D1Softball’s Top 25: Oklahoma(s) Remain on Top; Northwestern, Louisiana Re-Enter

As they prepare to start Big 12 Conference play, the Oklahoma schools remained steady at the top of the D1Softball rankings following one final weekend of perfection in tournament play.

Oklahoma completed a 7-0 week that included four run-rule wins and a victory over No. 7 Florida State to stay at No. 1 in the poll, followed by in-state rival Oklahoma State at No. 2.

Coming off second straight sweep in SEC play by taking down LSU in three road games, Tennessee moved up one spot to No. 3 in the poll. UCLA dropped a spot to No. 4 after going 2-1 in a Pac-12 series win over Washington. Clemson rounds out the top five, moving up a spot after sweeping Virginia in ACC play. Stanford dropped to No. 6 after beating Oregon 2-1 in a Pac-12 series.

Georgia made the biggest jump in the rankings, ascending nine spots to No. 9 after sweeping Texas A&M on the road. The Aggies dropped seven spots to No. 20.

Northwestern and Louisiana re-entered the poll while Auburn and Texas State dropped out.

The SEC leads all conferences with eight ranked teams, followed by the Pac-12 with six. The Big 12 and ACC have four apiece while the Big Ten has two and the Sun Belt has one.

Rank	Team	Overall Record	Record Last Week	Previous Rank
1	Oklahoma	27-1	7-0	1
2	Oklahoma State	25-2	5-0	2
3	Tennessee	24-1	4-0	4
4	UCLA	27-3	2-1	3
5	Clemson	29-1	4-0	6
6	Stanford	24-3	2-1	5
7	Florida State	24-6	3-1	7
8	Kentucky	19-5-1	3-0	9
9	Georgia	24-6	4-0	18
10	LSU	23-5	2-4	8
11	Florida	22-5	3-1	10
12	Washington	22-6	2-2	12
13	Duke	24-5	4-0	14
14	Texas	26-5-1	5-1	11
15	Alabama	22-7	2-1	19
16	Virginia Tech	22-5	3-0	16
17	Arkansas	21-8	1-2	15
18	Oregon	19-8	2-2	21
19	Utah	21-5	2-1	23
20	Texas A&M	16-10	0-3	13
21	Arizona	20-9	3-2	17
22	Baylor	22-5	4-1	20
23	Northwestern	13-8	4-1	NR
24	Louisiana	21-9	3-0	NR
25	Maryland	22-5	3-1	22
Dropped Out
	Auburn	22-9	1-4	24
	Texas State	18-11-1	0-4	25