2015 USA Today/NFCA Coaches Softball Top 25

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Rankings - USA Today/NFCA Coaches

Last Updated - February 24, 2015


USA Today/NFCA Coaches

RANK SCHOOL RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS

1 Florida (26) 16-0 698 1
2 Oregon (1) 14-1 661 2
3 Michigan 13-1 642 5
4 Alabama 13-3 593 3
5 Louisiana-Lafayette 14-0 557 6
6 Oklahoma 12-3 535 4
7 LSU (1) 16-0 501 14
8 Georgia 12-2 452 8
9 Baylor 12-2 448 7
10 Kentucky 11-3 427 11
11 Tennessee 11-3 401 10
12 Florida State 10-5 382 9
13 Minnesota 13-1 377 15
14 UCLA 13-4 330 12
15 Arizona 11-3 296 13
16 Auburn 17-1 284 16
17 UCF 12-1 258 20
18 Washington 12-3 252 17
19 California 13-1 250 21
20 Missouri 8-2 241 18
21 Arizona State 12-5 135 19
22 Texas A&M 12-3 105 23
23 Notre Dame 9-5 93 24
24 South Alabama 11-3 55 22
25 Texas 9-6 46 25

Dropped out: None.

Others Receiving Votes: Kansas 26, South Carolina 25, Mississippi State 13, Virginia Tech 11, Florida Atlantic 5, Nebraska 4, James Madison 4, Tulsa 3, Hofstra 2, North Carolina State 2, Stanford 1, Cal State Fullerton 1, Fresno State 1.

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Rankings - USA Today/NFCA Coaches


Last Updated - March 3, 2015


USA Today/NFCA Coaches


RANK SCHOOL RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS

1 Florida (27) 21-0 699 1
2 Oregon (1) 16-2 655 2
3 Michigan 18-1 653 3
4 Alabama 15-4 594 4
5 LSU 21-0 557 7
6 Oklahoma 14-3 550 6
7 Louisiana-Lafayette 15-2 538 5
8 Georgia 17-2 490 8
9 Baylor 12-2 451 9
10 Kentucky 13-3 449 10
11 Tennessee 11-3 408 11
12 Florida State 13-5 382 12
13 Arizona 17-3 367 15
14 Auburn 21-1 335 16
15 UCLA 17-5 309 14
16 California 17-1 298 19
T17 Minnesota 14-4 224 13
T17 UCF 14-3 224 17
19 Washington 19-4 209 18
20 Texas A&M 17-4 149 22
21 Missouri 10-3 142 20
22 Arizona State 12-6 123 21
23 Notre Dame 15-7 120 23
24 South Alabama 15-3 88 24
25 Kansas 17-1 37 NR

Dropped out: No. 25 Texas.

Others Receiving Votes: South Carolina 10, Texas 10, James Madison 7, Virginia Tech 6, Mississippi State 5, Fresno State 4, UAB 3, Florida Atlantic 1, NC State 1, Stanford 1, Cal State Fullerton 1, Utah 1.

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Florida Unanimous Choice at No. 1 in 2015 USA Today/NFCA NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll
D1 Week 5 PollLOUISVILLE, Ky. – As undefeated Florida continues its roll through the first half of the season, the Gators (27-0) are unanimously No. 1 for the first time in this week’s USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll, announced Tuesday by the Association.

With a 6-0 performance last week, the Gators wrapped up their California Spring Break trip 10-0, which included their second wins of the season over No. 2 Oregon (5-1) and No. 3 Michigan (7-4). They also topped Long Beach State (10-1), San Jose State (9-1), then-No. 13 Arizona (10-0) and Fresno State (4-1).

The Ducks (20-3) went 4-1 at the Judi Garman Classic with their only defeat coming at the hands of the No. 1 Gators. Oregon posted victories over Pacific (9-7), Fresno State (3-0), Iowa (2-1) and Long Beach State (12-3).

Michigan (22-3) remained at No. 3, but has some company as the only other undefeated program, LSU (25-0), moved up from No. 5 to tie the Wolverines in the rankings. After a 9-0 win over Cal State Fullerton, Michigan had its 19-game winning streak snapped at the Judi Garman Classic as it suffered a pair of losses to top-ranked Florida and then-No. 22 Arizona State (0-2 / 8 innings). Following those defeats, they rebounded with resounding triumphs over San Jose State (9-1), then-No. 9 Baylor (11-1) and San Diego State (10-2).

The Tigers opened up SEC play at home with a dominating three-game sweep over Arkansas, outscoring the Razorbacks, 23-1 and also shut out Northwestern State (10-0) in a mid-week non-conference affair.

Rounding out the top five is Alabama (18-4), which also rolled in its first SEC series, blanking Mississippi in a three-game set, 23-0.

Oklahoma (18-3), Louisiana-Lafayette (17-3) and Georgia (21-3) remained No. 6-8 in the rankings, while Tennessee (16-3) makes its first appearance and Florida State (18-5) returns to the top-10 after 5-0 weekends.

UAB and North Carolina State, tied for the 25th spot, enter the poll for the first time this season. The Blazers have won 12 straight and 15 of their last 16 games, while the Wolfpack are coming off a three-game ACC series-opening sweep of then-No. 23 Notre Dame.

The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. Current 2015 records are shown and first-place votes are in parentheses.

USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll - Week 5
The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. Current 2015 records are shown, first-place votes are in parentheses.

Rankings
Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Florida (29) 27-0 725 1
2 Oregon 20-3 684 2
3 Michigan 22-3 645 3
LSU 25-0 645 5
5 Alabama 18-4 621 4
6 Oklahoma 18-3 577 6
7 Louisiana-Lafayette 17-3 523 7
8 Georgia 21-3 502 8
9 Tennessee 16-3 487 11
10 Florida State 18-5 443 12
11 California 21-1 392 16
12 Auburn 25-2 386 14
13 UCLA 23-5 354 15
14 Kentucky 14-5 340 10
15 Baylor 14-5 336 9
16 Minnesota 18-4 302 17
17 Washington 25-4 249 19
18 Arizona 21-6 229 13
19 Texas A&M 19-5 228 20
20 UCF 18-4 188 18
21 Missouri 12-3 178 21
22 Arizona State 19-8 139 22
23 Kansas 21-2 84 25
24 South Alabama 16-5 78 24
25 UAB 18-5 20
North Carolina State 10-7 20

Others receiving votes:
Notre Dame (16), Mississippi State (10), James Madison (7), Virginia Tech (4), North Carolina (4), South Carolina (3), Texas (3), Florida Atlantic (3).

Dropped out:
No. 23 Notre Dame (12-9)

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The ESPN College Softball Poll gets it right:


3.10.2015

2015 Rankings
RK TEAM RECORD PVS

1 Florida (19) 27-0 1
2 LSU (1) 25-0 4
3 Oregon 20-3 3
4 Michigan 22-3 2
5 Alabama 18-4 5
6 Oklahoma 18-3 5
7 Louisiana-Lafayette 17-3 7
8 Georgia 21-3 8
9 Florida State 18-5 11
10 UCLA 23-5 13
11 California 21-1 14
12 Kentucky 14-5 9
13 Baylor 14-5 10
14 Auburn 25-2 18
15 Tennessee 16-3 16
16 Minnesota 18-4 17
17 Arizona 21-6 12
18 Washington 25-4 19
19 Missouri 13-3 20
20 UCF 18-4 15
21 Texas A&M 19-5 21
22 Arizona State 19-8 23
23 South Alabama 16-5 24
24 Kansas 21-2 25
25 North Carolina State 10-7 NR

Dropped Out: Notre Dame (22)
Others Receiving Votes: Miss St, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Cal State Northridge, Western Kentucky, South Carolina, UAB, Florida Atlantic

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Mar 10, 2015 13:48:06 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

The ESPN College Softball Poll gets it right:


3.10.2015

2015 Rankings
RK TEAM RECORD PVS

1 Florida (19) 27-0 1
2 LSU (1) 25-0 4
3 Oregon 20-3 3
4 Michigan 22-3 2
5 Alabama 18-4 5
6 Oklahoma 18-3 5
7 Louisiana-Lafayette 17-3 7
8 Georgia 21-3 8
9 Florida State 18-5 11
10 UCLA 23-5 13
11 California 21-1 14
12 Kentucky 14-5 9
13 Baylor 14-5 10
14 Auburn 25-2 18
15 Tennessee 16-3 16
16 Minnesota 18-4 17
17 Arizona 21-6 12
18 Washington 25-4 19
19 Missouri 13-3 20
20 UCF 18-4 15
21 Texas A&M 19-5 21
22 Arizona State 19-8 23
23 South Alabama 16-5 24
24 Kansas 21-2 25
25 North Carolina State 10-7 NR

Dropped Out: Notre Dame (22)
Others Receiving Votes: Miss St, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Cal State Northridge, Western Kentucky, South Carolina, UAB, Florida Atlantic

Gets it right? Sez you.

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Mar 10, 2015 14:22:05 GMT -5 oujour76 said:

Mar 10, 2015 13:48:06 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

The ESPN College Softball Poll gets it right:


3.10.2015

2015 Rankings
RK TEAM RECORD PVS

1 Florida (19) 27-0 1
2 LSU (1) 25-0 4
3 Oregon 20-3 3
4 Michigan 22-3 2
5 Alabama 18-4 5
6 Oklahoma 18-3 5
7 Louisiana-Lafayette 17-3 7
8 Georgia 21-3 8
9 Florida State 18-5 11
10 UCLA 23-5 13
11 California 21-1 14
12 Kentucky 14-5 9
13 Baylor 14-5 10
14 Auburn 25-2 18
15 Tennessee 16-3 16
16 Minnesota 18-4 17
17 Arizona 21-6 12
18 Washington 25-4 19
19 Missouri 13-3 20
20 UCF 18-4 15
21 Texas A&M 19-5 21
22 Arizona State 19-8 23
23 South Alabama 16-5 24
24 Kansas 21-2 25
25 North Carolina State 10-7 NR

Dropped Out: Notre Dame (22)
Others Receiving Votes: Miss St, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Cal State Northridge, Western Kentucky, South Carolina, UAB, Florida Atlantic

Gets it right? Sez you.

OU is #6 in both polls. That's a strong consensus. I haven't seen the sooners yet so I can't comment about the fairness of #6.

The getting it right was UF and LSU. The tiger team I saw Sunday against Arkansas is scary good. UF has probably played the strongest schedule in the nation so that #1 ranking for the defending national champion is well deserved. LSU visits UF this weekend with the Saturday and Sunday games being televised on the SEC Network at 1 PM EST on Saturday and 12 PM EST on Sunday.

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Mar 10, 2015 14:53:49 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

OU is #6 in both polls. That's a strong consensus. I haven't seen the sooners yet so I can't comment about the fairness of #6.

The getting it right was UF and LSU. The tiger team I saw Sunday against Arkansas is scary good. UF has probably played the strongest schedule in the nation so that #1 ranking for the defending national champion is well deserved. LSU visits UF this weekend with the Saturday and Sunday games being televised on the SEC Network at 1 PM EST on Saturday and 12 PM EST on Sunday.
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I haven't seen OU play, either. Was just messing around. Historically, OU has very good softball program, so am hoping they can make a run at the title this year.

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USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll - Week 6
The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. Current 2015 records are shown, first-place votes are in parentheses.

Rank Team Record Points Previous

1 LSU (23) 27-1 787 4
2 Oregon (6) 23-3 756 2
3 Florida (3) 28-2 754 1
4 Michigan 24-4 679 3
5 Alabama 20-6 665 5
6 Oklahoma 22-3 650 6
7 Louisiana-Lafayette 20-3 602 7
8 Georgia 22-5 537 8
9 Auburn 28-2 516 12
10 Florida State 22-6 495 10
11 UCLA 27-5 487 13
12 California 22-3 425 11
13 Kentucky 18-5 392 14
14 Tennessee 17-5 364 9
15 Minnesota 23-4 352 16
16 Baylor 19-6 343 15
17 Arizona 23-7 298 18
18 Washington 26-5 267 17
19 Missouri 19-3 250 21
20 UCF 26-5 210 20
21 Arizona State 20-9 142 22
22 Kansas 24-2 110 23
23 Texas A&M 21-7 106 19
24 Mississippi State 20-6 48
25 UAB 21-5 44 25

Others receiving votes:
South Alabama (32), South Carolina (26), Virginia Tech (25), James Madison (14), Notre Dame (9), North Carolina State (5), Texas (5), USC Upstate (3), McNeese State (1), Cal State Northridge (1).

Dropped out:
No. 24 South Alabama (17-6), No. t-25 North Carolina State (14-9).

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LSU Strengthens Hold on No. 1 in 2015 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Following a 3-0 week, which included a pair of wins over No. 6 Oklahoma, LSU strengthened its hold on No. 1 in this week’s USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll, announced Tuesday by the Association.

After ascending to No. 1 for the first time in program history last week, the Tigers (30-1) received 30 of 32 possible first-place votes and 798 points to grab a firm hold of the top spot. LSU topped Nicholls, 6-1, in a mid-week affair and capped off its 3-0 week by edging the Sooners, 1-0, in the opener and a posting resounding 10-2 victory in the finale.

As with the top spot, the next five rankings remained the same. Oregon received a first-place vote and 758 points to continue its eight-week run, including preseason, in the No. 2 position. The Ducks (25-3) defeated Utah by the scores of 4-2 and 15-9 in the first two games of a three-game Pac-12 series that concluded Monday in Salt Lake City.

Weather played havoc on the SEC series between No. 3 Florida (29-2) and No. 5 Alabama (21-6). The Gators won a pitching duel between Lauren Haeger and Alexis Osorio, 1-0. Weather forced the series to conclude on Monday with a doubleheader in Tuscaloosa. It was the only game of the week for both programs.

No. 4 Michigan (28-4) enjoyed a 4-0 week launching 16 home runs and outscoring its opponents, 54-3, including a three-game Big Ten sweep at Ohio State (13-1, 13-1, 20-0). In the series finale against the Buckeyes, Wolverine head coach and NFCA Hall of Famer Carol Hutchens (’06) became just the third NCAA head coach to reach this milestone and is currently the second winningest active coach.

No. 6 Oklahoma (25-5) went 3-2 this week with wins over Iowa (14-0), Wichita State (10-0) and RV McNeese State (3-0). No. 7 Georgia (28-5) and No. 8 Auburn (32-2) both moved up one spot after 4-0 weeks, which included SEC sweeps of Arkansas (10-0, 12-4, 9-1) and then-No. 13 Kentucky (5-0, 9-7, 4-1), respectively.

Following a 5-1 week, Louisiana-Lafayette (25-4) dropped two spots to No. 9. The Ragin’ Cajuns swept a three-game non-conference series from Georgia Southern (8-2, 12-1, 9-0) and took two-of-three from Troy in a Sun Belt Conference battle (3-9, 6-3, 12-2).

Coming in the 10th spot is UCLA. The Bruins (29-5) return to the top 10 after a pair of Pac-12 road wins at then-No. 18 Washington (10-3, 8-4) to extend their winning streak to 15 games as of Sunday.

No. 24 South Alabama returns to the top 25 after a one-week hiatus, while No. 25 James Madison makes its first appearance of the season. The Jaguars (21-6) won four games last week, defeating Southern Mississippi, 9-1 and take all three from Appalachian State (6-1, 3-2, 8-0) in a Sun Belt series. The Dukes (22-6) have won 13 straight and 16 of their last 17 contests after sweeping Virginia (9-1, 10-2) in a doubleheader and going 3-0 in a neutral site CAA series against Towson (5-1/8, 4-3, 6-4).

The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. Current 2015 records are shown and first-place votes are in parentheses:

Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 LSU (30) 30-1 798 1
2 Oregon (1) 25-3 758 2
3 Florida (1) 29-2 747 3
4 Michigan 28-4 703 4
5 Alabama 21-6 659 5
6 Oklahoma 25-5 609 6
7 Georgia 28-5 593 8
8 Auburn 32-2 586 9
9 Louisiana-Lafayette 25-4 563 7
10 UCLA 29-5 503 11
11 Florida State 26-7 464 10
12 Minnesota 27-4 442 15
13 Baylor 21-6 365 16
14 Arizona 27-7 341 17
15 Tennessee 21-7 325 14
16 Kentucky 21-8 319 13
17 California 23-6 308 12
18 UCF 29-5 251 20
19 Washington 28-7 239 18
20 Missouri 20-5 190 19
21 Arizona State 22-10 177 21
22 Kansas 29-2 170 22
23 Texas A&M 24-7 148 23
24 South Alabama 21-6 61
25 James Madison 23-6 29

Others receiving votes:
Notre Dame (15), Mississippi State (13), Western Kentucky (5), UAB (4), North Dakota State (4), Virginia Tech (3), USC Upstate (3), Florida Atlantic (2), Texas (1), South Carolina (1), Cal State Northridge (1).

Dropped out:
No. 24 Mississippi State (22-8), No. 25 UAB (22-7)

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USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll - Week 8
The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. Current 2015 records are shown, first-place votes are in parentheses.

Rank Team Record Points Previous

1 Oregon (18) 30-4 781 2
2 LSU (12) 32-3 767 1
3 Florida (1) 32-4 732 3
4 Michigan 31-5 689 4
5 Alabama 25-7 667 5
6 Oklahoma (1) 28-5 661 6
7 Auburn 35-4 597 8
8 Florida State 30-8 517 11
9 Georgia 30-6 498 7
10 UCLA 30-6 480 10
11 Tennessee 25-7 476 15
12 Louisiana-Lafayette 27-5 473 9
13 Kentucky 23-9 436 16
14 Minnesota 27-4 415 12
15 Baylor 21-6 349 13
16 UCF 34-5 299 18
17 California 26-7 281 17
18 Arizona 28-9 264 14
19 Arizona State 24-11 245 21
20 Washington 31-9 240 19
21 Missouri 22-7 176 20
22 South Alabama 24-7 91 24
23 Texas A&M 25-9 82 23
24 James Madison 27-6 72 25
25 Texas 23-9 27

Others receiving votes:
Kansas (25), Notre Dame (22), Mississippi State (13), North Dakota State (7), Western Kentucky (5), South Carolina (4), USC Upstate (2), Virginia Tech (2), UAB (2), Hofstra (2), Cal State Northridge (1).

Dropped out:
No. 22 Kansas (29-5)

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USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll - Week 9
The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. Current 2015 records are shown, first-place votes are in parentheses.

Rankings
Rank Team Record Points Previous

1 LSU (21) 36-3 788 2
2 Oregon (10) 32-5 768 1
3 Florida (1) 36-4 747 3
4 Michigan 33-6 689 4
5 Oklahoma 32-5 659 6
6 Alabama 29-9 652 5
7 Auburn 37-5 616 7
8 Florida State 33-9 542 8
9 UCLA 31-8 514 10
10 Louisiana-Lafayette 30-5 505 12
11 Tennessee 27-9 480 11
12 Georgia 31-10 439 9
13 Kentucky 25-11 423 13
14 Baylor 27-7 388 15
15 Minnesota 30-7 374 14
16 Arizona 31-9 304 18
17 UCF 36-6 296 16
18 Washington 34-9 238 20
19 Arizona State 24-11 227 19
20 California 27-9 196 17
21 Missouri 25-8 169 21
22 South Alabama 27-7 125 22
23 Texas A&M 29-10 91 23
24 James Madison 29-6 79 24
25 Kansas 32-5 32

Others receiving votes:
Texas (19), Notre Dame (16), Mississippi State (7), North Dakota State (5), Western Kentucky (4), USC Upstate (2), Northwestern (2), Cal State Northridge (2), South Carolina (1), Virginia Tech (1).

Dropped out:
No. 25 Texas (26-9)

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USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll - Week 10
The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. Current 2015 records are shown and first-place votes are in parentheses.

Rankings
Rank Team Record Points Previous

1 Oregon (22) 35-5 787 2
2 Florida (7) 39-4 773 3
3 LSU (3) 38-5 726 1
4 Michigan 37-6 699 4
5 Oklahoma 36-5 669 5
6 Alabama 31-9 636 6
7 Auburn 40-6 602 7
8 UCLA 35-8 572 9
9 Louisiana-Lafayette 32-5 535 10
10 Florida State 34-11 473 8
11 Georgia 35-10 458 12
12 Tennessee 30-11 451 11
13 Minnesota 33-7 421 15
14 Kentucky 27-13 379 13
15 UCF 40-6 343 17
16 Arizona 33-10 328 16
17 Baylor 29-9 321 14
18 California 31-9 245 20
19 Washington 35-11 211 18
20 Missouri 26-10 179 21
21 Arizona State 27-15 165 19
22 South Alabama 31-7 144 22
23 James Madison 32-6 95 24
24 Texas A&M 32-12 81 23
25 Notre Dame 32-11 48

Others receiving votes:
Kansas (15), Mississippi State (15), USC Upstate (7), Texas (7), North Dakota State (6), Western Kentucky (5), Cal State Northridge (3), South Carolina (1).

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USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll - Week 11
The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. Current 2015 records are shown and first-place votes are in parentheses.

Rankings
Rank Team Record Points Previous

1 Florida (18) 43-4 786 2
2 Oregon (14) 37-5 774 1
3 LSU 41-5 737 3
4 Michigan 41-6 703 4
5 Alabama 35-10 651 6
6 Oklahoma 38-6 635 5
7 UCLA 38-8 593 8
8 Auburn 41-8 577 7
9 Louisiana-Lafayette 34-5 539 9
10 Florida State 37-11 507 10
11 Tennessee 35-11 469 12
12 Minnesota 37-7 453 13
13 UCF 43-6 399 15
14 Georgia 35-13 363 11
15 Missouri 31-10 319 20
16 Baylor 31-11 299 17
17 Kentucky 28-16 271 14
18 Washington 36-11 255 19
19 Arizona 34-12 237 16
20 California 32-12 193 18
21 South Alabama 32-7 163 22
22 James Madison 37-6 138 23
23 Arizona State 29-16 130 21
24 Notre Dame 37-11 99 25
25 Texas A&M 33-14 54 24

Others receiving votes:
Texas (10), North Dakota State (10), Kansas (7), South Carolina (7), Utah (6), USC Upstate (6), Cal State Northridge (5), Western Kentucky (5).

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Red-Hot Florida No. 1 For Second Straight Week in USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Riding a 15-game winning streak, Florida is the No. 1 team for the second straight week in the USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll, announced Tuesday by the Association.

The Gators (47-4) garnered all but three first-place votes, gathering a total of 29 and 797 points after picking up four wins over nationally-ranked squads. UF defeated in-state foe and then-No. 10 Florida State, 5-0 in a mid-week contest. They rolled into the weekend putting three SEC wins on the board against No. 25 Texas A&M (7-3 / 9-5 / 9-1). During their streak, the Gators are 10-0 against top-25 squads.

Oregon, which picked up the other three first-place votes and 771 points, swept a late season non-conference top-10 series from then No. 9 Louisiana Lafayette. The Ducks (41-5) completed their Pac-12 series sweep of Stanford on Monday with a 6-3 victory on The Farm and then hosted the Ragin’ Cajuns. Oregon defeated Louisiana convincingly in the first two games (8-0 / 10-2) before coming out on top in a 2-1 eight-inning nailbiter in the finale.

Michigan (730 points), Alabama (674 points) and Oklahoma (645 points) all shifted up one to complete the top-five. The Wolverines (45-6) took care of Big Ten business defeating Michigan State 4-3 and sweeping a league road series at Maryland in similar fashion as Oregon. They topped the Terrapins by eight runs in the first two games (8-0 / 10-2) and escaped with a 1-0 win in game three in College Park.

The Crimson Tide (38-11) went 3-1 turning back Troy 5-2 and taking two-of-three in SEC action against Tennessee (2-3 / 3-1 / 10-3), while the Sooners (42-7) posted a 4-1 week. OU trumped North Texas (6-3) to start the week and then went 3-1 in Big 12 road games. Following a 7-1 win at Oklahoma State, OUgrabbed the series from Kansas (2-4 in 8 inn. / 13-0 / 7-4) after dropping game one.

The reason for the shift in the top five was LSU suffering its first three-game losing streak of the season. The sixth-ranked Tigers (41-8) fell from No. 3 due to a 0-3 week in SEC play in which they dropped the series finale to Texas A&M (2-5) and the first two to then-No. 15 Missouri (2-7 / 2-10).

UCLA (40-8) and Auburn (44-8) remained at No. 7 and No. 8, while Florida State and Louisiana-Lafayette flip-flopped the final two spots in the top-10.

The Tigers (35-10), on a 10-game winning streak after Sunday’s win over LSU, moved up four more spots to No. 11 and have made a push of nine spots in just two weeks. Two programs moved up three positions in No. 16 Arizona (37-12) and No. 19 James Madison (40-6). The Dukes are Division I’s hottest team having won a school-record 31 games, last dropping a contest on March 8.


USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll - Week 12
The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. Current 2015 records are shown and first-place votes are in parentheses.

Rankings

Rank Team Record Points Previous

1 Florida (29) 47-4 797 1
2 Oregon (3) 41-5 771 2
3 Michigan 45-6 730 4
4 Alabama 38-11 674 5
5 Oklahoma 42-7 645 6
6 LSU 41-8 633 3
7 UCLA 40-8 607 7
8 Auburn 44-8 593 8
9 Florida State 40-12 518 10
10 Louisiana-Lafayette 34-8 466 9
11 Missouri 35-10 453 15
12 Tennessee 36-13 447 11
13 Minnesota 41-8 439 12
14 Georgia 39-13 409 14
15 UCF 44-6 390 13
16 Arizona 37-12 298 19
17 Baylor 34-12 288 16
18 California 34-13 256 20
19 James Madison 40-6 210 22
20 Washington 37-13 204 18
21 Kentucky 29-20 141 17
22 South Alabama 33-9 89 21
23 Notre Dame 39-12 82 24
24 Arizona State 30-18 66 23
25 Texas A&M 34-17 51 25

Others receiving votes:
North Dakota State (44), Utah (36), Kansas (24), USC Upstate (21), CSUN (6), South Carolina (5), Texas (4), Western Kentucky (2), Hofstra (1).

Dropped out:
None.

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Last Updated - May 5, 2015

USA Today/NFCA Coaches

RANK SCHOOL RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS

1 Oregon (18) 44-5 786 2
2 Florida (14) 49-5 780 1
3 Michigan 48-6 733 3
4 Alabama 41-11 688 4
5 Oklahoma 45-7 642 5
6 UCLA 44-8 638 7
7 Auburn 46-9 617 8
8 LSU 44-10 577 6
9 Florida State 42-12 532 9
10 Louisiana Lafayette 37-8 496 10
11 Tennessee 39-13 470 12
12 Minnesota 46-8 449 13
13 Missouri 38-13 441 11
14 Georgia 39-13 371 14
15 UCF 46-7 360 15
16 Baylor 37-13 298 17
17 Arizona 37-15 286 16
18 James Madison 44-6 261 19
19 California 35-16 220 18
20 Washington 38-14 193 20
21 Notre Dame 40-12 144 23
22 Texas A&M 38-17 95 25
23 South Alabama 35-10 87 22
24 Arizona State 32-19 72 24
25 Kentucky 29-23 59 21

Dropped out: None.

Others receiving votes: North Dakota State 44, Utah 36, Kansas 24, USC Upstate 21, CSUN 6, South Carolina 5, Texas 4, Western Kentucky 2, Hofstra 1.