D1Softball’s Top 25: Texas Makes Moves, Ohio State Enters

It was a week to remember in Division I softball as the Pac-12 began conference play and the SEC continues to resemble The Hunger Games.

Oklahoma remains in the top spot with a 25-0 record, 21 wins by way of the run-rule. No. 2 UCLA jumps ahead of No. 3 Florida State after the Seminoles dropped a game to an unranked Boston College. Alabama remains No. 4, just ahead of No. 5 Virginia Tech, which swept UNC at home in its second ACC series. Florida falls one spot to fifth after a tough weekend in College Station, Texas. Duke remains at No. 7, just in front of gritty No. 8 Northwestern.

No. 9 Arkansas and No. 10 Oklahoma State round out the top 10 after the Razorbacks picked up a series win over No. 14 Tennessee and the Cowgirls picked up five wins at the OSU Mizuno Classic.

No. 16 Texas makes the biggest jump in the poll after a wild 5-0 weekend, featuring a pair of victories over Louisiana and a sweep of No. 25 LSU.

No. 23 UCF re-enters the poll and No. 24 Ohio State is a new entrant.

The SEC leads all conferences with nine teams, followed by the Pac-12 with five teams. The ACC (4), Big 12 (3) and Big Ten (3) also place multiple teams in the rankings, along with one from the AAC.

Rank	Team	Overall Record	Record Last Week	Previous Rank
1	Oklahoma	25-0	5-0	1
2	UCLA	24-3	2-0	3
3	Florida State	27-2	4-1	2
4	Alabama	24-4	3-2	4
5	Virginia Tech	21-3	3-0	6
6	Florida	25-3	3-1	5
7	Duke	23-4	2-1	7
8	Northwestern	19-4	4-0	9
9	Arkansas	19-5	2-1	8
10	Oklahoma State	21-6	5-1	11
11	Oregon	21-4	2-1	12
12	Kentucky	20-5	1-3	13
13	Michigan	17-6	2-0	15
14	Tennessee	20-8	2-2	14
15	Washington	20-7	1-2	10
16	Texas	21-9-1	5-0	25
17	Arizona State	22-5	4-0	24
18	Auburn	25-2	1-1	17
19	Clemson	19-8	3-2	18
20	Missouri	19-9	3-3	16
21	Georgia	26-4	4-1	21
22	Arizona	19-6	0-2	20
23	UCF	26-7	4-0	NR
24	Ohio State	17-5	4-2	NR
25	LSU	20-10	1-3	19
Dropped Out
	South Florida	27-7	5-3	22
	Oregon State	22-7	0-3	23