Oklahoma City, OK - Florida reclaims the top spot in ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 Collegiate Poll
Just one week after falling two spots in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll, the Florida Gators (38-3, 12-3 SEC) have reclaimed the No. 1 spot following an undefeated week on the road, the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball announced today.  This move comes after last week’s top team, Michigan (29-4, 7-2 Big Ten), went 2-1 in a Big Ten road series at unranked Nebraska. The Gators return to the top after receiving eight-of-20 first-place votes, while Michigan received three votes, Auburn (37-4, 9-3 SEC) received five votes, Alabama (35-7, 8-4 SEC) received three and Louisiana-Lafayette (32-3, 13-1 Sun Belt) received the final one first-place vote.
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Florida reclaims the top spot in ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 Collegiate Poll
OKLAHOMA CITY — Just one week after falling two spots in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll, the Florida Gators (38-3, 12-3 SEC) have reclaimed the No. 1 spot following an undefeated week on the road, the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball announced today. This move comes after last week's top team, Michigan (29-4, 7-2 Big Ten), went 2-1 in a Big Ten road series at unranked Nebraska. The Gators return to the top after receiving eight-of-20 first-place votes, while Michigan received three votes, Auburn (37-4, 9-3 SEC) received five votes, Alabama (35-7, 8-4 SEC) received three and Louisiana-Lafayette (32-3, 13-1 Sun Belt) received the final one first-place vote.
Click here to see the complete ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll.
Florida went 4-0 on the road this week, beginning with a standalone game against UCF before a three-game Southeastern Conference (SEC) series at Ole Miss. In the first game of the week, Florida's pitching staff issued just three hits in a 3-1 win. The Gators would go on to sweep Ole Miss after posting 8-0, 6-1 and 4-2 wins against the Rebels.
Michigan and Auburn come in tied at No. 2 this week. Michigan dropped game one of the Big Ten Conference series, 1-0, before rebounding with 4-1 and 8-6 wins to walk away with the series victory. Auburn, who posted a flawless 4-0 performance for the week, picked up a mid-week 8-1 win over Troy before sweeping an out-of-conference series against Longwood.
No. 4 Alabama maintains their spot in the poll from last week as the Crimson Tide collected four wins, including two via run-rule. Louisiana-Lafayette closes out the Top 5 after capturing a series sweep of Georgia State at home.
Rounding out the Top 10: No. 6 Oregon (32-6, 10-2 Pac-12) swept in-state rival Oregon State while picking up a double-header against Portland State; No. 7 James Madison (34-3, 9-0 CAA) dropped a 2-1 decision to Virginia Tech to start the week before rebounding to pick up four wins; No. 8 Florida State (31-4, 10-1 ACC) went undefeated as the Seminoles shutout Jacksonville while sweeping NC State; No. 9 Oklahoma (30-7, 6-1 Big 12) joins the Top 10 for the first time since Week 1 after sweeping then-No. 18 Baylor (32-10, 5-3 Big 12); No. 10 Georgia (34-8, 8-4 SEC) rejoins the Top 10 after sweeping then-No. 14 Missouri (26-10, 5-7 SEC).
The Top 25 remains unchanged this week as no new teams enter the poll.
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.
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Founded in 1933, the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball is the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. One of the nation's largest sports organizations, ASA/USA Softball sanctions competition in every state through a network of 70 local associations and has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 165,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than 2.2 million. ASA/USA is responsible for training, equipping and promoting the six USA Softball National Teams that compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women's National Team is one of only two women's sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women have also won nine World Championship titles as well as claimed eight World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about ASA/USA Softball, please visit http://www.asausasoftball.com.
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