May 6

The USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Coaches Top 25 is voted on by 25 Division I coaches, representing all areas of the USA. First place votes are in parentheses. Records are through May 3.

Rankings

Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Arizona (25) 57-3 625 1
2 Michigan 47-4 600 2
3 Fresno State 45-10 560 3
4 Washington 44-11 538 4
5 Nebraska 44-10 525 7
6 USF 54-11 520 5
7 Oklahoma 47-13 473 6
8 Texas 46-14 439 8
9 Stanford 35-16 407 9
10 Hawai'i 45-13 369 12
11 DePaul 41-6 362 13
12 LSU 53-10 347 10
13 Oklahoma State 37-17 329 11
14 Florida State 50-18 256 16
15 Long Beach State 36-16 249 14
16 Arizona State 36-22 208 15
17 Texas Tech 45-20 202 17
18 CSUN 36-17 196 19
19 Iowa 35-16 166 18
20 UIC 59-19 147 20
21 Massachusetts 40-12 126 24
22 Minnesota 45-17 107 23
23 Florida 45-18 96 25
24 California 30-25 74 21
25 Missouri 36-20 47 22

Others receiving votes:

Alabama (33), Oregon (26), Nicholls State (22), Hofstra (18), Northwestern (17), Boston College (10), Creighton (4), Utah (4), Northern Illinois (3), Oregon State (3), Southern Illinois (3), USL (2), Florida Atlantic (1), Harvard (1).

Dropped out:

None.

All Polls for Division I in 1998

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