Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Oregon | Oregon went into Seattle and stepped up in a big way, sweeping the Huskies in three hard fought games. | 1 | |
2 | UCLA | UCLA took advantage of the off week in Pac-12 play by sweeping Oklahoma State and South Dakota. | 1 | |
3 | Oklahoma | The Sooners improve to 15-0 in Big 12 play after sweeping Texas. | 3 | |
4 | Florida | It was a very productive week for Florida as they beat Florida State and took two of three against LSU. | 5 | |
5 | Tennessee | Tennessee continues to play very strong, consistent softball as they took two of three from Kentucky. | 6 | |
6 | Georgia | Georgia had to battle all weekend against Alabama but found a way to take two of three against the Crimson Tide. | 7 | |
7 | Arizona State | Arizona State got back on track this week with a sweep of Utah in Salt Lake City. | 10 | |
8 | Washington | Washington is in a bit of a funk offensively as they were swept by Oregon. A huge trip to Oregon State is up next. | 4 | |
9 | Texas A&M | Texas A&M opened up the spectacular Davis Diamond in style with a sweep of Auburn. | 13 | |
10 | Florida State | Florida State went 2-2 this week as they lost at Florida but responded well by winning two of three at Notre Dame. | 8 | |
11 | Arizona | Arizona swept Oregon State and the Wildcats are starting to get into a bit of groove with their play. | 15 | |
12 | South Carolina | Four more quality wins for South Carolina this week, including a sweep of Mississippi State. | 12 | |
13 | Michigan | Michigan got all they wanted from Indiana, but the Wolverines escaped Bloomington with a 2-1 series win. | 11 | |
14 | Auburn | Auburn ran into a buzzsaw as Texas A&M swept the Tigers this weekend. | 9 | |
15 | LSU | LSU did pick up a win at Florida on Saturday and played well on Sunday despite losing to the Gators. | 14 | |
16 | Arkansas | Arkansas has won the first two games of the Ole Miss series and will go for the sweep of the Rebels on Monday night. | 16 | |
17 | Baylor | Baylor split two games with Houston and then swept Iowa State in Ames. | 19 | |
18 | Alabama | Alabama dropped two of three at Georgia. They could have won the series, but they lost a 3-2 lead late in game two. | 17 | |
19 | Northwestern | Northwestern had a solid week as they went 3-1 with a win over Loyola (Chicago) and a series win over Iowa. | 20 | |
20 | Ohio State | Ohio State swept Maryland and will close out the regular season against Pittsburgh and a trip to Michigan. | NR | |
21 | California | California is on a nice roll as they swept Stanford and have won seven straight games. | 25 | |
22 | James Madison | James Madison has taken back the CAA lead after sweeping Hofstra this weekend in Harrisonburg. | NR | |
23 | Kentucky | Kentucky lost two of three against Tennessee. South Carolina visits Lexington next weekend. | 22 | |
24 | Louisiana | Louisiana has now won 45 straight Sun Belt Conference series after taking two of three at UT-Arlington. | 24 | |
25 | Long Beach State | Long Beach State took two of three against Cal Poly and will need to finish strong on the road to win the Big West. | 23 |