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2025 college softball preseason Top 25 poll, plus how to watch

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The 2025 college softball season runs from Feb. 6 to May 4 .

There are a few old faces who used the transfer portal to get to new places.

UCLA , Washington and Oregon are now competing in the Big Ten; Texas and Oklahoma will play in the SEC ; Arizona , Arizona State and Utah will compete in Big 12 ; Cal and Stanford are now in the ACC .

California , Michigan , Mississippi State , Stanford , Oregon and Mississippi State all lost in the WCWS semifinals.

Stanford lost to Long Beach , Long Beach in the semifinals of the WECWS in 2016 .

Michigan , Oregon , Michigan and Stanford both lost in regionals and lost to Delaware .

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