March 11

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 March 8.

Rankings

Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Arizona (25) 21-2 625 1
2 Michigan 18-3 596 2
3 Washington 13-3 572 3
4 Oklahoma State 18-3 524 4
5 Fresno State 8-2 521 5
6 Oklahoma 22-5 502 6
7 USF 23-6 457 7
8 Arizona State 14-3 435 8
9 Missouri 16-5 391 9
10 Long Beach State 16-5-1 388 10
11 Hawai'i 19-3 366 11
12 Oregon State 15-3 280 20
13 Nebraska 10-4 267 15
Iowa 8-4 255 16
Stanford 10-3 255 17
16 LSU 15-2 234 19
17 Florida State 18-9 230 12
18 Texas 20-6 225
19 CSUN 11-5-1 212 18
20 Minnesota 20-7 197 21
21 South Carolina 8-6 182 14
22 California 8-8 86 13
Oregon 15-6 49
Louisiana 8-3 49 25
25 DePaul 5-3 43 24

Others receiving votes:

Nicholls State (36), Illinois-Chicago (33), Utah (31), Kansas (15), Northwestern (12), UC Santa Barbara (10), Florida (5), Northwestern State (5), Tennessee (5), Boston College (4), Mississippi St. (4), Southern Illinois (4), Troy State (3), Colorado St. (1).

Dropped out:

Colorado St., Kansas.

All Polls for Division I in 1998

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