SAN FRANCISCO - The Pac-12 is once again sending more teams to Oklahoma City than any other conference. Stanford, Utah and Washington were all Super Regional winners over the weekend and will participate in the Women's College World Series, which begins Thursday at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium.

The Conference's three teams among the final eight this season paces all leagues (Big 12 - 2, SEC - 2, ACC - 1) and the Pac-12 has now led or tied for the national lead in WCWS participants in each of the past six tournaments.

Coupled with appearances from Arizona, Oregon State and UCLA last season, six different Pac-12 programs, or two-thirds of the nine-team Conference, have advanced to Oklahoma City in the past calendar year, a varied number of teams that doubles the next closest leagues.

With the runs to Oklahoma City from Stanford and Utah, the Pac-12 is the first conference to send every one of its softball-playing members to the WCWS at least once in the Super Regional era (since 2005). Eight different Pac-12 programs have appeared in the WCWS since 2018.

Washington booked its ticket to Oklahoma City for the 15th time in program history behind two home shutouts of Louisiana. The No. 7-seed Huskies beat the Ragin' Cajuns in five on Friday, 8-0, and on Saturday, 2-0. Hosting a Super Regional for the fifth time since the format began in 2005, UW has won them all and advanced to the WCWS each time (2023, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2010).

The No. 9-seed Cardinal is in its first Women's College World Series since 2004 and third in program history (also 2001) after winning a pair of games at No. 8-seed Duke, 3-1 on Friday and 7-2 on Saturday. Stanford's 45 victories this season are its most since a 48-11 finish in 2009 and the 40-win campaign is the program's first since 2012. The Cardinal will open its WCWS against top-seeded Oklahoma.

In its third Super Regional, but hosting for the first time, No. 15-seed Utah rallied after dropping the first game of the series to San Diego State. The Utes run-ruled the Aztecs on Saturday, 10-1, before clinching their WCWS spot with a 7-2 victory on Sunday in front of a school-record 3,083 at Dumke Family Softball Stadium. Utah's fourth WCWS trip all-time is the program's first since 1994. 

Washington and Utah will face each other in their WCWS openers. The teams split four meetings this season, the Utes winning the most recent matchup in the semifinals of the inaugural Pac-12 Softball Tournament, 8-4.

The nation’s most successful softball conference, Pac-12 programs have combined to win 24 of the 40 NCAA softball championships all-time, 18 more than the next closest league, and all nine Pac-12 teams have made appearances in the Women’s College World Series. Of the 13 different programs to have won an NCAA softball championship, five are from the Pac-12: UCLA (12), Arizona (8), Arizona State (2), California (1) and Washington (1).