Alabama Softball Oddball Weekend Preview

March 25, 2026; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; Alabama batter Brooke Wells rounds the bases after hitting the first of her two home runs against Jacksonville State at Rhoads Stadium. | Gary Cosby Jr. / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images It’s the annual weird mid-season OOC match-up.

I am not sure why they are only playing two games. ACCOLADES Nada RAT POISON REALITY The polls were not impressed with the Tide’s performance in CoMo last weekend. Softball America 13 ↑ 8 ↑ 6 ↑ 4 ↔ 4 ↔ 4 ↔ 4 ↓ 6 D1Softball 14 ↑ 10 ↑ 9 ↑ 8 ↑ 5 ↔ 5 ↑ 4 ↓ 6 USAToday/NFCA 16 ↑ 13 ↑ 9 ↑ 7 ↑ 6 ↔ 6 ↔ 6 ↓ 7 ESPN/USA Softball 15 ↑ 10 ↑ 8 ↑ 5 ↑ 4 ↔ 4 ↔ 4 ↓ 6 SCHEDULE The Crimson Tide continue their Tuscaloosa home stand with additional chances to learn to breathe through their eyelids, ask Jobu to take fear from bats, or whatever they need with Texas up next.

Unfortunately, there is another Alabama sports event going on at the same time as Game 1. Fri, Mar 27 vs North Dakota State 6pm/7pm – Larissa Preuitt Senior Day Sat, Mar 28 vs North Dakota State 1pm/2pm – Abby Duchscherer Senior Day HOW TO WATCH… ALLEGEDLY Moar SECN+ streaming (ESPN+). WEATHER It may be a little cooler in Tuscaloosa but mostly clear skies.

NORTH DAKOTA STATE (16-16) BACKGROUND Vanderbilt has always been the oddball member of the SEC. It’s the only private institute in the conference and also by far has the lowest enrollment (at ~13,500, it’s almost 10,000 less than MSU). It’s the only school not named for a geographic location.