LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Completing a near perfect run to the program’s third national title at the Women’s College World Series, Oklahoma (57-8) is the unanimous No. 1 choice in the final USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll.

The Sooners won 33 of their final 34 games, including a 10-1 postseason mark on their way to the NCAA Division I title, which concluded with a three-game championship series’ triumph over No. 2 Auburn. In a thrilling national title matchup, OU held on for two one-run victories in games one (3-2) and three (2-1). The Tigers (58-12), making their second straight WCWS appearance and posting a program-record 58 wins, rallied from a 7-0 deficit in game two and completed the comeback with a walk-off grand slam in the eighth inning.

National semifinalists LSU (52-18) and Florida State (55-10) bounced back from WCWS-opening losses to reach the semifinals. For the Tigers, it was their second straight trip to the semis after sweeping through regionals and rallying from an opening Super Regional loss at No. 11 James Madison (2-3) with 2-0 and 3-2 victories. The Seminoles rolled into to the WCWS with five straight victories and collected their first two WCWS wins since 2004.

WCWS participants Michigan (52-7), Alabama (51-14), Georgia (46-20) and UCLA (40-16-1) made up spots No. 5, 6, 7 and 9, respectively. Of the group, the Bulldogs (rose from 15th) and the Bruins (rose from 14th), along the LSU (rose from 10th) made the largest positive jumps from the final regular season rankings.

After holding the No. 1 spot for 14 weeks, including the final six, Florida (56-7) fell from first to eighth after being swept by Georgia in the Gainesville Super Regional. Oregon (48-10) plummeted from fourth to 10th after dropping the final two games of its best-of-three series to UCLA in the Eugene Super Regional.

No. 16 Utah (36-21) made the biggest leap amongst all previously ranked programs. The Utes rose nine positions from 25th after making a Super Regional run, which included two victories over No. 18 Kentucky to win the Lexington Regional.

The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. Final 2016 records are shown with first-votes in parentheses.

 

2016 USA Today/NFCA Division I Softball Coaches Poll
Final | June 13, 2016 

Rank Team Totals 2016 Record Last Poll  
  1 Oklahoma (32) 800 57-8 3
  2 Auburn 767 58-12 5
  3 LSU 709 52-18 10
  4 Florida State 699 55-10 7
  5 Michigan 680 52-7 2
  6 Alabama 625 51-14 6
  7 Georgia 607 46-20 15
  8 Florida 580 56-7 1
  9 UCLA 553 40-16-1 14
  10 Oregon 507 48-10 4
  11 James Madison 489 50-6 8
  12 Louisiana-Lafayette 441 46-9 9
  13 Washington 409 39-15 12
  14 Arizona 381 40-21 18
  15 Missouri 368 42-16 17
  16 Utah 313 36-21 25
  17 Tennessee 267 43-16 11
  18 Kentucky 243 46-14 13
  19 Texas A&M 210 39-20 16
  20 Minnesota 195 43-14 19
  21 Baylor 173 45-14 21
  22 Fresno State 105 42-12-1 20
  23 Notre Dame 93 43-13 23
  24 Florida Atlantic 62 51-9 22
  25 USF 43 45-16 24
                     

 

Dropped Out: None

Receiving Votes: UCF (23), Cal State Fullerton (15), Ole Miss (15), South Carolina (13), Jacksonville State (5), California (4), Oregon State (3), Oklahoma State (2), McNeese State (1).

 

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