Softball America Preview Central

As we continue our preview series with various head coaches around the country, we wanted to create a space to find all of our 2026 Softball America Previews.

SEC

Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Oklahoma
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Missouri
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Texas A&M

ACC

Boston College
Cal
Clemson
Duke
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Louisville
North Carolina
NC State
Notre Dame
Pitt
Stanford
Virginia
Virginia Tech

Big 12

Arizona
Arizona State
Baylor
BYU
Houston
Iowa State
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Texas Tech
UCF
Utah

Big Ten

Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Maryland
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State
Oregon
Penn State
Purdue
Rutgers
UCLA
Washington
Wisconsin

Mid-Major

Belmont (MVC)
Boise State (Mountain West)
Boston U (Patriot League)
Cal State Fullerton (Big West)
Charlotte (AAC)
Coastal Carolina (Sun Belt)
FAU (AAC)
FGCU (ASUN)
Fresno State (Mountain West)
GCU (Mountain West)
Liberty (Conference USA)
Long Beach State (Big West)
Louisiana (Sun Belt)
Marshall (Sun Belt)
Nevada (Mountain West)
North Texas (AAC)
Omaha (Summit League)
San Diego State (Mountain West)
SIU (MVC)
South Dakota State (Summit League)
Texas State (Sun Belt)
Troy (Sun Belt)
UCSB (Big West)
ULM (Sun Belt)
UNF (ASUN)
UNI (MVC)
Wichita State (AAC)