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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The top seven remained intact for a second-straight week in the 2022 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. Oklahoma (15-0) was idle and continued as the unanimous No. 1.

Of the undefeated teams in action last week, No. 2 Alabama was the only program to survive as both No. 3 Florida State and No. 4 Florida suffered their first defeats of 2022. The Crimson Tide (20-0) opened the week with a 7-0 triumph over UAB followed four wins, two each over RV Texas and Miami, as part of their T-Mobile Crimson Classic.

The third-ranked Seminoles (19-1) knocked off Florida A&M and Oakland in non-conference action before opening Atlantic Coast Conference play against Pitt at home. FSU blanked the Panthers in the first two contests, but dropped the finale, 7-5. The Gators (21-1) rebounded from a week-opening loss to Southern Miss at home by sweeping the Bubly Invitational.

The Bruins (17-3) registered five wins at the Judi Garman Classic and Huskies (15-5) went 4-1 at the UNLV’s Boyd Gaming Classic. The sixth-ranked Hokies (14-3) swept their ACC opener at then-No. 14 Clemson, which was preceded by a non-conference road defeat at then-RV Charlotte.

With Oklahoma State dropping to No. 10, Arizona and Kentucky each moved up one spot. The Cowgirls (12-5) split with RV Stanford and defeated DePaul at home. Arizona posted a 5-0 mark hosting the Wildcat Invitational, while UK (16-2) split with No. 19 Michigan as part of the Wildcats’ John Cropp Classic.

The previously-mentioned 49ers followed up their win over the Hokies with four more against Villanova, Boston College and Maryland and entered the rankings at No. 25.

The 2022 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches with one representing each of the NCAA’s Division I Conferences. Records reflect games played through March 6.

  

2022 USA Today / NFCA Division I Top 25 Softball Coaches Poll

March 8 (Week 4)

Rank

School (First Place Votes)

Points

2022 Record

Prev. Ranking

1

Oklahoma (32)

800

15-0

1

2

Alabama

768

20-0

2

3

Florida State

721

19-1

3

4

Florida

696

21-1

4

5

UCLA

680

17-3

5

6

Virginia Tech

628

14-3

6

7

Washington

575

15-5

7

8

Arizona

530

15-4

9

9

Kentucky

511

16-2

10

10

Oklahoma State

503

12-5

8

11

Oregon

470

16-3

12

12

Arkansas

445

14-4

11

13

Duke

417

16-3

13

14

Missouri

392

16-4

15

15

Georgia

343

19-2

16

16

Northwestern

331

15-4

17

17

Clemson

282

12-6

14

18

Tennessee

268

15-6

18

19

Michigan

255

13-6

19

20

Auburn

233

21-1

20

21

LSU

146

17-6

22

22

Louisiana

101

12-4

21

23

Arizona State

94

13-5

23

24

Notre Dame

50

16-4

25

25

Charlotte

42

18-3

RV

 

New to Poll: No. 25 Charlotte

Dropped Out: No. 24 UCF

Receiving Votes: UCF (38), USF (36), Stanford (25), Liberty (7), Texas (7), Boise State (2), Oregon State (2), USC Upstate (1), Wisconsin (1).

The 2022 USA Today / NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches with one representing each of the NCAA’s Division I Conferences. Records reflect games played through March 6, 2022.

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