Women's College World Series

{{Short description|Final portion of the NCAA Division I softball tournament for college softball}}

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The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Division I softball tournament for college softball in the United States and is held annually in Oklahoma City, OK. The event is held at Devon Park located within the USA Softball Hall of Fame complex.

The eight teams of the WCWS play a double-elimination tournament until just two teams remain. These two teams compete in a best-of-three series to determine the Division I WCWS National Champion. Previous WCWS losses do not factor into the best-of-three championship series, and the first team to win two of three games is declared the National Champion.

Like the Men's College World Series in baseball, the WCWS initially divides the eight teams ranked one (the top seed) thru eight and are then divided into two brackets of four teams. The teams play their first-round match up as follows: 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6 and 4 v 5. Unique to the WCWS is that the loser of the first-round game{{clarify|date=June 2024}} on one side of the bracket crosses over to the loser's bracket on the other side. Suffering a second loss eliminates said team from the WCWS.

Round number two will feature the four winners of round-one games against each other, with the highest remaining seed vs the lowest remaining undefeated seed. In the losers bracket, the four first round losers face each other, with the two winners advancing while the losers who suffer their second loss are eliminated from tourney play. Round three features the two losing teams from round two (winners bracket) vs round two-winners (from losers bracket) while the remaining two undefeated teams get a day of rest. Once round three is complete, there will now be four teams eliminated. The remaining four teams will then play each other in round four, with one team with one loss playing one team with no losses. If a team with a loss loses again, they are eliminated. If teams with no losses suffer a (first) loss, the remaining teams will then be realigned and forced to play one last time, with the winners advancing to the best-of-three championship series. If by chance one or both unbeaten teams win in round four, then that team (or both teams) advances to the best-of-three championship series. From there games are cut to one game per day over the next three days (weather pending). This feature allows any two of the eight WCWS teams to potentially comprise the final two, unlike the MCWS, whose two halves remain separate until the championship series.{{Cite web |title=8 things to know about the 2022 Women's College World Series {{!}} NCAA.com |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/softball/article/2022-06-01/8-things-know-about-2022-womens-college-world-series |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=www.ncaa.com |language=en}}

The WCWS takes place at Devon Park in Oklahoma City. From 1969 to 1981, the women's collegiate softball championship was also known as the Women's College World Series and was promoted as such.{{cite book | title=Women's Fastpitch Softball – The Path to the Gold, An Historical Look at Women's Fastpitch in the United States | author = Mary L. Littlewood | publisher = National Fastpitch Coaches Association, Columbia, Missouri | edition = first | pages = 145, 208 |year = 1998 | isbn= 0-9664310-0-6 }} During 1969–1979, the series was played in Omaha, after which the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) held the series in 1980–1982 in Norman, Oklahoma. There were two competing World Series tournaments in 1982. The NCAA held its first six Division I tournaments in Omaha in 1982–1987, followed by Sunnyvale, California, in 1988–1989. The event has been held in Oklahoma City every year since then, except for 1996, when it was held at the softball venue for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Columbus, Georgia.

Softball was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the AIAW for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve (and other) sports. The 1982 softball championship tournaments of both the AIAW and the NCAA were called "Women's College World Series". However, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA won out over the AIAW.{{cite book|author1=Grundy, Pamela |author2=Shackelford, Susan |name-list-style=amp |title=Shattering the Glass|url=https://archive.org/details/shatteringglassr0000grun |url-access=registration |publisher=The New Press|year=2005|isbn=1-56584-822-5}}

Division I

=NCAA=

class="wikitable" ! Year ! Location ! Champion{{cite book\|title=A Series Of Their Own: History Of The Women's College World Series\|first1=William\|last1=Plummer\|first2=Larry C.\|last2=Floyd\|year=2013\|publisher= Turnkey Communications Inc.\|location= Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States\|isbn=978-0-9893007-0-4}} ! Title series score*** ! Runner-up ! colspan="2"\|Semifinalists/tie-3rd ! colspan="2"\|Tie-5th ! colspan="2"\|Tie-7th (first 2 eliminated)
1982	Seymour Smith Park Omaha, NE	UCLA WCAA	2–0 (8 inn)	Fresno State NorPac	{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Cal State Fullerton Titans\|title=Cal State Fullerton}} WCAA	{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} WCAA	{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}} Big Eight	{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Western Michigan Broncos\|title=Western Michigan}} MAC	{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Creighton Bluejays\|title=Creighton}} Gateway	{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} Big Eight
1983	Seymour Smith Park Omaha, NE	Texas A&M Southwest	2–0 (12 inn)	{{csb link\|year=1983\|team=Cal State Fullerton Titans\|title=Cal State Fullerton}} WCAA	{{csb link\|year=1983\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} WCAA	{{csb link\|year=1983\|team=South Carolina Gamecocks\|title=South Carolina}} Independent	{{csb link\|year=1983\|team=Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters\|title=Louisiana Tech}} Southland	{{csb link\|year=1983\|team=Pacific Tigers\|title=Pacific}} NorPac	{{csb link\|year=1983\|team=Indiana Hoosiers\|title=Indiana}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1983\|team=Missouri Tigers\|title=Missouri}} Big Eight
1984	Seymour Smith Park Omaha, NE	UCLA WCAA	1–0 (13 inn)	Texas A&M Southwest	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Northwestern Wildcats\|title=Northwestern}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}} Big Eight	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Adelphi Panthers\|title=Adelphi}} Atlantic 10	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Fresno State Bulldogs\|title=Fresno State}} NorPac	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Cal Poly Pomona Broncos\|title=Cal Poly Pomona}} CCAA	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Utah State Aggies\|title=Utah State}} High Country
1985	Seymour Smith Park Omaha, NE	UCLA WCAA	2–1 (9 inn)	{{csb link\|year=1985\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}} Big Eight*	{{csb link\|year=1985\|team=Cal State Fullerton Titans\|title=Cal State Fullerton}} PCAA	{{csb link\|year=1985\|team=Cal Poly Pomona Broncos\|title=Cal Poly Pomona}} CCAA	{{csb link\|year=1985\|team=Adelphi Panthers\|title=Adelphi}} Atlantic 10	{{csb link\|year=1985\|team=Northwestern Wildcats\|title=Northwestern}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1985\|team=Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters\|title=Louisiana Tech}} Southland	{{csb link\|year=1985\|team=Utah Utes\|title=Utah}} High Country
1986	Seymour Smith Park Omaha, NE	Cal State Fullerton PCAA	3–0	Texas A&M Southwest	{{csb link\|year=1986\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} NorPac	{{csb link\|year=1986\|team=Indiana Hoosiers\|title=Indiana}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1986\|team=Creighton Bluejays\|title=Creighton}} Gateway	{{csb link\|year=1986\|team=Long Beach State 49ers\|title=Long Beach State}} PCAA	{{csb link\|year=1986\|team=Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters\|title=Louisiana Tech}} Southland	{{csb link\|year=1986\|team=Northwestern Wildcats\|title=Northwestern}} Big Ten
1987	Seymour Smith Park Omaha, NE	Texas A&M Southwest	4–1	UCLA Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1987\|team=Cal State Fullerton Titans\|title=Cal State Fullerton}} PCAA	{{csb link\|year=1987\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}} Big Eight	{{csb link\|year=1987\|team=Central Michigan Chippewas\|title=Central Michigan}} MAC	{{csb link\|year=1987\|team=Fresno State Bulldogs\|title=Fresno State}} PCAA	{{csb link\|year=1987\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1987\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} Metro
1988	Twin Creeks Sports Complex Sunnyvale, California	UCLA Pac-10	3–0	Fresno State PCAA	{{csb link\|year=1988\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1988\|team=Cal Poly Pomona Broncos\|title=Cal Poly Pomona}} CCAA	{{csb link\|year=1988\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}} Big Eight	{{csb link\|year=1988\|team=Texas A&M Aggies\|title=Texas A&M}} Southwest	{{csb link\|year=1988\|team=Adelphi Panthers\|title=Adelphi}} Atlantic 10	{{csb link\|year=1988\|team=Northern Illinois Huskies\|title=Northern Illinois}} North Star
1989	Twin Creeks Sports Complex Sunnyvale, California	UCLA Pac-10	1–0	Fresno State Big West	{{csb link\|year=1989\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1989\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} Big Eight	{{csb link\|year=1989\|team=Cal Poly Pomona Broncos\|title=Cal Poly Pomona}} CCAA	{{csb link\|year=1989\|team=Oregon Ducks\|title=Oregon}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1989\|team=South Carolina Gamecocks\|title=South Carolina}} Metro	{{csb link\|year=1989\|team=Toledo Rockets\|title=Toledo}} MAC
1990	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	UCLA Pac-10	2–0	Fresno State Big West	{{csb link\|year=1990\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} Metro	{{csb link\|year=1990\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} Big Eight	{{csb link\|year=1990\|team=Long Beach State 49ers\|title=Long Beach State}} Big West	{{csb link\|year=1990\|team=UNLV Rebels\|title=UNLV}} Big West	{{csb link\|year=1990\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1990\|team=Kent State Golden Flashes\|title=Kent State}} MAC
1991	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Arizona Pac-10	5–1	UCLA Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1991\|team=Fresno State Bulldogs\|title=Fresno State}} Big West	{{csb link\|year=1991\|team=Long Beach State 49ers\|title=Long Beach State}} Big West	{{csb link\|year=1991\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} Metro	{{csb link\|year=1991\|team=Missouri Tigers\|title=Missouri}} Big Eight	{{csb link\|year=1991\|team=UNLV Rebels\|title=UNLV}} Big West	{{csb link\|year=1991\|team=Utah Utes\|title=Utah}} WAC
1992	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	UCLA Pac-10	2–0	Arizona Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1992\|team=Fresno State Bulldogs\|title=Fresno State}} Big West	{{csb link\|year=1992\|team=UMass Minutewomen\|title=UMass}} Atlantic 10	{{csb link\|year=1992\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1992\|team=Long Beach State 49ers\|title=Long Beach State}} Big West	{{csb link\|year=1992\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} ACC	{{csb link\|year=1992\|team=Kansas Jayhawks\|title=Kansas}} Big Eight
1993	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Arizona Pac-10	1–0	UCLA Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1993\|team=Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns\|title=Southwestern Louisiana}} Sun Belt	{{csb link\|year=1993\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} Big Eight	{{csb link\|year=1993\|team=Cal State Northridge Matadors\|title=Cal State Northridge}} WAC	Connecticut Big East	{{csb link\|year=1993\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} ACC	{{csb link\|year=1993\|team=Long Beach State 49ers\|title=Long Beach State}} Big West
1994	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Arizona Pac-10	4–0	{{csb link\|year=1994\|team=Cal State Northridge Matadors\|title=Cal State Northridge}} WAC	{{csb link\|year=1994\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} Big Eight	{{csb link\|year=1994\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1994\|team=Fresno State Bulldogs\|title=Fresno State}} WAC	{{csb link\|year=1994\|team=Utah Utes\|title=Utah}} WAC	{{csb link\|year=1994\|team=Illinois–Chicago Flames\|title=Illinois–Chicago}} Mid-Con	{{csb link\|year=1994\|team=Missouri Tigers\|title=Missouri}} Big Eight
1995	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	UCLA** Pac-10	4–2	Arizona Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1995\|team=Iowa Hawkeyes\|title=Iowa}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1995\|team=UNLV Rebels\|title=UNLV}} Big West	{{csb link\|year=1995\|team=Cal State Fullerton Titans\|title=Cal State Fullerton}} Big West	{{csb link\|year=1995\|team=Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns\|title=Southwestern Louisiana}} Sun Belt	{{csb link\|year=1995\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1995\|team=Princeton Tigers\|title=Princeton}} Ivy
1996	Golden Park Columbus, GA	Arizona Pac-10	6–4	Washington Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1996\|team=Iowa Hawkeyes\|title=Iowa}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1996\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1996\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1996\|team=Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns\|title=Southwestern Louisiana}} Sun Belt	{{csb link\|year=1996\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1996\|team=Princeton Tigers\|title=Princeton}} Ivy
1997	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Arizona Pac-10	10–2 (5 inn)	UCLA Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1997\|team=Fresno State Bulldogs\|title=Fresno State}} WAC	{{csb link\|year=1997\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1997\|team=Iowa Hawkeyes\|title=Iowa}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1997\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1997\|team=UMass Minutewomen\|title=UMass}} Atlantic 10	{{csb link\|year=1997\|team=South Carolina Gamecocks\|title=South Carolina}} SEC
1998	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Fresno State WAC	1–0	Arizona Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1998\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=1998\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1998\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1998\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=1998\|team=UMass Minutewomen\|title=UMass}} Atlantic 10	{{csb link\|year=1998\|team=Texas Longhorns\|title=Texas}} Big 12
1999	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	UCLA Pac-10	3–2	Washington Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1999\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1999\|team=DePaul Blue Demons\|title=DePaul}} Conference USA	{{csb link\|year=1999\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1999\|team=Fresno State Bulldogs\|title=Fresno State}} WAC	{{csb link\|year=1999\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1998\|team=Southern Miss Golden Eagles\|title=Southern Miss}} Conference USA
2000	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma Big 12	3–1	UCLA Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2000\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2000\|team=Southern Miss Golden Eagles\|title=Southern Miss}} Conference USA	{{csb link\|year=2000\|team=Alabama Crimson Tide\|title=Alabama}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2000\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2000\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1998\|team=DePaul Blue Demons\|title=DePaul}} Conference USA
2001	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Arizona Pac-10	1–0	UCLA Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2001\|team=LSU Tigers\|title=LSU}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2001\|team=Stanford Cardinal\|title=Stanford}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2001\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2001\|team=Oklahoma Sooners\|title=Oklahoma}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2001\|team=Iowa Hawkeyes\|title=Iowa}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=2001\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}} Big Ten
2002	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	California Pac-10	6–0	Arizona Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2002\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2002\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} ACC	{{csb link\|year=2002\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2002\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2002\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=2002\|team=Oklahoma Sooners\|title=Oklahoma}} Big 12
2003	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	UCLA Pac-10	1–0 (9 inn)	{{csb link\|year=2003\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2003\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2003\|team=Texas Longhorns\|title=Texas}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2003\|team=Oklahoma Sooners\|title=Oklahoma}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2003\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2003\|team=Alabama Crimson Tide\|title=Alabama}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2003\|team=Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns\|title=Louisiana–Lafayette}} Sun Belt
2004	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	UCLA Pac-10	3–1	{{csb link\|year=2004\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2004\|team=LSU Tigers\|title=LSU}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2004\|team=Stanford Cardinal\|title=Stanford}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2004\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} ACC	{{csb link\|year=2004\|team=Oklahoma Sooners\|title=Oklahoma}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2004\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=2004\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-10
2005***	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Michigan Big Ten	0–5 5–2 4–1 (10 inn)	UCLA Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2005\|team=Tennessee Volunteers\|title=Tennessee}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2005\|team=Texas Longhorns\|title=Texas}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2005\|team=Alabama Crimson Tide\|title=Alabama}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2005\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2005\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2005\|team=DePaul Blue Demons\|title=DePaul}} Conference USA
2006	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Arizona Pac-10	8–0 5–0	{{csb link\|year=2006\|team=Northwestern Wildcats\|title=Northwestern}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=2006\|team=Tennessee Volunteers\|title=Tennessee}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2006\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2006\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2006\|team=Texas Longhorns\|title=Texas}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2006\|team=Alabama Crimson Tide\|title=Alabama}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2006\|team=Oregon State Beavers\|title=Oregon State}} Pac-10
2007	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Arizona Pac-10	0–3 1–0 (10 inn) 5–0	Tennessee SEC	{{csb link\|year=2007\|team=Northwestern Wildcats\|title=Northwestern}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=2007\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2007\|team=Baylor Lady Bears\|title=Baylor}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2007\|team=DePaul Blue Demons\|title=DePaul}} Big East	{{csb link\|year=2007\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2007\|team=Texas A&M Aggies\|title=Texas A&M}} Big 12
2008	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Arizona State Pac-10	3–0 11–0	Texas A&M Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2008\|team=Alabama Crimson Tide\|title=Alabama}} SEC	Florida SEC	{{csb link\|year=2008\|team=Louisiana–Lafayette\|title=Louisiana–Lafayette}} Sun Belt	{{csb link\|year=2008\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2008\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2008\|team=Virginia Tech Hokies\|title=Virginia Tech}} ACC
2009	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Washington Pac-10	8–0 3–2	Florida SEC	{{csb link\|year=2009\|team=Alabama Crimson Tide\|title=Alabama}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2009\|team=Georgia Bulldogs\|title=Georgia}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2009\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2009\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=2009\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2009\|team=Missouri Tigers\|title=Missouri}} Big 12
2010	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	UCLA Pac-10	6–5 (8 inn) 15–9	Arizona Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2010\|team=Georgia Bulldogs\|title=Georgia}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2010\|team=Tennessee Volunteers\|title=Tennessee}} SEC	Florida SEC	{{csb link\|year=2010\|team=Hawaii Rainbow Wahine\|title=Hawaii}} WAC	{{csb link\|year=2010\|team=Missouri Tigers\|title=Missouri}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2010\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-10
2011	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Arizona State Pac-10	14–4 7–2	Florida SEC	Alabama SEC	{{csb link\|year=2011\|team=Baylor Lady Bears\|title=Baylor}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2011\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2011\|team=Missouri Tigers\|title=Missouri}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2011\|team=Oklahoma Sooners\|title=Oklahoma}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2011\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} Big 12
2012	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Alabama SEC	1–4 8–6 5–4	{{csb link\|year=2012\|team=Oklahoma Sooners\|title=Oklahoma}} Big 12	California Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2012\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2012\|team=Oregon Ducks\|title=Oregon}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2012\|team=LSU Tigers\|title=LSU}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2012\|team=South Florida Bulls\|title=South Florida}} Big East	{{csb link\|year=2012\|team=Tennessee Volunteers\|title=Tennessee}} SEC
2013	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma Big 12	5–3 (12 inn) 4–0	{{csb link\|year=2013\|team=Tennessee Volunteers\|title=Tennessee}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2013\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2013\|team=Texas Longhorns\|title=Texas}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2013\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}} Big Ten	Florida SEC	{{csb link\|year=2013\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2013\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}} Big Ten
2014	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Florida SEC	5–0 6–3	Alabama SEC	{{csb link\|year=2014\|team=Oregon Ducks\|title=Oregon}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2014\|team=Baylor Lady Bears\|title=Baylor}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2014\|team=Oklahoma Sooners\|title=Oklahoma}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2014\|team=Kentucky Wildcats\|title=Kentucky}} SEC	Louisiana–Lafayette Sun Belt	{{csb link\|year=2014\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} ACC
2015	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Florida SEC	3–2 0–1 4–1	Michigan Big Ten	Auburn SEC	{{csb link\|year=2015\|team=LSU Tigers\|title=LSU}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2015\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} Pac-12	Alabama SEC	{{csb link\|year=2015\|team=Oregon Ducks\|title=Oregon}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2015\|team=Tennessee Volunteers\|title=Tennessee}} SEC
2016	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma Big 12	3–2 7–11 (8 inn) 2–1	Auburn SEC	{{csb link\|year=2016\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} ACC	{{csb link\|year=2016\|team=LSU Tigers\|title=LSU}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2016\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=2016\|team=Georgia Bulldogs\|title=Georgia}} SEC	Alabama SEC	{{csb link\|year=2016\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} Pac-12
2017	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma Big 12	7–5 (17 inn) 5–4	{{csb link\|year=2017\|team=Florida Gators\|title=Florida}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2017\|team=Oregon Ducks\|title=Oregon}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2017\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2017\|team=LSU Tigers\|title=LSU}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2017\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2016\|team=Baylor Lady Bears\|title=Baylor}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2017\|team=Texas A&M Aggies\|title=Texas A&M}} SEC
2018	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Florida State ACC	1–0 8–3	Washington Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2018\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2018\|team=Oklahoma Sooners\|title=Oklahoma}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2018\|team=Oregon Ducks\|title=Oregon}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2018\|team=Florida Gators\|title=Florida}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2018\|team=Georgia Bulldogs\|title=Georgia}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2018\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} Pac-12
2019	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	UCLA Pac-12	16–3 5–4	{{csb link\|year=2019\|team=Oklahoma Sooners\|title=Oklahoma}} Big 12	Alabama SEC	{{csb link\|year=2019\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2019\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2019\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2019\|team=Florida Gators\|title=Florida}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2019\|team=Minnesota Golden Gophers\|title=Minnesota}} Big Ten
2020	colspan=10 align=center\|Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma Big 12	4–8 6–2 5–1	{{csb link\|year=2021\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} ACC	Alabama SEC	{{csb link\|year=2021 \|team=James Madison Dukes \|title=James Madison}} CAA	{{csb link\|year=2021\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2021\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2021\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2021\|team=Georgia Bulldogs\|title=Georgia}} SEC
2022	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma Big 12	16–1 10–5	Texas Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2022\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls \|title=Oklahoma State}} Big 12	UCLA Pac-12	Arizona Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2022\|team=Florida Gators \|title=Florida}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2022\|team=Northwestern Wildcats\|title=Northwestern}} Big Ten	Oregon State Pac-12
2023	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma Big 12	5–0 3–1	{{csb link\|year=2023\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} ACC	Stanford Pac-12	Tennessee SEC	{{csb link\|year=2023\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2023\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2023\|team=Utah Utes\|title=Utah}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2023\|team=Alabama Crimson Tide\|title=Alabama}} SEC
2024	Devon Park Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma Big 12	8–3 8–4	Texas Big 12	Stanford Pac-12	Florida SEC	UCLA Pac-12	Alabama SEC	Duke ACC	Oklahoma State Big 12
2025	Devon Park Oklahoma City, OK				Oklahoma SEC	Tennessee SEC	Oregon Big Ten	UCLA Big Ten	Florida SEC	Ole Miss SEC

* Nebraska's runner-up finish in 1985 was vacated by the NCAA.

** The 1995 title by UCLA and any related records have been vacated by the NCAA due to scholarship violations. Criticism also centered on UCLA player Tanya Harding who was recruited from Queensland, Australia, midway through the 1995 season. After UCLA captured the NCAA National Championship, Harding, the MVP of the tournament, returned to her homeland without taking final exams or earning a single college credit. Despite not violating any formal rules in recruiting Harding, the incident generated heated criticism that some foreign athletes were little more than hired guns.{{cite news|first=Mark|last=Starr|title=No Credit For UCLA|work=Newsweek|date=June 12, 1995|page=58}}{{cite news|first=Leigh|last=Montville|title=Ringer From Down Under|work=Sports Illustrated|date=June 12, 1995}}

*** Beginning in 2005, a best-of-three series determines the national championship.

=AIAW=

From 1969 to 1972, the DGWS (forerunner organization of the AIAW) recognized the WCWS, organized by the Amateur Softball Association, as the collegiate championship tournament. The AIAW assumed responsibilities from DGWS in 1973.

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Champion

! Title series game score(s)

! Runner-up

1969

| {{csb link|year=1969|team=Kennedy Patriettes|school=John F. Kennedy College|title=John F. Kennedy College}}

| align="center" | 2–0

| {{csb link|year=1969|team=Illinois State Redbirds|title=Illinois State}}

1970

| {{csb link|year=1970|team=Kennedy Patriettes|school=John F. Kennedy College|title=John F. Kennedy College}}

| align="center" | 0–2
7–6

| {{csb link|year=1970|team=Southwest Missouri State Lady Bears|title=Southwest Missouri State}}

1971

| {{csb link|year=1971|team=Kennedy Patriettes|school=John F. Kennedy College|title=John F. Kennedy College}}

| align="center" | 6–0
4–0

| {{csb link|year=1971|team=Iowa State Cyclones|title=Iowa State}}

1972

| {{csb link|year=1972|team=Arizona State Sun Devils|title=Arizona State}}

| align="center" | 0–1
8–5 (11 inn)

| Nihon University

1973

| {{csb link|year=1973|team=Arizona State Sun Devils|title=Arizona State}}

| align="center" | 0–4
4–3 (16 inn)

| {{csb link|year=1973|team=Illinois State Redbirds|title=Illinois State}}

1974

| {{csb link|year=1974|team=Southwest Missouri State Lady Bears|title=Southwest Missouri State}}

| align="center" | 14–7

| {{csb link|year=1974|team=Northern Colorado Bears|title=Northern Colorado}}

1975

| {{csb link|year=1975|team=Nebraska–Omaha Maverettes|title=Nebraska–Omaha}}

| align="center" | 1–11
6–4

| {{csb link|year=1975|team=Northern Iowa Panthers|title=Northern Iowa}}

1976

| {{csb link|year=1976|team=Michigan State Spartans|title=Michigan State}}

| align="center" | 3–0

| {{csb link|year=1976|team=Northern Colorado Bears|title=Northern Colorado}}

1977

| {{csb link|year=1977|team=Northern Iowa Panthers|title=Northern Iowa}}

| align="center" | 0–1 (9 inn)
7–0

| {{csb link|year=1977|team=Arizona Wildcats|title=Arizona}}

1978

| {{csb link|year=1978|team=UCLA Bruins|title=UCLA}}

| align="center" | 3–0

| {{csb link|year=1978|team=Northern Colorado Bears|title=Northern Colorado}}

1979

| {{csb link|year=1979|team=Texas Woman's Pioneers|title=Texas Woman's}}

| align="center" | 1–0
1–0

| {{csb link|year=1979|team=UCLA Bruins|title=UCLA}}

1980{{efn|Officially named the "AIAW Division I National Softball Championship."{{rp|54}} }}

| {{csb link|year=1980|team=Utah State Aggies|title=Utah State}}

| align="center" | 1–0
2–1

| {{csb link|year=1980|team=Indiana Hoosiers|title=Indiana}}

1981{{efn|Officially named the "AIAW College Softball World Series."{{rp|58}} }}

| {{csb link|year=1981|team=Utah State Aggies|title=Utah State}}

| align="center" | 1–6
4–3

| {{csb link|year=1981|team=Cal State Fullerton Titans|title=Cal State Fullerton}}

1982

| {{csb link|year=1982|team=Texas A&M Aggies|title=Texas A&M}}

| align="center" | 4–1
5–3 (8 inn)

| {{csb link|year=1982|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls|title=Oklahoma State}}

=NCAA team titles by school=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

! Team

! Number

! Winning years

style={{NCAA color cell|UCLA Bruins}}| UCLA Bruins softball

| 12

| align=left| 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2019

style={{NCAA color cell|Arizona Wildcats}}| Arizona Wildcats softball

| 8

| align=left| 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007

style={{NCAA color cell|Oklahoma Sooners}}| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Oklahoma Sooners|Oklahoma Sooners softball|Oklahoma}}

| 8

| align=left| 2000, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

style={{NCAA color cell|Arizona State Sun Devils}}| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Arizona State Sun Devils|Arizona State Sun Devils softball|Arizona State}}

| 2

| align=left| 2008, 2011

style={{NCAA color cell|Florida Gators}}| Florida Gators softball

| 2

| align=left| 2014, 2015

style={{NCAA color cell|Texas A&M Aggies}}| Texas A&M Aggies softball

| 2

| align=left| 1983, 1987

style={{NCAA color cell|Alabama Crimson Tide}}| Alabama Crimson Tide softball

| 1

| align=left| 2012

style={{NCAA color cell|Cal State Fullerton Titans}}| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Cal State Fullerton Titans|Cal State Fullerton Titans softball|Cal State Fullerton}}

| 1

| align=left| 1986

style={{NCAA color cell|California Golden Bears}}| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|California Golden Bears|California Golden Bears softball|California}}

| 1

| align=left| 2002

style={{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Florida State Seminoles|Florida State Seminoles softball|Florida State}}

| 1

| align=left| 2018

style={{NCAA color cell|Fresno State Bulldogs}}| Fresno State Bulldogs softball

| 1

| align=left| 1998

style={{NCAA color cell|Michigan Wolverines}}| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Michigan Wolverines|Michigan Wolverines softball|Michigan}}

| 1

| align=left| 2005

style={{NCAA color cell|Washington Huskies}}| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Washington Huskies|Washington Huskies softball|Washington}}

| 1

| align=left| 2009

*UCLA also won the 1995 title, but it has since been vacated by the NCAA; see above.

=AIAW team titles by school=

class="wikitable" style=text-align:center

! School

! Championships

! Years

style={{NCAA secondary color cell|Calumet Crimson Wave}}| John F. Kennedy College

| 3

|align=left| 1969, 1970, 1971 (all DGWS)

style={{NCAA color cell|Arizona State Sun Devils}}| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Arizona State Sun Devils|Arizona State Sun Devils softball|Arizona State}}

| 2

|align=left| 1972 (DGWS), 1973

style={{NCAA color cell|Utah State Aggies}}| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Utah State Aggies|Utah State Aggies|Utah State}}

| 2

|align=left| 1980, 1981

style={{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Florida State Seminoles|Florida State Seminoles softball|Florida State}}

| 2

|align=left| 1981, 1982 (both slow pitch)

style={{NCAA color cell|Missouri State Lady Bears}}| Missouri State Lady Bears

| 1

|align=left| 1974

style={{NCAA color cell|Nebraska–Omaha Mavericks}}| Omaha Mavericks

| 1

|align=left| 1975

style={{NCAA color cell|Michigan State Spartans}}| Michigan State Spartans softball

| 1

|align=left| 1976

style={{NCAA color cell|Northern Iowa Panthers}}| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Northern Iowa Panthers|Northern Iowa Panthers|Northern Iowa}}

| 1

|align=left| 1977

style={{NCAA color cell|UCLA Bruins}}| UCLA Bruins softball

| 1

|align=left| 1978

style={{NCAA color cell|Texas Woman's Pioneers}}| Texas Woman's Pioneers

| 1

|align=left| 1979

style={{NCAA color cell|Texas A&M Aggies}}| Texas A&M Aggies softball

| 1

|align=left| 1982

=Championships & appearances by school=

Color coded by current conference.
Bold indicates team championship.
Teams are listed under their current athletic brand names.

class="wikitable sortable" ! School ! Championships (through 2024) ! Title games/series (through 2024) ! WCWS appearances (through 2024) ! WCWS appearances (through 2024)
style="background: Yellow;" \| UCLA^‡	13	22	35	1978, 1979, 1981, 1982,{{efn\|name=fn2\|NCAA WCWS participant in 1982, when both the AIAW and NCAA conducted championships with the same name}} 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024
style="background: Yellow;" \| Arizona	8	14	29	1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2019, 2021, 2022
style="background: Orange;" \| Oklahoma	8	10	21	1975, 1980, 1981, 1982,{{efn\|name=fn1}} 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
style="background: Yellow;" \| Arizona State	4	4	19	1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982,{{efn\|name=fn2}} 1987, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018
style="background: Orange;" \| Oklahoma State	0	1	16	1977, 1980, 1981, 1982,{{efn\|name=fn1}} 1982,{{efn\|name=fn2}} 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2011, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
style="background: Yellow;" \| Washington	1	4	15	1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023
style="background: Yellow;" \| California	1	3	15	1980, 1981, 1982,{{efn\|name=fn1\|AIAW WCWS participant in 1982, when both the AIAW and NCAA conducted championships with the same name}} 1986, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012
style="background: Coral;" \| Alabama	1	2	15	2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024
style="background: Chartreuse;" \| Michigan	1	2	13	1982,{{efn\|name=fn1}} 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016
style="background: Coral;" \| Florida	2	5	12	2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024
style="background: Plum;" \| Florida State	1	3	12	1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2004, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023
Fresno State	1	5	12	1982,{{efn\|name=fn2}} 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999
style="background: Coral;" \| Texas A&M	3	6	12	1979, 1980, 1981, 1982,{{efn\|name=fn1}} 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2007, 2008, 2017
Northern Colorado	0	3	11	1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
style="background: Coral;" \| South Carolina	0	0	11	1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1989, 1997
Missouri State{{efn\|All appearances to date made as Southwest Missouri State.}}	1	2	10	1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982{{efn\|name=fn1}}
Omaha{{efn\|All appearances to date made as Nebraska–Omaha.}}	1	1	10	1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
style="background: Chartreuse;" \| Nebraska^‡	0	0	9	1970, 1971, 1982,{{efn\|name=fn2}} 1984, 1987, 1988, 1998, 2002, 2013
style="background: Aqua;" \| Cal State Fullerton	1	3	8	1980, 1981, 1982,{{efn\|name=fn2}} 1983, 1985, 1986 1987, 1995
Illinois State	0	2	8	1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1981
Western Illinois	0	0	8	1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982{{efn\|name=fn1}}
style="background: Yellow;" \| Oregon	0	0	8	1976, 1980, 1989, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
style="background: Coral;" \| Tennessee	0	2	8	2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2023
style="background: Coral;" \| Missouri	0	0	7	1981, 1983, 1991, 1994, 2009, 2010, 2011
Cal Poly Pomona	0	0	7	1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989
style="background: Orange;" \| Texas	0	2	7	1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2022, 2024
style="background: Orange;" \| Kansas	0	0	7	1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1992
style="background: Chartreuse;" \| Michigan State	1	1	6	1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981
Louisiana	0	0	6	1993, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2008, 2014
style="background: Coral;" \| LSU	0	0	6	2001, 2004, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017
style="background: Yellow;" \| Utah	0	0	6	1976, 1982,{{efn\|name=fn1}} 1985, 1991, 1994, 2023
style="background: Chartreuse;" \| Northwestern	0	1	6	1984, 1985, 1986, 2006, 2007, 2022
UMass	0	0	6	1974, 1978, 1980, 1992, 1997, 1998
style="background: Aqua;" \| Long Beach State	0	0	5	1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
Creighton	0	0	5	1969, 1980, 1981, 1982,{{efn\|name=fn2}} 1986
style="background: Coral;" \| Georgia	0	0	5	2009, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2021
style="background: Yellow;" \| Oregon State	0	0	5	1977, 1978, 1979, 2006, 2022
Wayne State (NE)	0	0	5	1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
Utah State	2	2	4	1978, 1980, 1981, 1984
Northern Iowa	1	2	4	1973, 1975, 1976, 1977
style="background: Orange;" \| Baylor	0	0	4	2007, 2011, 2014, 2017
style="background: Chartreuse;" \| Indiana	0	1	4	1979, 1980, 1983, 1986
DePaul	0	0	4	1999, 2000, 2005, 2007
style="background: Chartreuse;" \| Iowa	0	0	4	1995, 1996, 1997, 2001
Southern Illinois{{efn\|The NCAA uses "Southern Illinois" strictly to refer to the university's main campus in Carbondale. The Edwardsville campus is referred to as either "SIU Edwardsville" or "SIUE".}}	0	0	4	1970, 1971, 1977, 1978
South Dakota State	0	0	4	1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
style="background: Yellow;" \| Stanford	0	0	4	2001, 2004, 2023, 2024
Luther (IA)	0	0	4	1970, 1971, 1972, 1974
John F. Kennedy (NE)	3	3	3	1969, 1970, 1971
Texas Woman's	1	1	3	1975, 1978, 1979
style="background: Chartreuse;" \| Minnesota	0	0	3	1976, 1978, 2019
Louisiana Tech	0	0	3	1983, 1985, 1986
Adelphi	0	0	3	1984, 1985, 1988
UNLV	0	0	3	1990, 1991, 1995
Western Michigan	0	0	3	1980, 1981, 1982{{efn\|name=fn2}}
Nebraska–Kearney{{efn\|Made all appearances as Kearney State.}}	0	0	3	1969, 1970, 1971
Minot State	0	0	3	1970, 1971, 1972
Emporia State	0	0	3	1971, 1972, 1979
Weber State	0	0	3	1973, 1974, 1975
North Dakota State	0	0	3	1973, 1974, 1975
style="background: Orange;" \| Iowa State	0	1	2	1971, 1973
style="background: Aqua;" \| Cal State Northridge	0	1	2	1993, 1994
Princeton	0	0	2	1995, 1996
Southern Miss	0	0	2	1999, 2000
Central Michigan	0	0	2	1982,{{efn\|name=fn1}} 1987
Minnesota–Duluth	0	0	2	1970, 1971
Midland Lutheran (NE)	0	0	2	1970, 1971
New Mexico	0	0	2	1980, 1981
style="background: Chartreuse;" \| Rutgers	0	0	2	1979, 1981
Concordia (NE)	0	0	2	1970, 1971
Upper Iowa	0	0	2	1970, 1971
Eastern Illinois	0	0	2	1971, 1974
Central Missouri	0	0	2	1971, 1972
Ball State	0	0	2	1973, 1975
Indiana State	0	0	2	1974, 1976
East Stroudsburg	0	0	2	1975, 1976
Northern State	0	0	2	1975, 1976
UT Arlington	0	0	2	1976, 1977
Sacramento State	0	0	2	1976, 1977
style="background: Coral;" \| Auburn	0	1	2	2015, 2016
style="background: Plum;" \| Duke	0	0	1	2024
style="background: Aqua;" \| Hawaii	0	0	1	2010
bgcolor=pink \| James Madison	0	0	1	2021
Kent State	0	0	1	1990
style="background: Coral;" \| Kentucky	0	0	1	2014
Northern Illinois	0	0	1	1988
Pacific{{efn\|This is the Division I institution in California, in full the University of the Pacific. The Division III institution in Oregon named Pacific University is referred to as "Pacific (OR)".}}	0	0	1	1983
South Florida	0	0	1	2012
Toledo	0	0	1	1989
UConn	0	0	1	1993
UIC	0	0	1	1994
style="background: Plum;" \| Virginia Tech	0	0	1	2008
St. Petersburg Junior College (FL)	0	0	1	1969
Black Hills State (SD)	0	0	1	1969
Midwestern (IA)	0	0	1	1970
Parsons (IA)	0	0	1	1971
Wartburg (IA)	0	0	1	1971
Wisconsin–Eau Claire{{efn\|Made only appearance as Wisconsin State University–Eau Claire.}}	0	0	1	1971
South Dakota	0	0	1	1971
Southwest Baptist (MO)	0	0	1	1971
Buena Vista (IA)	0	0	1	1971
Simpson (IA)	0	0	1	1971
University of Tokyo–Nihon	0	1	1	1972
Keene State	0	0	1	1972
style="background: Chartreuse;" \| Purdue	0	0	1	1972
West Georgia	0	0	1	1974
Golden West College (CA)	0	0	1	1974
Winona State	0	0	1	1974
Nassau Community College (NY)	0	0	1	1974
Western Oregon{{efn\|Made only appearance as Oregon College of Education.}}	0	0	1	1975
Northwest Missouri State	0	0	1	1975
Ohio	0	0	1	1975
Minnesota State{{efn\|Made only appearance as Mankato State.}}	0	0	1	1975
Tarkio (MO)	0	0	1	1976
Northwestern Oklahoma State	0	0	1	1976
Mayville State (ND)	0	0	1	1976
West Chester (PA)	0	0	1	1977
Springfield (MA)	0	0	1	1977
Portland State	0	0	1	1978
Stephen F. Austin	0	0	1	1978
Chapman (CA)	0	0	1	1979
New Mexico State	0	0	1	1981
style="background: Chartreuse;" \| Ohio State	0	0	1	1982{{efn\|name=fn1}}
Rhode Island	0	0	1	1982{{efn\|name=fn1}}
U.S. International (CA){{efn\|Now known as Alliant International; no longer sponsors athletics.}}	0	0	1	1982{{efn\|name=fn1}}

^‡ UCLA's 1995 NCAA championship and Nebraska's 1985 runner-up finish were vacated by the NCAA and are not counted

=Championships and appearances by conference=

This listing excludes results of the pre-NCAA Women's College World Series of 1969 through 1982 (both Division I tournaments in 1982—AIAW and NCAA—were called "Women's College World Series").

class="wikitable" ! Conference ! Championships (Through 2024) ! Title Game/Series Appearances (Through 2024) ! WCWS appearances (Through 2024)
style="background: Yellow;" \| Pac-12{{refn\|group=c\|UCLA's 1995 WCWS participation & title were vacated by the NCAA and are not included in these figures; see above. The Pac-12, which adopted its current name on July 1, 2011, retains all historical records from its years as the Pac-10. The conference had adopted the "Pac-10" name in 1978, but did not begin sponsoring women's sports until the 1986–87 school year.}}	24	39	99
style="background: Coral;" \| SEC	3	10	51
style="background: Orange;" \| Big 12	8	11	43
style="background: Chartreuse;" \| Big Ten	1	3	25
style="background: Aqua;" \| Big West{{refn\|group=c\|The Big West Conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association until July 1988. Totals include all appearances by conference members under both names, but includes only appearances after the conference began sponsoring women's sports in 1984–85.}}	1	4	19
style="background: Plum;" \| ACC	1	3	13
Big Eight{{refn\|group=c\|Nebraska's 1985 WCWS participation & title game appearance were vacated by the NCAA and are not included in these totals. The Big Eight merged with four teams from the Southwest Conference to form the Big 12 in 1996.}}{{refn\|group=c\|name=Defunct\|Conference is now defunct.}}			12
WAC{{refn\|group=c\|The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) did not sponsor women's sports until the 1990–91 academic year, after absorbing the High Country Athletic Conference (HCAC), a parallel women's-only conference. The WAC maintains all historic records from the HCAC; totals include Utah State's 1984 and Utah's 1985 appearances while in the HCAC.}}	1	2	11
Atlantic 10			6
Southwest{{refn\|group=c\|Texas A&M won two titles in four title game and five WCWS appearances while they were still members of the Southwest Conference, which is now defunct. Texas A&M was a charter member of the Big 12 in 1996, but left for the Southeastern Conference in July 2012.}}{{refn\|group=c\|name=Defunct}}	2	4	5
Conference USA{{refn\|group=c\|name=CUSA\|Following the breakup of the Metro in 1991 by Florida State, South Carolina, Cincinnati, and Memphis, the Metro and its breakaway Great Midwest Conference reunified in 1995 as Conference USA.}}			5
Sun Belt			6
CCAA			4
MAC			4
Metro{{refn\|group=c\|name=CUSA\|Following the breakup of the Metro in 1991 by Florida State, South Carolina, Cincinnati, and Memphis, the Metro and its breakaway Great Midwest Conference reunified in 1995 as Conference USA.}}{{refn\|group=c\|name=Defunct}}			4
Southland			3
Big East{{refn\|group=c\|Although the American Athletic Conference inherited the charter of the original Big East Conference following the 2013 Big East split, the current Big East Conference maintains all athletic records of the original conference in all sports that it sponsors currently.}}			3
Ivy			2
Missouri Valley{{refn\|group=c\|Records include those of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference when it was originally a women's-only conference parallel to the MVC. In 1985, after the MVC stopped sponsoring football, the Gateway took on football as its only men's sport. In 1992, the women's portion of the Gateway merged into the MVC, which maintains all historic records of Gateway women's sports. The football side of the conference maintained the Gateway charter, first as the Gateway Football Conference and now the Missouri Valley Football Conference.}}			2
bgcolor=pink \| CAA			1
Independent			1
Summit League{{refn\|group=c\|The Mid-Continent Conference adopted its current name of The Summit League in June 2007. }}			1
NorPac{{refn\|group=c\|The NorPac, in full the Northern Pacific Conference, was a women's-only conference that operated from 1982 to 1986. The conference disbanded when the then-Pac-10, home to five of the final seven NorPac members, began sponsoring women's sports in 1986–87. The remaining two schools, which were members of the PCAA for men's sports, moved their women's sports to that conference.}}{{refn\|group=c\|name=Defunct}}		1	3
North Star{{refn\|group=c\|The North Star Conference was a women's-only conference that merged into the Mid-Continent Conference, now The Summit League, in 1992. The Summit maintains all historic records of North Star sports.}}{{refn\|group=c\|name=Defunct}}			1
WCAA{{refn\|group=c\|The WCAA, in full the Western Collegiate Athletic Association, was a women's-only conference that operated from 1981 to 1986. Its final five members were all members of the conference known at the time as the Pac-10 and moved their women's sports to that league.}}{{refn\|group=c\|name=Defunct}}	3	3	6

;Notes

=Championships coaches=

Updated through 2024 World Series

Source:{{cite web |title=CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY |url=https://www.ncaa.com/history/softball/d1}}

class="wikitable" style=text-align:center

! Coach

! NCAA Championships
(Through 2024)

! Title Game/Series Appearances
(Through 2024)

! WCWS Appearances
(Through 2024)

! Schools

align=left| Mike Candrea

|align=left|8 (1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007)

|13

| 23

| style={{NCAA color cell|Arizona Wildcats}}| Arizona Wildcats softball

align=left|Patty Gasso

|align=left|8 (2000, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

|10

|17

| style="{{NCAA color cell|Oklahoma Sooners}}" | {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Oklahoma Sooners|Oklahoma Sooners softball|Oklahoma}}

align=left|Sharron Backus{{refn|group=d|Sharron Backus also coached UCLA to the AIAW WCWS championship in 1978.}}

|align=left|7 (1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992)

|12

|14

| style={{NCAA color cell|UCLA Bruins}}| UCLA Bruins softball

align=left|Sue Enquist{{refn|group=d|UCLA's 1995 WCWS participation & title were vacated by the NCAA and are not included in these figures; see above. The Pac-12, which adopted its current name on July 1, 2011, retains all historical records from its years as the Pac-10. The conference had adopted the "Pac-10" name in 1978, but did not begin sponsoring women's sports until the 1986–87 school year.}}

|align=left|6 (1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2004)

|13

|16

| style={{NCAA color cell|UCLA Bruins}}| UCLA Bruins softball

align=left|Bob Brock{{refn|group=d|Bob Brock also coached Texas A&M to the AIAW WCWS championship in 1982.}}

|align=left|2 (1983, 1987)

| style={{NCAA color cell|Texas A&M Aggies}}| Texas A&M Aggies softball

align=left rowspan=2|Clint Myers

|align=left rowspan=2|2 (2008, 2011)

|rowspan=2|3

|rowspan=2|9

|style={{NCAA color cell|Arizona State Sun Devils}}|{{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Arizona State Sun Devils|Arizona State Sun Devils softball|Arizona State}}

style={{NCAA color cell|Auburn Tigers}}|{{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Auburn Tigers|Auburn Tigers softball|Auburn}}

align=left|Kelly Inouye-Perez

|align=left|2 (2010, 2019)

| style={{NCAA color cell|UCLA Bruins}}| UCLA Bruins softball

align=left|Tim Walton

|align=left|2 (2014, 2015)

|11

| style={{NCAA color cell|Florida Gators}}| Florida Gators softball

align=left|Lonni Alameda

|align=left|1 (2018)

| style={{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Florida State Seminoles|Florida State Seminoles softball|Florida State}}

align=left|Judi Garman{{refn|group=d|Judi Garman also coached Cal State Fullerton to the AIAW WCWS final in 1981.}}

|align=left|1 (1986)

| style={{NCAA color cell|Cal State Fullerton Titans}}| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Cal State Fullerton Titans|Cal State Fullerton Titans|Cal State Fullerton}}

align=left|Carol Hutchins

|align=left|1 (2005)

|12

| style={{NCAA color cell|Michigan Wolverines}}| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Michigan Wolverines|Michigan Wolverines softball|Michigan}}

align=left|Patrick Murphy

|align=left|1 (2012)

|14

| style={{NCAA color cell|Alabama Crimson Tide}}| Alabama Crimson Tide softball

align=left|Diane Ninemire

|align=left|1 (2002)

|11

| style={{NCAA color cell|California Golden Bears}}| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|California Golden Bears|California Golden Bears softball|California}}

align=left|Heather Tarr

|align=left|1 (2009)

| style={{NCAA color cell|Washington Huskies}}| {{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Washington Huskies|Washington Huskies softball|Washington}}

align=left|Margie Wright

|align=left|1 (1998)

|10

| style={{NCAA color cell|Fresno State Bulldogs}}| Fresno State Bulldogs softball

;Notes

Footnotes

References

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1982

class="wikitable" ! Year ! Location ! Champion{{cite book\|title=A Series Of Their Own: History Of The Women's College World Series\|first1=William\|last1=Plummer\|first2=Larry C.\|last2=Floyd\|year=2013\|publisher= Turnkey Communications Inc.\|location= Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States\|isbn=978-0-9893007-0-4}} ! Title series score*** ! Runner-up ! colspan="2"\|Semifinalists/tie-3rd ! colspan="2"\|Tie-5th ! colspan="2"\|Tie-7th (first 2 eliminated)
1982	Seymour Smith Park Omaha, NE	UCLA WCAA	2–0 (8 inn)	Fresno State NorPac	{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Cal State Fullerton Titans\|title=Cal State Fullerton}} WCAA	{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} WCAA	{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}} Big Eight	{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Western Michigan Broncos\|title=Western Michigan}} MAC	{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Creighton Bluejays\|title=Creighton}} Gateway	{{csb link\|year=1982\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} Big Eight
1983	Seymour Smith Park Omaha, NE	Texas A&M Southwest	2–0 (12 inn)	{{csb link\|year=1983\|team=Cal State Fullerton Titans\|title=Cal State Fullerton}} WCAA	{{csb link\|year=1983\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} WCAA	{{csb link\|year=1983\|team=South Carolina Gamecocks\|title=South Carolina}} Independent	{{csb link\|year=1983\|team=Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters\|title=Louisiana Tech}} Southland	{{csb link\|year=1983\|team=Pacific Tigers\|title=Pacific}} NorPac	{{csb link\|year=1983\|team=Indiana Hoosiers\|title=Indiana}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1983\|team=Missouri Tigers\|title=Missouri}} Big Eight
1984	Seymour Smith Park Omaha, NE	UCLA WCAA	1–0 (13 inn)	Texas A&M Southwest	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Northwestern Wildcats\|title=Northwestern}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}} Big Eight	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Adelphi Panthers\|title=Adelphi}} Atlantic 10	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Fresno State Bulldogs\|title=Fresno State}} NorPac	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Cal Poly Pomona Broncos\|title=Cal Poly Pomona}} CCAA	{{csb link\|year=1984\|team=Utah State Aggies\|title=Utah State}} High Country
1985	Seymour Smith Park Omaha, NE	UCLA WCAA	2–1 (9 inn)	{{csb link\|year=1985\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}} Big Eight*	{{csb link\|year=1985\|team=Cal State Fullerton Titans\|title=Cal State Fullerton}} PCAA	{{csb link\|year=1985\|team=Cal Poly Pomona Broncos\|title=Cal Poly Pomona}} CCAA	{{csb link\|year=1985\|team=Adelphi Panthers\|title=Adelphi}} Atlantic 10	{{csb link\|year=1985\|team=Northwestern Wildcats\|title=Northwestern}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1985\|team=Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters\|title=Louisiana Tech}} Southland	{{csb link\|year=1985\|team=Utah Utes\|title=Utah}} High Country
1986	Seymour Smith Park Omaha, NE	Cal State Fullerton PCAA	3–0	Texas A&M Southwest	{{csb link\|year=1986\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} NorPac	{{csb link\|year=1986\|team=Indiana Hoosiers\|title=Indiana}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1986\|team=Creighton Bluejays\|title=Creighton}} Gateway	{{csb link\|year=1986\|team=Long Beach State 49ers\|title=Long Beach State}} PCAA	{{csb link\|year=1986\|team=Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters\|title=Louisiana Tech}} Southland	{{csb link\|year=1986\|team=Northwestern Wildcats\|title=Northwestern}} Big Ten
1987	Seymour Smith Park Omaha, NE	Texas A&M Southwest	4–1	UCLA Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1987\|team=Cal State Fullerton Titans\|title=Cal State Fullerton}} PCAA	{{csb link\|year=1987\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}} Big Eight	{{csb link\|year=1987\|team=Central Michigan Chippewas\|title=Central Michigan}} MAC	{{csb link\|year=1987\|team=Fresno State Bulldogs\|title=Fresno State}} PCAA	{{csb link\|year=1987\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1987\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} Metro
1988	Twin Creeks Sports Complex Sunnyvale, California	UCLA Pac-10	3–0	Fresno State PCAA	{{csb link\|year=1988\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1988\|team=Cal Poly Pomona Broncos\|title=Cal Poly Pomona}} CCAA	{{csb link\|year=1988\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}} Big Eight	{{csb link\|year=1988\|team=Texas A&M Aggies\|title=Texas A&M}} Southwest	{{csb link\|year=1988\|team=Adelphi Panthers\|title=Adelphi}} Atlantic 10	{{csb link\|year=1988\|team=Northern Illinois Huskies\|title=Northern Illinois}} North Star
1989	Twin Creeks Sports Complex Sunnyvale, California	UCLA Pac-10	1–0	Fresno State Big West	{{csb link\|year=1989\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1989\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} Big Eight	{{csb link\|year=1989\|team=Cal Poly Pomona Broncos\|title=Cal Poly Pomona}} CCAA	{{csb link\|year=1989\|team=Oregon Ducks\|title=Oregon}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1989\|team=South Carolina Gamecocks\|title=South Carolina}} Metro	{{csb link\|year=1989\|team=Toledo Rockets\|title=Toledo}} MAC
1990	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	UCLA Pac-10	2–0	Fresno State Big West	{{csb link\|year=1990\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} Metro	{{csb link\|year=1990\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} Big Eight	{{csb link\|year=1990\|team=Long Beach State 49ers\|title=Long Beach State}} Big West	{{csb link\|year=1990\|team=UNLV Rebels\|title=UNLV}} Big West	{{csb link\|year=1990\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1990\|team=Kent State Golden Flashes\|title=Kent State}} MAC
1991	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Arizona Pac-10	5–1	UCLA Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1991\|team=Fresno State Bulldogs\|title=Fresno State}} Big West	{{csb link\|year=1991\|team=Long Beach State 49ers\|title=Long Beach State}} Big West	{{csb link\|year=1991\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} Metro	{{csb link\|year=1991\|team=Missouri Tigers\|title=Missouri}} Big Eight	{{csb link\|year=1991\|team=UNLV Rebels\|title=UNLV}} Big West	{{csb link\|year=1991\|team=Utah Utes\|title=Utah}} WAC
1992	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	UCLA Pac-10	2–0	Arizona Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1992\|team=Fresno State Bulldogs\|title=Fresno State}} Big West	{{csb link\|year=1992\|team=UMass Minutewomen\|title=UMass}} Atlantic 10	{{csb link\|year=1992\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1992\|team=Long Beach State 49ers\|title=Long Beach State}} Big West	{{csb link\|year=1992\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} ACC	{{csb link\|year=1992\|team=Kansas Jayhawks\|title=Kansas}} Big Eight
1993	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Arizona Pac-10	1–0	UCLA Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1993\|team=Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns\|title=Southwestern Louisiana}} Sun Belt	{{csb link\|year=1993\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} Big Eight	{{csb link\|year=1993\|team=Cal State Northridge Matadors\|title=Cal State Northridge}} WAC	Connecticut Big East	{{csb link\|year=1993\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} ACC	{{csb link\|year=1993\|team=Long Beach State 49ers\|title=Long Beach State}} Big West
1994	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Arizona Pac-10	4–0	{{csb link\|year=1994\|team=Cal State Northridge Matadors\|title=Cal State Northridge}} WAC	{{csb link\|year=1994\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} Big Eight	{{csb link\|year=1994\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1994\|team=Fresno State Bulldogs\|title=Fresno State}} WAC	{{csb link\|year=1994\|team=Utah Utes\|title=Utah}} WAC	{{csb link\|year=1994\|team=Illinois–Chicago Flames\|title=Illinois–Chicago}} Mid-Con	{{csb link\|year=1994\|team=Missouri Tigers\|title=Missouri}} Big Eight
1995	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	UCLA** Pac-10	4–2	Arizona Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1995\|team=Iowa Hawkeyes\|title=Iowa}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1995\|team=UNLV Rebels\|title=UNLV}} Big West	{{csb link\|year=1995\|team=Cal State Fullerton Titans\|title=Cal State Fullerton}} Big West	{{csb link\|year=1995\|team=Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns\|title=Southwestern Louisiana}} Sun Belt	{{csb link\|year=1995\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1995\|team=Princeton Tigers\|title=Princeton}} Ivy
1996	Golden Park Columbus, GA	Arizona Pac-10	6–4	Washington Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1996\|team=Iowa Hawkeyes\|title=Iowa}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1996\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1996\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1996\|team=Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns\|title=Southwestern Louisiana}} Sun Belt	{{csb link\|year=1996\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1996\|team=Princeton Tigers\|title=Princeton}} Ivy
1997	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Arizona Pac-10	10–2 (5 inn)	UCLA Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1997\|team=Fresno State Bulldogs\|title=Fresno State}} WAC	{{csb link\|year=1997\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1997\|team=Iowa Hawkeyes\|title=Iowa}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1997\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1997\|team=UMass Minutewomen\|title=UMass}} Atlantic 10	{{csb link\|year=1997\|team=South Carolina Gamecocks\|title=South Carolina}} SEC
1998	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Fresno State WAC	1–0	Arizona Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1998\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=1998\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1998\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=1998\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=1998\|team=UMass Minutewomen\|title=UMass}} Atlantic 10	{{csb link\|year=1998\|team=Texas Longhorns\|title=Texas}} Big 12
1999	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	UCLA Pac-10	3–2	Washington Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1999\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1999\|team=DePaul Blue Demons\|title=DePaul}} Conference USA	{{csb link\|year=1999\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1999\|team=Fresno State Bulldogs\|title=Fresno State}} WAC	{{csb link\|year=1999\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1998\|team=Southern Miss Golden Eagles\|title=Southern Miss}} Conference USA
2000	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma Big 12	3–1	UCLA Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2000\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2000\|team=Southern Miss Golden Eagles\|title=Southern Miss}} Conference USA	{{csb link\|year=2000\|team=Alabama Crimson Tide\|title=Alabama}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2000\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2000\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=1998\|team=DePaul Blue Demons\|title=DePaul}} Conference USA
2001	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Arizona Pac-10	1–0	UCLA Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2001\|team=LSU Tigers\|title=LSU}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2001\|team=Stanford Cardinal\|title=Stanford}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2001\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2001\|team=Oklahoma Sooners\|title=Oklahoma}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2001\|team=Iowa Hawkeyes\|title=Iowa}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=2001\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}} Big Ten
2002	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	California Pac-10	6–0	Arizona Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2002\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2002\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} ACC	{{csb link\|year=2002\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2002\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2002\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=2002\|team=Oklahoma Sooners\|title=Oklahoma}} Big 12
2003	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	UCLA Pac-10	1–0 (9 inn)	{{csb link\|year=2003\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2003\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2003\|team=Texas Longhorns\|title=Texas}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2003\|team=Oklahoma Sooners\|title=Oklahoma}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2003\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2003\|team=Alabama Crimson Tide\|title=Alabama}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2003\|team=Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns\|title=Louisiana–Lafayette}} Sun Belt
2004	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	UCLA Pac-10	3–1	{{csb link\|year=2004\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2004\|team=LSU Tigers\|title=LSU}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2004\|team=Stanford Cardinal\|title=Stanford}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2004\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} ACC	{{csb link\|year=2004\|team=Oklahoma Sooners\|title=Oklahoma}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2004\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=2004\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-10
2005***	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Michigan Big Ten	0–5 5–2 4–1 (10 inn)	UCLA Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2005\|team=Tennessee Volunteers\|title=Tennessee}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2005\|team=Texas Longhorns\|title=Texas}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2005\|team=Alabama Crimson Tide\|title=Alabama}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2005\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2005\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2005\|team=DePaul Blue Demons\|title=DePaul}} Conference USA
2006	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Arizona Pac-10	8–0 5–0	{{csb link\|year=2006\|team=Northwestern Wildcats\|title=Northwestern}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=2006\|team=Tennessee Volunteers\|title=Tennessee}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2006\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2006\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2006\|team=Texas Longhorns\|title=Texas}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2006\|team=Alabama Crimson Tide\|title=Alabama}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2006\|team=Oregon State Beavers\|title=Oregon State}} Pac-10
2007	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Arizona Pac-10	0–3 1–0 (10 inn) 5–0	Tennessee SEC	{{csb link\|year=2007\|team=Northwestern Wildcats\|title=Northwestern}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=2007\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2007\|team=Baylor Lady Bears\|title=Baylor}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2007\|team=DePaul Blue Demons\|title=DePaul}} Big East	{{csb link\|year=2007\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2007\|team=Texas A&M Aggies\|title=Texas A&M}} Big 12
2008	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Arizona State Pac-10	3–0 11–0	Texas A&M Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2008\|team=Alabama Crimson Tide\|title=Alabama}} SEC	Florida SEC	{{csb link\|year=2008\|team=Louisiana–Lafayette\|title=Louisiana–Lafayette}} Sun Belt	{{csb link\|year=2008\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2008\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2008\|team=Virginia Tech Hokies\|title=Virginia Tech}} ACC
2009	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Washington Pac-10	8–0 3–2	Florida SEC	{{csb link\|year=2009\|team=Alabama Crimson Tide\|title=Alabama}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2009\|team=Georgia Bulldogs\|title=Georgia}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2009\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2009\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=2009\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2009\|team=Missouri Tigers\|title=Missouri}} Big 12
2010	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	UCLA Pac-10	6–5 (8 inn) 15–9	Arizona Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2010\|team=Georgia Bulldogs\|title=Georgia}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2010\|team=Tennessee Volunteers\|title=Tennessee}} SEC	Florida SEC	{{csb link\|year=2010\|team=Hawaii Rainbow Wahine\|title=Hawaii}} WAC	{{csb link\|year=2010\|team=Missouri Tigers\|title=Missouri}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2010\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-10
2011	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Arizona State Pac-10	14–4 7–2	Florida SEC	Alabama SEC	{{csb link\|year=2011\|team=Baylor Lady Bears\|title=Baylor}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2011\|team=California Golden Bears\|title=California}} Pac-10	{{csb link\|year=2011\|team=Missouri Tigers\|title=Missouri}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2011\|team=Oklahoma Sooners\|title=Oklahoma}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2011\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} Big 12
2012	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Alabama SEC	1–4 8–6 5–4	{{csb link\|year=2012\|team=Oklahoma Sooners\|title=Oklahoma}} Big 12	California Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2012\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2012\|team=Oregon Ducks\|title=Oregon}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2012\|team=LSU Tigers\|title=LSU}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2012\|team=South Florida Bulls\|title=South Florida}} Big East	{{csb link\|year=2012\|team=Tennessee Volunteers\|title=Tennessee}} SEC
2013	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma Big 12	5–3 (12 inn) 4–0	{{csb link\|year=2013\|team=Tennessee Volunteers\|title=Tennessee}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2013\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2013\|team=Texas Longhorns\|title=Texas}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2013\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}} Big Ten	Florida SEC	{{csb link\|year=2013\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2013\|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers\|title=Nebraska}} Big Ten
2014	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Florida SEC	5–0 6–3	Alabama SEC	{{csb link\|year=2014\|team=Oregon Ducks\|title=Oregon}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2014\|team=Baylor Lady Bears\|title=Baylor}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2014\|team=Oklahoma Sooners\|title=Oklahoma}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2014\|team=Kentucky Wildcats\|title=Kentucky}} SEC	Louisiana–Lafayette Sun Belt	{{csb link\|year=2014\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} ACC
2015	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Florida SEC	3–2 0–1 4–1	Michigan Big Ten	Auburn SEC	{{csb link\|year=2015\|team=LSU Tigers\|title=LSU}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2015\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} Pac-12	Alabama SEC	{{csb link\|year=2015\|team=Oregon Ducks\|title=Oregon}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2015\|team=Tennessee Volunteers\|title=Tennessee}} SEC
2016	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma Big 12	3–2 7–11 (8 inn) 2–1	Auburn SEC	{{csb link\|year=2016\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} ACC	{{csb link\|year=2016\|team=LSU Tigers\|title=LSU}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2016\|team=Michigan Wolverines\|title=Michigan}} Big Ten	{{csb link\|year=2016\|team=Georgia Bulldogs\|title=Georgia}} SEC	Alabama SEC	{{csb link\|year=2016\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} Pac-12
2017	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma Big 12	7–5 (17 inn) 5–4	{{csb link\|year=2017\|team=Florida Gators\|title=Florida}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2017\|team=Oregon Ducks\|title=Oregon}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2017\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2017\|team=LSU Tigers\|title=LSU}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2017\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2016\|team=Baylor Lady Bears\|title=Baylor}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2017\|team=Texas A&M Aggies\|title=Texas A&M}} SEC
2018	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Florida State ACC	1–0 8–3	Washington Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2018\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2018\|team=Oklahoma Sooners\|title=Oklahoma}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2018\|team=Oregon Ducks\|title=Oregon}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2018\|team=Florida Gators\|title=Florida}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2018\|team=Georgia Bulldogs\|title=Georgia}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2018\|team=Arizona State Sun Devils\|title=Arizona State}} Pac-12
2019	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	UCLA Pac-12	16–3 5–4	{{csb link\|year=2019\|team=Oklahoma Sooners\|title=Oklahoma}} Big 12	Alabama SEC	{{csb link\|year=2019\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2019\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2019\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2019\|team=Florida Gators\|title=Florida}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2019\|team=Minnesota Golden Gophers\|title=Minnesota}} Big Ten
2020	colspan=10 align=center\|Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma Big 12	4–8 6–2 5–1	{{csb link\|year=2021\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} ACC	Alabama SEC	{{csb link\|year=2021 \|team=James Madison Dukes \|title=James Madison}} CAA	{{csb link\|year=2021\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2021\|team=UCLA Bruins\|title=UCLA}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2021\|team=Arizona Wildcats\|title=Arizona}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2021\|team=Georgia Bulldogs\|title=Georgia}} SEC
2022	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma Big 12	16–1 10–5	Texas Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2022\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls \|title=Oklahoma State}} Big 12	UCLA Pac-12	Arizona Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2022\|team=Florida Gators \|title=Florida}} SEC	{{csb link\|year=2022\|team=Northwestern Wildcats\|title=Northwestern}} Big Ten	Oregon State Pac-12
2023	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma Big 12	5–0 3–1	{{csb link\|year=2023\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|title=Florida State}} ACC	Stanford Pac-12	Tennessee SEC	{{csb link\|year=2023\|team=Washington Huskies\|title=Washington}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2023\|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls\|title=Oklahoma State}} Big 12	{{csb link\|year=2023\|team=Utah Utes\|title=Utah}} Pac-12	{{csb link\|year=2023\|team=Alabama Crimson Tide\|title=Alabama}} SEC
2024	Devon Park Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma Big 12	8–3 8–4	Texas Big 12	Stanford Pac-12	Florida SEC	UCLA Pac-12	Alabama SEC	Duke ACC	Oklahoma State Big 12
2025	Devon Park Oklahoma City, OK				Oklahoma SEC	Tennessee SEC	Oregon Big Ten	UCLA Big Ten	Florida SEC	Ole Miss SEC

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