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Softball Remains in Top 10 of National Polls

by Chelsey Chamberlain
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Softball Remains in Top 10 of National Polls

BATON ROUGE – After claiming six more victories to stay undefeated at 10-0, the LSU softball team remains in the top 10 of both national polls on Tuesday, remaining at No. 7 in the NFCA Poll and moving to No. 8 in the USA Softball Poll.

The Tigers earned 615 total points in the poll from the coaches, while earning 381 points in the USA Softball rankings.

LSU is on the road for the first time in 2018, heading to California to compete in the Libby Matson Tournament in Stockton and the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Palm Springs. On the weekend, the Tigers will face No. 3/4 UCLA and No. 5/2 Oregon at the Mary Nutter.

USA Today/NFCA Division I Coaches Poll – Feb. 20
Rank, Team, Points, 2018 Record, Last Poll
1. Washington (15), 750, 10-0, 4
2. Florida (9), 743, 8-1, 2
3. UCLA (2), 714, 9-0, 5
4. Oklahoma (5), 701, 6-1, 1
5. Oregon, 696, 9-1, 3
6. Texas A&M (1), 649, 9-0, 6
7. LSU, 615, 10-0, 7
8. Baylor, 565, 7-0, 11
9. Florida State, 550, 8-1, 8
10. Alabama, 496, 6-1, 9
11. Tennessee, 475, 10-1, 10
12. Auburn, 462, 13-0, 13
13. Arizona, 433, 8-1, 12
14. Georgia, 328, 9-1, 17
15. Louisiana, 322, 7-2, 16
16. Ole Miss, 313, 6-2, 15
17. Arizona State, 282, 9-1, 18
18. Oklahoma State, 257, 8-2, 19
19. California, 208, 9-0, 23
20. Michigan, 160, 5-4, 20
21. Ohio State, 128, 8-1, 22
22. Minnesota, 95, 5-4, 14
23. Kentucky, 86, 5-2, 25
T24. South Carolina, 62, 9-1, RV
T24. Utah, 62, 5-4, 21

New to Poll: No. 24 South Carolina | Dropped Out: No. 24 McNeese State

Receiving Votes: Notre Dame (50), Long Beach State (47), Mississippi State (39), Arkansas (29), USC Upstate (20), Nebraska (16), Colorado State (14), Texas State (14), Oregon State (11), Louisville (4), McNeese State (4).

ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 – Feb. 20
Rank, Team, Record, Points, Previous Ranking
1. Florida (10), 8-1, 465, 2
2. Oregon (4), 9-1, 464, 3
3. Washington (3), 10-0, 448, 5
4. UCLA, 9-0, 440, 4
5. Oklahoma, 6-1, 388, 1
6. Auburn, 13-0, 388, 13
7. Florida State, 8-1, 385, 6
8. LSU, 10-0, 381, 7
9. Texas A&M, 9-0, 375, 8
10. Baylor, 7-0, 332, 12
11. Tennessee, 10-1, 3-5, 10
12. Arizona, 8-1, 299, 11
13. Alabama, 6-1, 287, 9
14. Georgia, 9-1, 210, 17
15. Arizona State, 9-1, 201, 16
16. Oklahoma State, 8-2, 199, 15
17. Louisiana, 7-2, 182, T19
18. Ole Miss, 6-2, 160, 18
19. California, 9-0, 133, T22
20. Michigan, 5-4, 112, T19
21. Ohio State, 8-1, 109, 21
22. Minnesota, 5-4, 76, 14
23. Nebraska, 8-2, 58, T22
24. Kentucky, 5-2, 48, 25
25. Notre Dame, 6-3, 29, NR

Others receiving votes: Oregon State (12), South Carolina (11), Missouri (10), Utah (10), Colorado State (8), Mississippi State (6), Louisville (4), USC Upstate (4), Long Beach State (3), Arkansas (2), Houston (2), New Mexico State (2), Virginia Tech (2), James Madison (1), Lipscomb (1)

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