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LSU Ranked No. 5 as SEC Schedule Begins This Weekend

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.

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.

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