OU softball remains No. 1; Hurricane up to No. 19
BY Staff Reports
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
2/27/13 at 4:20 AM
Through three weeks, the No. 1 team in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll remains undefeated Oklahoma.
The Sooners received 18 of the 20 first place votes following a 5-0 performance at the Mary Nutter Classic. Oklahoma defeated then-No. 16 Georgia (7-6) 5-0, then-No. 19 Arizona (10-5) 5-0, UC Santa Barbara 5-2, Nebraska 2-0 and then-No. 23 Florida State (9-6) 6-0.
The Sooners, ranked No. 2 in the USA Today/NFCA poll (see B6), are 7-0 against ranked teams and have outscored Top 25 teams 47-0 this year.
Another team to benefit from a powerful performance last week is Tulsa (11-4), which made the biggest climb in the poll this week, jumping from No. 24 last week to No. 19.
The Golden Hurricane scored wins over Utah State and Lamar before splitting games with then-No. 6 Texas.
Tulsa also jumped three spots to No. 21 in the USA Today/NFCA poll. The ranking in each poll is Tulsa's highest ever.
This week's USA Softball poll features the most movement among top 25 teams to date, including the first Top 10 appearance of the regular season for No. 10 UCLA (13-1) and the first appearance in the Top 25 poll for Virginia Tech (11-1) and Nebraska (11-4).
Georgia made the biggest drop this week, falling eight spots to No. 24 following their 1-4 performance at the Mary Nutter Classic.
ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25
|
Record |
Pts |
Prv |
| 1. Oklahoma (18) |
15-0 |
498 |
1 |
| 2. Alabama (2) |
16-0 |
480 |
2 |
| 3. Arizona State |
16-0 |
462 |
3 |
| 4. Florida |
16-1 |
405 |
5 |
| 5. Texas A&M |
17-0 |
385 |
9 |
| 6. Missouri |
9-1 |
379 |
7 |
| 7. California |
11-2 |
376 |
8 |
| 8. Texas |
16-1 |
367 |
6 |
| 9. Tennessee |
13-2 |
359 |
4 |
| 10. UCLA |
13-1 |
342 |
13 |
| 11. LSU |
14-2 |
317 |
10 |
| 12. Oregon |
14-3 |
293 |
11 |
| 13. La.-Lafayette |
12-2 |
241 |
12 |
| 14. Michigan |
10-3 |
232 |
15 |
| 15. Stanford |
14-3 |
209 |
17 |
| 16. Louisville |
12-2 |
187 |
18 |
| 17. Kentucky |
11-3 |
174 |
20 |
| 18. Washington |
10-5 |
150 |
22 |
| 19. Tulsa |
11-4 |
118 |
24 |
| 20. Baylor |
15-2 |
102 |
25 |
| 21. Arizona |
10-5 |
101 |
19 |
| 22. Hawaii |
8-4 |
91 |
21 |
| 23. Virginia Tech |
11-1 |
58 |
RV |
| 24. Georgia |
7-6 |
43 |
16 |
| 25. Nebraska |
11-4 |
31 |
RV |
