2027 Women's Softball Thread

[HookemTexas]

6 hours ago, koxaz nostraz said:

Looking forward to another exciting season of women's college softball! It feels like the sport keeps getting more competitive every year, with talented players coming through and programs building stronger rosters. I'm especially interested to see how the transfer portal affects teams heading into 2027 and which younger players step up. Conference matchups should be fun to follow, and I'm sure we'll see a few surprises along the way. Hopefully, this thread stays active with updates, predictions, and plenty of discussion throughout the season. Anyone have early favorites for the Women's College World Series or teams they think could surprise everyone?

 

 

I haven't read about any predictions for 2027 season yet, but the general consensus is that the top three teams are Texas, OU, and Texas Tech.  The other SEC teams Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida are also top contenders along with ATM.  Outside of the SEC, it's likely to be UCLA.  Time will tell if Nebraska is able to keep any momentum w/ Frahm-Bahl graduating.

Texas will be the favorite heading into the season as they bring back Kavan and Stewart and replaced their graduating seniors with a pretty stud transfer class.  OU still has an extremely potent offense, if any of their pitchers turn out to be elite, they will be a hard out as usual.  Tech of course bought like 90% of their team.  Everyone will be watching to see how Terry performs as the staff ace now that Canady is gone.

Hopefully it's going to be a fun season to follow, but I'm a bit cautious after what's happened with a supposedly loaded football and volleyball team this year.