2025 Big 12 Conference softball tournament

2025 Big 12 Conference
softball tournament
Teams11
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsTexas Tech (1st title)
Runner-upArizona (1st title game)
Winning coachGerry Glasco (1st title)
MVPNiJaree Canady (Texas Tech)
2025 Big 12 Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 10 Texas Tech  ‍†‍‡‍y 20–4–0 .83354–14–0 .794
No. 12 Arizona  ‍‍‍y 17–7–0 .70848–13–0 .787
Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 15–9–0 .62531–23–0 .574
No. 24 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y 13–9–0 .59135–20–0 .636
Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 14–10–0 .58335–21–0 .625
BYU  ‍‍‍ 13–11–0 .54232–17–0 .653
UCF  ‍‍‍y 12–12–0 .50035–24–1 .592
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 11–13–0 .45827–27–0 .500
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 6–18–0 .25022–28–0 .440
Utah  ‍‍‍ 5–19–0 .20813–40–0 .245
Houston  ‍‍‍ 4–18–0 .18222–25–0 .468
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 6, 2025[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2025 Big 12 Conference softball tournament was held at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from May 7 to May 10, 2025. As the tournament winner, Texas Tech earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I softball tournament.

Format

All eleven teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then will play a single-elimination tournament, with the top five seeds receiving a first-round bye.[2][3]

Seeds

The tournament featured all eleven teams in this conference (Cincinnati, Colorado, Kansas State, TCU & West Virginia do not field teams). Teams will play once per day at the 2025 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.

Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
#1 Texas Tech#† 20−4 45−12 ―
#2 Arizona† 17−7 44−11 ―
#3 Iowa State† 15−9 30−23 ―
#4 Oklahoma State† 13−9 33−18 ―
#5 Arizona State† 14−10 25−19 ―
#6 BYU 13−11 32−16 ―
#7 UCF 12−12 33−21−1 ―
#8 Baylor 11−13 27−27 ―
#9 Kansas 6−18 22−28 ―
#10 Utah 5−19 13−40 ―
#11 Houston 4−18 22−25 ―

Notes: # – Big 12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed
† – Received a single-bye into the conference tournament second round.

Bracket

Play-in Game
May 7
Quarterfinals
May 8
Semifinals
May 9
Finals
May 10
1 Texas Tech 4
9 Kansas 3 8 Baylor 0
8 Baylor 7 1 Texas Tech 18(5)
5 Arizona State 0
5 Arizona State 2
4 Oklahoma State 1
1 Texas Tech 4
2 Arizona 0
2 Arizona 4
10 Utah 5 7 UCF 3
7 UCF 7 2 Arizona 6
3 Iowa State 3
3 Iowa State 4
11 Houston 0 6 BYU 2
6 BYU 4

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
First Round – Wednesday, May 7
1 2:30 p.m. No. 8 Baylor vs. No. 9 Kansas 7–3 ESPN+
2 5:00 p.m. No. 7 UCF vs. No. 10 Utah 7–5
3 7:30 p.m. No. 6 BYU vs. No. 11 Houston 4–0
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 8
4 11:00 a.m. No. 4 Oklahoma State vs. No. 5 Arizona State 1–2 ESPN+
5 1:30 p.m. No. 1 Texas Tech vs. No. 8 Baylor 4–0
6 5:00 p.m. No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 7 UCF 4–3
7 7:30 p.m. No. 3 Iowa State vs. No. 6 BYU 4–2
Semifinals – Friday, May 9
8 3:00 p.m. No. 1 Texas Tech vs. No. 5 Arizona State 18–0(5) ESPN+
9 5:30 p.m. No. 2 Arizona vs No. 3 Iowa State 6–3
Championship – Saturday, May 10
10 11:00 a.m. No. 1 Texas Tech vs. No. 2 Arizona 4–0 ESPN
*Game times in CST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.[4]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the all-tournament team:[5]

Player School
Devyn Netz Arizona
Regan Shockey
Sydney Stewart
Kenzie Brown Arizona State
Aleia Agbayani BYU
Ashleigh Griffin UCF
Angelina Allen Iowa State
Mihyia Davis Texas Tech
Alana Johnson
Hailey Toney
NiJaree Canady (MOP)


References

  1. ↑ "Big 12 Softball Standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. May 7, 2025. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  3. ↑ Patterson, Jeff (May 5, 2024). "Big 12 softball tournament: 2024 final standings, bracket, TV schedule". The Oklahoman. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  4. ↑ "2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship Bracket Released". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. May 5, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Texas Tech wins Big 12 Championship". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. May 10, 2025. Retrieved May 12, 2024.