Rounding Third Softball

Despite losing their first game of the 2022 season to No. 16 Texas (31-12-1) over the weekend, Oklahoma (38-1) kept a unanimous hold on the No. 1 spot in this week’s USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll.

Rank	School (First Place Votes)	Points	2022 Record	Prev. Ranking
1	Oklahoma (32)	800	38-1	1
2	Alabama	747	36-6	3
3	Virginia Tech	745	32-6	2
4	UCLA	694	32-5	5
5	Florida State	682	39-5	4
6	Oklahoma State	641	34-7	6
7	Arkansas	601	32-8	7
8	Florida	566	34-9	9
9	Kentucky	536	29-11	8
10	Northwestern	524	30-6	10
11	Washington	449	25-11	11
12	Duke	447	34-5	12
13	Arizona State	432	31-5	13
14	Georgia	366	35-9	14
15	Tennessee	361	29-12	15
16	Texas	310	31-12-1	18
17	Clemson	307	33-11	16
18	Auburn	243	32-9	19
19	Oregon	208	25-13	17
20	UCF	205	37-10	20
21	LSU	155	27-16	21
22	Notre Dame	98	31-9	23
23	Michigan	85	26-13	22
24	Arizona	61	23-15	25
25	Nebraska	57	33-9	RV

New to Poll: No. 25 Nebraska

Dropped Out: No. 24 Stanford 

Receiving Votes: Stanford (24), USC Upstate (15), Oregon State (13), Louisiana (10), USF (9), Missouri (5), Mississippi State (3), San Diego State (1).

NCAA has released an updated RPI. Oklahoma still sits in the top spot, but the Atlantic Coast Conference shows strongly in the rating occupying three of the top six positions with Virginia Tech No. 3, Florida State No. 5, and Duke No. 6. The Rating Percentage Index is used to rank teams based upon wins and losses and its strength of schedule. It is used by the NCAA Selection Committee to choose the field of 64 for postseason play. The complete RPI can be found at https://www.ncaa.com/…/soft…/d1/ncaa-womens-softball-rpi

Tennessee Coach Karen Weekly notched her 1200th career coach victory on Saturday in a 7-5 win over Texas A&M. Weekly holds a 1,200-409-2 all-time record coaching the Lady Vols after five seasons at Chattanooga. She ranks sixth among active DI head coaches in career victories.

Down goes No. 1! No. 18 ranked Texas (31-12-1) has handed top-ranked Oklahoma (38-1) their first loss of the 2022 season. The Longhorns downed the previously unbeaten Sooners 4-2 in Austin in the final contest of their three-game Big 12 Series

Marshall Head Coach Megan Smith picked up her 600th career coaching victory today in a 3-2 win over Florida International. Smith is in her fourth season leading the Thundering Herd. Before arriving in Huntington she had head coaching stints at Kansas, Western Carolina, and Young Harris.

Concordia Irvine Head Coach Crystal Rosenthal picked up her 600th career coaching victory today in a DH sweep of Holy Names 9-1 and 3-0. Rosenthal has a staggering 600-149-2 record since taking over the Eagles in 2009. CUI is currently 40-5 and undefeated in PacWest play at 26-0.

Christopher Newport (27-1) kept their grasp on the No. 1 spot in this week’s NFCA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Captains received all 10 first-place votes.

Rank	Team	Points	2022 Record	Previous
1	Christopher Newport (10)	250	27-1	1
2	Salisbury	240	28-2	2
3	Texas Lutheran	230	29-4	3
4	Birmingham-Southern	220	28-4	4
5	East Texas Baptist	210	22-7	7
6	Eastern Connecticut State	200	20-4	8
7	Belhaven	190	25-5	5
8	Randolph-Macon	180	24-5	6
9	DePauw	170	18-6	9
10	Linfield	160	29-7	13
11	Virginia Wesleyan	150	25-8	14
12	Roanoke	140	20-8	10
13	Tufts	130	16-4	11
14	Wisconsin-Oshkosh	120	18-4	15
15	Concordia (Wis.)	110	17-2	16
16	Rowan	100	21-5	18
17	Milwaukee School of Engineering	90	13-3	17
18	Saint Benedict (Minn.)	80	18-3	21
19	Mary Hardin-Baylor	70	22-9	25
20	Berry	60	23-10	12
21	Chapman	35	21-6	20
22	Bethel	30	18-2	RV
23	Loras	27	16-4	22
T24	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	13	15-8	NR
T24	Millikin	13	22-4	19

Others receiving votes: The College of New Jersey 11, Trine 10, Mount St. Joseph 4, Moravian 3, Geneseo 3, and Pfeiffer 1.

Dropped out: Babson, Wartburg, WashU and York (Pa.).

UT Tyler (34-4) is once again No. 1 in this week’s NFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Patriots are unanimous in the top spot receiving all 16 first-place votes.

Rank	School	Points	2022 Record	Prev. Ranking
1	UT Tyler (16)	400	34-4	1
2	Rogers State	382	35-3	3
3	Valdosta State	365	27-5	4
4	Cal State San Marcos	343	33-3	8
5	Indianapolis	341	34-4	5
6	Auburn Montgomery	300	30-6	9
7	Concordia Irvine	296	38-5	2
8	Texas A&M-Kingsville	288	35-8	7
9	Tampa	282	25-9	6
10	Central Oklahoma	266	34-6	10
11	Angelo State	230	32-8	11
12	North Georgia	214	34-11	16
13	Augustana	207	26-7	14
14	Lubbock Christian	186	33-7	15
15	Lincoln Memorial	182	32-8	12
16	Oklahoma Christian	151	32-8	19
17	Southern Indiana	124	30-8	20
18	Embry-Riddle	107	21-9	23
19	Texas A&M-Commerce	105	33-11	13
20	Anderson	100	31-5	21
20	Minnesota State	100	26-10	18
22	West Florida	61	22-11	17
23	West Texas A&M	41	25-12	22
24	Grand Valley State	38	26-5	24
25	East Stroudsburg	27	26-4	RV

New to Poll: No. 25 East Stroudsburg

Dropped Out:  No. 25 Carson-Newman

Receiving Votes: Chico State (18), Adelphi (14), Rollins (13), Lenoir-Rhyne (6), Kutztown (4), Colorado Christian (3), UAH (2), Washburn (2), Georgian Court (1), Nova Southeastern (1). 

Off to an NCAA Record 36-0 start, Oklahoma keeps rolling as the No. 1 team in the country in this week’s USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. Virginia Tech (29-5) moves up to No. 2 after a strong road trip through Florida last week against Top 25 competition. The top four are rounded out by Alabama (33-5), Florida State (37-4), and UCLA (32-5).

Rank	School (First Place Votes)	Points	2022 Record	Prev. Ranking
1	Oklahoma (32)	800	36-0	1
2	Virginia Tech	740	29-5	4
3	Alabama	734	33-5	5
4	Florida State	713	37-4	2
5	UCLA	683	32-5	3
6	Oklahoma State	621	31-7	6
7	Arkansas	581	28-7	10
8	Kentucky	560	27-9	8
9	Florida	549	30-9	7
10	Northwestern	517	27-6	9
11	Washington	458	22-11	11
12	Duke	456	32-5	13
13	Arizona State	405	28-5	16
14	Georgia	386	33-8	15
15	Tennessee	381	26-12	12
16	Clemson	310	30-10	18
17	Oregon	260	24-11	14
18	Texas	224	30-10-1	19
19	Auburn	217	29-9	17
20	UCF	168	34-10	23
21	LSU	149	24-16	21
22	Michigan	118	23-12	22
23	Notre Dame	100	30-7	25
24	Stanford	92	26-10	RV
25	Arizona	78	21-14	20

New to Poll: No. 24 Stanford

Dropped Out: No. 24 Missouri

Receiving Votes: Oregon State (38), Missouri (29), USC Upstate (17), Mississippi State (4), Nebraska (4), USF (4), Louisiana (2), San Diego State (2).

The latest NAIA Top 25 Coaches Poll has a traditional power back atop it. Oklahoma City (25-2) took over the top spot with six first-place votes to bump previous No. 1 Oregon Tech (33-6) to second as the Owls garnered five first-place votes. Undefeated Mobile (32-0) is gaining steam coming in at No. 3 with eight first-place votes.

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL [1st Place Votes]	RECORD	FINAL POINTS
1	2	Oklahoma City [6]	25-2	510
2	1	Oregon Tech [5]	33-6	509
3	6	Mobile (Ala.) [8]	32-0	499
4	3	Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)	33-3	488
5	4	Science & Arts (Okla.)	29-6	458
6	5	College of Idaho	28-6	451
7	7	William Carey (Miss.)	32-5	426
8	9	Indiana Wesleyan	25-5	405
9	8	Southern Oregon	29-9	392
10	10	Coastal Georgia	29-4	376
11	11	Central Methodist (Mo.)	17-4	375
12	13	Grand View (Iowa)	17-5	326
13	14	Texas A&M Texarkana	25-7	318
14	15	Georgia Gwinnett	25-13	287
15	17	Cumberlands (Ky.)	26-12	285
16	18	Aquinas (Mich.)	22-4	264
17	12	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	24-10	253
18	16	Marian (Ind.)	18-5	247
19	20	Madonna (Mich.)	16-2	198
20	19	Southeastern (Fla.)	28-7	196
21	21	Columbia (Mo.)	16-10	167
22	22	Ottawa (Kan.)	19-8-1	160
23	NR	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	26-2	135
24	RV	Tennessee Wesleyan	24-3	122
24	25	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	15-5	122

Dropped from the Top 25: Morningside (Iowa), William Jessup (Calif.)

Others Receiving Votes: Morningside (Iowa) 107, William Jessup (Calif.) 99, Vanguard (Calif.) 45, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 30, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 30, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 26, Rio Grande (Ohio) 26, Cottey (Mo.) 18, Bellevue (Neb.) 17, Eastern Oregon 15, Oklahoma Panhandle State 11, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 7, Midland (Neb.) 5, Webber International (Fla.) 5, Brenau (Ga.) 5, Campbellsville (Ky.) 3.