Softball Polls of Games of 5/5/2024

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Softball America

Rank School Record Last Week's Record Last Week's Ranking
1 Texas 45-6 3-0 1
2 Tennessee 40-9 3-0 3
3 Oklahoma State 44-9 2-1 5
4 Oklahoma 46-6 1-2 2
5 Duke 44-6 0-0 6
6 UCLA 34-10 4-0 7
7 Stanford 42-12 3-1 9
8 Missouri 40-14 3-1 10
9 Florida 43-12 4-0 12
10 Texas A&M 39-12 0-3 4
11 Arkansas 36-15 2-2 8
12 Louisiana 40-16 2-1 15
13 LSU 38-14 2-1 16
14 Georgia 38-15 1-2 13
15 Washington 31-12 0-2 14
16 Florida State 41-13 1-3 11
17 Texas State 42-13 3-0 17
18 Virginia Tech 39-11-1 1-0 18
19 Mississippi State 33-17 3-1 23
20 Northwestern 33-10 2-1 20
21 Miami (OH) 45-7 3-0 21
22 Arizona 33-15-1 1-0 22
23 Boston U. 49-4-1 4-0 24
24 Alabama 33-16 1-2 19
25 Charlotte 36-16 4-0 NR
Dropped out of Rankings: Michigan

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Does Boston U have an easy schedule?

Is that why they aren't ranked higher with 49 wins?

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Does Boston U have an easy schedule?

Is that why they aren't ranked higher with 49 wins?

Yes and yes.

They played only 12 games against the Top 100. Louisiana played 18 Top 100 games in SBC play alone, 45 over all.

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NFCA Coaches Poll

Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Texas (32) 45-6 800 1
2 Tennessee 40-9 747 3
3 Oklahoma State 44-9 736 4
4 Oklahoma 46-6 717 2
5 Duke 43-6 664 5
6 UCLA 34-10 636 7
7 Stanford 42-12 622 6
8 Florida 43-12 564 11
9 Texas A&M 39-12 502 8
10 LSU 38-14 483 10
11 Missouri 40-14 480 13
12 Washington 31-12 435 9
13 Florida State 41-13 370 12
14 Georgia 38-15 368 14
15 Virginia Tech 38-11-1 349 16
16 Arkansas 36-15 335 15
17 Mississippi State 33-17 271 20
18 Arizona 33-15-1 268 18
19 California 36-16 232 19
20 Alabama 33-16 203 17
21 Louisiana 40-16 161 21
22 Boston University 49-4-1 156 22
23 Clemson 33-16 81 23
24 Oregon 28-18 57 25
25 Northwestern 33-10 46
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES:
Kentucky (36), Miami (32), Texas State (18), Baylor (9), Grand Canyon (9), South Carolina (9), Virginia (9), Auburn (1).

DROPPED OUT:
No. 24 Kentucky

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ESPN.COM/USA Softball

RANK COLLEGE RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS RANK
1 Texas (24) 45-6 624 1
2 Oklahoma State (1) 44-9 586 4
3 Tennessee 40-9 584 3
4 Oklahoma 46-6 542 2
5 Duke 44-6 528 5
6 UCLA 34-10 500 6
7 Florida 43-12 472 9
8 Stanford 42-12 464 7
9 LSU 38-14 396 13
10 Texas A&M 39-12 374 8
11 Washington 31-12 350 10
12 Missouri 40-14 344 15
13 Arkansas 36-15 317 11
14 Georgia 38-15 308 12
15 Virginia Tech 39-11-1 263 18
16 Florida State 41-13 246 14
17 Mississippi State 33-17 220 19
18 Louisiana 40-16 208 17
19 Arizona 33-15-1 186 20
20 Alabama 33-16 167 16
21 Clemson 33-16 98 22
22 Oregon 28-18 97 21
23 Northwestern 33-10 81 23
24 Miami (Ohio) 45-7 53 25
25 Kentucky 30-21 30 24
Others receiving votes: California (27), Texas State (22), Boston U (19), Auburn (12), South Carolina (9), Baylor (5), Virginia (1), South Alabama (1)

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D1 Softball

1 Texas
2 Tennessee
3 Oklahoma State
4 Oklahoma
5 UCLA
6 Stanford
7 Duke
8 Florida
9 Arkansas
10 Missouri
11 Texas A&M
12 LSU
13 Georgia
14 Washington
15 Mississippi State
16 Arizona
17 Louisiana
18 Florida State
19 Virginia Tech
20 Alabama
21 Boston University
22 Oregon
23 Northwestern
24 California
25 Texas State