The USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division I Top 25 is voted on by 22 NCAA Division I coaches representing all regions. Records are from the 2002 season. First-place votes are in parentheses.
 

Rank	Team	2002 Record	Points	Final 2002 Ranking
1.	UCLA (18)	55-9	543	5
2	Arizona (2)	55-12	515	2
3.	California (2)	56-19	435	1
t-4.	Michigan	50-11	403	7
t-4.	Nebraska	50-14	403	6
6.	Washington	46-18	395	14
7.	LSU	56-11	373	9
8.	Oklahoma	49-16	369	8
9.	Florida State	55-20	344	4
10.	Cal State Fullerton	53-13	341	10
11.	DePaul	50-11	336	11
12.	Texas	50-13	335	16
13.	Arizona State	46-20	321	3
14.	Stanford	44-20	315	15
15.	Fresno State	50-20	241	17
16.	Ohio State	55-14	216	13
t-17.	Notre Dame	44-16	160	19
t-17.	Georgia	59-17	160	22
19.	Georgia Tech	52-18	152	18
20.	South Carolina	46-20	123	12
21.	Pacific	43-17	92	20
22.	Alabama	46-19	87	NR
23.	Oregon State	40-25	80	24
24.	Texas A&M	40-18	78	21
25.	Massachusetts	53-13	68	23

Others receiving votes: Florida Atlantic (63), Baylor (60), Iowa (52), Louisiana-Lafayette (29), Virginia Tech (3). 11 other teams (totaling 58 points) were listed on two or fewer ballots and are not included among others receiving votes.