Alabama Softball Hosts South Carolina with Much on the Line
The Crimson Tide has picked a bad time for the bats to be turning into wet noodles. It’s the final SEC and regular season test of the year and there is no time to relax and mudita.
Alabama's Kaitlyn Pallozzi (18) pitches against Tennessee during an NCAA college softball game in Knoxville, Tennessee, on April 27, 2026. | Saul Young/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Lollipop Rainbow Unicorn chasers think the last two Bama games are no big deal. They also think that that Gamecocks will be no trouble.
I hate to break it to them but the Tide needs to regroup because SC is playing pretty well lately and NCAA seedings are on the line. ACCOLADES RAT POISON Honestly, the Tide did not drop as much as I thought they would. Softball America 13 ↑ 8 ↑ 6 ↑ 4 ↔ 4 ↔ 4 ↔ 4 ↓ 6 ↑ 4 ↑ 1 ↓ 2 ↓ 3 ↔ 3 – rankings came out before Monday’s game.
D1Softball 14 ↑ 10 ↑ 9 ↑ 8 ↑ 5 ↔ 5 ↑ 4 ↓ 6 ↑ 4 ↑ 3 ↑ 2 ↔ 2 ↓ 4 USAToday/NFCA 16 ↑ 13 ↑ 9 ↑ 7 ↑ 6 ↔ 6 ↔ 6 ↓ 7 ↑ 4 ↑ 3 ↔ 3 ↔ 3 ↓ 4 ESPN/USA Softball 15 ↑ 10 ↑ 8 ↑ 5 ↑ 4 ↔ 4 ↔ 4 ↓ 6 ↑ 5 ↑ 3 ↑ 2 ↔ 2 ↓ 3 RPI RANKINGS Perhaps more important than the four polls is the RPI: Florida 46-7 Arkansas 39-9 Texas 38-8 Nebraska 40-6 Alabama 44-6 Oklahoma 46-6 UCLA 44-5 Tennessee 40-8 Oregon 38-10 Texas Tech 48-4 LSU 34-16 Florida St. 43-8 SCHEDULE No midweek cupcake. Straight to matters at hand.
Thu, Apr 30 vs South Carolina 6pm/7pm Fri, May 1 vs South Carolina 6pm/7pm Sat, May 2 vs South Carolina 1pm/2pm HOW TO WATCH… ALLEGEDLY All SECN Streaming (ESPN+). WEATHER The forecasts seem to change every hour on the hour. The temperatures will be on the cool side (you just put your winter clothes away.
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