Historic Aggies earn NCAA Tourney's No. 1 overall seed for first time

The road to Oklahoma City runs through Aggieland!

During Sunday's NCAA Selection Show, Trisha Ford's Texas A&M softball team was selected as the No. 1 overall seed, hosting the 2025 Bryan-College Station Regional.

As the nation’s top national seed, A&M will host Marist (47-7-1), Liberty (47-12) and Saint Francis (26-24) beginning on Friday, May 16, at Davis Diamond.

Aggieland is paired with the Eugene Regional, which features No. 16 national seed Oregon (47-7), Stanford (40-11), Binghamton (36-12) and Weber State (28-30), and the two victors will meet for a best-of-three super regional with a trip to OKC on the line the weekend of May 22-25.

The 2025 Women’s College World Series will begin on May 29 at Devon Park in Oklahoma City.

With a remarkable regular season in the books, the Maroon & White are ready to continue their postseason journey with a chip on their shoulder.

Sitting a 45-9 and 16-7 in SEC play, Trisha Ford's regular season was one of the most successful Aggieland has ever seen.

The Aggies finished with single-digit losses for the first time since 2017's Women's College World Series, posted a 20-3 record away from Davis Diamond and were ranked by pollsters as the No. 1 team twice this year.

Sitting at No. 1 in RPI for a majority of the season with the second-toughest schedule in the country, according to Warren Nolan, A&M's placement is deserved.

The wildly successful campaign has led to the program's first-ever No. 1 seed.

Perhaps the selection committee was most influenced by A&M's most recent wins, dominating two top-10 RPI teams in the SEC Tournament over the weekend.

Quick work of a red-hot South Carolina team set up what was to come in the semifinal round as the Aggies shellacked arch-rival Texas (a fellow national seed) to punch their ticket to the SEC Tournament title game.

Yet, a chance at an outright title was washed away as the weather in Athens canceled the contest between A&M and Oklahoma, with the Aggies and Sooners crowned as co-champions.

Funny enough, the weather in Athens prevented Texas A&M from sharing the title in the regular season as the Aggies’ April 7 contest with Georgia was also canceled. Had the Aggies played and won, they would have shared two crowns with the Sooners.

Viewed as the nation’s best program in the dance, Ford & Co. are a highly motivated group heading into the postseason.

For those who don’t remember, A&M was just four outs away from a WCWS berth last summer as the Longhorns ended A&M’s season in the Austin Super Regional.

Fueled by the pain of coming so close, A&M has unfinished business to care for with its eyes firmly set on Oklahoma City.

With A&M in the NCAA Tournament for a 23rd consecutive year, Ford’s Aggies have a real shot to turn heartbreak into hardware.