This week's softball polls

[lcitsh]

http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/article/8437

Mon, 02/17/2014

Rank Team Comments Prior
1 #1 Florida Softball 2014 Preview Florida The Gators are impressive in week two, scoring more than 10 runs three times while allowing no more than two. 1
2 #2 Tennessee Softball 2014 Preview Tennessee Three shutout outs during a 5-0 weekend. Wins included USF, Pittsburgh and Illinois. Solid weekend for the Vols. 2
3 #7 Arizona State Softball 2014 Preview Arizona State Arizona State goes 5-0 during week two, which includes an impressive 7-0 win over Oklahoma. 5
4 #4 Michigan Softball 2014 Preview Michigan The Wolverines earn split with Louisiana, including a 15-1 win, while picking up three additional victories. 3
5 #5 Oregon Softball 2014 Preview Oregon A good weekend for the Ducks in Las Vegas. Three of the five wins come via the mercy rule include a 9-0 win over Ohio State. 6
6 #10 Kentucky Softball 2014 Preview Kentucky The Wildcats put up another nice weekend with a 5-0 record. Included are two wins over Texas on the Longhorn's home field. 8
7 #9 Florida State Softball 2014 Preview Florida State Six games with three each against Southern Miss and North Dakota State equals six wins. FSU allow only two runs. 10
8 #18 Washington Softball 2014 Preview Washington The Huskies are 10-0 on the season now after five more victories. UW closed out the weekend winning against Oklahoma. 15
9 #8 Nebraska Softball 2014 Preview Nebraska It looked like Nebraska would be able to go 5-0 this weekend but they fall to Stephen F. Austin 1-0. 9
10 #21 Arizona Softball 2014 Preview Arizona Wildcats have a good second weekend, going 5-0 with two shutout wins over Alabama. UA allowed one run all weekend. 21
11 #6 Alabama Softball 2014 Preview Alabama The Tide fall twice to Arizona to conclude the weekend in the Wildcats' tournament. Alabama has home opener on Friday. 4
12 #17 UCLA Softball 2014 Preview UCLA A pefect 6-0 home weekend for the Bruins. Four of the wins come via the shutout. 13
13 #3 Oklahoma Softball 2014 Preview Oklahoma The Sooners go 3-2 in Tempe and drop both games against ranked teams (Arizona State and Washington). 7
14 #19 Georgia Softball Top 25 Rankings Georgia Winter weather alters the Bulldogs' weekend home event, so UGA battles Furman and shuts them out twice. 18
15 #15 Baylor Softball 2014 Preview Baylor Wins over UAB, Iowa and Missouri are good for Baylor at home but a 1-0 loss to Lipscomb is surprising. 14
16 #14 California Softball 2014 Preview California Three losses to San Diego St., Texas State and St. Mary's are not what the Bears were expecting. Cal now faces a tough field. 11
17 #16 South Alabama Softball 2014 Preview South Alabama Interesting weekend for USA with a loss to Northwestern, but a win over LSU in Baton Rouge after event at Georgia is cancelled. 12
18 #11 LSU Softball 2014 Preview LSU Tigers have their Invitational schedule altered by weather, but they pick up three wins while falling to South Alabama. 16
19 #23 Stanford Softball 2014 Preview Stanford Stanford improves to 11-0 after a perfect record in its home opening tournament. 23
20 #20 Missouri Softball 2014 Preview Missouri Missouri redirects to Waco as weather changes travel. Tigers go 4-1 with a loss to Baylor but beat UAB in opener. 20
21 #12 Louisiana Softball 2014 Preview
Louisiana The Ragin' Cajuns pick up a win over Michigan while dropping the rematch. 19
22 #25 Minnesota Softball 2014 Preview Minnesota The Gophers go to Vegas and defeat three west coast teams but fall to Florida to end the weekend. 24
23 #22 Texas A&M Softball 2014 Preview Texas A&M Although winning twice against Oregon State, the Aggies are upset by McNeese State and Tulsa in their home tournament. 22
24 Tulsa Softball Top 25 Rankings Tulsa Tulsa puts up a nice 5-0 weekend in College Station. Two wins over Oregon State plus a win over the host is a nice weekend. NR
25 Lipscomb Softball Top 25 Rankings Lipscomb Lipscomb enters the top 25 after a 4-1 weekend in which it feel to Missouri but defeated Baylor (in Waco), Iowa and UAB. NR

https://nfca.org/index.php/component.2014&pdiv=div1

USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll - February 18, 2014

The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. Current 2014 records are shown, first-place votes are in parentheses.
Rankings
Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Florida (15) 11-0 782 2
2 Tennessee (15) 9-0 776 1
3 Washington (2) 10-0 742 3
4 Arizona State 11-0 705 5
5 Kentucky 10-0 663 7
6 Oregon 9-1 594 10
7 Michigan 7-2 576 6
8 UCLA 11-0 539 12
9 Alabama 8-2 520 4
10 Florida State 10-1 462 13
11 Nebraska 7-2 429 9
12 Texas A&M 9-2 426 8
13 Stanford 11-0 407 17
14 Arizona 9-0 381 24
15 Baylor 8-2 351 16
16 Missouri 4-1 345 14
17 Georgia 7-0 287 19
18 Oklahoma 6-4 283 11
19 South Alabama 6-1 231 18
20 Louisiana 6-3-1 178 20
21 Minnesota 8-1 160 22
22 Tulsa 9-1 154
23 LSU 7-3 118 21
24 Notre Dame 6-1 94
25 Texas 6-6 63 15
Others receiving votes:

Auburn (42), Lipscomb (26), USC Upstate (18), California (9), Hawai’i (8), UAB (7), San Diego State (6), USF (6), Houston (5), Northwestern (3), DePaul (2), IPFW (2). Louisville (1).
Dropped out:

No. 23 California (5-4), No. 25 Louisville (4-5)

http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Softball/.r/Top-25-Polls

ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25
2014 Season – Week 2 – February 18, 2014

Click here to download the poll in word format
Rank
Team Record Points Previous Ranking
1. Florida (12) 11-0 489 1
2. Washington (6) 10-0 470 3
3. Tennessee (1) 9-0 469 2
4. Arizona State (1) 11-0 425 5
5. Michigan 7-2 403 4
6. Kentucky 10-0 399 9
7. Alabama 8-2 338 6
8. Oregon 9-1 333 10
9. UCLA 11-0 314 13
10. Florida State 10-1 305 12
11. Stanford 11-0 293 T14
12. Nebraska 7-2 282 8
13. Oklahoma 6-4 276 7
14. Arizona 9-0 262 22
15. Baylor 8-2 233 T14
16. Texas A&M 9-2 218 11
17. Georgia 7-0 185 17
18. Missouri 4-1 154 18
19. South Alabama 6-1 139 19
20. Minnesota 8-1 95 24
21. Tulsa 9-1 76 RV
22. Louisiana 6-3-1 75 20
23. LSU 7-3 69 21
24. Notre Dame 6-1 47 RV
25. Texas 6-6 41 16

Parenthesis denotes first place votes.

Dropped Out: Louisville (23), California (25)

New to Poll: Tulsa (RV), Notre Dame (RV)
Others receiving votes: Auburn (30), Arkansas (27), Lipscomb (12), San Diego State (11), SC Upstate (10), South Florida (8), California (6), Mississippi State (3), Louisville (2), Hawaii (1)

Yeah, I know, it's messy, but that's why I provided the links so you can look at a much cleaner presentation.

[axg8750]

Not showing the Lady Cajuns much love after splitting with Michigan.

[DieHard1280]

Not showing the Lady Cajuns much love after splitting with Michigan.

15-1 probably didn't help. Michigan also dropped but only slightly. My uneducated opinion is maybe they think our pitching after Jordan is suspect.

[HoustonCajun]

15-1 probably didn't help. Michigan also dropped but only slightly. My uneducated opinion is maybe they think our pitching after Jordan is suspect.

We also lost 2 games to Texas who has since lost 4 or 5 Games. Also, tying Purdue didn't help.

[DaddyCajun]

We are extremely young, and will be most of the season. Hopefully we learn, grow, and get players in the best position for them and the team to be successful this season. The second game against Michigan and Texas true freshmen pitched for Louisiana. The first Texas game we were up and on our way to a W when the cold weather took Jordan Wallace out with back problems. Coach Mike is moving ladies around and will continue until he finds that right spot. He will hopefully have them set and making fewer errors prior to the Conference race starting. I like some of the defensive moves he made Sunday, and the Hitting is already coming around.

Example of a great hitting "coach", taking a 5'4" TCH grad who always hit as a righty, then within two weeks of hitting as a lefty, jacks two home runs, one was against Michigan!

We will be ok, these girls have NO QUIT in them!

[cajunfan337]

I feel like one HUGE thing that will help us out down the road, RPI wise, is our conference ranking. WKU and USA will definitely help bolster us up being within the top 50. I gotta assume that maybe on or two others will break the 75's too.

[Boomer]

I feel like one HUGE thing that will help us out down the road, RPI wise, is our conference ranking. WKU and USA will definitely help bolster us up being within the top 50. I gotta assume that maybe on or two others will break the 75's too.

--------I use to always tell the lady basketball players that there were no more Freshmen after New Years---I guess no more Freshmen in softball after Easter!!!

[DaddyCajun]

Easter it is, Mardi Gras is too close, sha!