BATON ROUGE, La. – The LSU softball team moved up one spot in each of the major national polls on Tuesday, sitting at No. 12 in the NFCA poll and No. 11 in the USA Softball Collegiate Top 25.
LSU went 4-1 on the road last week and sit at 23-7 overall on the season. The Tigers will take on Nicholls tonight at 6 p.m. at Tiger Park, before returning to SEC play this weekend with a test against the No. 16/15 Georgia Bulldogs in a three-game series this Friday-Sunday.
USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll – March 21
Rank, Team, Totals, 2017 Record, Last Poll
1, Florida State (24), 786, 28-1-1, 1
2, Florida (2), 761, 26-1, 2
3, Oregon (5), 738, 27-0, 3
4, Auburn, 688, 27-3, 4
5, Arizona, 685, 29-1, 5
6, Washington, 638, 24-3, 6
7, Texas A&M, 614, 25-2, 7
8, Minnesota, 575, 25-2, 8
9, Alabama (1), 516, 28-3, 11
10, James Madison, 498, 24-3, 12
11, Utah, 422, 21-4, 20
12, LSU, 418, 23-7, 13
13, Oklahoma, 396, 24-7, 9
14, Baylor, 390, 25-5, 14
15, UCLA, 347, 21-8, 10
16, Georgia, 330, 25-4, 16
17, Louisiana, 286, 20-5, 18
18, Kentucky, 271, 19-5, 17
19, Michigan, 237, 17-7-1, 19
20, Tennessee, 226, 22-5, 15
21, Arizona State, 100, 19-8, 21
22, Wisconsin, 99, 20-2, 24
23, Ole Miss, 74, 21-6, 22
24, Arkansas, 70, 19-6, RV
25, Cal Poly, 59, 23-7, RV
Dropped Out: No. 23 California, No. 25 BYU
New to Poll: No. 24 Arkansas, No. 25 Cal Poly
Receiving Votes: BYU (48), California (40), North Carolina (23), Ohio State (12), Missouri (11), SIUE (8), Texas (7), Mississippi State (6), Marshall (5), Tulsa (4), South Carolina (4), Saint Francis (Pa.) (3), Florida International (2), Louisville (2), Fresno State (1).
ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 – March 21
Rank, Team, Record*, Points, Previous Ranking
1., Florida (10), 26-1, 486, 1
2., Florida State (3), 28-1-1, 478, 2
3., Oregon (7), 27-0, 472, 3
4., Arizona, 29-1, 437, 4
5., Washington, 24-3, 408, 6
6., Auburn, 27-3, 405, 5
7., Texas A&M, 25-2, 386, 7
8., Minnesota, 25-2, 353, 9
9., Alabama, 28-3, 340, 8
10., James Madison, 24-3, 291, 13
11., LSU, 23-7, 273, 12
12., Oklahoma, 24-7, 257, 10
13., Utah, 21-4, 256, 21
14., Baylor, 25-5, 241, 15
15., Georgia, 25-4, 219, 16
16., UCLA, 21-8, 188, 11
17., Kentucky, 19-5, 167, 18
18., Michigan, 17-7-1, 157, 17
19., Tennessee, 22-5, 156, 14
20., Louisiana, 20-5, 140, 19
21., Wisconsin, 20-2, 78, 23
22., Arkansas, 21-6, 72, 25
23., California, 17-8, 55, 20
24., Arizona State, 19-8, 50, 22
25., North Carolina, 24-6, 38, RV
*Records reflect play through Sunday, March 19, 2017.
Parenthesis denotes first place votes.
Dropped Out: Ole Miss (24)
New to Poll: North Carolina (RV)
Others receiving votes: Mississippi (17), Ohio State (15), Missouri (14), Louisville (12), Cal Poly (9), Mississippi State (7), Tulsa (7), Texas (5), BYU (3), Texas State (3), Oklahoma State (2), SIU-Edwardsville (2), Fresno State (1)