For the first time since 2019, the NCAA softball champion will be a team not named the Oklahoma Sooners .

Instead, it'll be NiJaree Canady and the Texas Tech Red Raiders against Teagan Kavan and the Texas Longhorns in the best-of-three Women's College World Series finals .

The Red Raiders eliminated the four-time reigning champion Sooners with a 3-2 walk-off win Monday night in the WCWS semifinals.

The Longhorns ousted Tennessee earlier Monday with a 2-0 win .

The WCWS finals get underway at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Devon Park.

Experts from the USA TODAY Sports Network have predicted how the WCWS bracket will play out and who will win it all. Here are their picks.

WCWS championship series predictions: Texas vs. Texas Tech

Ryan Aber, The Oklahoman: Teagan Kavan is good.

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