Florida, the defending national champion, was named the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Division I Softball Championship on Sunday when the NCAA Division I Softball Committee announced the 64-team field. The Gators will play Florida A&M, an automatic qualifier from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

Thirty-two conferences were awarded an automatic qualification, while the remaining 32 slots were filled with at-large selections to complete the bracket. The top 16 teams were seeded nationally and will play at campus sites this weekend.

Team pairings were determined by geographic proximity, with the exception that teams from the same conference were not paired during regional competition.

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The Southeastern Conference (SEC) led all leagues with 11 teams selected to the championship tournament. The Pac-12 Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference each placed seven teams in the championship tournament, respectively. Seven teams are making their first appearance in the tournament: Binghamton, Central Arkansas, Fairfield, Indiana State, Pittsburgh, St. John’s (N.Y.) and Weber State

Only 12 schools have been crowned the NCAA Division I softball champion since the tournament started in 1982, and 11 will compete in this year’s bracket.

The championship will be three weekends of competition. Four teams will participate at each of 16 campus sites in a double-elimination tournament.

The committee held selections for the 2015 NCAA Division I Softball Championship May 8-10. The 64-team field was selected from 295 NCAA Division I institutions sponsoring softball. Of the 64 teams, 32 teams received an automatic qualification with the remaining best 32 teams were selected on an at-large basis.

Regionals for the NCAA Division I Softball Championship will be held May 14-17 on 16 campus sites. At each campus site, a four-team, double-elimination tournament will be conducted and the 16 winning teams advance to the Super Regionals.

Super Regionals for the championship will be held May 21-24 on eight campus sites. At each site, two teams play in a best-of-three tournament format. The winners from each site advance to the NCAA women’s College World Series.

Florida won its first national championship, defeating the University of Alabama 6-3. It was the first time that two SEC teams met in the championship series.

HERE ARE THE 64 TEAMS WHO WILL BATTLE FOR THE 2015 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

2015 NCAA Division I Softball Championship Automatic Qualifiers (32)

Conference	School	2015 Record	Appearances	Won	Lost	Last Appearance
America East	Binghamton	24-19	First
American Athletic	UCF	48-7	5	7	10	2014
Atlantic Coast	Florida St.	45-12	27	58	60	2014
Atlantic Sun	USC Upstate	43-8	2	2	4	2014
Atlantic 10	Fordham	36-18	4	4	8	2014
Big East	St. John's (NY)	28-17	First
Big Sky	Weber St.	38-17	First
Big South	Longwood	33-23	1	0	2	2013
Big Ten	Michigan	51-6	22	80	49	2014
Big 12	Oklahoma	45-7	21	85	41	2014
Big West	CSUN	41-15	13	17	28	2007
Colonial	Hofstra	37-12-1	15	25	30	2014
Conference USA	Western Ky.	34-12	1	2	2	2013
Horizon	Oakland	27-22	2	2	4	2003
Ivy	Dartmouth	25-16	1	0	2	2014
Metro Atlantic	Fairfield	25-22	First
Mid-American	Ball St.	32-23	2	0	4	2010
Mid-Eastern	Florida A&M	18-37	5	1	10	2014
Missouri Valley	Indiana St.	26-29	First
Mountain West	Fresno St.	40-14	30	89	61	2011
Northeast	Central Conn. St.	31-12	1	1	2	2013
Ohio Valley	Tennessee Tech	32-26	4	2	8	2007
Pac-12	Oregon	46-6	16	49	34	2014
Patriot	Lehigh	39-7	8	6	15	2012
Southeastern	Auburn	48-9	10	10	20	2014
Southern	Chattanooga	35-13	9	6	18	2014
Southland	Central Ark.	35-19	First
Southwestern	Texas Southern	25-16	1	0	2	2014
Summit	North Dakota St.	43-9	5	5	10	2014
Sun Belt	South Ala.	38-11	3	7	6	2014
West Coast	BYU	39-12	11	15	22	2014
Western Athletic	New Mexico St.	46-14	1	1	2	2011

2015 NCAA Division I Softball Championship At-Large Selections (32)

School	Conference	2015 Record	Appearances	Won	Lost	Last Appearance
Alabama	Southeastern	42-12	16	75	35	2014
Arizona	Pac-12	38-17	28	153	54	2014
Arizona St.	Pac-12	34-20	26	85	51	2014
Baylor	Big 12	38-14	9	35	21	2014
California	Pac-12	38-16	29	97	65	2013
Florida	Southeastern	50-6	15	59	32	2014
Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	37-17-1	7	11	14	2006
Georgia	Southeastern	40-14	13	50	27	2014
James Madison	Colonial	47-8	3	2	6	2014
Kansas	Big 12	38-13	11	14	22	2014
Kentucky	Southeastern	29-24	6	17	15	2014
La.-Lafayette	Sun Belt	39-9	24	65	50	2014
LSU	Southeastern	44-11	16	49	33	2014
Louisville	ACC	30-17	11	14	22	2014
Minnesota	Big Ten	46-9	9	11	19	2014
Mississippi St.	Southeastern	35-19	11	11	22	2014
Missouri	Southeastern	39-14	18	46	41	2014
Nebraska	Big Ten	34-21	22	59	58	2014
North Carolina	ACC	36-14	11	13	22	2013
North Carolina St.	ACC	35-20	4	6	8	2014
Northwestern	Big Ten	28-21	14	41	32	2014
Notre Dame	ACC	40-13	19	28	38	2014
Pittsburgh	ACC	35-20	First
San Diego St.	Mountain West	36-18	10	14	20	2014
South Carolina	Southeastern	37-20	17	34	37	2014
Tennessee	Southeastern	42-14	12	59	28	2014
Texas	Big 12	36-15	15	47	31	2014
Texas A&M	Southeastern	38-18	25	71	54	2014
UCLA	Pac-12	45-10	30	191	48	2014
Utah	Pac-12	34-17	12	16	27	2006
Virginia Tech	ACC	34-21	7	14	16	2014
Washington	Pac-12	40-15	21	94	42	2014

CHAMPIONSHIP STRUCTURE:

The championship will be three weekends of competition. Four teams will participate at each of 16 campus sites in a double elimination tournament.

The committee held selections for the 2015 NCAA Division I Softball Championship May 8-10.

The 64-team field was selected from 295 NCAA Division I institutions sponsoring softball. Of the 64 teams, 32 teams received an automatic qualification with the remaining best 32 teams were selected on an at-large basis.

Regionals for the NCAA Division I Softball Championship will be held May 14-17 on 16 campus sites. At each campus site, a   four-team,   double-elimination tournament will be conducted and the 16 winning teams advance to the Super

Regionals. Super Regionals for the championship will be held May 21-24 on eight campus sites. At each site, two teams play in a best-of-three   tournament   format.   The   winners   from   each   site advance to the NCAA Women’s College World Series.

SEEDINGS/SITES:

Teams were selected to the field of 64 teams. The top 16 teams were seeded in order and the remaining teams are paired by geographic proximity with the exception that teams within the same conference were not paired during regional competition.

CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES:

2014 highlights: the University of Florida won its first national championship defeating the University of Alabama 6-3. It was the first time that two SEC teams met in the championship series.