2/20 Softball Top 25 Rankings
February 20, 2017 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Florida | The Gators overcame a loss to Maryland to win the Aquafina Invitational this weekend. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Auburn | Auburn went 6-0 at home as they were in control of the Plainsman Invitational all weekend long. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Florida State | The Seminoles have little trouble for the most part with Northwestern and Nebraska this weekend. |
4 |
| 4 |  |
Oklahoma | Oklahoma picks up four wins at the Houston Classic but they had to work to beat Ole Miss and Houston. |
3 |
| 5 |  |
Oregon | Oregon sweeps their three games this week to move to 9-0 on the season. | 8 |
| 6 |  |
LSU | The Tigers stayed pretty consistent all weekend long against Central Arkansas and Georgia Southern. |
9 |
| 7 |  |
Washington | A quick, efficient trip to California get Washington three more wins to improve to 7-1 on the season. | 10 |
| 8 |  |
UCLA | The Bruins have a solid week winning four straight after splitting a doubleheader with Kentucky. | 5 |
| 9 |  |
Louisiana | Louisiana picks up a very big series at home against Alabama to bolster their overall resume. | 16 |
| 10 |  |
Tennessee | Tennessee is 4-0 so far at the Troy Cox Classic heading into Monday’s battle with New Mexico State. | 11 |
| 11 |  |
Arizona | Arizona has done a great job of starting fast in the first inning this season as they are 11-0 in 2017. | 12 |
| 12 |  |
Georgia | Georgia is off to a 12-0 start as the schedule will ramp up next week out in California for the Bulldogs. |
13 |
| 13 |  |
Michigan | Michigan goes 3-1 in Raleigh, sweeping NC State and splitting two games with Notre Dame. | 6 |
| 14 |  |
Minnesota | Minnesota is now 9-0 as they took it to Notre Dame and NC State to help the Big Ten’s overall cause. | 15 |
| 15 |  |
James Madison | The Dukes get two pretty nice wins over Oklahoma State and South Florida and were dominant in the circle. | 22 |
| 16 |  |
Alabama | Alabama loses the series at Louisiana as the Ragin’ Cajuns were too much offensively to deal with this weekend. | 7 |
| 17 |  |
Texas A&M | The Aggies sweep the Lumberjack Invitational as they are swinging the bats pretty well so far in 2017. | 17 |
| 18 |  |
Utah | Utah is up to five straight shutouts as the Utes swept two games in Long Beach on Sunday. | 19 |
| 19 |  |
California | The Golden Bears grind out three wins down in Palm Springs to move to 7-1 so far this season. | NR |
| 20 |  |
South Florida | The Bulls do overcome the James Madison loss to have a pretty good overall weekend. | 20 |
| 21 |  |
Arizona State | Arizona State was limited by the weather this week, but they found a way to pick up a couple of wins. | 23 |
| 22 |  |
Missouri | Missouri splits their two games out at Arizona State, beating South Dakota and losing to Illinois State. |
14 |
| 23 |  |
Baylor | The Bears settle down this week and come home to go 4-1 at the Getterman Classic. | 18 |
| 24 |  |
Pittsburgh | The Panthers swept Nebraska and Northwestern as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge to move to 9-0 in 2017. | NR |
| 25 |  |
Kentucky | The Wildcats pick up a nice signature win against UCLA and they played Oregon tough this week too. | NR |
