Women’s college soccer conference tournaments underway with automatic bids for the playoffs on the line.

The GIST: The Big 12 and Big Ten women’s soccer conference tournaments are in full swing, while the ACC and the SEC begin action this weekend. As a reminder, these tourneys are a BFD — each winner earns an automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA Tournament, and these four conferences are the most competitive in the country. Let’s kick it.

Big 12: Two top-25 teams, No. 7 TCU and No. 17 Texas Tech, earned byes to the second round after finishing first and second, respectively, in regular-season conference play. The TCU Horned Frogs are the clear conference favorite after winning the regular season for the third time in five years and not losing a single Big 12 game all season. Hop to it.

Big Ten: Conference newbies No. 4 USC and No. 9 UCLA have dominated the Big Ten this season, and one of them will likely earn the conference’s automatic bid. The California rivals met once already on October 27th, with USC edging out a narrow 1–0 victory. Anything could happen.

ACC: This is the conference to watch, with seven teams ranked in the top 15. Duke’s No. 1 in the country and hasn’t lost a game since August 15th, but both No. 3 Wake Forest and No. 8 UNC also have a shot at the trophy.

SEC: No. 2 Mississippi State is on a 13-game win streak and sits atop the conference standings. A potential rematch to watch? The Bulldogs and No. 5 Arkansas: Mississippi State’s 1–0 victory on October 4th knocked Arkansas out of the top spot in the coaches’ poll.