2025 Women's College World Series softball power rankings
2025 Women's College World Series softball power rankings
The 2025 Women's College World Series will be contested May 29-June 6 at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The double elimination College World Series will feature No. 2 seed Oklahoma, No. 3 seed Florida, No. 6 seed Texas, No. 7 seed Tennessee, No. 9 seed UCLA, No. 12 seed Texas Tech, No. 16 seed Oregon and Ole Miss.
Tennessee (45-15) will face Oklahoma (50-7) Thursday on opening day of softball competition in the College World Series. First pitch between the Lady Vols and Sooners is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. EDT and will be televised by ESPN. Beth Mowins (play-by-play), Michele Smith (analyst), Jessica Mendoza (analyst) and Holly Rowe (sideline) will be on the call.
Ahead of Thursday's opening day games, Vols Wire ranks the eight teams in the College World Series field. Rankings are based on RPI.
2025 Women's College World Series softball power rankings
Team RPI Oklahoma (50-7) 2 Florida (48-15) 3 Tennessee (45-15) 5 Texas (51-11) 6 UCLA (54-11) 8 Texas Tech (50-12) 13 Ole Miss (42-19) 14 Oregon (53-8) 15
2025 Women's College World Series softball schedule, game times for May 29
Game 1: No. 3 Florida versus No. 6 Texas (noon EDT, ESPN)
Game 2: No. 7 Tennessee versus No. 2 Oklahoma (2:30 p.m., ESPN)
Game 3: No. 12 Texas Tech versus Ole Miss (7 p.m. EDT, ESPN2)
Game 4: No. 16 Oregon versus No. 9 UCLA (9:30 p.m. EDT, ESPN2)
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