TALLAHASSEE – Head Coach Lonni Alameda and the Florida State softball program released its 2026 schedule on Wednesday afternoon. The schedule features four teams that qualified for the 2025 Women’s College World Series including two matchups against the National Runner-Up Texas Tech. The Seminoles will play 29 total games against 2025 NCAA Tournament participants. 

Softball activities will begin on January 31 for the annual First Pitch Party followed by the Garnet and Gold Scrimmage and Fan Day on February 1. FSU will begin the regular season at home as they host the annual JoAnne Graf Classic on February 5-8. FSU will host Georgia State, Iowa, Marshall and Samford over the course of the weekend and will play six total games on opening weekend. 

FSU will host NCAA Super Regional participant Liberty in a midweek matchup on Feb. 10 before heading down to Clearwater, Fla., for the Shriners Children’s Clearwater Invitational on Feb. 12-15. FSU will play Texas Tech, Florida Atlantic, UCLA and Tennessee while in Clearwater. Tickets for the Shriners Children’s Clearwater Invitational will go on sale November 13 at 1 p.m. Fans can purchase tickets at https://www.clearwaterinvitational.com/tickets/

FSU will return home for 12 consecutive games at JoAnne Graf Field starting with a midweek matchup with Louisiana on Feb. 17. FSU will then host Alabama, Dartmouth and Elon for the Dugout Club Classic on Feb. 20-22. FSU will play Alabama and Dartmouth twice while they will play Elon just once. The Noles will play crosstown foe Florida A&M on Feb. 25 before hosting Rutgers and Florida Gulf Coast for the Unconquered Invitational on Feb. 27-28. 

The Noles will host Jacksonville on Mar. 4 before heading to Conway, South Carolina, for their first true road game of the year against Coastal Carolina. The Noles will play the Chanticleers in a three-game series on Mar. 6-8. 

The Noles will return home for another lengthy homestand as the Noles will play nine-consecutive games at home. FSU will play South Alabama on Mar. 11 before opening ACC play against Syracuse on Legacy and Legends Weekend from Mar. 13-15. FSU will then host National Runner-Up Texas Tech in a midweek showdown on March 18. FSU will conclude the homestand with a three-game series against Cal and midweek game against North Florida. 

FSU will open its ACC road slate at Clemson on Mar. 27-29 before returning home to face Notre Dame on Apr. 2-4. FSU will then head out west to face Santa Clara on Apr. 8 before a three-game series at Stanford on Apr. 10-12.

The Noles will return home for Senior Weekend as they host North Carolina on Apr. 17-19 before hosting rival Florida on Apr. 22 for the regular season home finale. The Noles will end the regular season with seven consecutive road games at Georgia Tech (Apr. 24-26), at Florida (Apr. 28) and at Boston College (May 1-3). The Noles will then travel to Charlottesville, Va. for the ACC Tournament on May 6-9. 

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