Where Alabama Softball is Ranked After Week 3
Alabama softball remained undefeated with an offensive outburst over the weekend at the Green & Gold Classic in Birmingham, scoring 45 runs in five games.
The Crimson Tide is now 16-0 on the season and will face its first ranked opponent this weekend with No. 21 Arizona coming to Tuscaloosa for two games against Alabama as part of the Crimson Classic.
Here's where Alabama is ranked in this week's polls:
USA Softball/ESPN.com Poll Week 2
(Team, first-place votes, record points)
1. Oklahoma (25), 14-0, 625
2. Texas, 12-1, 594
3. Georgia, 12-1, 569
4. Washington, 12-2, 517
5. LSU, 13-0, 499
T6. Duke, 13-1, 490
T6. Oklahoma State, 13-2, 490
8. Tennessee, 8-4, 432
9. Clemson, 11-2, 421
10. Stanford, 10-4, 394
11. Alabama, 16-0, 387
12. Florida State, 11-3, 357
13. Missouri, 13-2, 357
14. Kentucky, 11-2, 265
15. Florida, 15-2, 260
16. Arkansas, 13-3, 242
17. Baylor, 8-3, 220
18. Texas A&M, 14-1, 185
19. UCLA, 7-5, 173
20. Virginia Tech, 12-3-1, 1153
21. Arizona, 16-1, 124
22. South Carolina, 13-2, 117
23. Mississippi State, 11-3, 93
24. California, 15-1, 89
25. Auburn, 7-2-1, 48
Dropped out: Oregon
Others receiving votes: Oregon (26), San Diego State (15), Boston U (14), Louisiana (11), Utah (9), Northwestern (9), Texas Tech (4), Wichita State (4), Indiana (2), McNeese (1), Louisville (1)
NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll Week 2
(Team, first-place votes, record points)
1. Oklahoma (32), 14-0, 800
2. Texas, 12-1, 743
3. Oklahoma State, 13-2, 681
4. LSU, 13-0, 675
5. Georgia, 12-1, 671
6. Washington, 12-2, 632
7. Duke, 13-1, 91
8. Clemson, 11-2, 545
9. Tennessee, 8-4, 535
10. Alabama, 16-0, 506
11. Stanford, 10-4, 479
12. Florida State, 11-3, 440
13. Florida, 15-2, 405
14. Missouri, 13-2, 350
15. Arkansas, 13-3, 338
16. Kentucky, 11-2, 316
17. Texas A&M, 14-1, 252
18. UCLA, 7-5, 240
19. Arizona, 16-1, 231
20. California, 15-1, 213
21. Baylor, 8-3, 203
22. South Carolina, 13-2, 185
23. Virginia Tech, 12-3-1
24. Mississippi State, 11-3, 71
25. Oregon, 9-7, 51
Others receiving votes: Boston University (30), Northwestern (27), Utah (26), San Diego State (24), Auburn (12), Texas State (3), Louisiana (2), Penn State (1), Wichita State (1).
Dropped out: No. 20 Utah, No. 24 Northwestern
