The road to Oklahoma City and the NCAA Softball Championship officially begins this week, and the Aloha State will be well represented. Nine players from Hawaii high schools across eight collegiate programs are set to compete in the regional round of the NCAA Tournament.

Boston University had the most awkward reaction to its opening NCAA softball tournament matchup against the Oklahoma Sooners.

The 64-team field for the NCAA softball tournament is set. Now it's time for predictions for who will reign as the WCWS champion. Here are our picks:

The NCAA Tournament brackets will be decided with Texas, Oklahoma and Texas A&M awaiting their postseason fates.

The Sooners were seeded second behind Texas A&M even though Oklahoma won the SEC regular season title. For the second straight year, Oklahoma is headed to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 2-overall seed. Last year, the Sooners dropped the regular season series to Texas before avenging that loss to win the Big 12 Tournament.

Tennessee softball has had a reminder in the clubhouse of the ultimate goal all season – a trip to Oklahoma City for the Women's College World Series.

The Knights earned the No. 2 seed and will travel to Texas to face third-seed Michigan in the first round of the Austin Regional on Friday.

Here's the latest weather updates regarding Saturday's SEC softball championship game between Oklahoma and Texas A&M.