The NCAA Division II championship begins next week, with eight, six-team regionals taking place on campus sites. The regional winners will square off at the NCAA Division II Softball Championship, being held May 19-23 in Salem, Va. 

The NCAA Division II Softball Committee released Wednesday its regional rankings, which will assist in making selections for the field of 48 teams. 

Conference champions that have already clinched automatic berths are Coker (CVAC), Elizabeth City State (CIAA), St. Mary's (Heartland), Hawaii-Hilo (Pac West), Columbus State (Peach Belt), Shippensburg (PSAC), Carson-Newman (SAC) and Albany State (SIAC). Other conference tournaments are being played this weekend across the nation. 

Great Lakes 
1 Northern Kentucky 46-0-0 
2 Southern Illinois Edwardsville 39-11-0 
3 West Virginia Wesleyan 34-15-0 
4 Northwood 26-10-0 
5 Ferris State 26-18-0 
6 Alderson-Broaddus 21-11-0 
7 Gannon 29-14-0 
8 Fairmont State 20-12-0 
9 Wayne St. (Michigan) 20-20-0 
10 Lewis 27-20-0 

Mid-Atlantic 
1 Shippensburg 37-3-0 
2 Lock Haven 32-6-0 
3 Bloomsburg 36-6-0 
4 Indiana (Pennsylvania) 21-13-0 
5 Kutztown 27-22-0 
6 California (Pennsylvania) 24-16-0 
7 Mansfield 24-13-1 
8 North Carolina Central 23-16-0 
9 East Stroudsburg 19-18-1 
10 Virginia State 18-12-0 

North Central 
1 Emporia State 48-11-0 
2 Concordia-St. Paul 36-13-0 
3 Missouri Western State 45-16-0 
4 Winona State 34-12-0 
5 Truman 30-18-0 
6 Pittsburg State 34-24-0 
7 Nebraska-Omaha 31-20-1 
8 Augustana (South Dakota) 25-16-1 
9 Missouri-Rolla 32-22-0 
10 St. Cloud State 28-23-0 

Northeast 
1 C.W. Post 33-9-0 
2 Caldwell 33-8-0 
3 Le Moyne 32-6-0 
4 Dowling 28-17-0 
5 Massachusetts-Lowell 23-9-0 
6 Adelphi 25-13-0 
7 New Haven 24-13-0 
8 Bryant 24-14-0 
9 Post 23-16-0 
10 Southern Connecticut State 21-11-2 

South 
1 Lynn 46-7-0 
2 Alabama-Huntsville 49-12-0 
3 Florida Southern 34-9-0 
4 North Alabama 35-18-0 
5 Saint Leo 35-15-0 
6 Barry 35-19-0 
7 Florida Gulf Coast 38-18-0 
8 Delta State 37-24-0 
9 Rollins 33-18-0 
10 Southern Arkansas 29-24-0 

South Atlantic 
1 Kennesaw State 48-10-0 
2 North Florida 39-10-0 
3 South Carolina-Upstate 43-13-0 
4 Carson-Newman 39-9-0 
5 Columbus State 33-12-0 
6 Francis Marion 36-14-0 
7 Wingate 32-13-0 
8 South Carolina-Aiken 34-17-0 
9 Lenoir-Rhyne 35-16-1 
10 GC&SU 24-17-0 

South Central 
1 St. Mary’s (Texas) 45-9-0 
2 Central Oklahoma 39-12-0 
3 Angelo State 43-14-0 
4 Midwestern State 38-19-0 
5 Regis (Colorado) 34-9-0 
6 Abilene Christian 30-20-0 
7 Southeastern Oklahoma State 46-24-0 
8 Colorado-Colorado Springs 28-16-0 
9 Tarleton State 24-21-0 
10 Fort Hays State 26-24-0 

West 
1 Humboldt State 59-3-0 
2 Cal State Dominguez Hills 42-9-0 
3 Montana State-Billings 34-12-0 
4 San Francisco State 36-18-0 
5 Hawaii-Hilo 31-9-0 
6 Cal State Chico 30-14-0 
7 Seattle 27-14-0 
8 Cal State Bakersfield 32-22-0 
9 Hawaii Pacific 31-15-0 
10 Western Washington 20-17-0