NCAA Softball: Women's College World Series 2025 schedule, dates, how to watch & more

Oklahoma won its fourth-straight national title in 2024, defeating Texas in the championship series.

The Sooners earned their eighth WCWS championship to draw level with Arizona for the second-most titles of all time, trailing only UCLA's 12.

In 2025, Oklahoma is back in the WCWS along with Florida, Texas, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Oregon, Ole Miss, and UCLA.

Continue reading for all you need to know about the WCWS, including 2025 schedule and dates, how to watch, past winners and more.

2025 Women's College World Series dates

The 2025 Women's College World Series will begin on Thursday, May 29, 2025.

Game 1 of the National Championship series is scheduled for Wednesday, June 4th. Game 2 will be on Thursday, June 5, and Game 3 — if necessary — is scheduled for Friday, June 6.

How to watch the Women's College World Series, TV channel and streaming

The Women's College World Series will be broadcast on ESPN and ESPN2, accessible via cable TV and live TV streaming apps such as YouTubeTV and FuboTV.

Women's College World Series format

The Women's College World Series is a double-elimination tournament. Teams had to get through a double-elimination four-team mini-tournament in the Regionals round before playing a best-of-three series in the Super Regionals against another Regionals winner for a spot in the WCWS.

The eight teams that qualified for the WCWS are split into two brackets with four teams in each.

The losing team in each first-round game enters the losers' bracket, where another loss will end a team's journey. The winners move on to face each other, and the loser of that second game plays the winner of the losers' bracket first game.

Whichever team in each bracket is undefeated after two games gets a day off. The two remaining teams play, with the winner moving on to play that undefeated team for a spot in the National Championship series.

At this stage, the team that has lost once needs to beat its undefeated opponent twice to advance to the National Championship series.

In the National Championship, previous losses do not matter. The two remaining teams play a best-of-three series to determine the season's National Champion.

Women's College World Series location and venue

The 2025 Women's College World Series will be played at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

The tournament has been staged here since 1990, except for in 1996 (due to Summer Olympics) and 2020 (COVID pandemic). A deal is in place for Oklahoma City to host the WCWS through 2035.

Re-named Devon Park in 2024, the venue was previously known as the Don E. Porter ASA Hall of Fame Stadium from 1987 to 2017, and the USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium from 2017 to 2024.

Women's College World Series past winners

Year	Winner	Runner-up
2024	Oklahoma	Texas
2023	Oklahoma	Florida State
2022	Oklahoma	Texas
2021	Oklahoma	Florida State
2020	No tournament (COVID-19)
2019	UCLA	Oklahoma
2018	Florida State	Washington
2017	Oklahoma	Florida
2016	Oklahoma	Auburn
2015	Florida	Michigan
2014	Florida	Alabama
2013	Oklahoma	Tennessee
2012	Alabama	Oklahoma
2011	Arizona State	Florida
2010	UCLA	Arizona
2009	Washington	Florida
2008	Arizona State	Texas A&M
2007	Arizona	Tennessee
2006	Arizona	Northwestern
2005	Michigan	UCLA
2004	UCLA	California
2003	UCLA	California
2002	California	Arizona
2001	Arizona	UCLA
2000	Oklahoma	UCLA
1999	UCLA	Washington
1998	Fresno State	Arizona
1997	Arizona	UCLA
1996	Arizona	Washington
1995	UCLA	Arizona
1994	Arizona	Cal State Northridge
1993	Arizona	UCLA
1992	UCLA	Arizona
1991	Arizona	UCLA
1990	UCLA	Fresno State
1989	UCLA	Fresno State
1988	UCLA	Fresno State
1987	Texas A&M	UCLA
1986	Cal State Fullerton	Texas A&M
1985	UCLA	Nebraska
1984	UCLA	Texas A&M
1983	Texas A&M	Cal State Fullerton
1982	UCLA	Fresno State