Louisiana Ranked in Preseason National Softball Polls

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2018 USA TODAY / NFCA DI TOP 25 COACHES POLL (WEEK 2)
The 2018 USA Today / NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches with one representing each of the NCAA's Division I Conferences. Records reflect play through Feb. 18, 2018

RANKINGS
Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Washington (15) 10-0 750 4
2 Florida (9) 8-1 743 2
3 UCLA (2) 9-0 714 5
4 Oklahoma (5) 6-1 701 1
5 Oregon 9-1 696 3
6 Texas A&M (1) 9-0 649 6
7 LSU 10-0 615 7
8 Baylor 7-0 565 11
9 Florida State 8-1 550 8
10 Alabama 6-1 496 9
11 Tennessee 10-1 475 10
12 Auburn 13-0 462 13
13 Arizona 8-1 433 12
14 Georgia 9-1 328 17
15 Louisiana 7-2 322 16
16 Ole Miss 6-2 313 15
17 Arizona State 9-1 282 18
18 Oklahoma State 8-2 257 19
19 California 9-0 208 23
20 Michigan 5-4 95 20
21 Ohio State 8-1 128 22
22 Minnesota 5-4 95 14
23 Kentucky 5-2 86 25
24 South Carolina 9-1 62
Utah 5-4 62 21
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES:
Notre Dame (50), Long Beach State (47), Mississippi State (39), Arkansas (29), USC Upstate (20), Nebraska (16), Colorado State (14), Texas State (14), Oregon State (11), Louisville (4), McNeese State (4).

DROPPED OUT:
No. 24 McNeese State

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

ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25

2018 Season – Week 2 – February 20, 2018

Click here to download the Week 2 Top 25 Poll



1.


Florida (10)
SEC
Record: 8-1

Previous Rank: 2
Points: 465
2.


Oregon (4)
Pac-12
Record: 9-1

Previous Rank: 3
Points: 464
3.


Washington (3)
Pac-12
Record: 10-0

Previous Rank: 5
Points: 448
4.


UCLA
Pac-12
Record: 9-0

Previous Rank: 4
Points: 440
5.


Oklahoma
Big 12
Record: 6-1

Previous Rank: 1
Points: 427
6.


Auburn
SEC
Record: 13-0

Previous Rank: 13
Points: 388
7.


Florida State
ACC
Record: 8-1

Previous Rank: 6
Points: 385
8.


LSU
SEC
Record: 10-0

Previous Rank: 7
Points: 381
9.


Texas A&M
SEC
Record: 9-0

Previous Rank: 8
Points: 375
10.


Baylor
Big 12
Record: 7-0

Previous Rank: 12
Points: 332
11.


Tennessee
SEC
Record: 10-1

Previous Rank: 10
Points: 305
12.


Arizona
Pac-12
Record: 8-1

Previous Rank: 11
Points: 299
13.


Alabama
SEC
Record: 6-1

Previous Rank: 9
Points: 287
14.


Georgia
SEC
Record: 9-1

Previous Rank: 17
Points: 210
15.


Arizona State
Pac-12
Record: 9-1

Previous Rank: 16
Points: 201
16.


Oklahoma State
Big 12
Record: 8-2

Previous Rank: 15
Points: 199
17.


Louisiana
Sun Belt
Record: 7-2

Previous Rank: T19
Points: 182
18.


Ole Miss
SEC
Record: 6-2

Previous Rank: 18
Points: 160
19.


California
Pac-12
Record: 9-0

Previous Rank: T22
Points: 133
20.
Michigan
Big Ten
Record: 5-4

Previous Rank: T19
Points: 112
21.


Ohio State
Big Ten
Record: 8-1

Previous Rank: 21
Points: 109
22.


Minnesota
Big Ten
Record: 5-4

Previous Rank: 14
Points: 76
23.


Nebraska
Big Ten
Record: 8-2

Previous Rank: T22
Points: 58
24.


Kentucky
SEC
Record: 5-2

Previous Rank: 25
Points: 48
25.


Notre Dame
ACC
Record:6-3

Previous Rank: Did not receive votes
Points: 29
*Records reflect play through February 18

Parenthesis denotes first place votes.

Others receiving votes: Oregon State (12), South Carolina (11), Missouri (10), Utah (10), Colorado State (8), Mississippi State (6), Louisville (4), USC Upstate (4), Long Beach State (3), Arkansas (2), Houston (2), New Mexico State (2), Virginia Tech (2), James Madison (1), Lipscomb (1)

[CajunAmos]

Heard him say in the interview this morning that we had big time recruits in this weekend and three committed saying this is the type of environment they wanted to play.

[CajunVic]

Respect. While early polls are early polls, it is interesting the respect that the Cajuns are getting generally in the polls. As nice as it is that the Cajuns lost 2 and maintained or moved up in the polls is to see what happened to other teams at the top of the pole.

Florida was 2 and is still 2 (after 1 loss to the Cajuns)
Oklahoma was 1 and is now 4 (after 1 loss)
Oregon was 3 and is now 5 (after 1 loss)

It is obvious that the voters gave great respect to the Cajuns in their victory over Florida. Florida was not bumped for their loss but Oklahoma and Oregon were bumped for 1 loss. Go Cajuns!!!!!

[NewsCopy]

As the season moves into the month of April, Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Softball has returned to the Top 20 in both national polls.

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