Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Florida State | With a win over Florida and a sweep of Maryland, Florida State has now won 17 straight. | 3 | |
2 | Tennessee | Following their sweep of Florida, Tennessee took just one game from LSU. | 1 | |
3 | UCLA | The Bruins lost back-to-back games for the first time this year at the hands of Oregon. | 2 | |
4 | Oregon | The Ducks had a great week, beating UCLA and Friday and Saturday before falling on Sunday. | 4 | |
5 | Alabama | Alabama had another great week, beating South Alabama and sweeping Arkansas. They are now 35-5. | 5 | |
6 | Arizona State | Arizona State went to Berkeley and had little trouble with Cal, outscoring them 27-4. | 6 | |
7 | Michigan | The Wolverines had their way with Ohio State. Maybe Michigan State can make things more interesting. | 7 | |
8 | Florida | Florida lost to Florida State 3-2, but they got back on track over the weekend with a sweep of Auburn. | 8 | |
9 | Georgia | Georgia beat South Carolina two out of three times over the weekend and face a suddenly hot LSU team next. | 10 | |
10 | Baylor | Baylor has a huge series with Oklahoma coming up this weekend. The Big 12 favorite will emerge by Monday. | 11 | |
11 | Minnesota | The Gophers split their double header with Wisconsin. This week they play Iowa and Nortwestern. | 12 | |
12 | Tulsa | UAB put an end to Tulsa's 17 game winning streak. They'll start a new streak against Arkansas on Wednesday. | 13 | |
13 | South Alabama | South Alabama lost as many games last week as they had the entire season…one to Alabama and two to Texas St. | 9 | |
14 | Kentucky | Kentucky had another solid week, taking two from Texas A&M and beating Louisville. | 14 | |
15 | Louisiana | Behind another strong week by catcher Lexie Elkins, Louisiana picked up another conference sweep. | 15 | |
16 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma is coming together and now has ten wins in a row. But a trip to Waco could put an end to that. | 16 | |
17 | Arizona | Arizona's bats were popping yet again against Stanford. They totaled 35 runs in the three game sweep. | 17 | |
18 | USC Upstate | The Spartans beat Mercer twice in a rain shortened series. This week they hit the road and face UGA and NKU. | 19 | |
19 | Missouri | Mizzou won another series, this time at Mississippi State. They'll look for another solid showing at Auburn. | 20 | |
20 | Nebraska | The Cornhuskers have some potential issues on the mound, but their bats are exploding right now. | 21 | |
21 | Washington | Washington is back in action this weekend against a Stanford squad that just got swept by Arizona. | 22 | |
22 | Notre Dame | The Irish beat Ball State and Michigan State last week, while falling at DePaul. Back to ACC action this week. | 24 | |
23 | Auburn | The Tigers have now lost four in a row after getting swept by Florida. They finally head back home though. | 18 | |
24 | Long Beach State | Long Beach State crushed UC Riverside 8-0, 7-0 and 15-4 to move to 6-0 in conference play and 29-9 overall. | 25 | |
25 | Northwestern | Northwestern has another tough series coming up at Minnesota. They'll need a few wins to keep pace in the Big Ten. | NR |
4/7 Softball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 04/07/2014