LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Texas and Texas Tech remain as the top two teams in this week’s 2026 NFCA/GoRout Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The gap between the Longhorns (31-2), who had their program-record 29-game win streak snapped on Sunday, and the Red Raiders (34-2) has been reduced to a mere nine points.
Texas started the week with three one-run victories, one at Texas State and two at home versus No. 16 Texas A&M before its streak was snapped by the Aggies, 9-7, in the Southeastern Conference series finale. The Longhorns didn’t go quietly, launching a pair of two-out home runs in the bottom of the seventh to get within two, but A&M was able to shut the door and secure the victory.
Texas Tech dispatched all of its opponents last week with four more run-rule victories (23 on the year), totaling 48 runs against Tarleton State and Iowa State. In the process cruising to those wins, the Red Raiders set a single-season program record for home runs on Sunday (75), after launching five in the finale against Cyclones.
Oklahoma and Alabama moved into the No. 3 and 4 spots this week leapfrogging over No. 5 Florida, which suffered a SEC series loss at new-No. 9 Arkansas. The Sooners (34-3) capped off a SEC series road sweep of Ole Miss last Monday (March 23) before taking two of three from then-No. 20 LSU in Baton Rouge. OU sandwiched 3-2 (8 inn.) and 8-4 wins around a 3-1 defeat on Saturday which ended a 22-game win streak.
The Crimson Tide (33-2) stepped out of league play and picked up four non-conference wins at home, posting three shutouts outscoring their opponents, 42-1.
The fifth-ranked Gators (33-4) were upended twice by the Razorbacks in Fayetteville to drop two spots in the rankings.
Florida State, which now owns Division I’s longest active winning streak at 21 games, elevated to No. 6 after it blanked North Florida and swept its ACC series at RV Clemson. The 7-3 win by the Seminoles (32-4) on Sunday was head coach Lonni Alameda’s 1000th in her Hall of Fame coaching career. She is the 12th active Division I coach to eclipse 1,000 wins (1,000-388-3 / .720).
Tennessee fell again this week, dropping three more spots to No. 7. The Lady Vols (30-5) suffered an SEC series loss to Ole Miss at home over the weekend and have lost four of their last five contests. The Rebels were able to take home a pair of 2-1 victories before UT salvaged a 4-3 triumph in the series finale.
No. 8 Nebraska and previously-mentioned Arkansas each moved up a spot following their conference series wins. The Huskers (26-6) knocked off then-No. 7 UCLA twice in Lincoln to secure the top-10 Big Ten matchup. Nebraska opened with a 4-1 victory to end the Bruins’ (29-5) 22-game win streak with UCLA returning the favor with a 6-5 game-two triumph, snapping the Huskers’ 14-game win streak. Nebraska captured the series with an 8-4 victory on Sunday. With those two losses, the Bruins come in at No. 10.
There was a little bit of movement amongst the teams outside the top 10. Virginia (31-3) inched up to No. 12, just one spot behind in-state and ACC rival Virginia Tech (31-4). No. 19 Oklahoma State (25-10) and No. 20 Arizona State (28-9) improved two spots, while a red-hot Washington Huskies program (30-6) comes in at No. 21 on a 20-game winning streak.
The 2026 NFCA/GoRout Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by 31 NCAA Division I head coaches with one representing each of the NCAA’s Division I Conferences. Records reflect games played through March 29.
2026 NFCA/GoRout Division I Top 25 Softball Coaches Poll
3/31/26 (Week 8)
|
Rank |
School (First Place Votes) |
Points |
Record |
Prev. Ranking |
|
1 |
Texas (20) |
764 |
31-2 |
1 |
|
2 |
Texas Tech (11) |
755 |
34-2 |
2 |
|
3 |
Oklahoma |
687 |
34-3 |
5 |
|
4 |
Alabama |
656 |
33-2 |
6 |
|
5 |
Florida |
642 |
33-4 |
3 |
|
6 |
Florida State |
593 |
32-4 |
8 |
|
7 |
Tennessee |
591 |
30-5 |
4 |
|
8 |
Nebraska |
568 |
26-6 |
9 |
|
9 |
Arkansas |
527 |
30-5 |
10 |
|
10 |
UCLA |
516 |
29-5 |
7 |
|
11 |
Virginia Tech |
485 |
31-4 |
11 |
|
12 |
Virginia |
402 |
31-3 |
13 |
|
13 |
Mississippi State |
388 |
31-7 |
12 |
|
14 |
Arizona |
376 |
27-8 |
14 |
|
15 |
Georgia |
360 |
27-8 |
15 |
|
16 |
Texas A&M |
291 |
24-11 |
16 |
|
17 |
Grand Canyon |
259 |
36-2 |
17 |
|
18 |
Oregon |
224 |
26-9 |
18 |
|
19 |
Oklahoma State |
189 |
25-10 |
21 |
|
20 |
Arizona State |
163 |
28-9 |
22 |
|
21 |
Washington |
143 |
30-6 |
25 |
|
22 |
LSU |
140 |
23-12 |
20 |
|
23 |
Duke |
124 |
24-11 |
24 |
|
24 |
Stanford |
114 |
20-10 |
19 |
|
25 |
South Carolina |
42 |
22-14 |
23 |
Receiving Votes: UCF (26), Louisville (18), Southeastern Louisiana (17), Belmont (7), North Carolina (6), Clemson (2).
The 2026 NFCA/GoRout Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by 31 NCAA Division I head coaches with one representing each of the NCAA’s Division I Conferences. Records reflect games played through March 29.
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