There are stark differences in the softball programs at Arizona and Ole Miss.
Arizona has won eight softball national championships. Ole Miss has, of course, not. The Wildcats have been to NCAA postseason play 33 consecutive times. The Rebels have been four times in its history. But those four appearances have occurred in the last four seasons, and that fact makes a difference.
While Arizona is certainly considered part of the upper echelon of college softball, they’re kind of in a weird place at the moment. Now understand, being the six seed is a nice “weird place” to be in, but the Wildcats have lost seven straight super regionals.