March 18

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 15.

Rankings

Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Arizona (25) 22-2 625 1
2 Michigan 18-3 597 2
3 Washington 13-3 570 3
4 Oklahoma State 22-3 543 4
5 Fresno State 12-2 531 5
6 Oklahoma 26-5 500 6
7 Hawai'i 28-3 451 11
8 Arizona State 18-5 426 8
9 Missouri 16-5 405 9
10 USF 28-9 399 7
11 Texas 23-6 322 18
12 Nebraska 14-5 304 13
13 Long Beach State 17-8-1 277 10
14 Stanford 15-4 275 15
15 LSU 23-4 258 16
16 Iowa 8-4 245 14
17 Florida State 28-12 220 17
18 Oregon State 15-5 195 12
19 Oregon 19-6 166 23
20 Minnesota 20-7 161 20
21 California 15-9 118 22
22 CSUN 13-9-1 109 19
23 Texas Tech 27-7 81
24 Louisiana 13-5 71 24
25 Florida 20-10 47

Others receiving votes:

Illinois-Chicago (29), Hofstra (25), South Carolina (25), Michigan State (24), Massachusetts (14), DePaul (12), UC Santa Barbara (12), Alabama (11), Southern Illinois (10), Nicholls State (8), Utah (6), Creighton (4), Northern Illinois (2).

Dropped out:

DePaul, South Carolina.

All Polls for Division I in 1998

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