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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Oklahoma remained No. 1, while a pair of red-hot teams, Tennessee and Stanford, made moves in this week’s 2023 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Lady Vols (20-1) took over the No. 5 spot, while the Cardinal (22-2) elevated into the top 10 at No. 7.

The Sooners (20-1), received 31 first-place votes and 798 points, swept through three games at Mississippi State’s Bulldog Invitational. OU defeated the hosts twice, 7-0, 9-3, and blanked Southeast Louisiana, 13-0.

New No. 2 Oklahoma State took two-of-three from then-No. 5 in a top-five matchup in Stillwater, Okla. The Cowgirls (20-2) rebounded from an opening 7-5 loss with 9-1 and 3-2 victories over the Seminoles (21-5). FSU dipped one position to No. 6 this week.

Clemson continues at No. 4, extending its win streak to 11 games after posting five non-conference home victories last week.

Tennessee is on a 15-game win streak and recorded three more shutouts, bringing its season total to 14, during a 4-0 week. After rolling past Tennessee Tech, 19-0, the Lady Vols swept Ole Miss (6-0, 8-2, 1-0) in their Southeastern Conference (SEC) opener.

With three shutouts last week, Stanford pushed its shutout and win streaks to eight and 20 contests, respectively, while bringing its season shutout total to 15. The Cardinal blanked No. 23 Wichita State, 11-0, on the road and opened the Jayhawk Invitational with 6-0 and 9-0 triumphs over South Dakota State and host Kansas.

Florida and Washington held on to No. 8 and No. 10. The Gators (19-4) posted a 5-1 mark at home and the Huskies (20-4) took their opening Pac-12 series from then-No. 21 Oregon.

Arkansas dipped three spots to No. 9 after a 1-3 week at home. The Razorbacks (20-6) were edged by Central Arkansas on March 6 and then dropped two-of-three to new-No. 24 Texas A&M in both teams’ SEC opener.

The Aggies (16-7) enter the rankings this week, along with the return of No. 25 Maryland (19-4). Exiting the top-25 are No. 24 Northwestern and No. 25 Missouri.

The 2023 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 12, 2023.

2023 USA Today / NFCA Division I Top 25 Softball Coaches Poll

March 14 (Week 5)

 

Rank

School (First Place Votes)

Points

2023 Record 

Last Week’s Ranking

1

Oklahoma (31)

798

20-1

1

2

Oklahoma State

745

20-2

3

3

UCLA

738

25-2

2

4

Clemson (1)

708

25-1

4

5

Tennessee

661

20-1

7

6

Florida State

653

21-5

5

7

Stanford

568

22-2

12

8

Florida

557

19-4

8

9

Arkansas

517

20-6

6

10

Washington

501

20-4

10

11

Texas

488

21-4-1

9

12

LSU

460

21-1

14

13

Virginia Tech

433

19-5

11

14

Kentucky

368

16-5-1

16

15

Duke

344

20-5

15

16

Alabama

336

20-6

13

17

Arizona

291

17-7

17

18

Georgia

256

20-6

19

19

Auburn

184

21-5

18

20

Oregon

178

17-6

21

21

Baylor

143

18-4

20

22

Arizona State

102

16-5

22

23

Wichita State

77

19-5

23

24

Texas A&M

63

16-7

RV

25

Maryland

55

19-4

RV

New To Poll: No. 24 Texas A&M, No. 25 Maryland

Dropped Out: No. 24 Northwestern, No. 25 Missouri

Receiving Votes: Northwestern (44), Louisiana (42), Utah (36), Missouri (15), Texas State (12), Mississippi State (7), San Diego State (7), Cal State Fullerton (6), California (2), Nebraska (2), UCF (2), Boston University (1).

The 2023 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 12.

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