Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Florida | The Gators are impressive in week two, scoring more than 10 runs three times while allowing no more than two. | 1 | |
2 | Tennessee | Three shutout outs during a 5-0 weekend. Wins included USF, Pittsburgh and Illinois. Solid weekend for the Vols. | 2 | |
3 | Arizona State | Arizona State goes 5-0 during week two, which includes an impressive 7-0 win over Oklahoma. | 5 | |
4 | Michigan | The Wolverines earn split with Louisiana, including a 15-1 win, while picking up three additional victories. | 3 | |
5 | Oregon | A good weekend for the Ducks in Las Vegas. Three of the five wins come via the mercy rule include a 9-0 win over Ohio State. | 6 | |
6 | Kentucky | The Wildcats put up another nice weekend with a 5-0 record. Included are two wins over Texas on the Longhorn's home field. | 8 | |
7 | Florida State | Six games with three each against Southern Miss and North Dakota State equals six wins. FSU allow only two runs. | 10 | |
8 | Washington | The Huskies are 10-0 on the season now after five more victories. UW closed out the weekend winning against Oklahoma. | 15 | |
9 | Nebraska | It looked like Nebraska would be able to go 5-0 this weekend but they fall to Stephen F. Austin 1-0. | 9 | |
10 | Arizona | Wildcats have a good second weekend, going 5-0 with two shutout wins over Alabama. UA allowed one run all weekend. | 21 | |
11 | Alabama | The Tide fall twice to Arizona to conclude the weekend in the Wildcats' tournament. Alabama has home opener on Friday. | 4 | |
12 | UCLA | A pefect 6-0 home weekend for the Bruins. Four of the wins come via the shutout. | 13 | |
13 | Oklahoma | The Sooners go 3-2 in Tempe and drop both games against ranked teams (Arizona State and Washington). | 7 | |
14 | Georgia | Winter weather alters the Bulldogs' weekend home event, so UGA battles Furman and shuts them out twice. | 18 | |
15 | Baylor | Wins over UAB, Iowa and Missouri are good for Baylor at home but a 1-0 loss to Lipscomb is surprising. | 14 | |
16 | California | Three losses to San Diego St., Texas State and St. Mary's are not what the Bears were expecting. Cal now faces a tough field. | 11 | |
17 | South Alabama | Interesting weekend for USA with a loss to Northwestern, but a win over LSU in Baton Rouge after event at Georgia is cancelled. | 12 | |
18 | LSU | Tigers have their Invitational schedule altered by weather, but they pick up three wins while falling to South Alabama. | 16 | |
19 | Stanford | Stanford improves to 11-0 after a perfect record in its home opening tournament. | 23 | |
20 | Missouri | Missouri redirects to Waco as weather changes travel. Tigers go 4-1 with a loss to Baylor but beat UAB in opener. | 20 | |
21 | Louisiana | The Ragin' Cajuns pick up a win over Michigan while dropping the rematch. | 19 | |
22 | Minnesota | The Gophers go to Vegas and defeat three west coast teams but fall to Florida to end the weekend. | 24 | |
23 | Texas A&M | Although winning twice against Oregon State, the Aggies are upset by McNeese State and Tulsa in their home tournament. | 22 | |
24 | Tulsa | Tulsa puts up a nice 5-0 weekend in College Station. Two wins over Oregon State plus a win over the host is a nice weekend. | NR | |
25 | Lipscomb | Lipscomb enters the top 25 after a 4-1 weekend in which it feel to Missouri but defeated Baylor (in Waco), Iowa and UAB. | NR |
2/17 Softball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 02/17/2014