Marshall and James Madison arrive to strengthen the Sun Belt, but star-studded Louisiana is still the team to beat in a league full of standouts.

The top plays from the eighth week of the 2022 D1 season. Follow all the action & tag us using #D1Top10 throughout the entire year.

The nation’s ERA leader takes on the home run and batting average leaders when USF faces Wichita State this week. Also in Around the Nation, UCF builds a case to host a regional.

BYU’s Violet Zavodnik showed against Iowa State why the Big 12 won’t lose all its star hitters when OU and Texas leave. Also in Around the Nation, UCF’s Gianna Mancha wins a battle of aces and Northern Iowa has it figured out.

Could UCF’s Jada Cody make it to 100 RBIs? She and the Knights will be tested this week against Georgina Corrick and USF. That and more from beyond the Power 5 in Around the Nation.

Georgia Corrick is closing in on history as impressive as anything involving home runs. That and more from beyond the Power 5 in Around the Nation.

Graham Hays touches on South Florida standout Georgina Corrick, Charlotte and a host of others in his latest trip Around The Nation.

Leanna Johnson has Troy on the move in this week’s Around the Nation, looking at the best of college softball beyond the Power 5.

The shortstop rankings look completely different from the preseason, while second base generally remains the same.

Georgina Corrick took down some heavyweights in Clearwater. Louisiana prepares for Alabama. And Liberty bounces back. There is plenty going on beyond the Power 5.

Who will be the next James Madison? Our weekly check-in begins on the wealth of excellent softball beyond the Power 5, including by Kandra Lamb and unbeaten Louisiana.

Oklahoma’s Tiare Jennings headlines our list of the top 10 second basemen in college softball.

The Sun Belt earned four NCAA Tournament bids last season. Could the league emulate that type of performance in 2022?

Mullins’ teams have held the motto of “Rise the Standard, Be the Standard.” and the 2022 squad is continuing that tradition.

The Road to Oklahoma City starts here. The D1Softball Staff has you covered with everything you need to know heading into the Regionals.

From a wild walk-off in Gainesville to clinch a share of the SEC title to Oklahoma taking Bedlam in Stillwater find out what the D1Softball staff learned from the weekend.

The final two undefeated teams fell on Saturday as upsets were aplenty on an action packed day that saw Kentucky put up some historic numbers offensively.