Once upon a time, the Pac-10 and Big Ten ruled college softball. Before the SEC and the Big 12 emerged as competitive leagues, the West and the Upper Midwest controlled the sport. In 2022, the West is once again asserting its dominance, at least in the early going.
That is especially true of the Pac-12, which is sending over half of the teams that play softball to the Super Regionals. Arizona is one of those teams.
In the Conference of Champions, nine of the 12 schools field softball teams. On the other end of the country, 13 of the SEC’s 14 schools play the sport.