KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NAIA announced the 48-team field for the 44th annual NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Rounds on Wednesday evening.
The field consists of 29 automatic qualifiers and 19 at-large selections made by the softball national selection committee, comprised of head coaches and administrators from around the country. 18 conferences are represented in this year's national championship field, led by the
Cascade Collegiate Conference and the Southern States Athletic Conference, each sporting five teams in the field.
The CCC led with five teams earning a spot to the Opening Round of the 2025 NAIA Softball Championship Tournament. Oregon Tech and Southern Oregon University were both conference co-regular season champions and named host sites last week. College of Idaho will also be making an appearance in Ashland Oregon. The Yotes received an At-Large bid and will face Keiser (Fla.) as the fifth seed. Eastern Oregon University entered as the CCC’s Tournament Champions and will face Middle Georgia State as the second seed in San Antonio, Texas. After a stellar conference tournament run, University of British Columbia claimed an At-Large bid for the programs first ever national postseason run. UBC will face Central Methodist (Mo.) as the third seed in Fayette, Missouri.
| INSTITUTION |
HOW THEY QUALIFIED |
RECORD |
LAST TIME |
APPEARANCES |
| Eastern Oregon |
Tournament Champion |
32-9 |
2024 |
5 |
| College of Idaho |
At-Large |
26-18 |
2024 |
8 |
| Oregon Tech |
Co-Regular-Season Champion |
42-9 |
2024 |
11 |
| Southern Oregon |
At-Large |
45-8 |
2024 |
9 |
| British Columbia |
At-Large |
26-18 |
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1 |