5/6 Softball Top 25 Rankings

 

Rank Team Comments Prior
1 Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma Oklahoma wrapped up the Big 12 regular season title as they cruised past Oklahoma State this weekend. 1
2 UCLA Logo UCLA Megan Faraimo’s and Holly Azevedo combined for a three-hitter on Sunday to clinch a series win at Stanford. 2
3 Washington Logo Washington SilentRain Espinoza and Sami Reynolds combined for five RBI’s on Sunday as the Huskies swept Arizona in Tucson. 3
4 Alabama Logo Alabama Alabama won the SEC regular season title. They now have 50 wins and picked up their first series sweep at LSU since 2005. 7
5 Florida State Logo Florida State FSU finished the regular season with a sweep at Syracuse and will be the number 2 seed in the ACC Tournament. 5
6 Louisiana Logo Louisiana Summer Ellyson struck out 16 against ULM as Louisiana picked up a 3-0 win in their lone game of the week. 6
7 Minnesota Logo Minnesota Amber Fiser’s 25th win of the year on Sunday was a gem as she threw a one-hitter to get the series win over Northwestern. 8
8 Arizona Logo Arizona Arizona was swept by Washington as they could not get enough key hits at the right time against the Huskies pitching staff. 4
9 Georgia Logo Georgia UGA is peaking at the right time after sweeping Ole Miss this weekend and they will be dangerous in the SEC Tournament. 11
10 Tennessee Logo Tennessee Tennessee took two of three against Texas A&M and will be the number two seed in the SEC Tournament next week. 15
11 Texas Logo Texas Texas swept Baylor as they were outstanding in the circle all weekend long against the Bears. 16
12 James Madison Logo James Madison Hannah File had four hits to lead James Madison to a 15-5 win over Delaware for their 20th CAA win of the year and 44th overall. 13
13 Florida Logo Florida Florida dropped two of three at home against Mississippi State as the Gators have some work to do offensively. 9
14 Oklahoma State Logo Oklahoma State Oklahoma State couldn’t get enough offense generated this weekend in Norman as they were swept by the Sooners. 12
15 Arkansas Logo Arkansas Ashley Diaz and Hannah McEwen combined for five hits on Sunday to lead Arkansas to a 5-2 win over Auburn to wrap up a series sweep. 18
16 LSU Logo LSU LSU did not have any answers for Alabama’s pitching as they were swept by the Crimson Tide. 14
17 Texas Tech Logo Texas Tech Jessica Hartwell’s three-run homerun in the bottom of the sixth of game two gave Texas Tech a sweep of Kentucky. 22
18 Michigan Logo Michigan Michigan won the Big Ten regular season championship as they swept Maryland in College Park. 20
19 Ole Miss Logo Ole Miss Ole Miss was swept by Georgia as they dropped a couple of nailbiters and then lost 8-0 to the Bulldogs on Sunday. 10
20 Virginia Tech Logo Virginia Tech Virginia Tech swept Longwood in their only two games of the week and will be the top seed in the ACC Tournament. 23
21 Kentucky Logo Kentucky Kentucky went to Lubbock and dropped a pair of high scoring games against Texas Tech. 17
22 Northwestern Logo Northwestern Northwestern picked up a nice 1-0 win in game one against Minnesota but ended up dropping the final two games. 21
23 Ohio State Logo Ohio State Ohio State has won ten out of their last 12 games and will be the number four seed in the Big Ten Tournament next week. NR
24 South Carolina Logo South Carolina South Carolina dropped two of three at Missouri as the Gamecocks were not able to slow down the bats of Missouri. 19
25 Auburn Logo Auburn Auburn was swept by Arkansas and will have an opportunity to hit the reset button next week at the SEC Tournament. 24