Where Texas softball ranks in April 7 poll after losing SEC series to Alabama
Texas Longhorns softball lost its first SEC series of the season against Alabama. But did the team remain atop the national poll?
After dropping its first SEC series of the season at Alabama, Texas softball fell to No. 4 in the national rankings. Texas Tech took over the top spot in the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association poll released Tuesday.
Texas (32-4, 9-3 SEC) fell behind the Red Raiders as well as the Crimson Tide and SEC rival Oklahoma after receiving a pair of first-place votes and 682 total points. Texas Tech received 26 of the 31 first-place votes while picking up 768 points. The latest rankings reflect the SEC’s continuing dominance.
Six of the top 10 teams come from the conference, and 10 SEC teams earned a spot in the poll. Texas A&M moved up two spots to No. 14.
After losing the SEC series against Alabama, Texas returns home for a critical three-game series against Oklahoma beginning Friday at McCombs Field. MORE: Texas softball: Back healthy, shortstop Viviana Martinez happy to again be helping UT Softball poll: National Fastpitch Coaches Association, April 7 Rank Team Record Points Previous 1 Texas Tech (26) 38-2 768 2 2 Oklahoma (1) 38-3 737 3 3 Alabama (2) 35-3 705 4 4 Texas (2) 32-4 682 1 5 Florida State 35-4 638 6 6 Florida 36-5 629 5 7 Nebraska 30-6 585 8 8 Arkansas 32-5 544 9 9 Tennessee 32-6 537 7 10 UCLA 33-5 519 10 11 Virginia Tech 33-5 463 11 12 Arizona 29-8 415 14 13 Mississippi State 33-9 373 13 14 Texas A&M 26-12 355 16 15 Oregon 29-9 309 18 16 Georgia 28-10 300 15 17 Virginia 31-6 277 12 18 Duke 28-11 252 23 19 Oklahoma State 25-10 223 19 20 Grand Canyon 37-4 158 17 21 LSU 25-13 152 22 22 Washington 31-9 101 21 23 Arizona State 29-11 94 20 24 Stanford 22-12 81 24 25 UCF 30-10-1 52 Others receiving votes: Louisville (32), Southeastern Louisiana (27), South Carolina (26), Belmont (14), North Carolina (9), Nevada (6), Kansas (5), Saint Mary’s (5), Clemson (1), Omaha (1). Dropped out: No.