The regular season is coming to a close for the 2017 College Softball season, but there is still a chance for teams to make the NCAA Softball Tournament with a win in the Conference Tournament. Below are the tournaments for all conferences in NCAA Division 1 Softball.

Four conferences do not have a postseason tournament and instead will award their automatic bid to the regular-season champion. Those four conferences are the Big West, Mountain West, Pac-12, and West Coast. The Big 12 opted to bring back their conference tournament after a six-year hiatus.

The regular-season champion is included below for each conference because there are several cases where the top seed in the conference is hosting the tournament. In all, there are 32 automatic bids handed out while another 32 at-large bids will be determined by the Softball Selection Committee.

ConferenceRegular
Season Champ
Tournament
Champ
DatesHost
American EastBinghamton*AlbanyMay 10 - 13Binghamton
AmericanTulsaTulsaMay 11 - 13East Carolina
ACCFlorida StateFlorida StateMay 11 - 13North Carolina
Atlantic 10FordhamFordhamMay 10 - 13George Mason
Atlantic SunUSC UpstateUSC UpstateMay 10 - 13Lipscomb
Big 12OklahomaOklahomaMay 12 - 13Neutral Site
Big EastSt. John'sDePaulMay 12 - 13DePaul
Big SkyWeber State*MontanaMay 11 - 13Weber State
Big SouthLibertyLongwoodMay 10 - 13Longwood
Big TenMinnesotaMinnesotaMay 11 - 13Michigan
Big WestCal State FullertonNo Post
Season
Tournament
ColonialJames Madison*James MadisonMay 10 - 12James Madison
C-USAMarshallLouisiana
Tech
May 10 - 13Southern Miss
HorizonIllinois-Chicago*Illinois-ChicagoMay 10 - 13UIC
IvyNorth:
Harvard
South: Princeton
PrincetonMay 6 - 7Princeton
Mid-AmericanCentral MichiganKent StateMay 10 - 13Akron
Metro AtlanticIona*FairfieldMay 10 - 13Iona
Mid-EasternNorth:
Hampton
South:
Florida A&M
Florida A&MMay 11 - 13Bethune-Cookman
Missouri ValleyNorthern IowaSouthern
Illinois
May 11 - 13Illinois State
Mountain WestSan Jose StateNo Post
Season
Tournament
NortheastSaint Francis*Saint FrancisMay 11 - 13Saint Francis
Ohio ValleyJacksonville
State
Jacksonville
State
May 10 - 13Neutral Site
Pac-12ArizonaNo Post
Season
Tournament
PatriotLehigh*LehighMay 11 - 13Lehigh
SECFloridaOle MissMay 10 - 13Tennessee
SouthernFurmanEast Tenn
State
May 10 - 13Chattanooga
SouthlandMcNeeseMcNeeseMay 10 - 12Central Arkansas
SWACEast:
Alcorn St
West:
Texas South.
Texas
Southern
May 10 - 13Alabama State
SummitIUPUINorth Dakota
State
May 10 - 13North Dakota State
Sun BeltLouisianaLouisianaMay 10 - 13Troy
WACNew Mexico
State
New Mexico
State
May 11 - 13New Mexico State
West CoastBYUNo Post
Season
Tournament

* Denotes Highest Seed Hosts Conference Tournament

One conference tournament that has already been decided was the Ivy League. Princeton defeated Harvard to win their second straight Ivy League Championship Series.

As the conference tournament champions are crowned, the table above will be filled out. The conference tournaments listed above will help determine the field for the 2017 NCAA Division 1 Softball tournament. We will find out which teams made the tournament on Sunday, May 14, 2017 at 10 PM Eastern Time on ESPN2 with the Selection Show.

The 2017 NCAA Softball Tournament will begin on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 16 campus sites with the Regional round. The Regional round is contested in a double-elimination format with each Regional having four teams. The 16 teams who win their Regional will move on to the Super Regional where they will compete in a best-of-three series to be held between May 25 and May 28.

The 8 winners of the Super Regional round will move on to the 2017 Women’s College World Series to be played in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma starting on Thursday, June 1. The Championship Series will begin Monday, June 5 with a best-of-three format to determine the winner of the 2017 Women’s College World Series.

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