LOUISVILLE, Ky. –A red-hot Oklahoma squad dethroned UCLA as the No. 1 team in this week’s 2019 USA Today / NFCA Top 25 Coaches Poll. Riding a 28-game winning streak, the Sooners (38-2) ended the Bruins’ (37-2) five-week run atop the poll. 

OU captured 22 first-place votes and 790 points, while No. 2 UCLA received 10 first-place nods and 773 points. The Sooners extended their NCAA Division I-best active winning streak by cruising to three shutouts at Kansas in Big 12 play. Oklahoma last held the top spot in the first regular-season poll of 2018.

The Bruins had their 19-game winning streak snapped by Oregon, 4-3, in the Pac-12 series opener. UCLA bounced back from their first league loss of the season with 8-3 and 8-1 triumphs over the Ducks to win the series.

In addition to a new No. 1, No. 23 Northwestern and No. 25 Colorado State return to the poll following long absences. The Wildcats (33-7), last ranked at No. 25 on April 22, 2014, are on a roll, having won 11 straight. Northwestern swept then-No. 25 Wisconsin over the weekend to remain the lone undefeated program in Big Ten play.

It’s been 21 years since the Rams (31-6) were ranked (23rd- March 4, 1998). CSU is enjoying a record season, which includes a program-record 20-game winning streak and a 13-2 mark for the first-place team in the Mountain West.  

No. 3 Washington inched up another spot. The Huskies (35-6) swept their fourth straight Pac-12 series, taking down then-No. 24 Arizona State and extending their winning streak to 13 contests.

Florida State slipped to No. 4 following a weather-shortened 1-1 week. The Seminoles (38-5) dropped a wild 10-9 game at Louisville on April 8, which snapped an unbeaten streak of 52 consecutive ACC series. The last time FSU dropped a league series was May 5-6, 2012 at Maryland. They bounced back with an 8-6 win on April 14 at North Carolina.

No. 5 Alabama and No. 6 Florida went a combined 7-0 last week. The Crimson Tide (41-4) became the first NCAA program to reach the 40-win plateau in 2019 following a win over Georgia State and two versus then-No. 13 Georgia. The Gators (36-9) posted their second straight Southeastern Conference series sweep at Texas A&M and added a 1-0 triumph over in-state rival USF.

No. 7 Arizona and No. 8 Tennessee each moved up one position, while LSU fell two spots to No. 9. The Wildcats (35-7) stepped out of Pac-12 play and swept a three-game set at Grand Canyon, while the Lady Vols (32-8) cruised to a three-game SEC sweep of Mississippi State. The Tigers (36-9) posted a 3-1 mark last week. LSU blanked McNeese State before a 2-1 series win over then-No. 23 Kentucky.

No. 10 Louisiana extended its winning streak to 14 with a 4-0 week. The Ragin’ Cajuns (37-4) defeated Southeastern Louisiana, 7-1, before heading to the mountains of North Carolina for a Sun Belt sweep of Appalachian State.

No. 24 Arizona State (25-17) and No. 25 Wisconsin (30-8) dropped out of the Top-25.

The 2019 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. The records reflect games played through April 14, 2019.

2019 USA Today / NFCA Division I
Top 25 Coaches Poll – April 16 (Week 10)

Rank

School

Totals

2019

Record

Prev. Ranking

1

Oklahoma (22)

790

38-2

2

2

UCLA (10)

773

37-2

1

3

Washington

722

35-6

4

4

Florida State

695

38-5

3

5

Alabama

688

41-4

5

6

Florida

609

36-9

6

7

Arizona

600

35-7

8

8

Tennessee

564

32-8

9

9

LSU

560

36-9

7

10

Louisiana

524

37-4

10

11

Texas

477

35-9

11

12

Texas Tech

371

33-8

15

13

Oklahoma State

368

32-11

14

14

Auburn

353

33-10

12

15

South Carolina

350

31-12

16

16

Georgia

330

30-13

13

17

Ole Miss

290

30-11

17

18

Minnesota

248

29-10

19

19

Arkansas

241

31-14

18

20

James Madison

211

31-7

20

21

Virginia Tech

163

37-6

22

22

Michigan

132

29-11

21

23

Northwestern

118

33-7

RV

24

Kentucky

94

26-17

23

25

Colorado State

36

31-6

RV


New to Poll: 
No. 23 Northwestern, No. 25 Colorado State.

Dropped Out: No. 24 Arizona State, No. 25 Wisconsin.

 

Receiving Votes: Stanford (28), Boise State (19), Arizona State (17), Wisconsin (16), Missouri (5), Indiana (3), Mississippi State (2), Drake (1), Louisville (1), Tulsa (1).

The 2019 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. Record reflect games played through April 14, 2019.

 

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