Women 's College World Series - wikipedia Women 's College World Series The Women 's College World Series ( WCWS ) is the final portion of the NCAA Division I Softball Championship for college softball in the United States. The tournament format consists of two four - team double - elimination brackets. The winners of each bracket then compete in a best - of - three series to determine the Division I WCWS National Champion. The WCWS takes place at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. From 1969 to 1981, the women 's collegiate softball championship was also known as the Women 's College World Series and was promoted as such. During 1969 -- 1979, the series was played in Omaha, and in 1980 -- 1982 in Norman, Oklahoma. The NCAA held its first six Division I tournaments in Omaha in 1982 -- 1987, followed by Sunnyvale, California in 1988 -- 1989. The event has been held in Oklahoma City every year since then, except for 1996 in Columbus, Georgia. Softball was one of twelve women 's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981 -- 82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the AIAW for sole governance of women 's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve ( and other ) sports. The 1982 softball championship tournaments of both the AIAW and the NCAA were called `` Women 's College World Series. '' However, after a year of dual women 's championships, the NCAA conquered the AIAW and usurped its authority and membership. Contents 1 Division I 1.1 NCAA 1.2 AIAW 1.3 NCAA team titles by school 1.4 AIAW team titles by school 1.5 Championships & appearances by school 1.6 Championships & appearances by conference 2 See also 3 References Division I NCAA Year Champion Title Series Score Runner - up Tie - 3rd Tie - 5th Tie - 7th 1982 UCLA WCAA 2 -- 0 ( 8 inn ) Fresno State NorPac Cal St. Fullerton WCAA Arizona State WCAA Nebraska Big Eight Western Michigan MAC Creighton Gateway Oklahoma State Big Eight Texas A&M Southwest 2 -- 0 ( 12 inn ) Cal State Fullerton WCAA UCLA WCAA South Carolina Independent Louisiana Tech Southland Pacific NorPac Indiana Big Ten Missouri Big Eight 1984 UCLA WCAA 1 -- 0 ( 13 inn ) Texas A&M Southwest Northwestern Big Ten Nebraska Big Eight Adelphi Atlantic 10 Fresno State NorPac Cal Poly Pomona CCAA Utah State High Country 1985 2 -- 1 ( 9 inn ) Nebraska * Big Eight Cal St. Fullerton PCAA Cal Poly Pomona CCAA Adelphi Atlantic 10 Northwestern Big Ten Louisiana Tech Southland Utah High Country 1986 Cal State Fullerton PCAA 3 -- 0 Texas A&M Southwest California NorPac Indiana Big Ten Creighton Gateway Long Beach State PCAA Louisiana Tech Southland Northwestern Big Ten Texas A&M Southwest 4 -- 1 UCLA Pac - 10 Cal St. Fullerton PCAA Nebraska Big Eight Central Michigan MAC Fresno State PCAA Arizona State Pac - 10 Florida State Metro 1988 UCLA Pac - 10 3 -- 0 Fresno State PCAA Arizona Pac - 10 Cal Poly Pomona CCAA Nebraska Big Eight Texas A&M Southwest Aldelphi Atlantic 10 Northern Illinois North Star 1989 1 -- 0 Arizona Pac - 10 Oklahoma State Big Eight Cal Poly Pomona CCAA Oregon Pac - 10 South Carolina Metro Toledo MAC 1990 2 -- 0 Florida State Metro Oklahoma State Big Eight Long Beach State Big West UNLV Big West Arizona Pac - 10 Kent State MAC 1991 Arizona Pac - 10 5 -- 1 UCLA Pac - 10 Fresno State Big West Long Beach State Big West Florida State Metro Missouri Big Eight UNLV Big West Utah WAC 1992 UCLA Pac - 10 2 -- 0 Arizona Pac - 10 Fresno State Big West Massachusetts Atlantic 10 California Pac - 10 Long Beach State Big West Florida State ACC Kansas Big Eight 1993 Arizona Pac - 10 1 -- 0 UCLA Pac - 10 Southwestern Louisiana Sun Belt Oklahoma State Big Eight Cal St. Northridge WAC Connecticut Big East Florida State ACC Long Beach State Big West 1994 4 -- 0 Cal State Northridge WAC Oklahoma State Big Eight UCLA Pac - 10 Fresno State WAC Utah WAC Illinois -- Chicago Mid-Con Missouri Big Eight 1995 UCLA * * Pac - 10 4 -- 2 Arizona Pac - 10 Iowa Big Ten UNLV Big West Cal St. Fullerton Big West SW Louisiana Sun Belt Michigan Big Ten Princeton Ivy Arizona Pac - 10 6 -- 4 Washington Pac - 10 Iowa Big Ten UCLA Pac - 10 California Pac - 10 SW Louisiana Sun Belt Michigan Big Ten Princeton Ivy 1997 10 -- 2 ( 5 inn ) UCLA Pac - 10 Fresno State WAC Washington Pac - 10 Iowa Big Ten Michigan Big Ten Massachusetts Atlantic 10 South Carolina SEC 1998 Fresno State WAC 1 -- 0 Arizona Pac - 10 Oklahoma State Big 12 Washington Pac - 10 Michigan Big Ten Nebraska Big 12 Massachusetts Atlantic 10 Texas Big 12 1999 UCLA Pac - 10 3 -- 2 Washington Pac - 10 California Pac - 10 DePaul Conference USA Arizona Pac - 10 Fresno State WAC Arizona State Pac - 10 Southern Miss Conference USA 2000 Oklahoma Big 12 3 -- 1 UCLA Pac - 10 Arizona Pac - 10 Southern Miss Conference USA Alabama SEC Washington Pac - 10 California Pac - 10 DePaul Conference USA 2001 Arizona Pac - 10 1 -- 0 UCLA Pac - 10 LSU SEC Stanford Pac - 10 California Pac - 10 Oklahoma Big 12 Iowa Big Ten Michigan Big Ten 2002 California Pac - 10 6 -- 0 Arizona Pac - 10 Arizona State Pac - 10 Florida State ACC Nebraska Big 12 UCLA Pac - 10 Michigan Big Ten Oklahoma Big 12 2003 UCLA Pac - 10 1 -- 0 ( 9 inn ) California Pac - 10 Arizona Pac - 10 Texas Big 12 Oklahoma Big 12 Washington Pac - 10 Alabama SEC LA - Lafayette Sun Belt 3 -- 1 LSU SEC Stanford Pac - 10 Florida State ACC Oklahoma Big 12 Michigan Big Ten Washington Pac - 10 2005 * * * Michigan Big Ten 0 -- 5 5 -- 2 4 -- 1 ( 10 inn ) UCLA Pac - 10 Tennessee SEC Texas Big 12 Alabama SEC Arizona Pac - 10 California Pac - 10 DePaul Conference USA 2006 Arizona Pac - 10 8 -- 0 5 -- 0 Northwestern Big Ten Tennessee SEC UCLA Pac - 10 Arizona State Pac - 10 Texas Big 12 Alabama SEC Oregon State Pac - 10 2007 0 -- 3 1 -- 0 ( 10 inn ) 5 -- 0 Tennessee SEC Northwestern Big Ten Washington Pac - 10 Baylor Big 12 DePaul Big East Arizona State Pac - 10 Texas A&M Big 12 2008 Arizona State Pac - 10 3 -- 0 11 -- 0 Texas A&M Big 12 Alabama SEC Florida SEC LA - Lafayette Sun Belt UCLA Pac - 10 Arizona Pac - 10 Virginia Tech ACC 2009 Washington Pac - 10 8 -- 0 3 -- 2 Florida SEC Alabama SEC Georgia SEC Arizona Pac - 10 Michigan Big Ten Arizona State Pac - 10 Missouri Big 12 UCLA Pac - 10 6 -- 5 ( 8 inn ) 15 -- 9 Arizona Pac - 10 Georgia SEC Tennessee SEC Florida SEC Hawaii WAC Missouri Big 12 Washington Pac - 10 2011 Arizona State Pac - 10 14 -- 4 7 -- 2 Florida SEC Alabama SEC Baylor Big 12 California Pac - 10 Missouri Big 12 Oklahoma Big 12 Oklahoma State Big 12 2012 Alabama SEC 1 -- 4 8 -- 6 5 -- 4 Oklahoma Big 12 California Pac - 12 Arizona State Pac - 12 Oregon Pac - 12 LSU SEC South Florida Big East Tennessee SEC 2013 Oklahoma Big 12 5 -- 3 ( 12 inn ) 4 -- 0 Tennessee SEC Washington Pac - 12 Texas Big 12 Michigan Big Ten Florida SEC Arizona State Pac - 12 Nebraska Big Ten 2014 Florida SEC 5 -- 0 6 -- 3 Alabama SEC Oregon Pac - 12 Baylor Big 12 Oklahoma Big 12 Kentucky SEC LA - Lafayette Sun Belt Florida State ACC 2015 3 -- 2 0 -- 1 4 -- 1 Michigan Big Ten Auburn SEC LSU SEC UCLA Pac - 12 Alabama SEC Oregon Pac - 12 Tennessee SEC 2016 Oklahoma Big 12 3 -- 2 7 -- 11 ( 8 inn ) 2 -- 1 Auburn SEC Florida State ACC LSU SEC Michigan Big Ten Georgia SEC Alabama SEC UCLA Pac - 12 2017 7 - 5 ( 17 inn ) 5 - 4 Florida SEC Oregon Pac - 12 Washington Pac - 12 LSU SEC UCLA Pac - 12 Baylor Big 12 Texas A&M SEC * Nebraska 's runner - up finish in 1985 was vacated by the NCAA. * * The 1995 title by UCLA and any related records have been vacated by the NCAA due to scholarship violations. Criticism also centered on UCLA player Tanya Harding who was recruited from Queensland, Australia midway through the 1995 season. After UCLA captured the NCAA National Championship, Harding, the MVP of the tournament, returned to her homeland without taking final exams or earning a single college credit. Despite not violating any formal rules in recruiting Harding, the incident generated heated criticism that some foreign athletes were little more than hired guns. * * * Beginning in 2005, a best - of - three series determines the national championship. AIAW From 1969 -- 1972, the DGWS ( forerunner organization of the AIAW ) recognized the WCWS, organized by the Amateur Softball Association, as the collegiate championship tournament. The AIAW assumed responsibilities from DGWS in 1973. Year Champion Title Series Game Score ( s ) Runner - up 1969 John F. Kennedy College 2 -- 0 Illinois State 1970 0 -- 2 7 -- 6 Southwest Missouri State 1971 6 -- 0 4 -- 0 Iowa State 1972 Arizona State 0 -- 1 8 -- 5 ( 11 inn ) University of Tokyo -- Nihon 1973 0 -- 4 4 -- 3 ( 16 inn ) Illinois State Southwest Missouri State 14 -- 7 Northern Colorado Nebraska Omaha 1 -- 11 6 -- 4 Northern Iowa 1976 Michigan State 3 -- 0 Northern Colorado 1977 Northern Iowa 0 -- 1 ( 9 inn ) 7 -- 0 Arizona 1978 UCLA 3 -- 0 Northern Colorado 1979 Texas Woman 's 1 -- 0 1 -- 0 UCLA 1980 Utah State 1 -- 0 2 -- 1 Indiana 1981 1 -- 6 4 -- 3 Cal State Fullerton 1982 Texas A&M 4 -- 1 5 -- 3 ( 8 inn ) Oklahoma State Jump up ^ Officially named the `` AIAW Division I National Softball Championship. '' Jump up ^ Officially named the `` AIAW College Softball World Series. '' NCAA team titles by school School Number Year Won UCLA 11 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010 Arizona 8 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007 Oklahoma 2000, 2013, 2016, 2017 Arizona State 2008, 2011 Texas A&M 1983, 1987 Florida 2014, 2015 Alabama 2012 Cal State Fullerton 1986 Fresno State 1998 Michigan 2005 Washington 2009 California 2002 * UCLA also won the 1995 title, but it has since been vacated by the NCAA ; see above. AIAW team titles by school From 1969 -- 1972, the DGWS ( forerunner organization of the AIAW ) recognized the WCWS, organized by the Amateur Softball Association, as the collegiate championship tournament. The AIAW assumed responsibilities from DGWS in 1973. School Championships Years John F. Kennedy College ( Nebraska ) 1969, 1970, 1971 ( all DGWS ) Arizona State 1972 ( DGWS ), 1973 Utah State 1980, 1981 Florida State 1981, 1982 ( both Slow Pitch ) ( Southwest ) Missouri State Nebraska Omaha Michigan State 1976 Northern Iowa 1977 UCLA 1978 Texas Woman 's 1979 Texas A&M 1982 Championships & appearances by school Color coded by current conference ; table is sortable Bold indicates team championship School Championships ( through 2017 ) Title Games ( through 2017 ) WCWS Appearances ( through 2017 ) WCWS Appearances ( through 2017 ) UCLA 12 21 29 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017 Arizona 8 14 26 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Arizona State 18 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 California 15 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012 Oklahoma 5 15 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 Fresno State 5 12 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999 Michigan 13 1982, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016 Texas A&M 6 11 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2007, 2008, 2017 Washington 11 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017 Northern Colorado 0 11 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 Oklahoma State 0 11 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2011 South Carolina 0 0 11 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1989, 1997 Alabama 11 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 ( Southwest ) Missouri State 10 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982 Nebraska -- Omaha 10 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 Nebraska 0 0 9 1970, 1971, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1998, 2002, 2013 Cal State -- Fullerton 8 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986 1987, 1995 Illinois State 0 8 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1981 Western Illinois 0 0 8 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982 Florida State 0 0 9 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2004, 2014, 2016 Florida 5 8 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 Tennessee 0 7 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 Missouri 0 0 7 1981, 1983, 1991, 1994, 2009, 2010, 2011 Cal Poly Pomona 0 0 7 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989 Kansas 0 0 7 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1992 Michigan State 6 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981 Louisiana -- Lafayette 0 0 6 1993, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2008, 2014 Oregon 0 0 6 1976, 1980, 1989, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017 Massachusetts 0 0 6 1974, 1978, 1980, 1992, 1997, 1998 Long Beach State 0 0 5 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Northwestern 0 5 1984, 1985, 1986, 2006, 2007 Texas 0 0 5 1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013 Utah 0 0 5 1976, 1982, 1985, 1991, 1994 Creighton 0 0 5 1969, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986 Wayne State ( Nebraska ) 0 0 5 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 Utah State 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984 Northern Iowa 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977 Indiana 0 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986 DePaul 0 0 1999, 2000, 2005, 2007 Iowa 0 0 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001 LSU 0 0 6 2001, 2004, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 Oregon State 0 0 1977, 1978, 1979, 2006 Southern Illinois ( Carbondale ) 0 0 1970, 1971, 1977, 1978 South Dakota State 0 0 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 Luther College ( Iowa ) 0 0 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974 John F. Kennedy College ( Nebraska ) 1969, 1970, 1971 Texas Woman 's University 1975, 1978, 1979 Baylor 0 0 2007, 2011, 2014, 2017 Louisiana Tech 0 0 1983, 1985, 1986 Adelphi ( New York ) 0 0 1984, 1985, 1988 UNLV 0 0 1990, 1991, 1995 Western Michigan 0 0 1980, 1981, 1982 Kearney State College ( Nebraska ) 0 0 1969, 1970, 1971 Minot State ( ND ) 0 0 1970, 1971, 1972 Emporia State ( Kansas ) 0 0 1971, 1972, 1979 Weber State ( Utah ) 0 0 1973, 1974, 1975 North Dakota State 0 0 1973, 1974, 1975 Iowa State 0 1971, 1973 Cal State -- Northridge 0 1993, 1994 Georgia 0 0 2009, 2010, 2016 Princeton 0 0 1995, 1996 Southern Mississippi 0 0 1999, 2000 Stanford 0 0 2001, 2004 Central Michigan 0 0 1982, 1987 Minnesota -- Duluth 0 0 1970, 1971 Midland Lutheran ( Nebraska ) 0 0 1970, 1971 New Mexico 0 0 1980, 1981 Rutgers 0 0 1979, 1981 Concordia ( Nebraska ) 0 0 1970, 1971 Upper Iowa 0 0 1970, 1971 Eastern Illinois 0 0 1971, 1974 Central Missouri State 0 0 1971, 1972 Ball State ( Indiana ) 0 0 1973, 1975 Indiana State 0 0 1974, 1976 East Stroudsburg State ( PA ) 0 0 1975, 1976 Northern State ( SD ) 0 0 1975, 1976 Texas -- Arlington 0 0 1976, 1977 Cal State -- Sacramento 0 0 1976, 1977 Minnesota 0 0 1976, 1978 Auburn 0 0 2015, 2016 Connecticut 0 0 1993 Hawaii 0 0 Illinois -- Chicago 0 0 1994 Kent State ( Ohio ) 0 0 1990 Kentucky 0 0 2014 Northern Illinois 0 0 1988 Pacific ( CA ) 0 0 South Florida 0 0 2012 Toledo 0 0 1989 Virginia Tech 0 0 2008 St. Petersburg Junior College ( FL ) 0 0 1969 Black Hills State College ( SD ) 0 0 1969 Midwestern College ( Iowa ) 0 0 1970 Parsons College ( Iowa ) 0 0 1971 Wartburg College ( Iowa ) 0 0 1971 Wisconsin State University -- Eau Claire 0 0 1971 South Dakota 0 0 1971 Southwest Baptist College ( MO ) 0 0 1971 Buena Vista College ( Iowa ) 0 0 1971 Simpson College ( Iowa ) 0 0 1971 University of Tokyo -- Nihon 0 1972 Keene State College ( NH ) 0 0 1972 Purdue University 0 0 1972 West Georgia College 0 0 Golden West College ( CA ) 0 0 Winona State College ( MN ) 0 0 Nassau Community College ( NY ) 0 0 Oregon College of Education 0 0 Northwest Missouri State 0 0 Ohio University 0 0 Mankato State ( MN ) 0 0 Tarkio College ( MO ) 0 0 1976 Northwestern Oklahoma State 0 0 1976 Mayville State College ( ND ) 0 0 1976 West Chester State College ( PA ) 0 0 1977 Springfield College ( Mass. ) 0 0 1977 Portland State ( Oregon ) 0 0 1978 Stephen F. Austin ( Texas ) 0 0 1978 Chapman College ( California ) 0 0 1979 Pittsburgh ( Pitt Panthers ) 0 0 2015 New Mexico State 0 0 1981 Ohio State 0 0 1982 Rhode Island 0 0 1982 U.S. International University ( CA ) 0 0 1982 UCLA 's 1995 NCAA championship and Nebraska 's 1985 runner - up finish were vacated by the NCAA and are not counted ^ Jump up to : NCAA WCWS participant in 1982, when both the AIAW and NCAA conducted championships with the same name ^ Jump up to : AIAW WCWS participant in 1982, when both the AIAW and NCAA conducted championships with the same name Championships & appearances by Conference This listing excludes results of the pre-NCAA Women 's College World Series of 1969 through 1982 ( both Division I tournaments in 1982 -- AIAW and NCAA -- were called `` Women 's College World Series '' ). Conference Championships ( Through 2017 ) Title Game / Series Appearances ( Through 2017 ) WCWS Appearances ( Through 2017 ) Pac - 12 23 36 82 SEC 10 40 Big 12 5 30 Big Ten 23 Big West 19 Big Eight 12 WAC 11 Atlantic 10 6 Southwest 5 ACC 9 Conference USA 5 Sun Belt 6 CCAA MAC Metro Southland Big East Ivy Missouri Valley Independent Summit League NorPac North Star WCAA 6 Notes Jump up ^ UCLA 's 1995 WCWS participation & title were vacated by the NCAA, and are not included in these figures ; see above. The Pac - 12, which adopted its current name on July 1, 2011, retains all historical records from its years as the Pac - 10. The conference had adopted the `` Pac - 10 '' name in 1978, but did not begin sponsoring women 's sports until the 1986 -- 87 school year. Jump up ^ The Big West Conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association until July 1988. Totals include all appearances by conference members under both names, but includes only appearances after the conference began sponsoring women 's sports in 1984 -- 85. Jump up ^ Nebraska 's 1985 WCWS participation & title game appearance were vacated by the NCAA, and are not included in these totals. The Big Eight merged with four teams from the Southwest Conference to form the Big 12 in 1996. ^ Jump up to : Conference is now defunct. Jump up ^ The Western Athletic Conference ( WAC ) did not sponsor women 's sports until the 1990 -- 91 academic year, after absorbing the High Country Athletic Conference ( HCAC ), a parallel women 's - only conference. The WAC maintains all historic records from the HCAC ; totals include Utah State 's 1984 and Utah 's 1985 appearances while in the HCAC. Jump up ^ Texas A&M won two titles, made four title game appearances and five WCWS appearances while they were still members of the Southwest Conference. This conference is now defunct. Texas A&M was a charter member of the Big 12 in 1996, but left for the Southeastern Conference in July 2012. ^ Jump up to : Following the breakup of the Metro in 1991 by Florida State, South Carolina, Cincinnati, and Memphis, the Metro and its breakaway Great Midwest Conference reunified in 1995 as Conference USA. Jump up ^ Although the charter of the original Big East Conference was inherited by the American Athletic Conference following the 2013 Big East split, the current Big East Conference maintains all athletic records of the original conference in all sports that it sponsors. Jump up ^ Records include those of the former Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference when it was originally a women 's - only conference parallel to the MVC. In 1985, after the MVC stopped sponsoring football, the Gateway took on football as its only men 's sport. In 1992, the women 's portion of the Gateway merged into the MVC, which maintains all historic records of Gateway women 's sports. The football side of the conference maintained the Gateway charter, first as the Gateway Football Conference and now the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Jump up ^ The Mid-Continent Conference adopted its current name of The Summit League in June 2007. Jump up ^ The NorPac, in full the Northern Pacific Conference, was a women 's - only conference that operated from 1982 to 1986. The conference disbanded when the then - Pac - 10, home to five of the final seven NorPac members, began sponsoring women 's sports in 1986 -- 87. The remaining two schools, which were members of the PCAA for men 's sports, moved their women 's sports to that conference. Jump up ^ The North Star Conference was a women 's - only conference that merged into the Mid-Continent Conference, now The Summit League, in 1992. The Summit maintains all historic records of North Star sports. Jump up ^ The WCAA, in full the Western Collegiate Athletic Association, was a women 's - only conference that operated from 1981 to 1986. Its final five members were all members of the conference known at the time as the Pac - 10, and moved their women 's sports to that league. See also List of NCAA Division I softball programs Women 's College World Series Most Outstanding Player College softball NCAA Division I Softball Championship NCAA Division II Softball Championship NCAA Division III Softball Championship AIAW Intercollegiate Women 's Softball Champions References Jump up ^ Mary L. Littlewood ( 1998 ). Women 's Fastpitch Softball -- The Path to the Gold, An Historical Look at Women 's Fastpitch in the United States ( first ed. ). National Fastpitch Coaches Association, Columbia, Missouri. pp. 145, 208. ISBN 0 - 9664310 - 0 - 6. Jump up ^ Grundy, Pamela & Shackelford, Susan ( 2005 ). Shattering the Glass. The New Press. ISBN 1 - 56584 - 822 - 5. ^ Jump up to : Plummer, William ; Floyd, Larry C. ( 2013 ). A Series Of Their Own : History Of The Women 's College World Series. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States : Turnkey Communications Inc. ISBN 978 - 0 - 9893007 - 0 - 4. Jump up ^ Starr, Mark ( June 12, 1995 ). `` No Credit For UCLA ''. Newsweek. p. 58. Jump up ^ Montville, Leigh ( June 12, 1995 ). `` Ringer From Down Under ''. Sports Illustrated. 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Question: who has won the most college softball world series
Answer: UCLA