2020 Simulated NCAA College Softball Brackets

We’ve all now have had chances to listen to and digest our Simulation Selection Show. In case you haven’t, make sure you do so here. Let us take a deeper look into some of the numbers for our 2020 Simulation Field of 64.

1. (No. 4) Arizona         
2. South Carolina   
3. Texas Tech 
4. New Mexico State

1. (No. 8) Alabama         
2. James Madison 
3. Clemson 
4. UNC Greensboro

1. (No. 12) UCF       
2. Florida State     
3. Iowa   
4. Boston U

1. (No. 16) Duke     
2. Georgia   
3. Eastern Kentucky   
4. Gardner-Webb

Bold indicates the automatic bid; Number in parenthesis indicates teams RPI in simulation

SEC (10): Florida (5), Alabama (11), Arkansas (12), Mississippi State (13), Kentucky (14), South Carolina (18), LSU (19), Georgia (21), Texas AM (27), Tennessee (31)

Pac 12 (8): UCLA (1), Washington (3), Arizona (4), Oregon (8), Utah (20), Arizona State (23), Oregon State (26), Stanford (34)

ACC (6): Duke (16), Virginia Tech (9), Florida St (32), Notre Dame (38), Louisville (43), Clemson (44)

Big 12 (5): Oklahoma State (6), Texas (7), Oklahoma (22), Baylor (29), Texas Tech (49)

Big Ten (4): Minnesota (30), Michigan (25), Northwestern (48), Iowa (54)

American (3): UCF (10), Houston (33), South Florida (42)

ASUN (2): Florida Gulf Coast (40), Liberty (28)

MWC (2): Fresno State (15), San Diego State (39)

Atlantic 10: George Washington

American East: Stony Brook

Big East: Villanova

Big Sky: Sacramento State

Big South: Gardner- Webb

Big West: Cal State Fullerton (41)

CAA: James Madison (37)

Conference USA: North Texas (35)

Horizon: Illinois-Chicago 

Ivy: Columbia

MAAC: Monmouth

MAC: Ball State 

MEAC: Norfolk State 

MVC: Southern Illinois

NEC: Long Island

OVC: Eastern Kentucky (54)

Patriot League: Boston

Southern: UNC-Greensboro

Southland: McNeese State (24)

Summit: South Dakota State

Sun Belt: Louisiana (2)

SWAC: Texas Southern 

WAC: New Mexico State 

WCC: BYU (52)

For the first time since 2016, the SEC didn’t get all eligible members into the tournament which gave other conferences a chance for more at-large bids. It also caused the bubble this season to be more unpredictable than most seasons which cause a lot of trouble for the committee.

Bubble Teams

Last 4 Teams In: Iowa, Clemson, USF, Louisville

First 4 Teams Out: Western Kentucky, Troy, Lipscomb, Kennesaw State

The ACC was one of the biggest benefactors with five at-large selections including Clemson making it in their first year as a program and Louisville who just sneaked into the field with an RPI of 43 Another league who benefited was the ASUN as their regular-season champion Liberty claimed an at-large bid in spite of losing the ASUN semifinals to Jacksonville. Their RPI of 28 made their life a little bit easier with respect to their at-large selection.

Teams on Bubble to Host

As always, there was some questions as to who had a chance to be a host. Mississippi State used a run to the SEC Tournament Finals (losing to Florida) plus 15 Top 50 victories to secure their slot as a host for the first time. A surprise host was Duke who won the ACC Tournament over host Virginia Tech to give the Blue Devils not only their first NCAA Tournament bid, but #Mayhem at Durham. We expect the Cameron Crazies to camp out for tickets.

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May the simulated #Mayhem begin!!!

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