3/21 Softball Top 25 Rankings
March 21, 2016 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Florida | The Gators finally lose in 2016 on Monday against Auburn, but respond well by sweeping Tennessee. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Michigan | The Wolverines open up the home slate with a 14-1 win over Eastern Michigan. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Louisiana | The Ragin’ Cajuns take two of three on the road at UT-Arlington to strengthen their position in the Sun Belt race. | 4 |
| 4 |  |
Auburn | Auburn avoids the sweep against Florida and get a very nice series win at Mississippi State. | 5 |
| 5 |  |
Oregon | Oregon has been on fire offensively in the first two games against Washington. | 6 |
| 6 |  |
Alabama | Alabama goes 4-1 out west in California this week with a tough loss to Oklahoma on Sunday. | 9 |
| 7 |  |
Texas A&M | Texas A&M stepped up offensively in a big way and they took two of three from LSU. | 13 |
| 8 |  |
LSU | LSU’s pitching fell short as the Tigers lost two of three in College Station to Texas A&M. | 3 |
| 9 |  |
James Madison | The Dukes had the weekend off as mother nature cancelled the ECU series. UNCW is up next. | 8 |
| 10 |  |
Washington | Washington struggled too much in the circle against the Ducks this weekend. | 7 |
| 11 |  |
Oklahoma | The Sooners recover well from the Fullerton loss by beating Alabama and Nebraska. | 10 |
| 12 |  |
Florida State | Florida State got off to a great start in ACC play by sweeping Syracuse, but it wasn’t always easy. | 11 |
| 13 |  |
Kentucky | Kentucky has already matched their SEC conference win total from 2015 of 5 after winning the Ole Miss series. | 12 |
| 14 |  |
Notre Dame | Notre Dame won their only game of the week 10-0 over Bowling Green on Thursday. | 15 |
| 15 |  |
Georgia | The Bulldogs will be looking for the series win on Monday night at South Carolina. | 14 |
| 16 |  |
Missouri | The Tigers go 5-0 as they took care of Western Illinois and New Mexico State with relative ease. | 16 |
| 17 |  |
UCLA | UCLA won a hard fought battle against Cal 3-2 on Saturday and Sunday’s game was postponed. | 18 |
| 18 |  |
Arizona | The pitching stepped up for Arizona as they took two of three from Arizona State this week. | 19 |
| 19 |  |
Baylor | Baylor outlasted UCF for a three game sweep. The pitching was outstanding against the Knights. | 20 |
| 20 |  |
Tennessee | The Volunteers got swept by Florida, but they were competitive against the Gators. | 17 |
| 21 |  |
Utah | Utah has won two slugfests against Oregon State heading into Monday’s finale. | NR |
| 22 |  |
Ohio State | The Buckeyes have quietly emerged as a contender in the Big Ten conference in 2016. | NR |
| 23 |  |
Florida Atlantic | The Owls have a big 5-0 week, including a sweep of Middle Tennessee State to start conference play. | NR |
| 24 |  |
Arizona State | The Sun Devils lose two of three to in-state rival Arizona, but finally caught some breaks in Sunday’s win. | 22 |
| 25 |  |
Texas | Sitting at 19-6 on the season, Texas is going to be a tough out in Big 12 play. | NR |
