On Thursday afternoon, ESPN announced the game schedule for the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational, which will return to the college softball schedule in 2022 after a year away.
The 2022 edition of the tournament includes sixteen teams that represent all of the Power Five conferences and the American. Participating teams include Auburn, Clemson, Michigan, UCF, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Florida State, LSU, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Tennessee, South Florida, Texas, Texas Tech, UCLA, and Washington.
As has been the case in years past, all of the games will be aired on an ESPN property, including on television and streaming. New in 2022 are the inclusion of several games on ESPN+, the network’s subscription service.
Games that are sure to draw a lot of eyeballs in the tournament include: Michigan vs. Oklahoma State; Texas vs. Florida State; LSU vs. Oklahoma State; Washington vs. LSU; Northwestern vs. Clemson; Texas vs. UCLA; Michigan vs. LSU; Washington vs. Clemson; and UCLA vs. Florida State.
Via ESPN, the full game schedule is listed below:
2022 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
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Date
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Time (ET)
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Game
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Network
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Thu, Feb 17
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10 a.m.
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Notre Dame vs. Tennessee
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ESPNU
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Â
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12:30 p.m.
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Texas Tech vs. Auburn
|
SEC Network
|
|
Â
|
1 p.m.
|
UCF vs. Wisconsin
|
ESPNU
|
|
Â
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3:30 p.m.
|
Texas Tech vs. Clemson
|
ACC Network
|
|
Â
|
4 p.m.
|
Tennessee vs. Florida State
|
ESPNU
|
|
Â
|
6:30 p.m.
|
Wisconsin vs. Notre Dame
|
ESPN+
|
|
Fri, Feb 18
|
10 a.m.
|
Michigan vs. Oklahoma State
|
ESPNU
|
|
Â
|
10:30 a.m.
|
Northwestern vs. Texas Tech
|
ESPN+
|
|
Â
|
11:30 a.m.
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Auburn vs. Wisconsin
|
ESPN+
|
|
Â
|
12:30 p.m.
|
Washington vs. Tennessee
|
SEC Network
|
|
Â
|
1 p.m.
|
Texas vs. Florida State
|
ESPNU
|
|
Â
|
1 p.m.
|
UCLA vs. Northwestern
|
ESPN+
|
|
Â
|
3 p.m.
|
South Florida vs. Notre Dame
|
ACC Network
|
|
Â
|
3 p.m.
|
UCF vs. Michigan
|
ESPN+
|
|
Â
|
4 p.m.
|
LSU vs. Oklahoma State
|
ESPNU
|
|
Â
|
4 p.m.
|
Texas vs. Auburn
|
Longhorn Network
|
|
Â
|
6 p.m.
|
UCF vs. Texas Tech
|
ESPN+
|
|
Â
|
6 p.m.
|
Tennessee vs. Clemson
|
ESPN+
|
|
Â
|
7 p.m.
|
Washington vs. LSU
|
ESPN+
|
|
Sat, Feb 19
|
10 a.m.
|
UCLA vs. Auburn
|
ESPNU
|
|
Â
|
10:30 a.m.
|
Notre Dame vs. LSU
|
SEC Network
|
|
Â
|
10:30 a.m.
|
Tennessee vs. UCF
|
ESPN+
|
|
Â
|
11 a.m.
|
Northwestern vs. Clemson
|
ACC Network
|
|
Â
|
1 p.m.
|
Michigan vs. Florida State
|
ACC Network
|
|
Â
|
1:30 p.m.
|
Oklahoma State vs. South Florida
|
ESPN+
|
|
Â
|
2:30 p.m.
|
Texas Tech vs. Washington
|
ESPN+
|
|
Â
|
4 p.m.
|
Texas vs. UCLA
|
ESPNU
|
|
Â
|
5 p.m.
|
Michigan vs. LSU
|
ESPN+
|
|
Â
|
5:30 p.m.
|
Wisconsin vs. Clemson
|
ESPN+
|
|
Â
|
6 p.m.
|
Washington vs. Oklahoma State
|
ESPN+
|
|
Â
|
7 p.m.
|
UCF vs. Texas
|
Longhorn Network
|
|
Sun, Feb 20
|
9 a.m.
|
Texas Tech vs. LSU
|
SEC Network
|
|
Â
|
9:30 a.m.
|
Northwestern vs. Oklahoma State
|
ESPN+
|
|
Â
|
10 a.m.
|
Washington vs. Clemson
|
ESPNU
|
|
Â
|
11 a.m.
|
Notre Dame vs. Texas
|
ESPN+
|
|
Â
|
Noon
|
Wisconsin vs. UCLA
|
ESPN+
|
|
Â
|
Noon
|
Auburn vs. South Florida
|
ESPN+
|
|
Â
|
12:30 p.m.
|
UCF vs. Florida State
|
ESPN+
|
|
Â
|
3:30 p.m.
|
South Florida vs. Wisconsin
|
ESPN+
|
|
Â
|
7 p.m.
|
UCLA vs. Florida State
|
ESPN2
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