New No. 1 in NCAA Softball top 25 rankings after top-5 reshuffle
There's a new No. 1 team in Softball America's top 25 rankings after impressive weeks by the Alabama Crimson Tide and Oklahoma Sooners.
For the second straight week, there's a new No. 1 team in Softball America's top 25 rankings . A week ago, the Alabama Crimson Tide (39-3 overall, 12-3 SEC) jumped three spots to No.
1 after taking two of three from previously top-ranked Texas . Despite the Tide's three-game sweep of Auburn on The Plains over the weekend, a series that saw Alabama outscore the Tigers, 14-1, it's no longer coach Patrick Murphy's team atop the rankings. The Oklahoma Sooners (40-4, 13-2) claimed the top spot in Softball America's new rankings.
Patty Gasso's team jumped two spots after taking two of three from Texas in Austin. Alabama dropped one spot to No. 2.
The Sooners and Crimson Tide won't meet in the regular season but are currently Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, in the SEC standings with three weekend series remaining for each team before the conference tournament begins on May 5 in Lexington, Kentucky. Oklahoma blanked previously fourth-ranked Texas, 3-0, on Friday and rallied for a 4-3 win on Saturday before falling 8-6 on Sunday.
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