BATON ROUGE – The LSU softball team garnered a No. 18 and No. 19 national ranking Tuesday as both the ESPN.com/USA Softball and USA Today NFCA Top 25 released their final polls for the 2010 season.
The Tigers have now spent 78 consecutive weeks ranked in the polls dating back to the 2006 season, including 24 weeks inside the Top 10. LSU was ranked as high as No. 10 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll on May 18. Joining the Tigers from the SEC in the final rankings is Georgia (No. 3/4), Tennessee (No. 4/3), Florida (No. 6) and Alabama (No. 9/8).
LSU earned a runner-up finish at the SEC Tournament en route to a 45-16 finish, its 10th season with at least 45 victories since softball was reinstated in 1997. The Tigers also reeled off a program-best 24-game winning streak and recorded their 12th NCAA Regional appearance in 2010.
USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll – June 15, 2010 – FINAL
Rank, Team, Record, Totals, Last Poll
1. UCLA (30), 50-11, 750, 5
2. Arizona, 52-14, 720, 3
3. Georgia, 50-13, 668, 9
4. Tennessee, 49-15, 654, 16
5. Washington, 50-9, 625, 1
6. Florida, 49-10, 607, 6
7. Hawai’i, 50-15, 583, 23
8. Missouri, 51-13, 547, 8
9. Alabama, 52-11, 495, 4
10. Michigan, 49-8, 475, 2
11. Oklahoma, 47-12, 439, 11
12. Arizona State, 44-17, 404, 10
13. California, 44-19, 390, 12
14. Oregon, 36-21, 348, 22
15. BYU, 46-13, 303, RV
16. Louisiana-Lafayette, 45-18, 282, RV
17. Georgia Tech, 51-11, 255, 7
18. Texas, 43-15, 211, 13
19. LSU, 45-16, 171, 17
20. Texas A&M, 44-16, 134, 20
21. Stanford, 37-19, 133, 15
22. Ohio State, 39-14, 113, 19
23. Oklahoma State, 44-16, 96, 14
24. North Carolina, 42-20, 79, NR
25. Illinois, 45-18, 58, 18
Dropped Out: No. 21 Massachusetts, No. 24 Notre Dame, No. 25 Florida State
Others Receiving Votes: Notre Dame 37, Hofstra 31, Fresno State 24, Massachusetts 22, Fordham 18, Long Island 15, Louisville 14, Lipscomb 13, DePaul 9, East Carolina 8, Florida State 6, Kentucky 5, San Diego State 3, Texas Tech 2, Illinois State 1, Florida International 1 and Radford 1.
ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 – June 15, 2010 – Final
Rank, Team, Record, Points, Last Week
Ranking
1. UCLA (20), 50-11, 500, 4
2. Arizona, 52-13, 480, 6
3. Tennessee, 49-15, 439, 15
4. Georgia, 50-13, 428, 9
5. Washington, 50-9, 412, 1
6. Florida, 49-10, 405, 5
7. Hawai’i, 50-16, 385, 19
8. Alabama, 52-11, 366, 3
9. Missouri, 51-13, 341, 14
10.Oklahoma, 47-12, 311, 8
11. Michigan, 49-8, 283, 2
12. California, 44-19, 269, 13
13. Arizona State, 44-17, 257, 11
14. Oregon, 36-20, 237, T21
15. BYU, 46-13, 195, RV
16. Georgia Tech, 51-11, 182, 7
17. Louisiana-Lafayette, 45-18, 172, NR
18. LSU, 44-16, 144, 10
19. Texas, 43-15, 121, 12
20. North Carolina, 42-20, 90, RV
21. Illinois, 45-8, 63, 17
22. Texas A &M, 44-16, 62, 18
23. Oklahoma State, 44-16, 54, 20
T24. Stanford, 37-19, 52, 16
T24. Ohio State, 39-14, 52, T21
Dropped Out: No. 23 Massachusetts, No. 24 Florida State, No. 25 Notre Dame
Others Receiving Votes: Fordham 44, Notre Dame 27, Louisville 27, Hofstra 26, Long Island 17, Lipscomb 13, Florida State 11, Massachusetts 10, DePaul 10, Fresno State 6, Florida International 5, East Carolina 3 and Kentucky 1.