The 2026 Big 12 Conference softball tournament will be held at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from May 7 to May 9, 2026. The tournament was won by the Arizona State Sun Devils, who earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
Format Eight of the top eleven teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then played a single-elimination tournament.
Seeds The tournament featured all eleven teams in this conference (Cincinnati, Colorado, Kansas State, TCU & West Virginia do not field teams). Teams played once per day at the 2026 Big 12 Softball Championship. The seedings were determined upon completion of regular season play. The winning percentage of the teams in conference play determined tournament seedings. There were tiebreakers in place to seed teams with identical conference records.
SeedSchoolConf.Over.Tiebreaker#1 Texas Tech# 21−3 50−5 ―#2 Oklahoma State 16−8 37−14 2–1 vs Arizona#3 Arizona 16−8 35−15 1–2 vs Oklahoma State#4 UCF 14−9–1 38−15–1 ―#5 Kansas 14−10 34−18 ―#6 Arizona State 11−13 38−16 ―#7 Utah 10−13–1 35−19–1 ―#8 Baylor 10−14 28−25 ― Notes: # – Big 12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed
Bracket
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 7 1 11:00 a.m. No. 4 UCF vs. No. 5 Kansas 5–6 ESPN+ 2 1:30 p.m. No. 1 Texas Tech vs. No. 8 Baylor 7–0 3 5:00 p.m. No. 2 Oklahoma State vs. No. 7 Utah 7–0 4 7:30 p.m. No. 3 Arizona vs. No. 6 Arizona State 1–2 Semifinals – Friday, May 8 5 3:00 p.m. No. 5 Kansas vs. No. 1 Texas Tech 0–14(5) ESPN+ 6 7:00 p.m. No. 2 Oklahoma State vs. No. 6 Arizona State 7–11 Championship – Saturday, May 9 7 11:00 a.m. No. 1 Texas Tech vs. No. 6 Arizona State 0–4 ESPN *Game times in CST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the all-tournament team: Player SchoolKenzie Brown Arizona StateEmily ScheppBrooklyn UlrichTanya WindleRosie Davis Oklahoma StateKarli GodwinNiJaree Canady Texas TechMihyia DavisJackie LisKaitlyn TerryMia Williams MVP in bold
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