LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Washington enters its ninth straight week at No. 1 in the USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Huskies (41-2) swept then-No. 25 California in a rain-shortened Pac-12 series and brought their winning streak to 12 games. For the second consecutive week they were one vote shy of being the unanimous No. 1 squad, collecting 31 of a possible 32 first-place votes and 799 points.
Oklahoma received the other first-place vote and ran its winning streak to 29 games after posting a 5-0 week. The Sooners (38-2) cruised through Big 12 play with wins over Iowa State (9-1) and a sweep of Kansas (5-0, 15-4, 10-1). In its toughest contest of the week, OU rallied from a 6-0 deficit to edge Wichita State, 7-6.
UCLA returned to No. 3 after a Pac-12 sweep of then-No. 12 Arizona (7-6, 7-3, 10-3) in Tucson, while Oregon fell a spot to No. 4 following a Pac-12 series win at then No. 7 Arizona State. The Ducks (34-7) took the first two contests (3-0, 9-1), but fell to the Sun Devils (34-7), 4-0, in the finale.
Florida and Georgia traded spots at No. 5 and No. 6, respectively. The Gators (37-7) posted a 4-1 week with a victory over then-No. 15 Alabama, 3-2, and a three-game SEC sweep of then No. 11 South Carolina (3-1, 7-0, 3-0). UF did drop a mid-week contest at then-No. 13 Florida State, 4-1. The Bulldogs (37-6) defeated Georgia State, 7-0, and split a doubleheader against Mercer (2-5 in 8 inn., 7-5).
No. 7 Tennessee moved up three positions following a 4-0 week, defeating Memphis, 8-0, and sweeping then-No. 14 LSU (4-2, 3-2, 6-4 in 8 inn.) in a tightly contest SEC series in Knoxville.
Arizona State, Texas A&M and Florida State round out the top 10. The Sun Devils dropped two-of-three at home to Oregon, while the Aggies (36-10) collected an SEC series win over No. 20 Kentucky (9-2, 4-3, 2-3). The Seminoles (36-8) return to the top 10 for the first time since Week 2’s poll. FSU knocked off then-No. 6 Florida, 4-1, and took two-of-three from Boston College (0-1, 5-4, 5-0) on the road in ACC play.
Oklahoma State makes its way back into the poll at No. 24. The Cowgirls (32-12) bounced back from a loss to UT Arlington by defeating Missouri State, 3-0, on the road and sweeping their Big 12 series from then-No. 16 Baylor (14-6, 2-1, 5-1). Hofstra makes its first appearance this season as the Pride (28-8) have won 10 straight and 18 of their last 19 contests.
Then-No. 22 Ohio State and then-No. 25 California each dropped out of the poll for the first time since joining it in Week 1.
The 2018 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. Records reflect games played through April 15.
2018 USA Today / NFCA Division I
Top 25 Coaches Poll – April 17 (Week 10)
|
Rank |
School |
Totals |
2018 |
Last Poll |
|
1 |
Washington (31) |
799 |
41-2 |
1 |
|
2 |
Oklahoma (1) |
768 |
38-2 |
2 |
|
3 |
UCLA |
730 |
37-3 |
4 |
|
4 |
Oregon |
708 |
34-7 |
3 |
|
5 |
Florida |
661 |
37-7 |
6 |
|
6 |
Georgia |
627 |
37-6 |
5 |
|
7 |
Tennessee |
581 |
37-8 |
10 |
|
8 |
Arizona State |
576 |
34-7 |
7 |
|
9 |
Texas A&M |
551 |
36-10 |
9 |
|
10 |
Florida State |
490 |
36-8 |
13 |
|
11 |
Auburn |
449 |
36-10 |
8 |
|
12 |
South Carolina |
426 |
34-10 |
11 |
|
13 |
Arizona |
404 |
27-12 |
12 |
|
14 |
Michigan |
371 |
35-7 |
17 |
|
15 |
LSU |
361 |
32-10 |
14 |
|
16 |
Arkansas |
325 |
33-9 |
19 |
|
17 |
Alabama |
273 |
26-13 |
15 |
|
18 |
Long Beach State |
185 |
33-9 |
18 |
|
19 |
Mississippi State |
175 |
32-11 |
23 |
|
20 |
Kentucky |
170 |
26-13 |
20 |
|
21 |
Baylor |
157 |
25-13 |
16 |
|
22 |
Louisiana |
143 |
27-11 |
21 |
|
23 |
Texas State |
123 |
31-9 |
24 |
|
24 |
Oklahoma State |
90 |
32-12 |
RV |
|
25 |
Hofstra |
68 |
28-8 |
RV |
New to Poll: No. 24 Oklahoma State, No. 25 Hofstra
Dropped Out: No. 22 Ohio State (26-10), No. 25 California (26-13)
Receiving Votes: California (47), Ohio State (46), James Madison (42), Kennesaw State (22), Oregon State (12), Mercer (10), USF (5), Northwestern (2), Drake (1), Nebraska (1).
The 2018 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 play through April 15, 2018
