ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25

2021 Season – Preseason – January 26, 2021

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

1. 

UCLA (19)
Pac-12
2020 Record: 25-1

 Final 2020 Rank: 1
Points: 492
2. 

Washington (1)
Pac-12
2020 Record: 23-2

 Final 2020 Rank: 2
Points: 466
3. 

Arizona
Pac-12
2020 Record: 22-3

 Final 2020 Rank: 4
Points: 440
4. 

Oklahoma
Big 12
2020 Record: 20-4

 Final 2020 Rank: T6
Points: 420
5. 

LSU
SEC
2020 Record: 21-3

 Final 2020 Rank: 5
Points: 412
6. 

Florida
SEC
2020 Record: 23-4

 Final 2020 Rank: T6
Points: 385
7. 

Texas
Big 12
2020 Record: 24-3

 Final 2020 Rank: 3
Points: 357
8. 

Alabama
SEC
2020 Record: 14-8

 Final 2020 Rank: 13
Points: 351
9. 

Louisiana
Sun Belt
2020 Record:18-6

 Final 2020 Rank: 9
Points: 319
10. 

Oklahoma State
Big 12
2020 Record: 19-5

 Final 2020 Rank: 11
Points: 313
11. 

Oregon
Pac-12
2020 Record: 22-2

 Final 2020 Rank: 8
Points: 296
12. 

Florida State
ACC
2020 Record: 17-7

 Final 2020 Rank: 12
Points: 272
13. 

Kentucky
SEC
2020 Record: 20-4

 Final 2020 Rank: 10
Points: 246
14. 

Georgia
SEC
2020 Record: 23-5

 Final 2020 Rank: 14
Points: 216
15. 

Arizona State
Pac-12
2020 Record: 22-7

 Final 2020 Rank: T15
Points: 183
16. 

Virginia Tech
ACC
2020 Record: 21-4

 Final 2020 Rank: 18
Points: 177
17. 

Michigan
Big Ten
2020 Record: 15-8

 Final 2020 Rank: 19
Points: 168
18. 

Baylor
Big 12
2020 Record: 19-5

 Final 2020 Rank: 17
Points: 148
19. 

South Carolina
SEC
2020 Record: 17-6

 Final 2020 Rank: T15
Points: 125
20. 

Minnesota
Big Ten
2020 Record: 15-9-1

 Final 2020 Rank: 22
Points: 119
21. 

Arkansas
SEC
2020 Record: 19-6

 Final 2020 Rank: 21
Points: 111
22. 

Mississippi State
SEC
2020 Record: 25-3

 Final 2020 Rank: 20
Points: 105
23. 

Tennessee
SEC
2020 Record: 14-9

 Final 2020 Rank:-
Points: 77
24. 

Missouri
SEC
2020 Record: 19-7

 Final 2020 Rank: RV
Points: 55
25. 

UCF
AAC
2020 Record: 21-5-1

 Final 2020 Rank: 24
Points: 51

*Records reflect the 2020 season

Parenthesis denotes first place votes.

Dropped Out: -
New to Poll: - 

Others receiving votes: Fresno State (42), Northwestern (38), Duke (30), James Madison (15), Stanford (12), Texas A&M (12), South Florida (10), Oregon State (9), Ole Miss (6), Ohio State (6), Notre Dame (5), NC State (4), Auburn (2), North Texas (2), Texas Tech (2), Utah (2).