchups, scores, schedule
The first pitches will be thrown this afternoon in the 2025 NCAA Softball Tournament. From there, we’ll be off on a three week-long run towards a title series in the Women’s College World Series from OKC.
Action in the Regionals will begin over this weekend with 16 teams set to advance by Sunday. Eight will then advance from the Super Regionals into the WCWS at Devon Park.
With that, here’s an updated bracket with the latest results from the 2025 Women’s College World Series:
2025 NCAA Softball Tournament Bracket Regionals (May 16-18)
Bryan-College Station Regional
(1) Texas A&M
Saint Francis
Friday 3:30 p.m. ET – SEC Network
Liberty 10, Marist 5 (F/7)
Liberty jumped on top of Marist with a four-run second inning, and while the Red Foxes put together a bit of a comeback attempt with a three-run third inning, it wasn’t enough. Liberty plated another four runs in the fourth to take complete command. Leadoff hitter Savannah Woodard led the way with a 3-of-4 day at the plate, driving in one run with a solo homer and scoring twice herself.
Norman Regional
(2) Oklahoma
Boston University
Friday 6 p.m. ET – ESPNU
California 1, Omaha 0 (F/7)
There wasn’t much offense on Friday in the first game of the Norman Regional, with Cal and Omaha combining to produce only six hits. The Golden Bears were able to squeeze one run out of their four hits, with first baseman Tianna Bell plating a run with an infield single in the fourth inning. From there it was all pitching as Cal cruised to the 1-0 win.
Gainesville Regional
(3) Florida
Mercer
Friday 4:30 p.m. ET – ESPN+
Georgia Tech 5, Florida Atlantic 4 (F/8)
Florida Atlantic and Georgia Tech got things started off with an exciting first game in Gainesville that needed extra innings to be decided. Ultimately, the Owls advanced with a 5-4 victory after Kiley Shelton singled to right field to drive in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth. FAU got two total home runs of the day, one from Ciara Gibson and one from Bella Cimino, and advanced to face the winner between Florida and Mercer.
Fayetteville Regional
(4) Arkansas
Saint Louis
Friday 6:30 p.m. ET – ESPN+
Indiana
Oklahoma State
Friday 4 p.m. ET – ESPN2
Tallahassee Regional
(5) Florida State
Robert Morris
Friday 2:30 p.m. ET – ACC Network
USF 12, Auburn 7 (F/9)
Auburn looked good against USF after the opening inning with a 5-0 start after a three-run home run this afternoon. The Bulls, though, battled back with two runs apiece in the second, third, and fifth to take a lead before this one went to extra innings. It was then at the top of the ninth that South Florida pulled away for good with five runs of their own, with a grand slam hit, to advance. The Tigers will instead then move into the loser’s bracket now with an elimination game coming tomorrow in Tallahassee.
Austin Regional
(6) Texas
Eastern Illinois
Friday 4:30 p.m. ET – ESPN+
Michigan 4, UCF 3 (F/7)
In a back-and-forth affair early, it was a Michigan slugger late that dealt the decisive blow. Designated player Lauren Putz blasted a somewhat controversial two-run home run over the wall, with officials checking to see if there was fan interference. They ruled there was not, giving the Wolverines a 4-3 lead in the sixth inning. From there, Michigan would hold on with a nervy seventh frame that saw two runners reach base.
Knoxville Regional
No. 7 Tennessee 17, Miami (OH) 0 (F/5)
The Lady Vols belted four home runs, including a grand slam from Laura Meeler during an 11-run third inning to run-rule Miami of Ohio in five innings Friday from the Knoxville Regional. McKenna Gibson, Alannah Leach and Sophia Nugent also accounted for home runs, including a three-run nail-in-the-coffin shot from Nugent in the bottom of the fourth inning.
North Carolina
Ohio State
Friday 4 p.m. ET – ESPNU
Columbia Regional
(8) South Carolina
Elon
Friday 5:30 p.m. ET – ESPN+
North Florida 2, Virginia 1 (F/7)
North Florida didn’t score in the first five innings, but quality pitching kept it alive. Then a two-run rally in the sixth inning gave the Ospreys a 2-1 lead. Virginia tried to mount a rally in the bottom of the seventh inning, but a huge call on a runner leaving early for a steal resulted in a costly out. The Cavaliers couldn’t rally from there, ultimately falling 2-1.
Los Angeles Regional
(9) UCLA
UC Santa Barbara
Friday 7:30 p.m. ET – ESPN+
San Diego State
Arizona State
Friday 10 p.m. ET – ESPN2
Baton Rouge Regional
(10) LSU
Southeastern Louisiana
Friday 5:30 p.m. ET – SEC Network
Nebraska 10, UConn 2 (F/6)
Cornhuskers two-way star Jordy Bahl went 2-for-2 at the plate with a pair of home runs and five RBI while also throwing three innings of no-hit ball in the circle. Olivia DiNardo went 1-for-2, beating out an infield single for two RBI in a four-run second inning to take an early 4-0 lead. The Cornhuskers coasted from there, moving into the winner’s bracket of the 2025 NCAA Softball Tournament Baton Rouge Regional.
Clemson Regional
(11) Clemson
SC Upstate
Friday 4:30 p.m. ET – ACC Network
Northwestern 4, Kentucky 0 (F/7)
Kentucky came away with six hits in the contest against Northwestern but couldn’t scratch across a run, and that proved fatal. Northwestern managed to plate a pair of runs in both the fifth and sixth innings to take a commanding 4-0 lead in the contest. And that was all she wrote for the Wildcats from the Bluegrass State, who will now have to battle out of the loser’s bracket.
Lubbock Regional
(12) Texas Tech
Brown
Friday 5:30 p.m. ET – ESPN+
Washington
Mississippi State
Friday 8 p.m. ET – ESPN2
Tucson Regional
(13) Arizona
Santa Clara
Friday 7:30 p.m. ET – ESPN+
Grand Canyon
Ole Miss
Friday 10 p.m. ET – ESPNU
Durham Regional
Duke 12, Howard 0 (F/5)
This game wasn’t much of a challenge for Duke. While Howard enjoyed a tremendous season, the Blue Devils were in a different class, taking it to the Bison from the first pitch until the final out. After a 52-win campaign in 2024, Marissa Young has her team out for retribution, and that journey started with a bang on Friday afternoon in the Durham Regional. Cassidy Curd brought a no-hitter into the fifth for Duke as well, but she’ll settle for a two-hit, complete game shutout.
Georgia 6, Coastal Carolina 3 (F/7)
Senior southpaw Lilli Backes bounced back from a 3-run deficit in the first inning and tossed a one-hit shutout the rest of the way to send the Bulldogs to the second round of the Durham Regional. Backes tied a season-high with nine strikeouts while freshman Mua Williams plated a game-high 3 RBIs on a 2-for-3 day at the plate as Georgia responded with 3-run innings in the second and third for the win.
Tuscaloosa Regional
(15) Alabama
Jackson State
Friday 6 p.m. ET – ESPN+
Virginia Tech 1, Belmont 0 (F/7)
Virginia Tech showed up ready to roll on the mound in the NCAA Softball Tournament opener. The Hokies allowed only one hit in the game, keeping the Bruins from ever truly mounting a threat. A pair of home runs helped power the scoring, providing three of the team’s five runs in the contest as Virginia Tech moved on with a 5-0 win.
Eugene Regional
(16) Oregon
Weber State
Friday 7:30 p.m. ET – ESPN+
Binghamton
Stanford
Friday 5 p.m. ET – ESPN+
NCAA Softball Tournament – Super Regionals (May 22-25)
Winner of Bryan-College Station Regional vs. Winner of Eugene Regional
Winner of Norman Regional vs. Winner of Tuscaloosa Regional
Winner of Gainesville Regional vs. Winner of Durham Regional
Winner of Fayetteville Regional vs. Winner of Tucson Regional
Winner of Tallahassee Regional vs. Winner of Lubbock Regional
Winner of Austin Regional vs. Winner of Clemson Regional
Winner of Knoxville Regional vs. Winner of Baton Rouge Regional
Winner of Columbia Regional vs. Winner of Los Angeles Regional
2025 Women’s College World Series
May 29 through June 5 or 6 at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Updated Dec. 22, 2025, 10:57 p.m. ET
Quarterback Nico Iamaleava is returning to UCLA football for a second season to play under new coach Bob Chesney, the team announced Dec. 22.
The former Tennessee quarterback had transferred to UCLA in April. The Bruins went 3-9 this past season, during which DeShaun Foster was fired after an 0-3 start.
Iamaleava completed 64.4% of his passes for 1,928 yards and 13 touchdowns, with seven interceptions in 11 games. He also rushed for 505 yards and four touchdowns. He did not play at Ohio State in November due to a concussion.
Nico Iamaleava spent two seasons with Tennessee football before exit
Iamaleava played 18 games in two seasons at Tennessee, and started all 13 games during UT’s College Football Playoff run in 2024.
The QB threw for 2,616 yards with 19 touchdowns and five interceptions in 2024, but was less efficient in SEC play. He threw nine touchdowns in eight conference games, but four of those were against Vanderbilt in the regular-season finale.
In his UT career, he completed 241 of 379 passes for 2,930 yards with 21 touchdowns and five interceptions. He redshirted in 2023 behind starter Joe Milton.
Why did Nico Iamaleava and Tennessee football split?
Tennessee coach Josh Heupel informed the Vols that Iamaleava was no longer a member of the team prior to the April 12 spring game, ending the relationship between UT and Iamaleava amid an apparent NIL dispute.
Iamaleava skipped the Vols’ final spring practice on April 11, the morning after On3’s Pete Nakos reported ongoing negotiations between Iamaleava and UT. His NIL deal reportedly paid him more than $2 million per year.
ESPN’s Chris Low, citing sources, reported that Iamaleava’s representatives wanted his NIL pay increased to $4 million per year. The family used the possibility of him entering the transfer portal as leverage.
Mike Wilson covers University of Tennessee athletics. Email him at michael.wilson@knoxnews.com and follow him on X @ByMikeWilson. If you enjoy Mike’s coverage, consider a digital subscription that will allow you access to all of it.
Dec. 23, 2025, 5:35 a.m. ET
If you watched any part of Ole Miss’ 41-10 blowout of Tulane, the one common theme you felt was that the absence of former head coach Lane “Benedict” Kiffin was not acknowledged by the home fans; they even appeared to embrace it. It took a while for Rebel Nation to realize it but Kiffin simply was never “one of them” and, while he built the program, he did not measure up to the “Ole Miss family.” Most Rebel fans would probably tell you now they’d rather lose without him than win with him. Kiffin has now been fully exposed and St. Nick (Saban, now known as Mr. Hypocrite) and Pete Carroll, his self-proclaimed advisers, should be ashamed for their comments supporting the manner in which he tried to negotiate his way to both coaching one team and recruiting for another simultaneously. One is the GOAT who ran away from NIL and the transfer portal while the other is a recognized cheater by many. The best part is Kiffin’s LSU Tigers play at Mississippi next year. Good riddance!
Dec. 23, 2025, 6:07 a.m. ET
Arizona State football coach Kenny Dillingham says he was never offered the Michigan job. Never got to that point.
This, of course, isn’t the story nor the takeaway from Dillingham’s dalliance with the Wolverines.
The irony of the state of Arizona’s highest-paid public employee begging for private donations to compete at the highest level of college football is where this bizarre story begins.
“We live in Phoenix, Arizona. You’re telling me there’s not one person who could stroke a $20 million check right now?” Dillingham said after agreeing to a new contract worth more than $37 million over the next five years.
That’s right, the guy whose future could never be more secure, sees the immediate horizon line for the Arizona State football program. And frankly, it’s financially unstable at best — and a house of cards at worst.
It’s Arizona State today, but could be Kansas State or Colorado or North Carolina State or Virginia Tech or Boise State — or any of the other 100-plus Bowl Subdivision teams not protected by the golden parachute of the Big Ten and SEC.
Coaches at those 34 schools in the two big conferences — many of those institutions born on third base from long-term association with the leagues before the financial boom of television media rights — aren’t publicly calling out dignitaries and alums associated with their schools.
They’re not standing during a media availability and pleading for the next Cody Campbell to please step up. Or else.
Dillingham made it very clear that college football is about those who wish to spend money, and those who don’t. This isn’t about revenue sharing between schools and players, this is all about private NIL funding.
This is about the dirty underbelly of the sport that can’t be legally controlled. A growing vice that doubles and triples the obstacles faced by conferences chasing the Big Ten and SEC.
It’s bad enough that mega media rights deals give the Big Ten and SEC a huge competitive advantage over the rest of college football. It’s downright sinister that those same schools have deep pocket boosters willing to spend tens of millions in private NIL deals to eliminate all doubt.
Sam Leavitt led Arizona State to the Big 12 title and the College Football Playoff in 2024, and returned to Tempe this season for another run. A foot injury ended his season early, and now he’s headed to the transfer portal looking for a new home.
Not because he doesn’t think he can win big with the Sun Devils — he already proved that. He’s in the portal, like so many other players, to strike when its hot and score a deal before moving onto the NFL.
What are the odds he signs with a Big Ten or SEC school? A program which has boosters that can pay him an outrageous salary through a private NIL deal.
Do you really blame Leavitt?
Do you really blame Campbell, Texas Tech’s billionaire booster, who built a championship-level team with a $25 million roster — and the Red Raiders responded by winning the Big 12 and earning a first round bye in the CFP?
They’re just following the rules, and until a different set of rules is in place, they’ll take advantage of it.
That’s why Dillingham sounded like a panhandler last weekend, begging — literally begging someone, anyone, in The Valley to jump on board and throw money at the program. He even specifically called out school alums Phil Mickelson and Jon Rahm.
Hey, Kenny, while you’re at it, why not place a call to the sheiks in Saudi Arabia? See if their Public Investment Fund (PIF) is interested in sports washing with the second-most popular sport in America.
Because if you’re reaching out to Mickelson and Rahm, you’re reaching out to the Saudis — who own LIV Golf — by proxy. The only difference between the PIF and Utah’s new $500 million agreement with Otro Capital is one group of investors has a long line of human rights violations.
The other is a financial shark, whose only goal is to make money.
Any way they can.
“College football is absolutely chaotic right now,” Dillingham said. “You’ve got to be able to have a plan to be aggressive in this thing for three, four, five years down the road. If you don’t have that, you’re a ticking time bomb for failure.”
This nonsense isn’t going to end until players are considered employees, and players collectively bargain their best deal. Until FBS conferences go to market as one, and sell their games to make double or more than the current market value of $4 billion-plus annually.
That move will allow universities to restrict player movement through multi-year contracts, and find a fair and equitable postseason for all. One that doesn’t include charity for the Group of Five conferences, who have no business in a playoff unless invited based on merit (see: Boise State, 2024).
But that move also means players would go from earning about 20 percent of media rights revenue to likely 45-50 percent. NFL players currently make 48 percent of the media rights.
That’s why the Big Ten and SEC don’t want players collectively bargaining. It has nothing to do with the pollyanna idea sold by conference commissioners that players, “don’t want to be employees.”
If they’re going to earn 20 percent, who wants to deal with the headache of collectively bargaining? Move that number to 45-50 percent, and watch how many players say they’re all in.
Then maybe their coaches wouldn’t have to shamelessly beg for cash, mere hours after signing a new $37 million dollar contract. Or else.
Matt Hayes is the senior national college football writer for USA TODAY Sports. Follow him on X at @MattHayesCFB.
As Indiana prepares to host its first-ever College Football Playoff game as the No. 1 seed, the Hoosiers are quietly already planning for 2026.
Fernando Mendoza, a redshirt junior transfer who led the Hoosiers to a 13-0 regular season, won the 2025 Heisman Trophy after throwing 2,980 yards and a national-best 33 passing TDs and is widely seen as an early NFL first-round prospect.
Should Mendoza depart for the draft, Indiana would be tasked with replacing an elite, NFL-caliber starter, which explains why numerous quarterbacks expected to enter the transfer portal have been linked to the Hoosiers.
On a December 20 episode of “Hoosiers Football Tailgate,” host Coach Griff specifically named TCU quarterback Josh Hoover, who announced he will enter the transfer portal and skip the Alamo Bowl, as a name Indiana should watch.
“I like this guy as a definite target for Indiana,” Griff said. “So, Josh Hoover, keep an eye on him as a potential target… The one I think they’ll really try to get is Hoover.”
Hoover was a three-star recruit out of Rockwall-Heath (Texas) and initially committed to Indiana in 2021 before flipping to TCU after the school extended an offer.
He then redshirted in 2022 and became the starter in 2023, producing breakout numbers in 2024 with 3,949 passing yards, 27 passing touchdowns, and 11 interceptions with a 66.5% completion rate.
In 2025, Hoover threw for 3,472 yards and 29 TDs, with 13 INTs, and projects among the most productive returning QBs in 2026 on career totals of 9,629 passing yards, 80 total TDs, and a career passer rating of 147.8.
On3’s NIL valuations list also shows Hoover ranking among the most marketable college quarterbacks, with a valuation in the neighborhood of $2.1 million.
Hoover is an intriguing option for Indiana due to his proven production and Power Five experience, positioning him as a potential one-year, plug-and-play solution as Curt Cignetti prioritizes continuity.
There is also a “full-circle” aspect to his recruitment, as Hoover originally committed to Indiana before flipping to TCU in 2021.
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Two teams that have really embraced the NIL era are set to meet on New Year’s Day. Oregon‘s win over James Madison advanced them to the College Football Playoff quarterfinals, where Texas Tech was waiting on the other side. Now, it’s Dan Lanning vs. Joey McGuire in the Orange Bowl with a lot of resources put into rosters.
Oregon has been at the forefront of NIL since its inception, especially under Lanning. Texas Tech could be considered the new kid on the block after major investment from a few donors. Even so, McGuire sees some similarities between the two when it comes to winning at whatever cost.
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“They’ve got a great booster in Phil Knight that really said, ‘We’re going to go win at the highest level and there’s no excuse when it comes to finance.’ You turn around and I think that we’re showing that we’re doing that. I think we’re really comparable,” McGuire said.
“We’ve got guys that have stepped up and done a great job. I kind of call them the ‘Big Five’ whenever you talk about Cody and John, Mike, Dusty, and Gary. Those guys have, along with everybody else in Red Raider Nation, but those guys have really led the charge. So, we’re kind of comparable on and off the field in this team. They’ve just done it for a little bit longer. That’s what we’re trying to do.”
As he said, McGuire is looking to put together a run similar to Oregon. All four years since hiring Lanning have been a resounding success, finishing with double-digit wins in all of them. This is the program’s second College Football Playoff appearance in the 12-team format, just missing out in 2023 due to a Pac-12 Championship loss.
Oregon won the Big Ten in its inaugural season inside the conference. Texas Tech can check that box already though, winning the Big 12 for the first time in school history. Advancing in the CFP would be a sweet bonus.
No matter the result on Jan. 1, Texas Tech is positioning itself to be successful moving forward. The 2026 recruiting class ranked 20th in the country but No. 1 in the Big 12 per the Rivals Industry Team Rankings. This is all before raiding the NCAA transfer portal, something McGuire and his staff did so well with last offseason.
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