Other top-seeded teams in the 2025 NCAA softball tournament outside the SEC include No. 5 seed Florida State, No. 9 seed UCLA, No. 11 seed Clemson, No. 13 seed Arizona State, No. 14 seed Duke and No. 16 seed Oregon.

OU fell behind 6-1 to Arkansas in the third inning of last Friday’s SEC tournament semifinal, got to within 6-5 by the sixth, then won 8-6 on Garcia’s walk-off three-run homer. It was the biggest comeback in SEC tourney history. The next day’s championship game against Texas A&M was rained out and the teams were named co-champions.

Arkansas is set to host an NCAA softball regional for the fifth straight year, but the Razorbacks are still chasing their first appearance in the Women’s College World Series. In fact, Arkansas has failed to make it out of its own Fayetteville Regional the past two seasons,