Division I
Year | Champion | Title Series Score |
Runner-up | Tie-3rd | Tie-5th | Tie-7th | |||
1982 | UCLA Pac-10 |
2-0 (8 inn) | Fresno State PCAA |
Cal St. Fullerton PCAA |
Arizona State Pac-10 |
Nebraska Big Eight |
Western Michigan MAC |
Creighton Gateway |
Oklahoma State Big Eight |
1983 | Texas A&M Southwest |
2-0 (12 inn) | Cal State Fullerton PCAA |
UCLA Pac-10 |
South Carolina Independent |
Louisiana Tech Southland |
Pacific PCAA |
Indiana Big Ten |
Missouri Big Eight |
1984 | UCLA Pac-10 |
1-0 (13 inn) | Texas A&M Southwest |
Northwestern Big Ten |
Nebraska Big Eight |
Adelphi Atlantic 10 |
Fresno State Big West |
Cal Poly Pomona CCAA |
Utah State PCAA |
1985 | UCLA Pac-10 |
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 Pac-10 |
Indiana Big Ten |
Creighton Gateway |
Long Beach State PCAA |
Louisiana Tech Southland |
Northwestern Big Ten |
1987 | 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 | UCLA Pac-10 |
1-0 | Fresno State Big West |
Arizona Pac-10 |
Oklahoma State Big Eight |
Cal Poly Pomona CCAA |
Oregon Pac-10 |
South Carolina Metro |
Toledo MAC |
1990 | UCLA Pac-10 |
2-0 | Fresno State Big West |
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 | Arizona Pac-10 |
4-0 | Cal State Northridge WAC |
Oklahoma State Big Eight |
UCLA Pac-10 |
Fresno State WAC |
Utah WAC |
UIC 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 |
1996 | 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 | Arizona Pac-10 |
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 |
2004 | UCLA Pac-10 |
3-1 | California Pac-10 |
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 | Arizona Pac-10 |
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 |
2010 | 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 |
LSU SEC |
Oregon Pac-12 |
South Florida Big East |
Tennessee 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 around 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.
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