The 2011 NCAA Division 1 Softball Tournament is being held from May 19 through June 8, 2011 and is part of the 2011 NCAA Division 1 softball season. The 64 NCAA Division 1 college softball

College softball

College softball is softball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States. College softball is normally played by women at the intercollegiate level, whereas college baseball is normally played by men.As with other intercollegiate...

 teams were selected out of an eligible 284 teams on May 15, 2011. 30 teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division 1 Softball Selection Committee. The tournament will culminate with 8 teams playing in the 2011 Women's College World Series

2011 Women's College World Series

The 2011 Women's College World Series was from June 2 through June 7, 2011 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Eight NCAA Division I college softball teams who advanced through a 64-team bracket played in the World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium. The official host for the event was the University of...

 at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium

ASA Hall of Fame Stadium

ASA Hall of Fame Stadium is a 7,300-seat multi-purpose stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma United States. It is located next to and operated by the Amateur Softball Association....

 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city in the state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 31st among United States cities in population. The city's population, from the 2010 census, was 579,999, with a metro-area population of 1,252,987 . In 2010, the Oklahoma...

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National Seeds

Teams in "italics" advanced to Super Regionals.
Teams in "bold" advanced to Women's College World Series.

1. Arizona State
2. Alabama
3. Texas
4. Florida
5. Missouri
6. Georgia
7. California
8. Arizona
9. Oklahoma
10. Michigan
11. Baylor
12. Washington
13. Oregon
14. Tennessee
15. Stanford
16. Texas A&M

Tempe Super Regional

Tucson Super Regional

Columbia Super Regional

Gainesville Super Regional

Stillwater Super Regional

Athens Super Regional

Lexington Super Regional

Tuscaloosa Super Regional

Automatic Bids

• ACC-Florida State
• America East-Albany
• Atlantic 10-Fordham
• Atlantic Sun-Jacksonville
• Big 10-Michigan
• Big 12-Missouri
• Big East-Syracuse
• Big South-Liberty
• Big West-Pacific
• Colonial-Georgia State
• Conference-USA-East Carolina
• Horizon-Illinois-Chicago
• Ivy-Harvard
• Mid-American-Western Michigan
• Metro Atlantic-Iona
• Mid-Eastern-Bethune-Cookman
• Missouri Valley-Missouri State
• Mountain West-BYU
• Northeast-Sacred Heart
• Ohio Valley-Jacksonville State
• Pac 10-Arizona State
• Pacific Coast-Portland State
• Patriot-Lehigh
• SEC-Tennessee
• Southern-Chattanooga
• Southland-Texas State
• SWAC-Jackson State
• Summit-North Dakota State
• Sun Belt-Louisiana-Lafayette
• WAC-New Mexico State

External links

• http://www.ncaa.com/brackets/softball/d1/2011
• http://www.ncaa.com/sports/ncaa-w-softbl-body.html