Here is my Third 2016 NCAA Softball Tournament Projections of the season. () is RPI ranking.
ACC (4): Florida State (9), Notre Dame (25), Louisville (50), North Carolina (37)
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American (3): UCF (29), South Florida (17), Tulsa (36)
Big East: Villanova
Big 12 (4): Oklahoma(3), Baylor (14), Texas (32), Kansas (42)
Big Ten (5): Michigan (2), Minnesota (21), Nebraska (31), Ohio State (34), Illinois (48)
Pac-12 (8): Oregon (7), Washington (8), UCLA (16), Arizona (20), Utah(24), Oregon State (27), Arizona State (35), California (39)
SEC (11): Florida (1), Alabama (4), Auburn (5), Missouri(11), Kentucky (12), Tennessee (13), LSU (15), Georgia (19), Texas A&M(22), South Carolina (28), Ole Miss (30)
A-10: Fordham
America East: Albany
A-Sun: USC Upstate (52)
Big Sky: Sacramento State
Big South: Longwood
Big West (2): Cal State Fullerton (26), Long Beach State (43)
CAA: James Madison (6)
C-USA: Florida Atlantic (23)
Horizon: Wright State
Ivy: Dartmouth
MAAC: Marist
MAC: Miami (Ohio)
MEAC: Delaware State
MVC: Wichita State (54)
MWC: Fresno State (18)
NEC: Saint Francis
OVC: Jacksonville State
Patriot: Lehigh
Southern: Samford (49)
Southland: McNeese State (38)
Summit: North Dakota State
Sun Belt (3): Louisiana-Lafayette (10), Texas State (44), South Alabama (46)
SWAC: Alabama State
WAC: New Mexico State
WCC: BYU (45)
Last 4 In : Illinois, North Carolina, Arizona State, Texas State
First 4 Out : San Diego State, Mississippi State, Purdue, Georgia Southern
Projected Host Teams
1- Florida
2- Michigan
3-Oklahoma
4- Oregon
5- Auburn
6-Alabama
7-Florida State
8- Washington
9- Louisiana Lafayette
10- Kentucky
11- James Madison
12- UCLA
13- Tennessee
14- Missouri
15-Baylor
16- Arizona
Teams in Contention to Host
LSU, Fresno State, Georgia, Minnesota
Conference RPI Rankings Top 12
1- SEC
2- Pac 12
3- Big 12
4- ACC
5- Big Ten
6- Sun Belt
7- American
8- Colonial
9-Big West
10-A-Sun
11- Mountain West
12- CUSA
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