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NCAA Regional Sunday (2026)

As shown in the chart below, 13 of the 16 host teams (i.e., the highest national seeds) have advanced to the super-regionals, including all of the top eight seeds. The three teams outside of the top 16 to advance are Central Florida, Mississippi State, and Arizona State... On a conference basis, nine SEC teams are moving on, four from the Big 12, two from the Big 10, and one from the ACC...

Florida and Georgia are the first two teams to advance to the super-regionals... LSU, Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee, and Alabama have joined them (all from the SEC)...

Arizona State routs No. 15-seed Texas A&M to advance. Aggies are the second national seed (after Oregon) to be eliminated in this round... 

Nebraska edges Grand Canyon 1-0 to advance, with Jordy Frahm coming in for the final two innings to close out the win. Frahm and Alexis Jensen combine for a one-hitter against the Lopes... 

Oklahoma joins several of its SEC mates (listed above) in the super-regionals...

No. 9 Florida State defeats UCF 2-1 to set up a winner-take-all rematch... The Knights take the rematch 4-2, eliminating another seeded team...

Duke forces a winner-take-all rematch with an 8-6 win over Arizona... Blue Devils lead in the rematch 7-4, with the Wildcats batting in the bottom of the sixth... Duke wins 9-4 to advance...

Texas Tech run-rules Ole Miss 14-2 (five innings) to advance...

Oklahoma State knocks off Stanford 11-5 to advance...

UCLA and South Carolina (home team for this game) scoreless after two, each team with a hit... T3, two-out Gamecock fielding error followed by Rylee Slimp blast to left makes it 2-0 Bruins... Megan Grant up, sitting on an NCAA single-season record 39 homers (per ESPN graphic, Grant has homered in 16 out of last 21 games). HBP puts Grant on first... Grounder ends UCLA half-inning... The Bruins win 15-1 in run-rule fashion (six innings), as Grant adds her 40th round-tripper...

Mississippi State blanks St. Mary's 5-0 to advance out of the Eugene, Oregon site...

Seed Site Needs 1 Win _Needs 2 Eliminated
1 Tuscaloosa Alabama* SC-Upst Belmont, SE La
2 Austin Texas* Baylor Wagner, Wisc
3 Norman Oklahoma* Michigan Bingham, KU
4 Lincoln Nebraska* Grd Can S Dak, Louisville
5 Fayetteville Arkansas* USF Fordham, Wash
6 Gainesville Florida* Ga Tech FAMU, Tx St
7 Knoxville Tennessee* Virginia N Ky, Indiana
8 Los Angeles UCLA* S Carolina Cal Bapt, CS Full
9 Tallahassee UCF FSU*# Jax St., Stetson
10 Athens Georgia* Clemson C of C, UNC-G
11 Lubbock Texas Tech* Ole Miss Marist, Boston U
12 Durham Arizona Duke*# Howard, Marshall
13 Stillwater Ok St* Stanford EIU, Princeton
14 Eugene Ms St St. Mary's Oregon*, Idaho St
15 College Station Arizona St Tex A&M* McNeese, UConn
16 Baton Rouge LSU* Va Tech S Ala, Akron

*National seed in region; #Team with one loss has beaten undefeated team to force winner-take-all game; Bold = team has advanced.

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