D1Softball Top 25: Virginia Tech Moves to No. 2, Stanford and LSU Enter

The top of the heap remains nearly the same in the latest D1Softball Top 25. After that? Not so much.

The upheaval begins with No. 7 Alabama dropping five spots after a series loss to Texas A&M on the road. The rest of the rankings resemble the Wild West.

Other than No. 9 Washington, which climbs into the top 10 this week, every team ranked between ninth and 15th a week ago dropped at least two games. That opens room for Tennessee, which climbs three spots this week to No. 13. Notre Dame is also on the move, climbing to No. 20 on the strength of a midweek win over Indiana and sweep of North Carolina.

No. 23 Stanford and No. 25 LSU re-enter the rankings. The Cardinal snapped another winning streak, taking a series from Arizona State, while the Tigers won yet another SEC series.

The SEC leads the way with eight teams in the rankings. The Pac-12 and ACC each has five, followed by the Big 12 with three. The Big Ten slips to two ranked teams, with Nebraska and Illinois departing as quickly as they arrived. UCF and San Diego State give the American Athletic and Mountain West, respectively, one representative each. 

Rank	Team	Overall Record	Record Last Week	Previous Rank
1	Oklahoma	42-1	4-0	1
2	Virginia Tech	36-6	4-0	3
3	Florida State	43-5	4-0	4
4	UCLA	36-5	4-0	5
5	Arkansas	35-8	3-0	6
6	Oklahoma State	38-7	4-0	8
7	Alabama	39-8	3-2	2
8	Northwestern	34-7	4-1	7
9	Washington	28-11	3-0	12
10	Duke	36-7	2-2	9
11	Florida	35-12	1-3	10
12	Arizona State	32-7	1-2	11
13	Tennessee	33-13	4-1	16
14	Kentucky	30-13	1-2	13
15	Texas	32-15-1	1-3	14
16	Georgia	37-11	2-2	15
17	UCF	39-11	2-1	18
18	Clemson	33-14	0-3	17
19	Auburn	36-10	4-1	19
20	Notre Dame	35-9	4-0	24
21	Oregon State	31-15	0-3	20
22	Michigan	29-14	3-1	22
23	Stanford	31-13	4-1	NR
24	San Diego State	30-12	1-0	23
25	LSU	30-17	3-1	NR
Dropped Out
	Nebraska	34-11	1-2	21
	Illinois	29-18	3-4	25