3/25 Softball Top 25 Rankings

 

Rank Team Comments Prior
1 UCLA Logo UCLA UCLA took advantage of the week off from conference play and easily beat Saint Mary’s and Cal State Northridge. 1
2 Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma OU is now 45-0-4 in  their last 49 Big 12 conference series as they swept Texas Tech in Lubbock thanks to some explosive offense. 2
3 Florida State Logo Florida State Meghan King picked up her sixth shutout of the season on Sunday as FSU beat NC State 8-0 to get the sweep over the Wolfpack. 3
4 Alabama Logo Alabama Alabama picked up two dominating wins at Texas A&M and just missed getting the sweep, losing 4-3 in the final game of the series. 4
5 Tennessee Logo Tennessee Haley Bearden’s homerun in the bottom of the fifth inning clinched a series win on Sunday for Tennessee over Arkansas. 5
6 LSU Logo LSU LSU gets the series win over Florida 3-2 and followed that up with a nice sweep on the road at Georgia. 7
7 Florida Logo Florida Florida lost the series finale at LSU, beat Minnesota, and had little trouble with Mercer over the weekend. 6
8 Arizona Logo Arizona Alyssa Denham had a huge 21st birthday pitching performance by throwing her first career no-hitter vs. Oregon State. 8
9 Texas Logo Texas Texas took care of Iowa State in all three games to kick off Big 12 conference play on a very high note. 9
10 Louisiana Logo Louisiana Summer Ellyson threw a no-hitter on Sunday and the Ragin Cajuns’ offense was great in a 14-0 series sweep clinching win at USA. 10
11 Washington Logo Washington Gabbie Plain and the Huskies have gotten back on track a little bit as they have taken the first two games down at Oregon. 13
12 Texas Tech Logo Texas Tech Red Raiders couldn’t slow down the Oklahoma offense this weekend but they will bounce back quickly as it is a long season. 11
13 Arizona State Logo Arizona State Alli Tattnall’s three-run triple capped off a nine run 7th inning to give ASU a 18-17 win over Utah to improve to 5-1 in Pac-12 play. 15
14 James Madison Logo James Madison Dukes start off CAA play with a series win over Elon as they split the first two games and took game three by a score of 10-3. 16
15 Auburn Logo Auburn Tigers picked up another SEC series win as they bounced back from a tough 7-6 loss on Friday to win the next two against MSU. 17
16 Minnesota Logo Minnesota Golden Gophers dropped a tough one at Florida but bounced back to sweep Maryland in College Park this weekend. 18
17 Kentucky Logo Kentucky Kentucky suffered their first home series sweep since 2017 as they didn’t have any answers for Missouri’s bats this weekend. 12
18 Ole Miss Logo Ole Miss Rebels have split their first two games at South Carolina as both teams exchanged 2-0 wins in Columbia. 19
19 Oklahoma State Logo Oklahoma State Oklahoma State lit up Baylor for 21 runs in the series opener as the Cowgirls took two of three from the Bears in Waco. 22
20 Georgia Logo Georgia Bulldogs suffered a sweep at home this weekend at the hands of an LSU team that is on fire right now at the plate. 14
21 Arkansas Logo Arkansas Mary Haff’s 15 strikeout performance led Arkansas to a 1-0 win on Saturday in Knoxville to  secure one win in the series. 20
22 Virginia Tech Logo Virginia Tech Virginia Tech is now 8-1 in ACC play as they went on the road to Pittsburgh and outscored the Panthers 37-3. 23
23 Michigan Logo Michigan Wolverines have won seven straight games as they scored 25 runs this weekend in a sweep of Nebraska. NR
24 Colorado State Logo Colorado State Rams swept New Mexico and scored 16 runs on Sunday to pick up their 14th straight win. NR
25 South Carolina Logo South Carolina Gamecocks have split their first two  games with Ole Miss and will go for a key series win on Monday night in Columbia. NR