D1Softball Top 25: Texas Jumps into the Top Five, Louisville Enters

How far did Reese Atwood’s walk-off home run against Oklahoma State carry? Far enough to carry No. 5 Texas into the top five in the D1Softball Top 25. With Atwood’s blast the symbolic exclamation point, Texas’ sweep in the week’s highest-profile series propelled the Longhorns to a season-high ranking. Meanwhile, Tennessee’s epic comeback in Sunday night’s thriller against Florida ensured the top three remain unchanged with just two weeks remaining in the regular season.

Elsewhere, No. 15 Auburn and No. 17 Oregon are on the move after dispatching Alabama and Arizona State, respectively, while hard-charging No. 25 Louisville enters the Top 25 and is just one spot away from displacing No. 24 Kentucky as the best in the Bluegrass State.

No. 20 Wichita State (American) and No. 23 Central Arkansas (Atlantic Sun) continue to carry the flag for conferences beyond the Power 5, matching the Big Ten, which has only No. 19 Northwestern ranked. The SEC leads all conferences with nine ranked teams, followed by the five from the Pac-12 and four each from the ACC and Big 12.

Rank	Team	Overall Record	Record Last Week	Previous Rank
1	Oklahoma	42-1	3-0	1
2	UCLA	43-4	4-0	2
3	Tennessee	37-5	3-0	3
4	Florida State	39-8	4-0	5
5	Texas	39-9-1	3-0	9
6	Clemson	44-5	4-0	6
7	Georgia	37-10	4-0	7
8	Oklahoma State	39-8	0-4	4
9	Duke	40-8	4-0	8
10	Stanford	34-10	3-1	10
11	Washington	33-10	2-1	12
12	LSU	37-11	3-1	14
13	Arkansas	34-13	3-1	11
14	Baylor	34-13	0-3	15
15	Auburn	35-14	3-1	20
16	Alabama	34-15	2-3	13
17	Oregon	31-11	3-0	19
18	Utah	29-10	1-2	17
19	Northwestern	30-10	2-1	16
20	Wichita State	40-8	4-0	22
21	Florida	32-13	1-2	18
22	Texas A&M	29-17	3-1	21
23	Central Arkansas	33-9	2-1	24
24	Kentucky	27-15-1	2-2	23
25	Louisville	32-14	4-0	NR
Dropped Out
	South Carolina	32-15	2-3	25