The college softball season is officially underway, and that means the race to the 2020 NCAA Tournament is on with 64 sports up for grabs. From there, eight of college softball's best will earn postseason berths in the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City.
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The defending NCAA champion UCLA Bruins opened the regular season on fire, but a huge weekend by the Texas Longhorns in which they beat both No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 Washington proves, once again, anything can happen in this game.
While we indulge ourselves in no-hitters and hidden ball tricks, the USA Today/NFCA Division 1 Top 25 poll offers college softball rankings throughout the 2020 season. It's one of four major polls — ESPN.com/USA Softball, USA Today/NFCA, Softball America and D1Softball.com — released weekly throughout the season.
The SEC leads everyone with a whopping nine teams in the current poll, followed by five from the Pac-12, four from the Big 12, and two from the Big Ten. The ACC has two, while the AAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt each boast one team.
Here is a look at where every team falls heading into the 2020 campaign.
NCAA Division I Softball Rankings
1. UCLA Bruins
2020 Record: 25-1
Last Week: 1
2. Washington Huskies
2020 Record: 23-2
Last Week: 2
3. Texas Longhorns
2020 Record: 24-3
Last Week: 3
4. Arizona Wildcats
2020 Record: 21-3
Last Week: 4
5. LSU Tigers
2020 Record: 20-3
Last Week: 5
6. Oklahoma Sooners
2020 Record: 20-4
Last Week: 6
7. Florida Gators
2020 Record: 21-4
Last Week: 7
8. Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
2020 Record: 16-6
Last Week: 8
9. Oregon Ducks
2020 Record: 21-2
Last Week: 11
10. Alabama Crimson Tide
2020 Record: 14-8
Last Week: 9
11. Kentucky Wildcats
2020 Record: 18-4
Last Week: 12
12. Florida State Seminoles
2020 Record: 17-6
Last Week: 12
13. Oklahoma State Cowgirls
2020 Record: 18-5
Last Week: 14
14. Georgia Bulldogs
2020 Record: 22-5
Last Week: 13
15. Arizona State Sun Devils
2020 Record: 20-7
Last Week: 17
16. South Carolina Gamecocks
2020 Record: 15-6
Last Week: 15
17. Virginia Tech Hokies
2020 Record: 19-4
Last Week: 19
18. Michigan Wolverines
2020 Record: 15-8
Last Week: 16
19. Minnesota Golden Gophers
2020 Record: 14-9-1
Last Week: 18
20. Arkansas Razorbacks
2020 Record: 17-6
Last Week: 20
21. Mississippi State Bulldogs
2020 Record: 23-3
Last Week: 24
22. UCF Knights
2020 Record: 19-5-1
Last Week: 22
23. Missouri Tigers
2020 Record: 19-6
Last Week: 23
24. Baylor Bears
2020 Record: 17-5
Last Week: 21
25. Fresno State Bulldogs
2020 Record: 21-4
Last Week: 25
Others Receiving Votes:
Stanford (36), North Texas (23), San Jose State (23), Utah (23), Duke (21), Texas Tech (14), Houston (12), Wisconsin (8), Clemson (6), Cal State Fullerton (5), James Madison (5), North Carolina State (1).
Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches are current as of March 8, 2020.
