3/18 Softball Top 25 Rankings
March 18, 2019 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
UCLA | UCLA was outstanding up in Seattle as they swept the Huskies by winning a pair of close games then lighting up Taran Alvelo on Sunday. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Oklahoma | Sooners crushed a good Illinois team to highlight another undefeated week out in LA. A big series with Texas Tech is next. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Florida State | Florida State took two of three from Notre Dame to get the ACC conference schedule off to a nice start. | 3 |
| 4 |  |
Alabama | Crimson Tide keep on rolling as they are 31-0 after going undefeated out in Hawaii. The offense continues to flourish. | 5 |
| 5 |  |
Tennessee | Tennessee went 3-1 against BYU and Texas to follow up last weekend’s efforts down in Gainesville. | 4 |
| 6 |  |
Florida | Kendyl Lindaman’s grand slam in the top of the 7th won game one for Florida against LSU as they have split the first two games. | 7 |
| 7 |  |
LSU | Tigers bounce back nicely on Sunday with a 8-0 win over Florida to get the series all tied up at one and will go for the series win on Monday. | 8 |
| 8 |  |
Arizona | Reyna Carranco went 3 for 4 on Sunday to clinch the sweep for Arizona over Oregon as they will continue to get better as the season unfolds. | 11 |
| 9 |  |
Texas | Shealyn O’Leary went the distance on Sunday to give the Longhorns a 2-0 win over Tennessee to secure a split against the Lady Vols. | 12 |
| 10 |  |
Louisiana | Bailey Curry drove in five runs on Sunday to send the Ragin’ Cajuns to their eighth straight win as Louisiana is now 23-3 in 2019. | 13 |
| 11 |  |
Texas Tech | Texas Tech went 3-1 out in Memphis as they beat Murray State, North Alabama, and Maine and dropped a tight one to Memphis. | 10 |
| 12 |  |
Kentucky | Abbey Cheek’s homerun on Saturday ignited an epic comeback for Kentucky as they went on to sweep Mississippi State. | 14 |
| 13 |  |
Washington | Washington was swept by UCLA. They have a lot of work to do offensively as this lineup is not good enough against elite pitchers. | 6 |
| 14 |  |
Georgia | Georgia had an up and down week, going 2-3 with a series loss at Missouri where they couldn’t slow their bats down. | 9 |
| 15 |  |
Arizona State | Arizona State was punched in the mouth on Friday by Oregon State but bounced back to score 30 runs in two days to win the series. | 16 |
| 16 |  |
James Madison | Dukes scored 54 runs this weekend at home in Harrisonburg as they have now won seven games in a row. | 17 |
| 17 |  |
Auburn | Auburn scored 12 times in the sixth inning on Sunday to sweep Texas A&M. The Tigers are on fire right now. | 18 |
| 18 |  |
Minnesota | Minnesota is off to a 4-1 start so far on their trip down to Florida and they have big game in Gainesville on Wednesday vs. the Gators. | 20 |
| 19 |  |
Ole Miss | Rebels pick up a series win over Arkansas and then follow that up with two wins over Oklahoma State this week. | NR |
| 20 |  |
Arkansas | Razorbacks get back on track with a very sound series win over South Carolina as they defended their home field very well. | 22 |
| 21 |  |
Wisconsin | The Badgers had the week off and will be back in action on March 22 against Illinois to kickoff Big Ten conference play. | 24 |
| 22 |  |
Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State went 2-2 this week as they dropped a couple of tough games in Oxford against a surging Ole Miss team. | 19 |
| 23 |  |
Virginia Tech | Carrie Eberle’s three-hit shutout wrapped up a road sweep of NC State for the Hokies as they are now 5-1 in ACC play. | 25 |
| 24 |  |
UNLV | UNLV took two out of three in a key MWC series against Boise State and are now 21-6 in 2019 and a definite MWC title threat. | NR |
| 25 |  |
Indiana | Hoosiers went 3-2 this week as they beat Toledo, Saint Francis, split with Ohio and lost to Northwestern. | 21 |
