Championship Resources

 

Manuals:
• NAIA Softball Coaches Manual
• Opening Rounds Championship Host Manual
Opening Round Participant Manual 
Final Site Championship Packet 
•  2026-27 NCAA Softball Rules
2026 and 2027 Rule Changes 

Brackets:
2026 NAIA Opening Round Bracket (Four-Team)
2026 NAIA Opening Round Bracket (Five-Team)
• 2026 NAIA World Series Bracket

Forms (Deadline): 
• Champions of Character Individual Nomination (April 15)
Submit Official Postseason Roster (May 8)

Expense Reports:
• Opening Round Traveling Team Expense Report  (June 4)
• Final Site Traveling Team Expense Report  (June 15)

Additional Resources:
• NAIA S.A.M. Policy
• NAIA Drug Testing & Education Resource
• Fine Designs Championship Apparel
• Shorts Travel Contact Information

 

Each academic year all eligible NAIA student-athletes must sign a Consent Form in which he or she consents to be tested for the use of drugs prohibited by the NAIA Banned Substance List to participate in any NAIA National Championship competitions (Consent Form). This Consent Form shall be administered and kept by each individual institution.

Each institution will be responsible for verifying a signed consent form is on file for each participating student-athlete on the official postseason roster form. By providing a signed roster form at check-in, each institution is officially verifying that all student-athletes on the postseason roster have completed a drug testing consent form and are thus eligible to participate in postseason competition.