ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25

2019 Season – Pre-season – January 29, 2019

 Preseason Top 25 Poll I Preseason Top 25 Poll (no formatting)

 

1. 

UCLA (5)
Pac-12
2018 Record: 58-7

 2018 Final Rank: 3
Points: 476
2. 

Washington (5)
Pac-12
2018 Record: 52-10

 2018 Final Rank: 2
Points: 472
3. 

Florida State (7)
ACC
2018 Record: 58-12

 2018 Final Rank: 1
Points: 459
4. 

Oklahoma (2)
Big 12
2018 Record: 57-5

 2018 Final Rank: 4
Points: 435
5. 

Florida (1)
SEC
2018 Record: 56-11

 2018 Final Rank: 6
Points: 428
6. 

Arizona
Pac-12
2018 Record: 43-16

 2018 Final Rank: T12
Points: 375
7. 

Georgia
SEC
2018 Record: 48-13

 2018 Final Rank: 8
Points: 374
8. 

Tennessee
SEC
2018 Record: 48-14

 2018 Final Rank: 10
Points: 367
9. 

South Carolina
SEC
2018 Record: 49-17

 2018 Final Rank: T12
Points: 282
10. 

LSU
SEC
2018 Record: 45-17

 2018 Final Rank: 9
Points: 270
11. 

Alabama
SEC
2018 Record: 36-20

 2018 Final Rank: 14
Points: 257
T12. 

Arizona State
Pac-12
2018 Record: 48-13

 2018 Final Rank: 7
Points: 229
T12. 

Arkansas
SEC
2018 Record: 42-17

 2018 Final Rank: 16
Points: 229
14. 

Michigan
Big Ten
2018 Record: 44-13

 2018 Final Rank: 21
Points: 217
15. 

Kentucky
SEC
2018 Record: 36-20

 2018 Final Rank: 15
Points: 214
16. 

Texas
Big 12
2018 Record: 33-26

 2018 Final Rank: -
Points: 166
17. 

Auburn
SEC
2018 Record: 41-17

 2018 Final Rank: 20
Points: 156
18. 

Louisiana
Sun Belt
2018 Record: 41-16

 2018 Final Rank: 19
Points: 155
19. 

Baylor
Big 12
2018 Record: 36-18

 2018 Final Rank: 18
Points: 144
20. 

Texas A&M
SEC
2018 Record: 44-18

 2018 Final Rank: 11
Points: 135
21. 

Oklahoma State
Big 12
2018 Record: 39-22

 2018 Final Rank: RV
Points: 93
22. 

James Madison
CAA
2018 Record: 43-14

 2018 Final Rank: RV
Points: 83
23. 

Minnesota
Big Ten
2018 Record: 41-17

 2018 Final Rank: 17
Points: 72
24. 

Ohio State
Big Ten
2018 Record: 36-16

 2018 Final Rank: T24
Points: 56
25. 

Long Beach State
Big West
2018 Record: 43-14

 2018 Final Rank: 22
Points:  50

Parenthesis denotes first place votes. 

Others receiving votes:  Houston (31), Notre Dame (30), Mississippi State (25), Texas State (25), Northwestern (24), Drake (23), California (20), Oregon State (20), Wichita State (17), Louisville (16), Oregon (16), Cal State Fullerton (15), South Florida (10), Tulsa (8), Virginia Tech (6), Liberty (5), Wisconsin (5), Fresno State (4), Lipscomb (2), Ole Miss (2), Hofstra (1), Nebraska (1)