Softball Polls, Games through 3/31/24

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Softball America

1 Oklahoma 34-1 3-0 1
2 Duke 29-3 3-0 4
3 Georgia 29-5 2-1 3
4 Oklahoma State 29-6 3-1 7
5 Tennessee 28-5 3-1 6
6 Texas 29-5 1-2 2
7 Stanford 27-6 2-1 5
8 LSU 29-4 4-0 13
9 Washington 25-5 3-0 8
10 Florida 31-5 2-1 9
11 Missouri 29-7 4-0 12
12 UCLA 20-8 2-0 16
13 Virginia Tech 25-8-1 0-3 10
14 Texas A&M 28-7 0-3 11
15 Mississippi State 25-9 1-2 15
16 Alabama 26-8 1-2 14
17 Arkansas 25-9 1-1 19
18 Texas State 29-8 3-1 17
19 Louisiana 24-13 3-0 23
20 Clemson 24-10 2-1 21
21 Florida State 24-9 3-0 NR
22 Penn State 26-7 3-1 22
23 California 26-10 2-2 19
24 Northwestern 19-8 3-1 24
25 South Carolina 26-10 4-1 NR

[VObserver]

Note that there are only 2 teams ranked by Softball America that are not in the Power 5: Tx St and UL

Also note that 7 of the Top 25 are on our schedule for a total of 15 games.

[VObserver]

RPI through games of 3/31/24

15 Texas St. Sun Belt 29-8 7-2 7-1 15-5 0-0
17 Louisiana Sun Belt 24-13 10-6 4-4 10-3 0-0
36 South Alabama Sun Belt 18-14 7-1 7-6 4-7 0-0
55 James Madison Sun Belt 21-13 3-5 5-4 13-4 0-0
72 Troy Sun Belt 26-12 3-3 9-2 14-7 0-0
84 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 20-15 4-4 0-4 16-7 0-0
97 ULM Sun Belt 22-14 6-4 3-2 13-8 0-0
120 Marshall Sun Belt 17-18 2-7 9-3 6-8 0-0
145 App State Sun Belt 15-16 5-8 7-5 3-3 0-0
147 Ga. Southern Sun Belt 20-13 2-4 1-5 17-4 0-0
175 Southern Miss. Sun Belt 15-18 3-7 7-7 5-4 0-0
238 Georgia St. Sun Belt 9-24 1-11 2-2 6-11 0-0

[SlickRick]

That's a nice move up!

[VObserver]

That's a nice move up!

Sure is.

Apparently some folks concerns about playing App hurting our RPI were unfounded. Also, note that USM is now up to 175, from 199 last week and over 200 the week prior. If they can get to 153, 11 of 12 SBC schools will be in the Top 1/2 of the RPI. This conference is getting better every year.

Particular props to ULM. Since their new coach arrived 6 years ago, they have vastly improved. I never thought I would see the day when the Warhawks joined UL, LSU, McNeese, SLU and La Tech in the Top 100 RPI. They still have a ways to go, but as long as they can hold on to that coach, they will continue to improve.