3/11 Softball Top 25 Rankings

 

Rank Team Comments Prior
1 UCLA Logo UCLA It was a nice mix of dominance and getting the job done in tight games by UCLA as they swept through the UCLA/Long Beach State Invitational. 2
2 Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma Sooners swept the OU Home Tournament as they picked up more quality wins against Northwestern and Drake. 3
3 Florida State Logo Florida State Florida State went 3-2 out in the desert as they split with Grand Canyon and took two of three at Arizona. 1
4 Tennessee Logo Tennessee Tennessee took two of three from Florida as Kaili Phillips, Ally Shipman, and Cailin Hannon homered off Kelly Barnhill in a 9-1 win. 5
5 Alabama Logo Alabama Coach Patrick Murphy picked up his 400th SEC win as Alabama swept Missouri this weekend to improve to 25-0 on the season. 6
6 Washington Logo Washington Huskies returned home and were outstanding in the circle as they did not allow a run in all six games of the Husky Classic. 7
7 Florida Logo Florida Amanda Lorenz blasted two homeruns on Sunday to salvage the final game of a three game series at home against Tennessee. 4
8 LSU Logo LSU Tigers started SEC play off nicely with a dominant series win on the road at Texas A&M as the offense was lethal on Friday night. 10
9 Georgia Logo Georgia Georgia is 4-1 this week as they will play Western Illinois on Monday in the final game of the UGA Classic. 8
10 Texas Tech Logo Texas Tech Red Raiders had a strong weekend at home as they went 5-0 and scored 44 runs this weekend. 13
11 Arizona Logo Arizona Wildcats had a solid 3-2 week despite losing two of three to Florida State as they scored 11 runs in the game they won. 11
12 Texas Logo Texas Texas dropped two of three games against Minnesota and beat Texas Southern twice and now will have a tough road trip to Tennessee. 12
13 Louisiana Logo Louisiana Summer Ellyson won her 12th game on Sunday and homeruns by Lexie Comeau and Alissa Dalton clinched a sweep of Texas State. 14
14 Kentucky Logo Kentucky Kentucky picked up a huge road sweep in Columbia as the Wildcats took care of business against South Carolina. 21
15 South Carolina Logo South Carolina South Carolina got off to a tough start in SEC play as they couldn’t get anything going Kentucky in all three games. 9
16 Arizona State Logo Arizona State Sun Devils split against Michigan and James Madison as part of a 4-1 week. Morgan Howe’s walk off two run homer was the difference vs. JMU. 18
17 James Madison Logo James Madison Dukes got a nice win over Michigan and gave Arizona State a tough battle enroute to a 4-1 week out in Tempe, Arizona. 17
18 Auburn Logo Auburn Taylon Snow and Casey McCrackin went 6-for-8 on Sunday to lead Auburn to a 7-2 win over Radford to finish off an undefeated week. 19
19 Oklahoma State Logo Oklahoma State Cowgirls rose to the occasion out in Eugene as they swept Oregon in three hard fought games to improve to 18-5 in 2019. 20
20 Minnesota Logo Minnesota Golden Gophers picked up two wins over Texas to highlight a very productive trip down to the Lone Star State. 22
21 Indiana Logo Indiana Hoosiers went 4-1 down in Clearwater as they continue to play pretty consistently across the board despite the loss to Furman on Sunday. 16
22 Arkansas Logo Arkansas Arkansas has split the first two games in Oxford as they beat Ole Miss 10-4 in game one before losing 12-0 in game two. 15
23 Boise State Logo Boise State Boise State has won 17 straight games as new head coach Maggie Livreri and her staff have the Broncos clicking on all cylinders. NR
24 Wisconsin Logo Wisconsin Badgers are off to a hot start in 2019 as they are 21-3 and have signature wins over Texas and Arizona State this season. NR
25 Virginia Tech Logo Virginia Tech Hokies held serve at home against Georgia Tech by winning two of three to hit the ground running in ACC conference play. 24