COLLEGE SPORTS
 
 
 
Rankings
Transactions
Schools
Recruiting
COLLEGE HOCKEY
Schedules
Scoreboard
OTHER SPORTS
Football
M College BB
W College BB
SPORT SECTIONS



Tuesday, May 6
Updated: May 13, 3:37 PM ET
 
ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate top 25

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -- Riding a 10-game win streak, the Arizona Wildcats hold a secure lock on the No. 1 spot among this week's ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll. The Pac 10 leaders received all 18 votes for the fourth straight week while advancing to 47-4 overall after two wins against No. 12 Stanford. Texas lists at a solid No. 3 after capturing the Big 12 Conference Tournament Championship in a 1-0 decision over the No. 4 Oklahoma Sooners.

No. 6 DePaul posts its highest ranking of the 2003 season after wins over Notre Dame and Louisville. Washington faced the week's biggest drop from No. 4 to No. 7 after suffering losses to No. 2 UCLA and No. 18 Oregon. Florida State jumped to No. 10 with two wins against Georgia Tech and is in the midst of a 24-game win streak.

Michigan State joins the top 25 poll after two wins over instate rival No. 17 Michigan. Missouri dropped out of this week's poll after going 0-2 in the Big 12 Tournament.

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. Records are as of May 4. First-place votes are in parentheses.

ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate top 25

Team Record Points
1. Arizona (18) 47-4 450
2. UCLA 43-5 432
3. Texas 43-7 414
4. Oklahoma 43-11 383
5. California 40-15 360
6. DePaul 43-5-1 358
7. Washington 40-13-1 338
8. Cal State Fullerton 35-13 335
9. Georgia 54-10 323
10. Florida State 43-9 249
11. Nebraska 36-15 239
12. Oklahoma State 35-13 234
13. LSU 45-14 233
14. Stanford 35-20 229
15. Arizona State 30-20 222
16. Alabama 41-19 174
17. Michigan 39-12 167
18. Oregon 30-16 154
19. South Carolina 37-16 123
20. Texas A&M 35-20 94
21. South Florida 51-15 82
22. Louisiana Lafayette 40-8 68
23. Iowa 38-13 67
24. Florida 38-21 59
25. Michigan State 35-15 20

Dropped out: Missouri.

Others receiving votes: Oregon State 14, Missouri 10, Massachusetts 6, Illinois 6, Southern Illinois 2, Wichita State 1, Northwestern 1, Texas Arlington 1, Marshall 1, Hawaii 1.

For more information check out the official site of USA Softball.



 More from ESPN...
NCAA SOFTBALL
ESPN.com takes a glance at ...

ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate top 25 - April 29
Check out the results from ...

ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate top 25 - April 22
Check out the results from ...

ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate top 25 - April 15
Check out the results from ...

ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate top 25 - April 8
Check out the results from ...

ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate top 25 - April 1
Check out the results from ...

ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate top 25 - March 25
Check out the results from ...

ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate top 25 - March 18
Check out the results from ...

ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate top 25 - March 11
Check out the results from ...

 ESPN Tools
Email story
 
Most sent
 
Print story
 
Daily email