5/2 Softball Top 25 Ranking
May 2, 2016 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Michigan | Michigan sweeps Penn State on the road in State College, outscoring the Nittany Lions 39-3. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Florida | Florida takes two of three from Texas A&M to move to an impressive 47-4 on the season. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Alabama | Alabama battled all weekend long and escaped Columbia with a series win over the Gamecocks. | 4 |
| 4 |  |
Oregon | The Ducks of Oregon are peaking at the right time after sweeping Arizona this weekend. | 5 |
| 5 |  |
Florida State | Florida State clinched the ACC regular season title on Sunday after sweeping Pittsburgh. | 6 |
| 6 |  |
Oklahoma | Oklahoma has now won 23 of its last 24 games after dominating Iowa State this weekend. | 10 |
| 7 |  |
Auburn | Auburn was out of sync as they had a rough trip to Tennessee and were dominated by the Vols in the first two games. | 3 |
| 8 |  |
Washington | The Huskies close out their regular season home schedule with a series win over Utah. A trip to LSU is on tap next. | 9 |
| 9 |  |
Louisiana | Louisiana takes two of three from Georgia Southern to take even further control of the Sun Belt Conference race. | 8 |
| 10 |  |
James Madison | James Madison splits two games with Elon snapping a 42 game CAA winning streak. | 7 |
| 11 |  |
Tennessee | Tennessee took it to Auburn in the first two games of the series in dominant fashion. | 15 |
| 12 |  |
Kentucky | The Wildcats get a critical non-conference win at Louisville to further enhance their NCAA Tournament resume. | 12 |
| 13 |  |
UCLA | UCLA finished the series at Arizona with a win and impressively swept Arizona State over the weekend. | 11 |
| 14 |  |
LSU | LSU notched its 1,000th win in program history after beating Arkansas on Sunday 9-1. | 13 |
| 15 |  |
Georgia | Georgia took two of three from a tough Ole Miss team to get themselves back on track. | 16 |
| 16 |  |
Fresno State | The Bulldogs quest for perfection in the Mountain West Conference is still alive after their sweep of San Jose State. | 17 |
| 17 |  |
Missouri | The Tigers are on track for a strong finish heading down the stretch as they have now won eight straight games. | 19 |
| 18 |  |
Minnesota | Minnesota is on fire right now. They head into their final road trip of the regular season next weekend at Iowa. | 18 |
| 19 |  |
Arizona | The Wildcats are reeling after getting swept at Oregon and their chances to host a regional are becoming less likely. | 14 |
| 20 |  |
Texas A&M | The Aggies find a way to get a win over Florida on Sunday to avoid a sweep by the Gators. | 21 |
| 21 |  |
Baylor | The offense got rolling in a big way for Baylor at Texas Tech this weekend and now the Bears will have nearly two weeks off. | 23 |
| 22 |  |
Florida Atlantic | Florida Atlantic has clinched the Conference USA title after sweeping Western Kentucky. | 24 |
| 23 |  |
Louisville | The Cardinals get a nice split of their series at Notre Dame and are playing very well as a team right now. | NR |
| 24 |  |
Notre Dame | Notre Dame is struggling a bit in the circle after losing the North Carolina series and splitting with Louisville. | 20 |
| 25 |  |
South Florida | USF had a rough weekend against UCF, losing two out of three. They are now tied in the loss column in the AAC with UCF. | 22 |
