D1Softball Top 25: Baylor Climbs, Louisiana and Florida Re-Enter
Top StoriesSix of the top 10 teams suffered a loss last week, inducing a big shuffle in the rankings. No. 2 UCLA moves up a spot after another series sweep in the Pac-12. No. 3 Oklahoma State drops a spot after a midweek loss to No. 21 Wichita State. The Seminoles move up two spots to No. 4 just ahead of No. 5 Stanford, which swept Arizona for the first time since 2009.
No. 7 Tennessee and No. 8 Clemson both drop three spots after suffering multiple losses to Baylor and Florida State, respectively.
Washington rounds out the top 10 after a series sweep of California at home in Seattle. No. 16 Baylor climbs eight spots after taking two games from Tennessee on the road.
Florida and Louisiana re-entered the poll while Arizona and Cal dropped out.
The SEC leads all conferences with eight teams in the rankings followed by the Pac-12 with five. The Big 12 and ACC have four each, the Big Ten has two and the AAC and Sun Belt each have one.
Rank | Team | Overall Record | Record Last Week | Previous Rank |
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1 | Oklahoma | 36-1 | 3-0 | 1 |
2 | UCLA | 36-4 | 4-0 | 3 |
3 | Oklahoma State | 35-3 | 3-1 | 2 |
4 | Florida State | 32-7 | 3-0 | 6 |
5 | Stanford | 31-6 | 3-0 | 7 |
6 | Georgia | 31-8 | 2-2 | 8 |
7 | Tennessee | 30-5 | 1-2 | 4 |
8 | Clemson | 37-4 | 1-3 | 5 |
9 | Texas | 33-8-1 | 3-0 | 12 |
10 | Washington | 29-8 | 3-0 | 13 |
11 | LSU | 33-7 | 2-1 | 10 |
12 | Arkansas | 28-11 | 1-2 | 9 |
13 | Duke | 30-8 | 2-0 | 11 |
14 | Texas A&M | 24-13 | 2-0 | 14 |
15 | Alabama | 28-12 | 2-1 | 15 |
16 | Baylor | 30-9 | 3-0 | 24 |
17 | Oregon | 25-11 | 3-0 | 16 |
18 | Northwestern | 24-9 | 4-0 | 20 |
19 | Kentucky | 24-10-1 | 3-1 | 17 |
20 | Virginia Tech | 31-9 | 4-1 | 18 |
21 | Wichita State | 34-7 | 4-0 | 23 |
22 | Utah | 24-8 | 2-1 | 22 |
23 | Florida | 28-10 | 2-1 | NR |
24 | Indiana | 30-11 | 2-2 | 19 |
25 | Louisiana | 30-10 | 4-0 | NR |
Dropped Out | ||||
Arizona | 24-15 | 0-3 | 21 | |
California | 24-12-1 | 0-3 | 25 |