4/17 Softball Top 25 Rankings
April 17, 2017 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Florida | Florida went 4-1 with a win over Georgia, Florida State, and a road series win at Kentucky. | 3 |
| 2 |  |
Florida State | The Seminoles had a rough week offensively as they went 1-2 against Florida and South Carolina. | 1 |
| 3 |  |
Minnesota | The Golden Gophers sit atop the Big Ten after sweeping Northwestern. | 6 |
| 4 |  |
Arizona | Arizona drops a tough series at Utah as the Utes have now played their way into contention in the Pac-12. | 2 |
| 5 |  |
Auburn | Auburn took two of three from Missouri with a resounding 6-1 win on Sunday. | 4 |
| 6 |  |
Washington | UW goes down to Eugene and wins a huge series against Oregon as they seem to be back to their winning ways. | 12 |
| 7 |  |
Texas A&M | Texas A&M took two of three on the road in Fayetteville over a pesky Arkansas squad. | 7 |
| 8 |  |
Oklahoma | Oklahoma slides into first place in the Big 12 after sweeping Kansas in Lawrence this weekend. | 10 |
| 9 |  |
Utah | Utah picks up their first two wins in program history over Arizona as they are now 10-3 in Pac-12 play. | 15 |
| 10 |  |
Oregon | Oregon drops another series to rival Washington as the Huskies found a way to get the clutch hits on Saturday. | 5 |
| 11 |  |
Tennessee | Tennessee has taken the series from Alabama and they are on fire right now. | 13 |
| 12 |  |
Baylor | Baylor dropped an excellent pitchers duel at Texas State on Wednesday. A trip to Oklahoma looms next week. | 9 |
| 13 |  |
Alabama | The Crimson Tide dropped the first two games of their series at Tennessee in hard fought games. | 11 |
| 14 |  |
UCLA | The Bruins get lulled to sleep in Corvallis and drop two of three to the Beavers. | 8 |
| 15 |  |
Louisiana | The Ragin’ Cajuns take two of three from Texas State and are now 32-6 on the season and 14-1 in Sun Belt play. | 16 |
| 16 |  |
Michigan | It wasn’t easy but Michigan grinded out a series win in College Park over a Maryland team that didn’t quit. | 17 |
| 17 |  |
James Madison | James Madison had little trouble with Delaware as the offense was on fire against the Blue Hens. | 18 |
| 18 |  |
BYU | The Cougars were dominant all week long against Southern Utah and Pacific. | 19 |
| 19 |  |
Ole Miss | Ole Miss stepped up this week against a tough LSU lineup and got the job done with a sweep over the Tigers. | 25 |
| 20 |  |
Kentucky | The Wildcats did get one game from Florida but will need to be better offensively moving forward. | 20 |
| 21 |  |
LSU | LSU dropped three one run games on the road in Oxford as Ole Miss pitched very well all weekend long. | 14 |
| 22 |  |
California | Cal pick up three wins over Santa Clara and Fresno State as the pitching settled down this week. | 23 |
| 23 |  |
Arizona State | ASU has a big series with Utah next week as they look to move up the Pac-12 ladder after sweeping Stanford. | NR |
| 24 |  |
Illinois | The Illini have won seven straight games after sweeping MSU this weekend and they are rolling at the plate. | NR |
| 25 |  |
Mississippi State | The Bulldogs pick up a series win over UGA and now have 31 wins on the season and are getting better each week. | NR |
