Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Washington | Washington had to survive the elements all weekend but finally swept Cal in two games on Sunday. | 1 | |
2 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma survived a valiant upset bid Wichita State on Wednesday and then swept Kansas. | 2 | |
3 | Oregon | Oregon picked up a valuable road series win at Arizona State. Oklahoma visits Eugene on Thursday. | 3 | |
4 | UCLA | UCLA went on the road and swept Arizona as the Bruins hammered the Wildcats' pitching all weekend long. | 5 | |
5 | Florida | Gators clinched the Alabama series on Monday. They struggled offensively at Florida State and swept South Carolina. | 8 | |
6 | Tennessee | Tennessee picked up a hard fought sweep against LSU as Haley Bearden's walk-off homerun clinched the sweep. | 9 | |
7 | Georgia | Georgia split a doubleheader with a tough Mercer team and beat Georgia State in their SEC bye week. | 4 | |
8 | Arizona State | Arizona State dropped two of three games against Oregon as they couldn’t get much going against the Ducks pitching. | 6 | |
9 | Texas A&M | Texas A&M took two of three from Kentucky to close out the Aggie Softball Complex this weekend. | 10 | |
10 | Florida State | It was a great week for Florida State as they knocked off Florida and took two of three against Boston College. | 13 | |
11 | Michigan | Michigan went 4-0 this week as they beat Eastern Michigan, Michigan State and took two games against Rutgers. | 16 | |
12 | Auburn | Auburn had a rough weekend at Missouri as they dropped two games against the last place Tigers. | 7 | |
13 | South Carolina | South Carolina went 1-3 this week as they beat Winthrop and were swept at Florida. | 11 | |
14 | Arkansas | Arkansas held serve at home against Alabama and they won two of three against the Crimson Tide. | 22 | |
15 | Alabama | Alabama lost game three against Florida in a 3-2 heartbreaker and dropped two of three at Arkansas. | 13 | |
16 | LSU | The inconsistency at the plate has caught up with LSU as they have lost four straight SEC games. | 14 | |
17 | Arizona | Arizona is in a free fall right now. They were swept at home by UCLA and have lost six staright games. | 15 | |
18 | Oklahoma State | Cowgirls swept Baylor in very impressive fashion, scoring 21 runs in three games against the Bears. | NR | |
19 | Texas State | Texas State beat in-state rival Texas and have split two games so far against Louisiana. | 19 | |
20 | Hofstra | Hofstra has won ten games in a row. They beat Seton Hall and swept Delaware to improve to 12-0 in CAA play. | 21 | |
21 | Kentucky | Kentucky dropped two of three at Texas A&M and avoided the sweep on Sunday with a 3-2 win over the Aggies. | 20 | |
22 | Northwestern | Wildcats took two games from Ohio State and the bats were on fire against the Buckeyes. | NR | |
23 | Long Beach State | Long Beach State dropped two of three in a key series against Cal State Fullerton. | 17 | |
24 | California | Golden Bears battled Washington tough for awhile in game one, but just didn’t have enough for the Huskies pitching. | 24 | |
25 | Louisiana | Ragin' Cajuns will go for the series win on Monday morning against Texas State as they try to stay in the Sun Belt race. | NR |