2020 Simulated NCAA College Softball Brackets
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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.
- (No. 1) UCLA
- San Diego State
- Cal State Fullerton
- Sacramento State
- (No. 2) Louisiana
- Texas A&M
- Baylor
- Stony Brook
- (No. 3) Washington
- Notre Dame
- Ball State
- George Washington
- (No. 4) Arizona
- South Carolina
- Texas Tech
- New Mexico State
- (No. 5) Florida
- Florida Gulf Coast
- South Florida
- Long Island
- (No. 6) Texas
- McNeese State
- Houston
- Columbia
- (No. 7) Oklahoma State
- Utah
- North Texas
- South Dakota State
- (No. 8) Alabama
- James Madison
- Clemson
- UNC Greensboro
- (No. 9) Virginia Tech
- Michigan
- Tennessee
- Norfolk State
- (No. 10) Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Oregon State
- Southern Illinois
- (No. 11) Oregon
- Fresno State
- BYU
- Monmouth
- (No. 12) UCF
- Florida State
- Iowa
- Boston U
- (No. 13) Kentucky
- Liberty
- Louisville
- Illinois-Chicago
- (No. 14) Mississippi State
- Minnesota
- Stanford
- Villanova
- (No. 15) LSU
- Arizona State
- Northwestern
- Texas Southern
- (No. 16) Duke
- Georgia
- Eastern Kentucky
- 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
Teams |
Record |
RPI |
W-L vs. Top 50 |
Best Wins |
Western KY. |
37-13 |
36 |
4-6 |
Troy, Lipscomb |
Louisville |
28-25 |
43 |
7-16 |
Oregon, NW, Duke, Notre Dame |
Clemson |
35-18 |
44 |
5-7 |
Georgia, Troy, FSU, Virginia Tech |
Troy |
34-15 |
46 |
4-6 |
South Carolina, Lipscomb, McNeese State |
Northwestern |
28-22 |
48 |
6-15 |
Florida State, Minnesota, Iowa |
Texas Tech |
30-23 |
49 |
8-15 |
South Carolina, Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas |
Lipscomb |
31-23 |
50 |
9-12 |
Duke, Western Kentucky |
Kennesaw State |
38-16 |
51 |
5-6 |
Florida Gulf Coast (3) |
Iowa |
40-18 |
54 |
4-5 |
Virginia Tech |
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
Teams |
Record |
RPI |
W-L vs. Top 50 |
Mississippi State |
44-13 |
13 |
15-11 |
LSU |
42-16 |
19 |
15-10 |
Duke |
41-9 |
16 |
9-9 |
Fresno State |
44-10 |
15 |
8-5 |
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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