NCAA Softball Bracketology – May 11

Championship Saturday has come to an end and only three more automatic tickets remain to be punched tomorrow when the Big South, Big Ten and Ohio Valley will conclude their respective conference tournaments. As the dust began to settle this afternoon, we decided to update our bracketology one last time before Selection Sunday.

The biggest differences in-between this version and the last are obviously the automatic bids - which saw a number of changes - and some shifting in the middle seeds and one new national seed.

We feel fairly strong about the seeding at the top and bottom, but seeds 6 through 13 are more likely to be different in the actual bracket. We look at the same guidelines that are set for the NCAA Selection Committee, but that does not necessarily mean we'll have the same view on some teams.

Here is our final NCAA Softball bracketology. The actual bracket will be announced Sunday at 9 p.m. Central on ESPNU. Automatic Bids are in italics.

UPDATE: A reader brought to our attention that two automatic bids were missing. We apologize for the error, Portland State and USC Upstate are now in this adjusted bracket.

Last Four In
Notre Dame
Virginia Tech
UAB
James Madison

First Four Out
North Carolina
Illinois State
Northwestern
DePaul

Next Four Out
Kansas
Georgia State
Oklahoma State
Florida Gulf Coast

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