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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Oklahoma captured the SEC regular season title and is No. 1 for the fourth straight week in the 2026 NFCA/GoRout Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. Big Ten regular season champions Nebraska moved into the No. 2 spot, followed by No. 3 Texas Tech and No. 4 Alabama.

The Sooners (48-7) won a highly competitive series at then-No. 14 Texas A&M (36-16). After the Aggies rallied for an 8-5 game-one triumph, OU edged Texas A&M, 4-3 and 6-4 to clinch its second straight regular season title and will be the top overall seed in this week’s SEC Tournament.

The Huskers (43-6) ran their win streak to 18 games and won their first outright Big Ten regular season crown following a three-game road sweep of Penn State. The win streak is the longest active in Division I and the second longest in program history.

The third-ranked Red Raiders (50-5) ended the regular season as the only 50-win program in Division I as they captured their final Big 12 series against Baylor with a 8-0 win on Sunday. Highlighted by NiJaree Canady’s first career perfect game, Texas Tech also set a program mark with their 21^st conference victory.

No. 4 Alabama earned three one-run victories to sweep RV South Carolina on the final weekend after it started the week with a defeat at then No. 8 Tennessee. The Lady Vols (42-9), with the win over the Crimson Tide and a SEC series win at Mizzou, moved up three spots to No. 5.

UCLA, which dropped its final Big Ten series at home to No. 11 Oregon, fell one position to No. 6. The two defeats to the Ducks (40-11) were the first two at home in 2026.

No. 7 Florida, No. 8 Florida State, No. 9 Arkansas and No. 10 Texas make up the rest of the top 10. The Gators (47-9) avenged last week’s loss to the Seminoles (46-8) with a 4-3 mid-week victory, but dropped their SEC series at No. 17 Georgia. FSU rebounded with a sweep of Boston College to win its 19^th ACC regular season title.

The Razorbacks (41-10) took two-of-three from the Longhorns in Austin to move up one notch in the poll, while Texas slipped down three spots.

There were a few minor position changes below the top 10, which included LSU back inside the top 20 at No. 18.

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 May 3.

2026 NFCA/GoRout Division I Top 25 Softball Coaches Poll

5/5/26 (Week 13)

Rank	School (First Place Votes)	Points	Record	Prev. Ranking
1	Oklahoma (18)	753	48-7	1
2	Nebraska (11)	742	43-6	3
3	Texas Tech (1)	720	50-5	2
4	Alabama (1)	695	47-6	4
5	Tennessee	598	42-9	8
6	UCLA	595	45-7	5
7	Florida	569	47-9	6
8	Florida State	556	46-8	9
9	Arkansas	548	41-10	10
10	Texas	521	39-10	7
11	Oregon	491	40-11	11
12	Duke	425	38-13	12
13	Virginia Tech	398	44-9	13
14	Stanford	352	36-12	15
15	Texas A&M	338	36-16	14
16	Oklahoma State	306	37-13	16
17	Georgia	288	36-17	17
18	LSU	248	37-16	20
19	Mississippi State	184	37-17	18
20	Arizona	178	35-15	19
21	Grand Canyon	146	48-7	21
22	UCF	132	43-11	22
23	Virginia	91	38-15-1	23
24	Arizona State	87	38-16	25
25	Louisville	70	43-11	24

Receiving Votes: Belmont (11), Clemson (11), Omaha (11), South Carolina (7), Southeastern Louisiana (2), Kansas (1), Ole Miss (1).

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