Softball Polls Week of 4/8/24

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Softball America

Rank School Record Last Week's Record Last Week's Ranking
1 Duke 33-3 4-0 2
2 Oklahoma 35-3 1-2 1
3 Oklahoma State 33-6 4-0 4
4 Texas 31-6 2-1 6
5 Tennessee 30-6 2-1 5
6 Stanford 31-6 4-0 7
7 LSU 31-5 2-1 8
8 Florida 33-6 2-1 10
9 Georgia 31-8 2-3 3
10 Texas A&M 31-8 3-1 14
11 Mississippi State 28-10 3-1 15
12 Washington 26-7 1-2 9
13 Arkansas 28-10 3-1 17
14 UCLA 22-9 2-1 12
15 Alabama 29-8 3-0 16
16 Virginia Tech 28-9-1 3-1 13
17 Louisiana 27-13 3-0 19
18 Missouri 30-10 1-3 11
19 Texas State 32-9 3-1 18
20 Florida State 28-10 4-1 21
21 Northwestern 22-8 3-0 24
22 Penn State 28-8 2-1 22
23 Kansas 25-12-1 3-1 NR
24 Virginia 26-11 2-1 NR
25 Clemson 27-11 3-1 20
Dropped out of Rankings: Cal, South Carolina

Received Votes: Cal, Arizona, Oregon, FAU

[SlickRick]

We're getting some recognition, passing TX State!

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D1 Softball

Rank Team Overall Record Record Last Week Previous Rank
1 Texas 31-6 2-1 4
2 Oklahoma 35-3 1-2 1
3 Stanford 31-6 4-0 2
4 Oklahoma State 33-6 4-0 3
5 Duke 33-3 4-0 5
6 Tennessee 30-6 2-1 7
7 Florida 34-6 2-1 10
8 LSU 31-6 2-1 6
9 Georgia 31-8 2-3 9
10 Washington 27-7 1-2 8
11 Arkansas 28-10 3-1 14
12 UCLA 22-9 2-1 12
13 Texas A&M 31-8 3-1 17
14 Virginia Tech 28-9-1 3-1 13
15 Mississippi State 28-10 3-1 16
16 Missouri 30-10 1-3 11
17 Alabama 29-8 3-0 18
18 Florida State 28-10 4-1 19
19 Clemson 27-11 3-1 15
20 Texas State 31-9 3-1 20
21 Boston University 30-4 2-1 21
22 Northwestern 22-8 3-0 24
23 Arizona 24-12-1 2-1 22
24 Louisiana 27-13 3-0 NR
25 Oregon 22-13 2-1 NR
Dropped Out
California 29-11 3-1 23
Charlotte 22-16 2-3 25

[BBcajun]

It will become much clearer after this weekend

[VObserver]

It will become much clearer after this weekend

Not on a "National News Story" scale, but on a "Louisiana NCAA Tournament" scale the time period from this Friday to next Wednesday is the most important 6 days in our regular season. 4 games against beatable top 25 teams, all on the road, then Nicholls at home [I include them because of possible post big game letdown]

I should add that after those 6 days, we have only a home game against LSU and a road game at McNeese against top 50 teams, but we have no "bad" teams left on our schedule except USM, and they have climbed over 50 spots in RPI since the start of conference play.

[Turbine]

A lot to pay attention to, but worth every minute.

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ESPN.COM/USA SOFTBALL

RANK COLLEGE RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS RANK
1 Texas (12) 31-6 605 5
2 Oklahoma (5) 35-3 590 1
3 Duke (6) 33-3 589 2
4 Tennessee (1) 30-6 547 4
5 Oklahoma State (1) 33-6 537 6
6 LSU 31-5 469 7
7 Stanford 31-6 466 8
8 Georgia 31-8 454 3
9 Florida 33-6 439 10
10 Washington 26-7 366 9
11 UCLA 22-9 364 12
12 Texas A&M 31-8 302 14
13 Alabama 29-8 299 15
14 Arkansas 28-10 289 19
15 Missouri 30-10 282 11
16 Virginia Tech 28-9-1 277 13
17 Mississippi State 28-10 261 16
18 Florida State 18-10 194 18
19 Clemson 27-11 182 17
20 Oregon 22-13 148 22
21 Louisiana 27-13 93 24
22 Texas State 32-9 87 23
23 California 19-11 60 20
24 Baylor 21-14 51 21
T25 Arizona 24-12-1 33 RV
T25 South Carolina 28-12 33 25

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NFCA/COACHES through games of 4/8/24

Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Oklahoma (12) 35-3 770 1
2 Texas (9) 31-6 766 4
3 Duke (10) 33-3 760 2
4 Tennessee 30-6 666 6
5 Oklahoma State (1) 33-6 647 7
6 LSU 31-5 643 5
7 Georgia 31-8 620 3
8 Stanford 31-6 604 8
9 Florida 33-6 550 10
10 Washington 26-7 486 9
11 Texas A&M 31-8 443 13
12 Alabama 29-8 409 14
UCLA 22-9 409 12
14 Missouri 30-10 373 11
15 Virginia Tech 28-9-1 358 15
16 Mississippi State 28-10 337 16
17 Arkansas 28-10 316 19
18 Florida State 28-10 250 18
19 Clemson 27-11 238 17
20 California 29-11 156 20
21 Arizona 24-12-1 128 21
22 Oregon 22-13 113 24
23 South Carolina 28-12 105 22
24 Boston University 29-4 82 23
25 Texas State 32-9 68
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES:
Louisiana (25), Baylor (19), Kentucky (17), Miami (17), Kansas (8), FAU (5), Virginia (5), Nevada (3), Northwestern (2), Auburn (1), Grand Canyon (1)

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Softball America

Rank School Record Last Week's Record Last Week's Ranking
1 Duke 33-3 4-0 2
2 Oklahoma 35-3 1-2 1
3 Oklahoma State 33-6 4-0 4
4 Texas 31-6 2-1 6
5 Tennessee 30-6 2-1 5
6 Stanford 31-6 4-0 7
7 LSU 31-5 2-1 8
8 Florida 33-6 2-1 10
9 Georgia 31-8 2-3 3
10 Texas A&M 31-8 3-1 14
11 Mississippi State 28-10 3-1 15
12 Washington 26-7 1-2 9
13 Arkansas 28-10 3-1 17
14 UCLA 22-9 2-1 12
15 Alabama 29-8 3-0 16
16 Virginia Tech 28-9-1 3-1 13
17 Louisiana 27-13 3-0 19
18 Missouri 30-10 1-3 11
19 Texas State 32-9 3-1 18
20 Florida State 28-10 4-1 21
21 Northwestern 22-8 3-0 24
22 Penn State 28-8 2-1 22
23 Kansas 25-12-1 3-1 NR
24 Virginia 26-11 2-1 NR
25 Clemson 27-11 3-1 20
Dropped out of Rankings: Cal, South Carolina