4/22 Softball Top 25 Rankings

 

RankTeamCommentsPrior
1Oklahoma LogoOklahomaGrace Green drove in four runs on Saturday to lead Oklahoma to a 9-2 win to clinch a sweep at Texas. OU is now 41-2 on the year.1
2UCLA LogoUCLAUCLA was methodical this weekend in Corvallis as they swept Oregon State, outscoring the Beavers 25-3 in the three game series.2
3Arizona LogoArizonaTaylor McQuillin picked up her 17th win of the year on Saturday as Arizona beat Stanford 13-2 to secure a sweep and their 20th win in a row.3
4Alabama LogoAlabamaAlabama picked up the sweep of Florida in Gainesville, which was the first sweep over the Gators in Gainesville since 2001.9
5Washington LogoWashingtonWashington is 3-1 so far in the state of the Utah this week as they beat BYU 13-3 and crushed Utah twice before losing 5-4 on Saturday.5
6Louisiana LogoLouisianaKeeli Milligan set the single season stolen base record for Louisiana and they dominated Georgia State to claim the Sun Belt title.7
7Florida State LogoFlorida StateFlorida State dropped game three against UNC, lost 4-0 to Florida but bounced back to take care of BC over the weekend.6
8Minnesota LogoMinnesotaAmber Fiser picked up her 20th win of the season on Sunday as the Golden Gophers beat Nebraska 9-3 to get the sweep.14
9LSU LogoLSULSU dropped the first two games against Arkansas as they allowed 19 runs to the Razorbacks but recovered to win game three.4
10Tennessee LogoTennesseeTennessee dropped two of three at Georgia as the Lady Vols won game two of the series 7-6 but lost on Sunday 8-0 to lose the series.8
11South Carolina LogoSouth CarolinaSouth Carolina stepped out of SEC play this week and went 3-0 as they beat USC Upstate and took two against UNC Greensboro.12
12Arkansas LogoArkansasHannah McEwen's four hits on Friday led Arkansas to a 11-1 series clinching win over LSU as the Razorbacks are now 34-15.16
13Florida LogoFloridaFlorida picked up a big win in Tallahassee over FSU, but couldn’t get enough offense going against Alabama this weekend.10
14James Madison LogoJames MadisonDukes get two grand slams on Sunday as they beat Charleston 16-0 in five innings to pick up the sweep over the Cougars.13
15Texas LogoTexasLonghorns gave Oklahoma a pretty good battle in the first two games but ended up getting swept at home by the Sooners.11
16Ole Miss LogoOle MissOle Miss hammered MSU for 21 runs in the series opener and took that momentum to win two of three against their in-state rivals.15
17Georgia LogoGeorgiaGeorgia stepped up and picked up a big series win over Tennessee, which should get them back in the mix for hosting a regional.21
18Oklahoma State LogoOklahoma StateSamantha Show was efficient in the circle and Madi Sue Montgomery had some key clutch hits as OSU beat Tulsa 5-0 this week.17
19Texas Tech LogoTexas TechTexas Tech responded nicely after losing game one to Kansas as they outscored the Jayhawks 14-3 in the last  two games.19
20Michigan LogoMichiganLexie Blair's four hits, four runs and four rbi's led Michigan to a 16-5 win over Illinois on Sunday for a big road series sweep.22
21Kentucky LogoKentuckyJenny Schaper and Alex Martens combined for six hits in a 7-3 win over Auburn that clinched the series against the Tigers.24
22Auburn LogoAuburnAuburn ran into a bit of a buzzsaw in Lexington as they have dropped the first two games of the series against Kentucky.18
23Northwestern LogoNorthwesternDanielle Williams collected her 23rd win of the season on Sunday as Northwestern beat Purdue 6-3 for their 14th win in a row.NR
24North Carolina LogoNorth CarolinaTar Heels get the series win over FSU as Hannah George shutout the Seminoles in game 3 and then UNC took 2 of 3 at VT.NR
25Virginia Tech LogoVirginia TechHokies picked up a couple of wins against Charlotte, but dropped two of three against a surging North Carolina team.20