With More than 600 Games, ESPN’s College Softball Schedule is a Grand Slam

Derek Volner

January 31, 2017

ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Longhorn Network, SEC Network, ACC Network Extra, ESPN3, and SEC Network + all Carry Games This Season
More than 30 TV Games Featuring Ranked Teams Going Head to Head
1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Auburn, No. 3 Florida, No. 4 Florida State and No. 5 LSU in More Than 100 Games; Nearly Entire Top 25 Featured

Continuing a long-standing commitment to the sport, ESPN offers more than 600 college softball games across its variety of networks this season beginning in February. The industry-leading slate features No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Auburn, No. 3 Florida, No. 4 Florida State, and No. 5 LSU in more than 100 games and nearly every team in the preseason top 25. More than 65 games airing on television has a ranked team, including at least 35 games with ranked teams facing one another.

ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Longhorn Network, SEC Network, ACC Network Extra, ESPN3, and SEC Network + will all carry games. Highlights include:

Best of the Best: Among the plethora of games featuring ranked teams matching up include:
- No. 19 Missouri at No. 3 Florida (March 11-13)
- No. 2 Auburn at No. 3 Florida (March 25-27)
- No. 2 Auburn at No. 10 Georgia (April 1-2)
- No. 5 LSU at No. 7 Alabama (April 8-9)
- No. 9 Oregon at No. 8 UCLA (April 9)
- No. 9 Oregon at No. 12 Arizona (April 22-23)
- No. 21 Baylor at No. 1 Oklahoma (April 22-23)
National Champion and No. 1 Ranked Sooners: The defending Women’s College World Series champion and preseason No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners air seven times this season. In addition to the before mentioned series with Baylor, the Sooners will be at Texas (April 7-9) and at Oklahoma State (May 3 & 6).
No. 2 Auburn Tigers: Last season’s WCWS runner-up and preseason No. 2 Auburn Tigers will be shown more than 30 times this season, including during SEC Network’s opening weekend when the Tigers host No. 5 LSU (March 11-12).
SEC Network: Begins its more than 50-game schedule with an “All Softball Weekend” (March 11-12), airing eight games which showcases every SEC conference matchup that weekend. Complete details, including information on the Bases Loaded programming (May 5), can be seen here.
Longhorn Network: Features nearly every Texas home game and airs 35 games in total this season. The network’s schedule begins with the Texas Classic (Feb 10-12), which also features No. 14 Minnesota.
ACC Network Extra: All 11 ACC schools will be featured multiple times throughout the season, with more than 100 games streaming on WatchESPN and the ESPN app. The schedule is highlighted with 40 games featuring a ranked matchup, including No. 4 Florida State vs. No. 22 Notre Dame when they go head to head (March 17-19). ACC Network Extra’s schedule will continuously be updated here as additional games are added.
SEC Network +: Streams more than 250 games this season featuring contests from every SEC school, which in addition to Auburn, Florida and LSU, includes No. 7 Alabama, No. 10 Georgia, No. 15 Tennessee, No. 18 Texas A&M, No. 19 Missouri and No. 20 Kentucky.
ESPN3: Expected to stream more than 200 games from more than 10 conferences, which is likely to include Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Big West, Horizon League, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Missouri Valley, Southland, Sun Belt, and Western Athletic. 11 Louisiana-Lafayette is expected to be featured. More information on the network’s schedule will be updated here.
Conference Championships: The regular season slate concludes with a triple header of conference championship games aired on ESPN (May 13) – American, ACC and SEC. ESPNU and SEC Network will televise the earlier rounds of the SEC Championship while ACC Network Extra will carry the early rounds of the ACC tournament. ESPN3 is also expected to carry a number of conference championships with that schedule announced later.
NCAA Division I Softball Championship: ESPN will once again be the home of the postseason beginning with the selection show (May 14 on ESPNU). Regional, Super Regional and Women’s College World Series coverage will follow with complete details announced in the coming months.

ESPN’s 2017 College Softball Television Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Feb 9	2 p.m.	No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 2 Auburn	ESPNU**
Feb 10	12:30 p.m.	Maryland vs. No. 14 Minnesota	Longhorn Network
	3:00 p.m.	Maryland vs. Colorado State	Longhorn Network
	5:30 p.m.	Colorado State at Texas	Longhorn Network
	8:00 p.m.	No. 14 Minnesota at Texas	Longhorn Network
Feb 11	Noon	Colorado State vs. Maryland	Longhorn Network
	5:00 p.m.	No. 14 Minnesota at Texas	Longhorn Network
	7:30 p.m.	Maryland at Texas	Longhorn Network
	9:30 p.m.	Colorado State vs. No. 14 Minnesota	Longhorn Network *
Feb 12	11:00 a.m.	No. 14 Minnesota vs. Maryland	Longhorn Network
	1:30 p.m.	Colorado State at Texas	Longhorn Network
Feb 16	7:00 p.m.	Indiana vs. Texas	Longhorn Network
Feb 17	11:00 a.m.	Indiana vs Louisiana Tech	Longhorn Network
	1:30 p.m.	Louisiana Tech vs. Texas	Longhorn Network
	4:00 p.m.	South Carolina vs. Texas	Longhorn Network
	10:30 p.m.	Indiana vs. South Carolina	Longhorn Network *
Feb 18	11:00 a.m.	Indiana at Texas	Longhorn Network
	11 p.m.	Louisiana Tech at Texas	Longhorn Network*
Feb 19	1 a.m.	Indiana vs. South Carolina	Longhorn Network *
	3 a.m.	Louisiana Tech vs. South Carolina	Longhorn Network*
	Noon	Louisiana Tech at South Carolina	Longhorn Network
March 1	7 p.m.	Texas State at Texas	Longhorn Network
March 7	7:30 p.m.	Troy at Mississippi State	SEC Network
March 8	5:00 P.M.	UT San Antonio at Texas	Longhorn Network
March 11	11:30 a.m.	No. 19 Missouri at No. 3 Florida	ESPNU
	1:00 p.m.	South Carolina at No. 15 Tennessee	SEC Network
	3:30 p.m.	Mississippi State at No. 18 Texas A&M	SEC Network
	6:00 p.m.	Arkansas at No. 7 Alabama	SEC Network
	8:30 p.m.	No. 5 LSU at No. 2 Auburn	SEC Network
March 12	1:00 p.m.	South Carolina at No. 15 Tennessee	SEC Network
	3:00 p.m.	Mississippi State at No. 18 Texas A&M	SEC Network
	5:00 p.m.	No. 5 LSU at No. 2 Auburn	SEC Network
	6:00 p.m.	No. 19 Missouri at No. 3 Florida	ESPNU
March 13	7:00 p.m.	No. 19 Missouri at No. 3 Florida	SEC Network
March 17	6:00 p.m.	Southern at Mississippi Valley State	ESPNU
March 18	Noon.	No. 20 Kentucky at No. 10 Georgia	SEC Network
March 19	7:00 p.m.	No. 20 Kentucky at No. 10 Georgia	SEC Network
March 20	7 p.m.	No. 20 Kentucky at No. 10 Georgia	SEC Network
March 22	5 p.m.	McNeese State at Texas	Longhorn Network
	7:30 p.m.	North Carolina at No. 15 Tennessee	SEC Network
March 25	6:00 p.m.	Ole Miss at No. 15 Tennessee	SEC Network
	6:00 p.m.	No. 2 Auburn at No.3 Florida	ESPN2
March 26	1:00 p.m.	No. 19 Missouri at No. 18 Texas A&M	ESPNU
	7:00 p.m.	No. 2 Auburn at No. 3 Florida	ESPN2
March 27	7:00 p.m.	No. 2 Auburn at No. 3 Florida	SEC Network
March 29	7:00 p.m.	Oklahoma State at Arkansas	SEC Network
April 1	4:00 p.m.	No. 20 Kentucky at Ole Miss	ESPNU
	4:00 p.m.	No. 7 Alabama at No. 19 Missouri	SEC Network
	6:00 p.m.	No. 18 Texas A&M at South Carolina	SEC Network
	7:00 p.m.	No. 2 Auburn at No. 10 Georgia	ESPN2
April 2	2:00 p.m.	Houston at Texas	Longhorn Network
	4:30 p.m.	Houston at Texas	Longhorn Network
	Noon	No. 2 Auburn at No. 10 Georgia	SEC Network
	2:00 p.m.	No. 20 Kentucky at Ole Miss	SEC Network
	2:00 p.m.	No. 22 Notre Dame at Louisville	ESPNU
	7:00 p.m.	No. 18 Texas A&M at South Carolina	SEC Network
April 3	7:00 p.m.	No. 18 Texas A&M at South Carolina	SEC Network
	7:00 p.m.	No. 22 Notre Dame at Louisville	ESPNU
April 5	7 p.m.	Western Kentucky at No. 20 Kentucky	SEC Network
April 7	5:30 p.m.	No. 1 Oklahoma at Texas	Longhorn Network
April 8	2 p.m.	No. 1 Oklahoma at Texas	Longhorn Network
	4 p.m.	Ole Miss at No. 2 Auburn	ESPNU
	9 p.m.	No. 5 LSU at No. 7 Alabama	SEC Network
April 9	1 p.m.	No. 1 Oklahoma at Texas	Longhorn Network
	3:00 p.m.	No. 5 LSU at No. 7 Alabama	ESPN2
	5:00 p.m.	No. 9 Oregon at No. 8 UCLA	ESPNU
	7:00 p.m.	No. 10 Georgia at No. 3 Florida	SEC Network
April 10	7:00 p.m.	No. 10 Georgia at No. 3 Florida	SEC Network
April 12	7:00 p.m.	No. 4 Florida State at No. 3 Florida	SEC Network
April 13	6:00 p.m.	t-No. 24 South Florida at Central Florida	ESPNU
April 14	6:00 p.m.	No. 18 Texas A&M at Arkansas	ESPNU
	3:30 p.m.	Savannah State at Florida A&M	ESPNU
April 15	6:00 p.m.	No. 7 Alabama at No. 15 Tennessee	SEC Network
April 16	3:00 p.m.	No. 19 Missouri at No. 2 Auburn	ESPN2
	7 p.m.	No. 7 Alabama at No. 15 Tennessee	SEC Network
April 17	7 p.m.	No. 7 Alabama at No. 15 Tennessee	SEC Network
April 19	7 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas	SEC Network
	7 p.m.	Texas Southern at Texas	Longhorn Network
April 21	5:30 p.m.	Iowa State at Texas	Longhorn Network
April 22	2:00 p.m.	Iowa State at Texas	Longhorn Network
	3:00 p.m.	No. 21 Baylor at No. 1 Oklahoma	ESPN2
	5:00 p.m.	No. 9 Oregon at No. 12 Arizona	ESPN2
	6:00 p.m.	No. 10 Georgia at No. 18 Texas A&M	SEC Network
	8:30 p.m.	Arkansas at Mississippi State	SEC Network
April 23	Noon	Iowa State at Texas	Longhorn Network
	Noon	Ole Miss at No. 3 Florida	SEC Network
	Noon	No. 4 Florida State at Louisville	ESPNU
	1:00 p.m.	No. 21 Baylor at No. 1 Oklahoma	ESPN2
	2:00 p.m.	No. 15 Tennessee at No. 5 LSU	SEC Network
	3:00 p.m.	No. 9 Oregon at No. 12 Arizona	ESPN2
	7 p.m.	Arkansas at Mississippi State	SEC Network
April 24	7:00 p.m.	Arkansas at Mississippi State	SEC Network
	7:00 p.m.	No. 4 Florida State at Louisville	ESPNU
April 26	7 p.m.	North Texas at Texas	Longhorn Network
April 29	2:00 p.m.	Longwood at Radford	ESPNU
	3:00 p.m.	No. 18 Texas A&M at No. 20 Kentucky	SEC Network
	8:00 p.m.	No. 19 Missouri at No. 5 LSU	ESPN2
April 30	1:00 p.m.	No. 3 Florida at No. 15 Tennessee	ESPN2
	3:00 p.m.	No. 19 Missouri at No. 5 LSU	ESPN2
	6:00 p.m.	Cal State Fullerton	ESPNU
	7:00 p.m.	No. 7 Alabama at Ole Miss	SEC Network
May 1	7:00 p.m.	No. 7 Alabama at Ole Miss	SEC Network
May 3	5 p.m.	No. 18 Texas A&M Corpus Christi at Texas	Longhorn Network
	7:00 p.m.	Southern Miss at Ole Miss	SEC Network
	7:30 p.m.	No. 1 Oklahoma at Oklahoma State	ESPNU
May 5	7 p.m.	*Bases Loaded*	SEC Network
May 6	4:00 p.m.	No. 20 Kentucky at Mississippi State	SEC Network
	5:00 p.m.	No. 1 Oklahoma at Oklahoma State	ESPNU
	6:00 p.m.	No. 5 LSU at South Carolina	SEC Network
	7:00 p.m.	No. 2 Auburn at No. 7 Alabama	ESPN2
	9:00 p.m.	No. 12 Arizona at No. 8 UCLA	ESPNU
May 7	Noon	No. 5 LSU at South Carolina	SEC Network
	1:00 p.m.	No. 2 Auburn at No. 7 Alabama	ESPN2
	2:00 p.m.	No. 21 Baylor at Texas	LHN
	4:00 p.m.	No. 12 Arizona at No. 8 UCLA	ESPN2
May 10	Noon	SEC Tournament – First Round	SEC Network
	2:30 p.m.	SEC Tournament – First Round	SEC Network
	5:00 p.m.	SEC Tournament – First Round	SEC Network
	7:30 p.m.	SEC Tournament – First Round	SEC Network
May 11	Noon	SEC Tournament – Second Round	SEC Network
	2:30 p.m.	SEC Tournament – Second Round	SEC Network
	5:00 p.m.	SEC Tournament – Second Round	SEC Network
	7:30 p.m.	SEC Tournament – Second Round	SEC Network
May 12	3:00 p.m.	SEC Tournament – Semifinal	ESPNU
	5:30 p.m.	SEC Tournament – Semifinal	ESPNU
May 13	Noon	American Softball Championship	ESPN
	2:00 p.m.	ACC Softball Championship	ESPN
	8:00 p.m.	SEC Softball Tournament – Championship	ESPN

*Air time later than game time
**Game played in Mexico; Not produced by ESPN

Rankings are per USA Softball (January 31)

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Media contact: Derek Volner at 860-384-9986; Derek.Volner@ESPN.com and @DerekVolner