2026 Big 12 Conference softball tournament

2026 Big 12 Conference
softball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Finals site	Devon Park Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Champions	Arizona State (1st title)
Runner-up	Texas Tech (2nd title game)
Winning coach	Megan Bartlett (1st title)
MVP	Kenzie Brown (Arizona State)

2026 Big 12 Conference softball standings

	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 4 Texas Tech  ‍†‍‍y	21	–	3	–	0		.875			61	–	10	–	0		.859
No. 15 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y	16	–	8	–	0		.667			41	–	17	–	0		.707
No. 22 Arizona  ‍‍‍y	16	–	8	–	0		.667			37	–	18	–	0		.673
No. 23 UCF  ‍‍‍y	14	–	9	–	1		.604			41	–	19	–	1		.680
Kansas  ‍‍‍y	14	–	10	–	0		.583			36	–	21	–	0		.632
No. 19 Arizona State  ‍‍‡‍y	11	–	13	–	0		.458			45	–	18	–	0		.714
Utah  ‍‍‍	10	–	13	–	1		.438			35	–	20	–	1		.634
Baylor  ‍‍‍y	10	–	14	–	0		.417			30	–	28	–	0		.517
Iowa State  ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0		.375			32	–	23	–	0		.582
BYU  ‍‍‍	7	–	17	–	0		.292			18	–	33	–	0		.353
Houston  ‍‍‍	3	–	21	–	0		.125			20	–	31	–	0		.392
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 4, 2026 Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

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.

Seed	School	Conf.	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

	Quarterfinals May 7					Semifinals May 8					Finals May 9
	5	Kansas	6
	4	UCF	5
						5	Kansas	0
						1	Texas Tech	14(5)
	8	Baylor	0
	1	Texas Tech	7
											1	Texas Tech	0
											6	Arizona State	4
	7	Utah	0
	2	Oklahoma State	7
						2	Oklahoma State	7
						6	Arizona State	11
	6	Arizona State	2
	3	Arizona	1

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television
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	School
Kenzie Brown	Arizona State
Emily Schepp
Brooklyn Ulrich
Tanya Windle
Rosie Davis	Oklahoma State
Karli Godwin
NiJaree Canady	Texas Tech
Mihyia Davis
Jackie Lis
Kaitlyn Terry
Mia Williams

MVP in bold