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March 28 National Softball Rankings

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March 28 National Softball Rankings

BATON ROUGE, La. – Coming off of a sweep of Georgia at home over the weekend, the LSU softball team returned to the top 10 of both major national polls on Tuesday, slotting in at No. 10.

LSU improved its overall record to 27-7 on the season and 4-2 in the SEC with the first sweep of Georgia since 2008.

The Tigers will be back in action this evening against the ULM Warhawks, before closing out its two-week home stand with a conference clash against Mississippi State this weekend.

USA Today/NFCA Division I Coaches Poll – March 28

Rank, Team, Totals, 2017 Record, Last Poll
1, Florida State (18), 778, 32-1-1, 1
2, Florida (6), 768, 29-1, 2
3, Oregon (6), 745, 29-0, 3
4, Arizona (2), 712, 32-1 , 5
5, Auburn, 652, 27-5, 4
6, Minnesota, 621, 28-2, 8
7, Texas A&M, 614, 28-3, 7
8, Washington, 588, 26-6, 6
9, Alabama, 514, 30-4, 9
10, LSU, 499, 27-7, 12
11, James Madison, 457, 26-4, 10
12, Oklahoma, 439, 28-7, 13
13, UCLA, 387, 24-8, 15
14, Baylor, 375, 28-6, 14
15, Utah, 353, 21-7, 11
16, Kentucky, 293, 22-6, 18
17, Louisiana, 283, 23-5, 17
18, Georgia, 275, 26-7, 16
19, Tennessee, 249, 26-5, 20
20, Michigan, 244, 22-7-1, 19
21, Arizona State, 138, 23-8, 21
22, Wisconsin, 114, 23-3, 22
23, Arkansas, 53, 22-9, 24
24, Ole Miss, 49, 22-9, 23
25, BYU, 46, 21-9, RV

Dropped Out: No. 25 Cal Poly (23-8)

New to Poll: No. 25 BYU

Receiving Votes: California (40), South Carolina (20), Ohio State (20), Cal Ply (16), Marshall (13), North Carolina (12), Florida International (10), Missouri (9), Tulsa (6), Oklahoma State (4), Texas State (2), Illinois (1), St. Francis (Pa.) (1).

ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 – March 28

Rank, Team, Record*, Points, Previous Ranking
1., Oregon (8), 29-0, 479, 3
2., Florida (8), 29-1, 473, 1
3., Florida State (2), 32-1-1, 469, 2
4., Arizona (2), 32-1, 456, 4
5., Texas A&M, 28-3, 393, 7
6., Minnesota, 28-2, 389, 8
7., Auburn, 27-5, 386, 6
8., Washington, 26-6, 382, 5
9., Alabama, 30-4, 335, 9
10., LSU, 27-7, 305, 11
11., James Madison, 26-4, 297, 10
12., Oklahoma, 28-7, 277, 12
13., Baylor, 28-6, 242, 14
14., UCLA, 24-8, 215, 16
15., Utah, 21-7, 207, 13
T16., Georgia, 26-7, 197, 15
T16., Kentucky, 22-6, 197, 17
18., Michigan, 22-7-1, 170, 18
19., Tennessee, 26-5, 153, 19
20., Louisiana, 23-5, 125, 20
21., Wisconsin, 23-3, 95, 21
22., California, 19-8, 65, 23
23., Arizona State, 23-8, 60, 24
24., Arkansas, 22-9, 28, 22
25., Ohio State, 18-7, 25, RV

Dropped Out: North Carolina (25)
New to Poll: Ohio State (RV)

Others receiving votes: North Carolina (23), BYU (11), Tulsa (10), Oklahoma State (9), Ole Miss (8), Missouri (6), Illinois (3), Louisville (3), Texas State (3), USC Upstate (2), Cal Poly (1), Florida International (1)