The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) has released the brackets for the 2026 softball playoffs for all five divisions.
The tournament is celebrating its 50th year as a WIAA-sponsored sport.
Opening round action is on Thursday, May 21, for Divisions 2-5. Division 1 begins on Tuesday, May 26. The state tournament will be held June 10-13 at Goodman Diamond in Madison.
Read on for a look at each bracket, top seeds and defending champions.
Division 1 (122 teams - 8 state qualifiers)
Top seeds: Appleton North,
Green Bay Preble,
Hamilton,
Muskego,
Oak Creek,
Sun Prairie East,
Tomah,
Wisconsin Lutheran Defending champion: Kaukauna Division 2 (79 teams - 4 state qualifiers)
Top seeds: Baldwin-Woodville,
Denmark,
Fox Valley Lutheran,
Greendale,
Medford,
Mount Horeb,
Pewaukee,
Turner Defending champion: Denmark
Division 3 (78 teams - 4 state qualifiers)
Top seeds: Adams-Friendship,
Lomira,
Poynette,
Racine Lutheran,
Spooner,
Southern Door,
Stanley-Boyd,
Wittenberg-BirnamwoodDefending champion: Poynette
Division 4 (76 teams - 4 state qualifiers)
Top seeds: Algoma,
Bonduel,
Fennimore,
Grantsburg,
Johnson Creek,
Marathon,
McDonell Central,
Mineral Point Defending champion: Mishicot (now in D3)
Division 5 (77 teams - 4 state qualifiers)
Top seeds: Athens,
Barneveld,
Blair-Taylor,
Almond-Bancroft,
Juda/Albany,
Ithaca/Weston,
Northwood/Solon Springs,
WausaukeeDefending champion: Belmont
