4/23 Softball Top 25 Rankings
April 23, 2018 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Oregon | Oregon took it to Oklahoma on Thursday in a 5-0 win over the Sooners. They also swept Stanford. | 3 |
| 1 |  |
UCLA | UCLA was outstanding in the circle all weekend long as they swept Washington. | 4 |
| 3 |  |
Oklahoma | Oklahoma survived a very difficult week as they went 3-1 but were dominated by Oregon in Eugene. | 2 |
| 4 |  |
Washington | Huskies couldn’t execute in key situations offensively as they were swept by UCLA this weekend | 1 |
| 5 |  |
Florida | Florida put together a very well-rounded performance in Starkville as they swept Mississippi State. | 5 |
| 6 |  |
Tennessee | Tennessee has taken the first two games of their series against Alabama and will go for the sweep on Monday. | 6 |
| 7 |  |
Georgia | Georgia took two of three at Kentucky, keeping the Wildcats in check and limiting them to five runs in three games. | 7 |
| 8 |  |
Florida State | Florida State has played very well in the first two games of the Louisville series and will go for the sweep on Monday. | 10 |
| 9 |  |
Auburn | Auburn showed some resilience this weekend as they beat Arkansas in two of three games. | 12 |
| 10 |  |
Arizona State | Arizona State dropped two of three to rival Arizona as the Wildcats clinched the series over the Sun Devils on Sunday. | 8 |
| 11 |  |
Michigan | Michigan continues to roll through the Big Ten as they whipped Maryland in three straight games. | 11 |
| 12 |  |
South Carolina | South Carolina got back on track this week with a sweep of Missouri. | 13 |
| 13 |  |
Texas A&M | Texas A&M suffered two tough losses at LSU but responded on Sunday with a 6-0 win to avoid getting swept. | 9 |
| 14 |  |
LSU | LSU was able to slow down Texas A&M in the first two games, picking up a big series win. | 16 |
| 15 |  |
Arizona | Arizona stepped in a big way this week by taking two of three in their Territorial Cup showdown with Arizona State. | 17 |
| 16 |  |
Arkansas | Arkansas had a tough trip to Auburn and they dropped two of three games against the Tigers. | 14 |
| 17 |  |
Alabama | Alabama will be looking to avoid getting swept by Tennessee on Monday night. | 15 |
| 18 |  |
Hofstra | Hofstra is on a roll offensively as they swept Drexel. They will meet James Madison next weekend in Harrisonburg. | 20 |
| 19 |  |
Baylor | Baylor knocked off Texas in Austin on Wednesday and then swept Kansas to improve to 7-6 in Big 12 play. | NR |
| 20 |  |
Northwestern | Northwestern picked up a key road win at Notre Dame and pulled off an epic rally on Sunday to sweep Rutgers. | 22 |
| 21 |  |
Texas State | Texas State dropped the rubber game against Louisiana and then won four straight games to finish the week 4-1. | 19 |
| 22 |  |
Kentucky | Kentucky dropped two of three games against Georgia and they couldn’t get rolling offensively. | 21 |
| 23 |  |
Long Beach State | Long Beach State went up to UC Santa Barbara and picked up a sweep of the Gauchos. | 23 |
| 24 |  |
Louisiana | Louisiana got the series win over Texas State and took two of three against Georgia Southern. | 25 |
| 25 |  |
California | California stopped the bleeding this week and swept Utah to improve to 29-13 on the season. | 24 |
