ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25

2016 Season – Week 8 – April 5, 2016

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Rank

Team

Record

Points

Previous Ranking

1.

Michigan (9)

27-3

488

2

2.

Auburn (3)

33-4

468

3

3.

Florida (5)

34-3

467

1

4.

Alabama (1)

31-7

430

7

5.

Louisiana-Lafayette (1)

29-3

426

4

6.

James Madison (1)

30-2

411

6

7.

Oregon

27-6

361

5

8.

Florida State

27-4

359

8

9.

LSU

28-9

340

10

10.

Texas A&M

30-6

314

11

11.

Georgia

31-7

308

9

T12.

Oklahoma

26-7

253

13

T12.

Washington

22-8

253

13

14.

Missouri

26-7

231

15

T15.

Kentucky

31-8

206

12

T15.

UCLA

22-11-1

206

18

17.

Arizona

22-8

184

17

18.

Baylor

31-7

179

19

19.

Tennessee

27-10

165

16

20.

Notre Dame

26-6

106

20

21.

Arizona State

27-10

100

21

22.

Minnesota

24-10

85

22

23.

South Florida

31-10

49

23

24.

Ohio State

19-8-1

39

24

25.

Fresno State

24-9

29

RV

Records reflect play through Sunday, April 3, 2016.

Parenthesis denotes first place votes.

Dropped Out: Louisville (25)
New to Poll: Fresno State (RV)

Others receiving votes: Louisville (10), Tulsa (8), Oregon State (7), Nebraska (6), FAU (4), Cal State Fullerton (3), Texas (2), Utah (2), Ole Miss (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.