BATON ROUGE — After finishing 3-2 in the Lead-Off Classic, the LSU softball team was ranked eighth in the lastest NFCA Top 25 Poll released Wednesday.
The Tigers (16-4) were eliminated by top-ranked Washington, 3-0, in the semifinal of the Gold Bracket at this past weekend’s tournament in Columbus, Ga.
However, LSU knocked off now fourth-ranked Arizona State (6-4) and No. 21 Hawai’i (8-3). LSU only other loss was to No. 13 Michigan, 3-0.
The Tigers return to action this weekend in Norman, Okla., in the University of Oklahoma Tournament against Wichita State at 4 p.m. Friday, Oklahoma at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Southern Miss at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Texas-San Antonio at 10 a.m. Sunday and Colorado State at 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
| School | Record | Pts. | LW |
| 1. Washington (27) | 24-1 | 675 | 1 |
| 2. Arizona | 25-1 | 645 | 2 |
| 3. UCLA | 21-3 | 624 | 3 |
| 4. Arizona State | 19-3 | 567 | 4 |
| 5. Oklahoma | 23-2 | 541 | 5(t) |
| 6. California | 22-1 | 529 | 7 |
| 7. Fresno State | 15-5 | 509 | 8 |
| 8. LSU | 16-4 | 499 | 5(t) |
| 9. Stanford | 20-3 | 435 | 9 |
| 10. Oregon State | 17-4-1 | 407 | 10 |
| 11. Cal State Fullerton | 17-2 | 396 | 11(t) |
| 12. Southern Mississippi | 18-7 | 352 | 11(t) |
| 13. Michigan | 12-6 | 331 | 14 |
| 14. Iowa | 8-1 | 312 | 13 |
| 15. Alabama | 20-5 | 305 | 16 |
| 16. Louisiana-Lafayette | 11-3 | 282 | 15 |
| 17. Oklahoma State | 17-5 | 213 | 21 |
| 18. South Carolina | 11-7 | 201 | 18 |
| 19. Illinois-Chicago | 17-12 | 128 | 17 |
| 20. Long Beach State | 10-6 | 117 | 22 |
| 21. Hawai’i | 9-5 | 109 | 19 |
| 22. DePaul | 5-7 | 86 | 20 |
| 23. Oregon | 11-8 | 74 | 25 |
| 24. Mississippi State | 12-5 | 66 | RV |
| 25. Texas A&M | 16-7 | 48 | RV |
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Dropped Out: Hofstra, Nebraska |
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| Others Receiving Votes: Nebraska (39), North Carolina (39), Pacific (34), Hofstra (29), New Mexico (25), Notre Dame (21), Florida (19), Missouri (18), Florida State (17), Arkansas (13), Cal State Northridge (12), Florida Atlantic (9), Louisville (9), Maryland (9), Texas (8), UNLV (7), Auburn (6), Michigan State (2), East Carolina (2). Four other schools (totalling 12 points) were mentioned on just one ballot and are not included among others receiving votes. | |||