The 2017 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament is being held from May 18 through June 7, 2017 as the final part of the 2017 NCAA Division I softball season. The 64 participating NCAA Division I college softball teams were selected out of an eligible 293 teams on May 14, 2017. Thirty-two teams were awarded automatic bids as champions of their conferences, and the remaining 32 were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I softball selection committee. The tournament culminates with eight teams playing in the 2017 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma would repeat as National Champions, defeating Florida in 2 games.
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Automatic bids
The Big West, Mountain West, Pac-12, and West Coast Conference bids were awarded to the regular-season champion. All other conferences have the automatic bid go to the conference tournament winner.
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National seeds
16 National Seeds were announced on the Selection Show Sunday, May 14 at 10 p.m. EDT on ESPN2. The 16 national seeds host the Regionals. Teams in italics advanced to Super Regionals. Teams in bold advance to Women's College World Series.
Regionals and Super Regionals
The Regionals took place May 18-21. One regional, Salt Lake City, took place May 18-20 because of BYU's no-Sunday-play policy; all other regionals occurred May 19-21. The Super Regionals took place from May 25-28.
Gainesville Super Regional
Knoxville Super Regional
Los Angeles Super Regional
Tallahassee Super Regional
Eugene Super Regional
Seattle Super Regional
Auburn Super Regional
Tucson Super Regional
Women's College World Series
The Women's College World Series will be held June 1 through June 7, 2017, in Oklahoma City.
Participants
+ = From NCAA Division I Softball Championship Results
Bracket
Championship Game
Schedule
Record by conference
The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, F, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series Teams, National Semi-Finals, Finals, and National Champion.
Media coverage
Radio
Westwood One provided nationwide radio coverage of the championship series. It will once again be streamed online at westwoodsports.com, through TuneIn, and on SiriusXM. Kevin Kugler and Leah Amico will once again provide the call for Westwood One.
Television
ESPN holds exclusive rights to the tournament. They will air games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, ESPN3 and Longhorn Network. For the first time in the history of the women's softball tournament ESPN will cover every single regional.
Broadcast assignments
References
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