INDIANAPOLIS| The NCAA Division I Softball Committee announced the 64-team field and seeds for the 2025 NCAA Division
I Softball Championship. Thirty-one conferences were awarded automatic qualification as conference champions, while the remaining 33 slots were filled with at-large selections to complete the bracket. The top 16 teams were seeded nationally and will host at campus sites beginning Friday.

The Jackson State softball team is set to compete in the Tuscaloosa Regional against host team, Alabama on Friday at 5 p.m. CT. The Tigers were an automatic qualifier after winning the 2025 SWAC Softball Tournament title on Sunday morning.

Regionals will be held May 16-18 with each site hosting a four-team, double-elimination tournament. The 16 winning teams advance to the super regionals.

Super regionals for the championship will be held May 22-25 on eight campus sites. At each site, two teams play in a best-of-three tournament format.
The winners from each super regional advance to the NCAA® Women's College World Series® from May 29-June 5/6 at Devon Park in Oklahoma City.

Jackson State finished the season 29-23 overall and 15-9 in SWAC play. The Tigers won their first back-to-back conference tournament title in program history with a 3-1 win over Florida A&M.

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