| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Oklahoma | Off to a 10-0 start. Continue to dominate with 5 more wins including victories over UW & UK, 4 shutouts. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Alabama | Undefeated at 10-0 to begin 2013. 3 close games this weekend including a one-run extra inning affair with Ga. So. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Arizona State | Five more relatively easy victories at home; two runrule- shutouts. Four games coming up vs. Portland St. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Tennessee | Continued to roll at USF picking up 5 more wins, three shutouts and an 11-0 smoking of USF. Cathedral City Next. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Florida | Seven wins this week. The Gators delivered 65 runs and allowed just seven while pitching four shutouts. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Texas | Improved to 11-0 with six more impressive wins; 5 shutouts and 4 runrules. The Horns are running on all cylinders. | 9 |
| 7 |  | California | Picked up four comfortable wins in Vegas to improve to 7-2. At the Mary Nutter Classic in Palm Springs next. | 7 |
| 8 |  | LSU | Six more wins this week, running their record to 10-1. Three shutouts. Matchups with AZ and UCLA next week. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Oregon | Went 4-1 over the weekend in Las Vegas loosing a close one to Hawaii. Scored 34 and gave up 8, 6 to UH. | 6 |
| 10 |  | Texas A&M | Beat North Carolina twice in College Station. Stayed unbeaten and upping their record to 10-0. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Missouri | Started their season in Santa Barbara, collecting five wins, two shutouts. Palm Springs next weekend. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Louisiana | Added 5 victories this week, 4 by runrule, including one of Miss. St. They appear to be handling the coach change. | 13 |
| 13 |  | Georgia | Collected three wins over the weekend to improve to 6-2. A big weekend ahead for the youngster in Palm Springs. | 14 |
| 14 |  | Kentucky | Despite a blow out loss to OU (get in line) the Wildcats beat UW to improve to 4-1 vs. PAC-12. 8-3 overall. | 17 |
| 15 |  | Stanford | A solid week for the Cardinal going 6-0, all shutouts, 5 runrules. Improved to 10-2. Cathedral City is next. | 19 |
| 16 |  | UCLA | Five wins for B.B. Bates (8 HR's) and the Bruins in Vegas, four runrules including one over Hawaii. | 21 |
| 17 |  | Arizona | Picked up five wins at home, beating Nebraska, Drake, So. Utah, Purdue and Utah State. Palm Springs awaits. | 20 |
| 18 |  | South Florida | Went 3-2 at home this weekend. 6-3 now. Got thumped by Tennessee and split with NC State. | 12 |
| 19 |  | Michigan | Went 3-1 in Boca Rotan, with a surprising loss to LIU Brooklyn. 6-2 now. Next weekend at the NFCA Kickoff Classic. | 15 |
| 20 |  | Florida State | Lost twice to Tulsa at home, once in extra innings, 2nd time in the title game. 3-2 during the weekend. Now 7-2. | 16 |
| 21 |  | Washington | A rough weekend for the Huskies, losing 3 times, including a shutout loss to Cal Poly. Fell to 6-5 overall. | 18 |
| 22 |  | Louisville | A surprising extra inning loss to Ohio St. was mixed in to four dominating wins, three shutouts. Improved to 8-2. | 22 |
| 23 |  | Tulsa | Up to 7-3 winning 4 of 5. Beat FL St. twice, beat Hofstra and split with Arkansas. Quality win over NC in week 1. | NR |
| 24 |  | Baylor | Won 7 games this week, allowing just 3 runs. Improved to 10-2 overall. Texas Shootout next weekend. | NR |
| 25 |  | Hawai'i | Improved to 9-3, going 4-2 this weekend in Vegas. Beat Oregon and Washington so far this season. | NR |
2/18 Softball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 02/18/2013
