The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I softball tournament.
[1] All SoCon schools that sponsor softball (as of the upcoming 2024 season, eight of the 10 full members) participate in the double-elimination tournament.
Chattanooga has won 15 championships, the most in the league's history.
Of schools currently sponsoring softball in the conference, Chattanooga, UNC Greensboro, Furman, Samford, and ETSU have won a tournament championship.
Italics indicate school no longer sponsors softball in the Southern Conference.