Oklahoma City, Okla. -- A perfect 4-0 season debut keeps the defending national champion UCLA Bruins at No. 1 in the first ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll for 2004. Next week the Bruins will have an opportunity showcase their No. 1 ranking at the UNLV Classic where they will battle No. 9 Nebraska and No. 13 DePaul.

California lands at No. 2 after the first week of play with a strong 4-0 outing, followed by the always competitive Arizona Wildcats at No. 3 and Big 12 powerhouse Oklahoma at No. 4. No.7 Georgia jumped three sports from No. 10 with a solid 5-0 opening weekend that included a win over then-No. 13 Oregon.

The Ducks dropped from No. 13 to No. 20, while South Carolina entered the poll at No. 25. The Lady Vols of Tennessee saw this week's biggest jump from No. 25 to No. 18 thanks to USA Softball Player of the Week Monica Abbott. The freshman pitcher tallied a 6-0 record and recorded a perfect game and a no hitter en route to UT's Paradise Classic title.

The ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll is voted on by NCAA Division I coaches representing 15 different ASA regions and 12 different collegiate conferences. The poll is also voted on by selected softball media members. First-place votes are in parentheses.

ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25
	Team	Points	Record	Preseason Ranking
1.	UCLA (19)	475	4-0	1
2.	California	448	4-0	2
3.	Arizona	441	4-0	3
4.	Oklahoma	416	5-0-1	4
5.	Washington	396	4-1	5
6.	Alabama	359	3-1	6
7.	Georgia	336	5-0	10
8.	Michigan	321	DNP	7
9.	Nebraska	311	DNP	8
10.	Stanford	288	3-1	12
11.	Texas	283	5-0	11
12.	Louisiana Lafayette	271	3-1	9
13.	DePaul	226	DNP	14
14.	Cal State Fullerton	187	DNP	16
15.	Texas A&M	185	2-0	17
16.	Florida State	176	4-0	20
17.	LSU	158	3-2	15
18.	Tennessee	139	6-1	25
19.	Iowa	133	DNP	18
20.	Oregon	131	2-2	13
21.	Fresno State	117	DNP	21
22.	Oregon State	87	9-2	23
23.	Arizona State	71	5-3	19
24.	Oklahoma State	42	DNP	22
25.	South Carolina	29	4-0	NR

Dropped out: Michigan State.

Others receiving votes: Northwestern (25), Michigan State (22), Pacific (19), Florida (17), Illinois (10), Texas State (9), Massachusetts (6), Florida Atlantic (6), Hawaii (6), Baylor (5), Notre Dame (3), South Florida (3).