| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | California | Picked up five wins this week. Still perfect at 21-0. Play Texas, Texas A&M and Hawaii this week in Honolulu. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Alabama | 4-0 this week with sweep of UK, 2 run rules. Now 21-0. Off to Oregon for spring break. Ole Miss at home this weekend. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Washington | Four wins this weekend at home, 3 shut-outs. Improved to 23-1. Depaul, OU and ND at Judi Garman Classic this week. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Florida | Began conference play, going 4-1, took 2 from Miss. St. in Starkville and going 2-1 in Knoxville. Now 23-2 overall. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Texas | Began league play with 2 wins over Tech in Austin. Flew to Honolulu this weekend. Get Hawaii and Cal on the trip. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Arizona State | Four wins this weekend at home. 2 run rules. Improved to 25-2. ULL, BYU, Mich and ND on their Judi Garman slate. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Georgia | 3-1 this week, going 2-1 in SEC play vs. Mississippi St. in Starkville. Coming up, Ga. Tech away and Auburn at home. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Stanford | Seven wins this week. Three by runrule and three shutouts. Off this coming week. Next up #1 Cal to open league play. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Arizona | Did not play this week. 3 game series at Baylor rained out. Will face ULL, DePaul and BYU at Judi Garman Classic. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Oklahoma | Six wins this week all at home, three over Indiana. Now 20-3. Judi Garman next. Games vs. Depaul, Michigan and UW. | 11 |
| 11 |  | Louisiana | 22-0. Won 5, 2 vs. Houston and 3 vs.Sun Belt foe N. Texas. Tested this week vs. AZ. St. and AZ, at Judi Garman Classic. | 12 |
| 12 |  | Tennessee | Dropped 2 of 3 to #4 FLA at home to open conference play.15-5 overall. 5 win-able games this week, including 3 at Ark. | 10 |
| 13 |  | Hawaii | Stayed unbeated at 21-0 with four wins at home. Tough week ahead in Honolulu vs. Texas, Cal and Texas A&M. | 14 |
| 14 |  | Oregon | Five wins this weekend, improved to 18-3. Have won 17 of last 18. Face off against #2 Alabama at home mid-week. | 15 |
| 15 |  | Louisville | Still unbeaten at 18-0. 3-0 this week with a 2-1 win over #13 Michigan. 7 games this week with DH v. Illinois St. | 16 |
| 16 |  | Michigan | Went 1-2, losing to #16 Louisville and Illinois St. Tough week ahead at Judi Garman with AZ St., OU, DePaul and ND. | 13 |
| 17 |  | Auburn | Improved to 21-3 with 5 wins at home, 4 shoutouts. Begin SEC play this week on the road against LSU and Georgia. | 17 |
| 18 |  | UCLA | Six wins this week, four runrules, two shutouts, help the Bruins improve to 20-6 overall. Off this coming week. | 18 |
| 19 |  | Florida State | Opened conference play with a three game sweep of NC St., allowing just one run in the series. Improve to 20-3. | 19 |
| 20 |  | Baylor | Two non-impressive mid-week wins over La. Tech and a rained out weekend series vs. Arizona. 16-5 overall. | 20 |
| 21 |  | Missouri | Picked up 6 wins this week at home, all by 5 inning runrule. Up to 16-3 overall. Begin Big 12 play this week with KU. | 22 |
| 22 |  | DePaul | 3-1 in Miami after a week off. Ran overall record to 14-5. Judi Garman next. Opponents include OU, AZ, UW, Mich. | 21 |
| 23 |  | Texas A&M | Played just two games due to inclement weather in Central Texas. Won both. In Honolulu to face Cal and Hawaii. | 23 |
| 24 |  | North Carolina | Went 3-2 at Long Beach Classic, drop tilts to Oregon St. and LBSU. Open con-ference play this week at Virginia Tech. | 25 |
| 25 |  | New Mexico | Off this week. 17-3 overall. Quality wins over Oregon, Oregon St., Texas A&M and Northwestern. | NR |
3/12 Softball Top 25 Ranking
Mon, 03/12/2012
