After a big week in college softball, UCLA took over the No. 2 spot and Florida State and Stanford entered the top five in the latest USA Softball/ESPN top 25 rankings.
The Bruins took the No. 2 spot back from Oklahoma State after a weekend sweep over Oregon State. The Cowgirls swept Kansas over the weekend. but lost a mid-week matchup against Wichita State.
The top five was reorganized with Clemson and Tennessee falling out and FSU and Stanford entering at No. 4 and 5. The Seminoles had a big weekend sweep over then-No. 4 Clemson. Those wins snapped Clemson’s 29-game home winning streak and 23-game winning streak overall. The Seminoles are now in sole possession of first place in the ACC after clinching their first top five road-series win in school history. Not to mention, they are now 7-0 all-time against the Tigers.
Stanford enters the top five at No. 5 after a series sweep over then-No. 20 Arizona. They enter the top five despite losing three games to UCLA the prior week.
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Elsewhere in the poll, Louisiana enters at No. 25 and Arizona drops out. Here is the full USA Softball/ESPN.com top 25 through games on April 10:
|
RANK |
TEAM |
RECORD |
POINTS |
PREVIOUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma (25) | 36-1 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | UCLA | 36-4 | 589 | 3 |
| 3 | Oklahoma State | 35-3 | 579 | 2 |
| 4 | Florida State | 32-7 | 543 | 6 |
| 5 | Stanford | 31-6 | 503 | 7 |
| 6 | Tennessee | 30-5 | 497 | 5 |
| 7 | Clemson | 37-4 | 457 | 4 |
| 8 | Texas | 33-8-1 | 451 | 10 |
| 9 | Georgia | 31-8 | 417 | 8 |
| 10 | Washington | 29-8 | 411 | T-11 |
| 11 | Arkansas | 28-11 | 362 | 9 |
| 12 | LSU | 33-7 | 329 | T-11 |
| 13 | Duke | 30-8 | 312 | 13 |
| 14 | Alabama | 28-12 | 282 | 14 |
| 15 | Florida | 28-10 | 251 | 18 |
| 16 | Kentucky | 24-10-1 | 234 | 15 |
| 17 | Virginia Tech | 31-9 | 219 | 17 |
| 18 | Oregon | 25-11 | 202 | 16 |
| 19 | Baylor | 30-9 | 195 | 22 |
| 20 | Northwestern | 24-9 | 171 | 20 |
| 21 | Texas A&M | 24-13 | 131 | 19 |
| 22 | Utah | 24-8 | 117 | 24 |
| 23 | Wichita State | 34-7 | 88 | 25 |
| 24 | Auburn | 29-12 | 60 | 23 |
| 25 | Louisiana | 30-10 | 53 | NR |
