BATON ROUGE – The LSU softball team continues to rank in the top 10 of the NFCA Coaches Poll, moving to No. 10. The Tigers have moved to No. 11 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll.
The Tigers, who are 23-4 on the year, earned 475 total points in the poll from the coaches, while earning 292 points in the USA Softball rankings. LSU has been ranked every week since the end of the 2014 season.
LSU returns home this weekend, playing host to the LSU Round Robin Thursday through Sunday. The Tigers open up the weekend with BYU on Thursday at 6 p.m. CT. For a full weekend schedule, click here.
USA Today/NFCA Division I Coaches Poll – March 20
Rank, Team, Points, 2018 Record, Last Poll
1. Washington (23), 781, 29-1, 1
2. Tennessee (8), 748, 30-1, 4
3. Oklahoma, 708, 24-2, 5
4. UCLA, 689, 25-2, 3
5. Oregon, 674, 25-5, 6
6. Florida, 656, 23-3, 2
7. Georgia (1), 645, 25-2, 10
8. Texas A&M, 566, 29-4, 7
9. Arizona, 538, 24-3, 9
10. LSU, 475, 23-4, 8
11. Auburn, 455, 27-6, 14
12. Arizona State, 435, 23-4, 13
13. Baylor, 412, 17-4, 11
14. Florida State, 379, 21-6, 15
15. Alabama, 361, 19-7, 12
16. South Carolina, 297, 24-4, 18
17. Michigan, 242, 22-6, 19
18. Ohio State, 229, 19-4, 17
19. Kentucky, 219, 19-6, 24
20. California, 203, 24-5, 16
21. Louisiana, 179, 18-6, 20
22. Long Beach State, 142, 24-7, 22
23. Mississippi State, 130, 25-4, 21
24. Oklahoma State, 66, 21-6, 25
25. Texas State, 37, 22-7, RV
New to Poll: No. 25 Texas State
Dropped Out: No. 23 Ole Miss (15-9)
Receiving Votes: Ole Miss (31), Arkansas (29), Lipscomb (13), Kennesaw State (11), Notre Dame (11), Wichita State (10), Nebraska (8), Hofstra (6), Oregon State (4), Louisville (4), USC Upstate (4), Tulsa (3).
ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 – March 20
Rank, Team, Record, Points, Previous Ranking
1. Washington (12), 29-1, 477, 1
2. Tennessee (3), 30-1, 461, 4
3. Oregon (3), 25-5, 442, 6
4. UCLA (1), 25-2, 432, 2
5. Oklahoma (1), 24-2, 427, 5
6. Florida, 23-3, 403, 3
7. Georgia, 26-2, 389, 12
8. Texas A&M, 29-4, 348, 7
9. Arizona, 24-3, 343, 9
10. Arizona State, 23-4, 324, 10
11. LSU, 23-4, 292, 8
12. Florida State, 21-6, 279, 11
13. Auburn, 27-6, 252, 14
14. Baylor, 17-4, 241, 13
15. South Carolina, 24-4, 200, 17
16. Alabama, 19-7, 197, 15
17. Michigan, 22-6, 161, 19
18. Kentucky, 19-6, 138, 23
19. Ohio State, 19-4, 136, 18
20. California, 24-5, 123, 16
21. Mississippi State, 25-4, 119, 20
22. Louisiana, 18-6, 99, 21
23. Oklahoma State, 21-6, 75, 24
24. Oregon State, 19-10, 50, 25
25. Long Beach State, 24-7, 29, RV
Dropped Out: Ole Miss (22)
New to Poll: Long Beach State (RV)
Others receiving votes: Ole Miss (18), Texas State (12), Louisville (7), Arkansas (6), USC Upstate (6), Minnesota (5), Nebraska (4), Florida Gulf Coast (1), James Madison (1), Missouri (1), Northwestern (1), Notre Dame (1)
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