Oklahoma softball joins elite company with title three-peat - ESPN

Oklahoma Sooners softball made history Thursday night, defeating Florida State 3-1 in the Women's College World Series finale.

The win clinched the Sooners' seventh national title, concluding a dominant 61-1 regular season and extending an NCAA Division I softball-record 53-game winning streak. The triumph also extended a remarkable run of dominance by Oklahoma softball in recent years: The Sooners have now won the past three Division I national titles, part of a larger run of five championships in seven seasons.

In NCAA history, Oklahoma joins elite company. Just 27 Division I teams have gone-back-to-back-to-back in their sport since 2000. Here are some of the other teams that have accomplished the feat.

UConn (2013-16)

Under the leadership of Geno Auriemma, UConn women's basketball ruled much of the 2000s and 2010s, with perhaps the Huskies' most dominant stretch coming in the form of their only four-peat. Playing a central role in the feat was current New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart, who enrolled as a freshman heading into the 2013 season. Stewart would go on to win four consecutive Final Four Most Outstanding Player awards, three Naismith Player of the Year awards and two Wooden awards. Included in UConn's run of four championships were two undefeated campaigns, 2014 and 2016.

Other three-peats: UConn (2002-04)

North Dakota State (2011-15)

A consistent FCS powerhouse, North Dakota State football is one of just two programs (more on the other later) to appear on this list twice. The Bison were perhaps at the peak of their dominance in the early 2010s. Losing just four games in a five-year stretch of championship seasons, North Dakota State's average margin of victory across their five postseason runs was