Undefeated Florida State Seminoles Are New Number One

The Florida State Seminoles are the top-ranked team in both NCAA Softball polls after the second week of games. Florida State, who is undefeated at 10-0, claimed 18 of the 32 first-place votes in the Coaches Poll and 15 of the 20 first-place votes in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll.

In the Coaches Poll, Florida State was followed by Auburn, who stayed in second and garnered 10 first-place votes. Florida dropped from first to third after their loss to previously winless Maryland and received three first-place votes. Oklahoma remained at fourth and undefeated Oregon (9-0) moved up to fifth from ninth.

The rest of the top ten was UCLA, LSU, Washington, Arizona, and Alabama. The Crimson Tide dropped from five spots after their series loss at Louisiana-Lafayette. The Ragin’ Cajuns saw a small bump from 18th to 20th. Pittsburgh went from 24th to 19th and curiously received a first-place vote. The Panthers are undefeated at 9-0.

Fresno State dropped out of the Coaches Poll after going 2-3 last week with losses against Mississippi State, Florida Gulf Coast, and Texas Tech. The entire USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll can be seen below.

In the ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll, Florida State was followed by Auburn (four first-place votes). Florida dropped to third and received one first-place vote. UCLA was fourth and Oklahoma was fifth with both teams moving up one spot from last week.

The top 10 is rounded out by Oregon, Washington, LSU, Arizona, and Alabama in tenth. The Tide dropped six spots while their opponent from last week, Louisiana-Lafayette, moved up two spots from 18th to 16th.

Michigan fell to 14th from tenth after a loss to Notre Dame and Pittsburgh moved up five spots from 25th to 20th.

There were no subtractions or additions to the ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll this week. The entire poll can be found below.