Connect with us
https://yoursportsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/call-to-1.png

NIL

2025 NCAA Softball Tournament Bracket: Women’s College World Series bracket, schedule set

The field for the 2025 Women’s College World Series is officially set, following a scintillating slate of winner-take-all action on Sunday. The matchups in Oklahoma City are juicy. Four-time defending national champion Oklahoma headlines the field and will be the favorite to win it all. But there are a number of other highly ranked national […]

Published

on


The field for the 2025 Women’s College World Series is officially set, following a scintillating slate of winner-take-all action on Sunday. The matchups in Oklahoma City are juicy.

Four-time defending national champion Oklahoma headlines the field and will be the favorite to win it all. But there are a number of other highly ranked national seeds that will have something to say about it.

Let’s get to the field below. Then we’ll break down how each team got here.

Women’s College World Series Matchups

12 p.m. ET – #3 Florida vs. #6 Texas (ESPN)
2:30 p.m. ET – #7 Tennessee vs. #2 Oklahoma (ESPN)
7 p.m. ET – #12 Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss (ESPN2)
9:30 p.m. ET – #16 Oregon vs. #9 UCLA (ESPN2)

* All games on Thursday, May 29

NCAA Super Regional Summary

Oregon booked its ticket to Oklahoma City by beating Liberty in back-to-back games. But it wasn’t easy. The first game was an intense 3-2 Ducks win that included some controversy over base-running by star Kai Luschar. It could have easily impacted the game enough to swing it the other way. But Oregon held serve and then blew out Liberty in the final game of the series.

The Ducks will meet UCLA in a meeting of teams from the West coast. UCLA took a series over South Carolina after falling in the first game 9-2. The Bruins bounced back for a come-from-behind 5-4 win on Saturday, then a 5-0 win on Sunday to advance.

Meanwhile, Texas secured a spot in the Women’s College World Series after a riveting round of action against Clemson. It took three games in Austin, and all three of them were close.

Clemson actually won the first of the three games 7-4 before Texas rallied behind the stellar arm of ace pitcher Teagan Kavan. Kavan helped lead the Longhorns to a 7-5 win and a 6-5 win to move on.

Texas will take on Florida, which advanced on Sunday after knocking off arch-rival Georgia in a winner-take-all game on Sunday. The Gators had stranded several base-runners through the first two contests, but a pair of two-run home runs midway through Game 3 did the trick against the Bulldogs.

Not the only team from the Lone Star State to advance, Texas Tech also secured a spot in the Women’s College World Series for the first time ever. Star pitcher NiJaree Canady was instrumental in that.

The Red Raiders got there by eliminating the Florida State Seminoles. It only took two games to do so, with a 3-0 win and a 2-1 win enough to do the trick. So who is the opponent?

That would be the Ole Miss Rebels, who dispatched the Arkansas Razorbacks in a meeting of SEC squads in the Super Regionals. After splitting the first two games, the Rebels took the rubber match 7-4 on Sunday to advance.

Finally, we’ll get a matchup between four-time defending national champion Oklahoma and Tennessee in the opening game of the Women’s College World Series. The champs cruised by Alabama, advancing with a 3-0 win and then a 13-2 shellacking.

Tennessee, meanwhile, had a much tougher test against Nebraska. The Cornhuskers took the opening game, then the Volunteers battled back to win 3-2 and 1-0. Pitcher Karlyn Pickens was the difference-maker, absolutely shutting the Nebraska lineup down from the circle.



Link

Continue Reading
Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

NIL

College football analyst drops Miller Moss bombshell that hints at ACC Title run

Louisville football is beginning to become the nation’s dark horse to win the 2025 ACC Title. While Clemson and Miami are getting all the hype and praise, Jeff Brohm and his Cardinals have been flying under the radar until now. With the 2025 season quickly approaching, media outlets, college football analysts, and reporters are beginning […]

Published

on


Louisville football is beginning to become the nation’s dark horse to win the 2025 ACC Title. While Clemson and Miami are getting all the hype and praise, Jeff Brohm and his Cardinals have been flying under the radar until now.

With the 2025 season quickly approaching, media outlets, college football analysts, and reporters are beginning to bring up the Cardinals’ squad. Everyone is starting to realize just how elite of a head coach Brohm is, and even though they travel to Miami and SMU, they have a favorable schedule.

The newest college football reporter to praise the Cardinals is David Pollack, a former ESPN analyst and member of College Gameday. The analyst didn’t just praise Brohm, but also commended their transfer portal additions, key returners, and their schedule, and even went on air to say they will return to the ACC Title game on his latest podcast.

Related: Louisville football’s superstar makes the Walter Camp pre-season All America team

Louisville football’s Miller Moss get high praise from David Pollack

Brohm is emerging as one of the best coaches in the nation. He recently made the Dodds Trophy Award Watch List, and with his stacked offense and key returners on defense, Pollack has valid points to think that Louisville has what it takes to contend for their first ACC Title.

The analyst was asked who the best transfer would be in the ACC, and in his buildup to pick Miller Moss over Miami’s Carson Beck, it was the best hype speech Louisville might have ever received.

““This is easy to me. I think Beck is going to kill it, but if you’re watching college football, and if you’ve watched Louisville and if you’ve watched Jeff Brohm, he’s a freaking superstar. The way he coaches the game. The way he feels the game. The way he can use misdirection. The way he can use pro-style concepts with spread concepts. Take any quarterback, and I mean any quarterback, I think he could win with any quarterback in this league. And, I just think, with him, with their running back who’s on my fantasy team, I think is going to absolutely destroy it.””

David Pollack

He then went on to pick the Cardinals’ incoming transfer from USC over Beck, who is regarded as one of the top quarterbacks in the nation. Picking Moss over Beck is quite a hot take, but it shouldn’t be one. Moss with Brohm’s offense and style of play should give Louisville a clear path to an ACC Title, and Pollack agrees.

“Miller Moss also showed me some swag last year, man, Pollack stated. “Like, he showed me, because he got the shiznik kicked out of him. That dude got absolutely destroyed. That offensive line was very un-good for. I think Miller Moss is going to come in and absolutely tear it up at Louisville.”

The Cardinals are turning into a top quarterback university and one for the underdogs. They aren’t bringing in 5-star or top 10 quarterbacks, but are bringing in quarterbacks whose programs have given up and thrown in the towel.

Everyone is familiar with Beck and what he brings. The potential of Moss with Brown, Caullin Lacy, and Chris Bell, along with Brohm, has fans and apparently Pollack extremely excited. This offense is stacked, and it has breakout potential. They have some tough games on their schedule, but if Brohm can develop Moss like he did with Tyler Shough, then this team has the chance to return to Charlotte.

Related: ESPN unveils ‘season-defining game’ that will make or break Louisville football’s season

For all the latest on Louisville football’s offseason and recruiting, stay tuned.



Link

Continue Reading

NIL

College sports agency rejecting some NIL deals with donor

The new agency in charge of regulating name, image, likeness deals in college sports sent a letter to schools Thursday saying it had rejected deals between players and donor-backed collectives formed over the past several years to funnel money to athletes or their schools. Those arrangements hold no “valid business purpose,” the memo said, and […]

Published

on

College sports agency rejecting some NIL deals with donor

The new agency in charge of regulating name, image, likeness deals in college sports sent a letter to schools Thursday saying it had rejected deals between players and donor-backed collectives formed over the past several years to funnel money to athletes or their schools.

Those arrangements hold no “valid business purpose,” the memo said, and don’t adhere to rules that call for outside NIL deals to be between players and companies that provide goods or services to the general public for profit.

The letter to Division I athletic directors could be the next step in shuttering today’s version of the collective, groups that are closely affiliated with schools and that, in the early days of NIL after July 2021, proved the most efficient way for schools to indirectly cut deals with players.

Continue Reading

NIL

The new college sports agency is rejecting some athlete NIL deals with donor-backed collectives | Archives

The new agency in charge of regulating name, image, likeness deals in college sports sent a letter to schools Thursday saying it had rejected deals between players and donor-backed collectives formed over the past several years to funnel money to athletes or their schools. Those arrangements hold no “valid business purpose,” the memo said, and […]

Published

on


The new agency in charge of regulating name, image, likeness deals in college sports sent a letter to schools Thursday saying it had rejected deals between players and donor-backed collectives formed over the past several years to funnel money to athletes or their schools.

Those arrangements hold no “valid business purpose,” the memo said, and don’t adhere to rules that call for outside NIL deals to be between players and companies that provide goods or services to the general public for profit.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.



Link

Continue Reading

NIL

The new college sports agency is rejecting some athlete NIL deals with donor-backed collectives

The new agency in charge of regulating name, image, likeness deals in college sports sent a letter to schools Thursday saying it had rejected deals between players and donor-backed collectives formed over the past several years to funnel money to athletes or their schools. Those arrangements hold no “valid business purpose,” the memo said, and […]

Published

on


The new agency in charge of regulating name, image, likeness deals in college sports sent a letter to schools Thursday saying it had rejected deals between players and donor-backed collectives formed over the past several years to funnel money to athletes or their schools.

Those arrangements hold no “valid business purpose,” the memo said, and don’t adhere to rules that call for outside NIL deals to be between players and companies that provide goods or services to the general public for profit.

The letter to Division I athletic directors could be the next step in shuttering today’s version of the collective, groups that are closely affiliated with schools and that, in the early days of NIL after July 2021, proved the most efficient way for schools to indirectly cut deals with players.

Since then, the landscape has changed yet again with the $2.8 billion House settlement that allows schools to pay the players directly as of July 1.

Already, collectives affiliated with Colorado, Alabama, Notre Dame, Georgia and others have announced they’re shutting down. Georgia, Ohio State and Illinois are among those that have announced plans with Learfield, a media and technology company with decades of licensing and other experience across college athletics, to help arrange NIL deals.

Outside deals between athlete and sponsor are still permitted, but any worth $600 or more have to be vetted by a clearinghouse called NIL Go that was established with the help of auditing giant Deloitte and run by the new College Sports Commission.

In its letter to the ADs, the CSC said more than 1,500 deals have been cleared since NIL Go launched on June 11, “ranging in value from three figures to seven figures.” More than 12,000 athletes and 1,100 institutional users have registered to use the system.

Georgia's Olivia Smoliga swims to a first-place finish in the...

Georgia’s Olivia Smoliga swims to a first-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle at the NCAA women’s swimming and diving championships at Georgia Tech, March 19, 2016, in Atlanta. Credit: AP/David Goldman

But the bulk of the letter explained that many deals could not be cleared because they did not conform to an NCAA rule that sets a “valid business purpose” standard for deals to be approved.

The letter explained that if a collective reaches a deal with an athlete to appear on behalf of the collective, which charges an admission fee, the standard is not met because the purpose of the event is to raise money to pay athletes, not to provide goods or services available to the general public for profit.

The same would apply to a deal an athlete makes to sell merchandise to raise money to pay that player because the purpose of “selling merchandise is to raise money to pay that student-athlete and potentially other student-athletes at a particular school or schools, which is not a valid business purpose” according to the NCAA rule.

Sports attorney Darren Heitner, who deals in NIL, said the guidance “could disproportionately burden collectives that are already committed to spending money on players for multiple years to come.”

Texas State takes the field against Louisiana Monroe during an...

Texas State takes the field against Louisiana Monroe during an NCAA football game, Oct. 14, 2023, in San Marcos Texas. Credit: AP

“If a pattern of rejections results from collective deals submitted to Deloitte, it may invite legal scrutiny under antitrust principles,” he said.

On a separate track, some college sports leaders, including the NCAA, are seeking a limited form of antitrust protection from Congress.

The letter said a NIL deal could be approved if, for instance, the businesses paying the players had a broader purpose than simply acting as a collective. The letter uses a golf course or apparel company as examples.

“In other words, NIL collectives may act as marketing agencies that match student-athletes with businesses that have a valid business purpose and seek to use the student’s NIL to promote their businesses,” the letter said.



Link

Continue Reading

NIL

Paul Finebaum tells Deion Sanders to ‘stick to coaching’ after calling for college football salary cap

The House settlement hasn’t yet been in place for a full college season. Already, however, coaches around the country are looking for a solution to fix issues they see with revenue sharing. That now includes Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders. At Big 12 media days, Sanders suggested putting a cap on rev-share, raising some […]

Published

on


The House settlement hasn’t yet been in place for a full college season. Already, however, coaches around the country are looking for a solution to fix issues they see with revenue sharing. That now includes Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders.

At Big 12 media days, Sanders suggested putting a cap on rev-share, raising some eyebrows in the process. In the wake of those comments, Paul Finebaum and Greg McElroy appeared on Get Up. There, Finebaum boldly told Sanders to stick to coaching.

“Right now, there’s so many issues in college football that getting to a cap,” Finebaum said. “It may happen one day, but I think they need to solve some more basic problems first.”

Finebaum notably thinks that Sanders’ argument would be different if he still had some of last season’s stars on his team. So, the messaging is likely based on what would be best for Colorado right now.

“I just love Deion for a lot of reasons,” Finebaum said. “But especially how he just changes the narrative depending on who is on his team. I mean, those two guys that he had last year, Shedeur [Sanders] and Travis [Hunter], could have left and broken everybody’s bank, and would have had he not had that hold over them. So I just think Deion needs to stick to coaching football. Let the college football leaders screw up the game the way they have already.”

The House settlement allows for revenue sharing of up to $20.5 million with athletes at a given school. How that money is divided and if the school spends the entire amount is up to the school. However, in most cases, football will receive the majority of the funding.

On top of that, House also looks to set a fair market on NIL spending. NIL deals above $600 will need third-party approval and will be sent to a new clearinghouse called NIL Go. There is also a new enforcement agency in place called the College Sports Commission

“It’s just unrealistic at this point. I do think at some point there’ll be donor fatigue. I do think at some point, there will be more parameters in place,” Greg McElroy said. “And I’m cautiously optimistic that there will be competitive balance across the college football landscape. But the reality is, college football has never been fair. It’s like Major League Baseball. That’s what it is. I mean, we don’t live in the salary cap world in college football. Those with resources that can spend, win.”

McElroy looked to emphasize his comparison by explaining that the deepest pockets don’t always win. Upsets do happen. So, even if Sanders and Colorado aren’t the richest program, there are still opportunities on the field.

“The good news is, just like in baseball, the Yankees don’t win the World Series every year. The Tampa Bay Rays, who have one of the smallest payrolls, compete in the playoffs regularly,” McElroy said. “And are, at times, much better than those of their big-spending counterparts in the Red Sox and the Yankees. So I think college football, yes, it’s nice to have resources, but it can also work against you. Texas has just one national championship since 1970 and they have the deepest pockets in the land. So I think that, yes, it’s nice to have money, but at the end of the day, it doesn’t necessarily always equate to success on the field.”

Deion Sanders explained why he wanted to see a rev-share cap by pointing to last season’s national champions, the  Ohio State Buckeyes. In particular, he looked at headlines that their roster was worth upwards of $20 million.

“I wish there was a cap. Like, the top-of-the-line player makes this and if you’re not that type of guy, you know you’re not going to make that. That’s what the NFL does. The problem is, you’ve got a guy that’s not that darn good, but he could go to another school and they give him another half a million dollars. You can’t compete with that. It don’t make sense,” Sanders said.

“You talk about equality … all you have to do is look at the playoffs and see what those teams spent, and you understand darn near why they’re in the playoffs. It’s kind of hard to compete with somebody who’s giving $25, $30 million to a darn freshman class. It’s crazy.”



Link

Continue Reading

NIL

The NCAA Tournament committees for men and women's basketball remain indecisive on expansion

Word on the street was that we would get an answer as to whether or not the NCAA Tournament would experience some sizable changes, and yesterday we got an answer that really wasn’t an answer. The committees for men’s and women’s basketball met yesterday to discuss the potential of the tournament expanding beyond the 68-team […]

Published

on

The NCAA Tournament committees for men and women's basketball remain indecisive on expansion

Word on the street was that we would get an answer as to whether or not the NCAA Tournament would experience some sizable changes, and yesterday we got an answer that really wasn’t an answer. The committees for men’s and women’s basketball met yesterday to discuss the potential of the tournament expanding beyond the 68-team format, but following the conclusion of those meetings it was said that they in fact did not reach a decision, but everything was “still on the table.”

It feels more and more like the can keeps getting kicked down the road when it comes to actually making a decision about whether or not to allow more teams into The Big Dance, but it honestly isn’t surprising — expanding the 68-team tournament that we all know and love is a polarizing issue. Some fans/players/coaches hate the idea, and I’m sure that there are some people out there that wouldn’t mind the expansion. I could see this especially becoming a popular idea with mid-major teams who after NIL and the transfer portal became a thing started becoming a bit diluted talent-wise. Realistically what would happen is some typically on the bubble Power Four teams would snatch up those spots, but the illusion of there being more mid-majors in the tournament is there, right?

Alright, in all seriousness, I do wish the tournament committee would make a definitive decision soon, because this is a pretty distracting issue. The two hot-button topics in college athletics right now are super leagues/realignment and NCAA Tournament expansion, and I would love for there to be one less distracting topic moving forward. We may never get rid of the super league/realignment conversation, if we are being completely honest with ourselves, but the NCAA Tournament can commit to expansion or get off the pot as soon as tomorrow. I personally do not want the expansion, but if it expands then it is what it is.

What do all of you think about the potential of the NCAA Tournament expanding? let us know in the comments below.

Continue Reading

Most Viewed Posts

Trending