ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25

2016 Season – Week 5 – March 15, 2016

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Rank

Team

Record

Points

Previous Ranking

1.

Florida (19)

26-0

499

1

2.

Michigan

20-2

477

2

3.

Auburn

22-3

437

3

4.

LSU

23-3

433

6

5.

Louisiana-Lafayette (1)

19-1

428

5

6.

Alabama

22-4

401

4

7.

Washington

19-3

379

7

8.

James Madison

22-2

353

T8

9.

Oregon

20-4

347

T8

10.

Texas A&M

23-2

325

10

11.

Florida State

20-3

315

11

12.

Georgia

23-3

254

12

13.

Kentucky

22-3

241

15

14.

Oklahoma

17-4

234

14

15.

Missouri

15-4

231

13

16.

Tennessee

20-5

179

19

17.

UCLA

17-8

169

16

18.

Arizona

18-8

131

20

19.

Notre Dame

21-3

120

23

20.

Baylor

19-5

117

21

21.

Arizona State

21-7

101

18

22.

Minnesota

16-7

97

17

23.

Oregon State

20-4-1

61

24

24.

Fresno State

15-6-1

42

22

25.

Nebraska

15-6

35

RV 

Records reflect play through Sunday, March 13, 2016.

Parenthesis denotes first place votes.

Dropped Out: Texas (25)
New to Poll: Nebraska (RV)

Others receiving votes: USC Upstate (26), Texas (24), Oklahoma State (14), Ohio State (8), UCF (5), Mississippi State (4), Mississippi (3), North Dakota State (3), Cal Poly (2), San Diego State (2), UT Arlington (2), South Florida (1)


*The ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll is voted on by coaching representatives of 10 Division I Conferences in the 15 ASA/USA Softball Regions as well as members of the National and Local media who consistently cover Division I Softball across the country.