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1997 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Bob Pearl Softball Field; Iowa City, Iowa;
Champions	Michigan (3rd title)
Runner-up	Iowa (2nd title game)
Winning coach	Carol Hutchins (3rd title)
	← 1996; Softball Tournament; 1998 →;

1997 Big Ten Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 5 Iowa ‍†‍‍^y	22	–	0	–	0	1.000	52	–	9	–	0	.852
No. 6 Michigan ‍‍‡‍^y	18	–	4	–	0	.818	51	–	14	–	0	.785
No. 24 Michigan State ‍‍‍^y	14	–	9	–	0	.609	47	–	22	–	0	.681
Purdue ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0	.583	41	–	25	–	0	.621
Indiana ‍‍‍	11	–	11	–	0	.500	27	–	21	–	0	.563
Minnesota ‍‍‍	10	–	13	–	0	.435	37	–	19	–	0	.661
Wisconsin ‍‍‍	10	–	13	–	0	.435	32	–	25	–	0	.561
Northwestern ‍‍‍	9	–	14	–	0	.391	19	–	31	–	0	.380
Ohio State ‍‍‍	4	–	18	–	0	.182	20	–	31	–	0	.392
Penn State ‍‍‍	2	–	22	–	0	.083	23	–	32	–	0	.418

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9] ^[10] As of June 1997^[11] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 1997 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Bob Pearl Softball Field on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa.^[12] As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I softball tournament. This was the third of four consecutive Big Ten softball tournaments that Michigan won from 1995 to 1998.

Format and seeding

The 1997 tournament was a four team double-elimination tournament. The top four teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament.

Tournament

First round			Semi-finals			Finals

1	Iowa	2

4	Purdue	0
			1	Iowa	2

			2	Michigan	3
3	Michigan State	0

2	Michigan	4
						2	Michigan	4	—

						1	Iowa	2	—
3	Michigan State	4

4	Purdue	2
			3	Michigan State	3

			1	Iowa	4