The 2025 Clemson Tigers softball team was the varsity college softball team that represented Clemson University during the 2025 NCAA Division I softball season. This was the sixth season of Clemson's softball program. The Tigers competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and were led by head coach John Rittman. Clemson played its home games at McWhorter Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.
The Tigers started the season by travelling to the FAU Softball Tournament and then the Shriners Children's Clearwater Invitational. The start of the season proved difficult for the Tigers as they went 3âÂÂ2 at the FAU Tournament, and 1âÂÂ4 at the Clearwater invitational. They began the season ranked twenty-fifth, but dropped out after the FAU Touranmament. They only played two ranked teams during the tournaments, losing to both sixteenth ranked and twenty-third ranked . They followed their travels with two home tournaments in the Clemson Classic and Tiger Invitational. The Tigers went a combined 9âÂÂ0 during these tournaments, but did not face a ranked team ein either. They recorded a 5âÂÂ3 mid-week victory over tenth ranked Georgia on February 26. They finished February 12âÂÂ6 overall. They opened the ACC season against fourteenth ranked . They dropped the series despite winning the first game by mercy rule. They bounced back to win their next ACC series against . Their only other loss in March was against rivals and tenth ranked South Carolina. They finished March with a 15âÂÂ4 record. April started with a road test at fifteenth ranked . The Tigers took the series two games to one, winning the deciding game 7âÂÂ6. The victory saw them return to the rankings at number twenty-four. A sweep of and a victory over thirteenth-ranked South Carolina saw them rise to nineteenth in the rankings for the final week fo the season. They finished the season with four wins, including a mid-week, extra inning victory over fourth-ranked and a sweep of . The Tigers finished April with a 14âÂÂ2 record and rose to fifteenth in the rankings prior to the postseason.
The Tigers finished the regular season 41âÂÂ12 and 19âÂÂ6 in ACC play to finish in second place, just a half game behind Florida State for first place. As the second seed in the ACC Tournament they earned a bye into the Quarterfinals where they defeated twenty-fifth ranked and seventh seed 7âÂÂ4. In the semifinals they defeated third seed and thirteenth ranked 10âÂÂ9. They met first seed and sixth ranked Florida State in the Final, which Clemson won 2âÂÂ1. This was the first ACC tournament title in Clemson program history. As tournament champions, the Tigers earned an automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I softball tournament. They were the eleventh overall seed and paired with sixth overall seed Texas in the Austin Super Regional. Clemson went 3âÂÂ0 in their regional, defeating by mercy rule, in extra innings, and 5âÂÂ1 in the final game. They advanced to face Texas in Austin. The Tigers won the opening game 7âÂÂ4 but lost the next game 7âÂÂ5 in ten innings to set up a deciding game three. The Tigers lost a close deciding game 6âÂÂ5 to end their season. Texas would go on to win the National Championship. The Tigers finished 48âÂÂ13 overall, which was just one win shy of their program record set in 2023.
The Tigers finished the season 35âÂÂ19 and 15âÂÂ9 in ACC to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the fifth seed in the ACC Tournament they earned a bye into the Quarterfinals where they defeated Virginia, before losing to Duke in the Semifinals. The Tigers received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were placed in the Tuscaloosa regional. They lost to Southeastern Louisiana before defeating . They could not overcome a second elimination game and lost again to Southeastern Louisiana to end their season.
<small>Note: All rankings shown are from the NFCA/USA Today poll.</small>
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Various polls did not release during the NCAA tournament.<br>* indicates that the ranking is from pre-tournament for comparison purposes.