Where Mississippi State Softball is Ranked After Week 10

Bulldogs went 1-2 against Tennessee, including a 9-1 run-rule victory

Author:
Taylor Hodges
Apr 17, 2024

STARKVILLE – Mississippi State won just one game against Tennessee, but it was enough for the Bulldogs to maintain their place in the national rankings.

MSU (29-12, 9-9 SEC) remains No. 17 in the USA Softball/ESPN.com Poll and the NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll after a 1-2 record in its weekend series against No. 4 Tennessee, who kept their same ranking as last week in both polls.

The Bulldogs’ only win against the Lady Vols was a run-rule victory in Friday’s series-opening game. MSU lost the final two games, 6-1 and 7-3.

MSU has a pair of midweek games against Memphis and South Alabama this week and doesn’t have a SEC series this weekend.

USA Softball/ESPN.com Poll Week 10

(Team, first-place votes, record points)

Texas (25) 35-6, 625, 1

2. Oklahoma, 38-4, 591, 2

3. Duke, 37-4, 572, 3

4. Tennessee, 32-7, 555, 4

5. Stanford, 34-7, 521, 7

6. Oklahoma State, 35-8, 464, 5

7. LSU, 33-8, 428, 6

8. Washington, 28-7, 417, 10

9. Georgia, 33-10, 411, 8

10. Florida, 36-9, 396, 9

11. UCLA, 24-9, 395, 11

12, Texas A&M, 32-9, 356, 12

13. Missouri, 33-11, 324, 15

14. Arkansas, 30-11, 317, 14

15. Alabama, 30-9, 298, 13

16. Virginia Tech, 31-9-1, 275, 16

17. Mississippi State, 29-12, 226, 17

18. Florida State, 31-10, 215, 18

19. Louisiana, 29-14, 134, 21

T-20. Clemson, 28-13, 103, 19

T-20. Oregon, 24-15, 103, 20

22. Arizona, 28-13-1, 100, T-25

23. Kentucky, 26-15, 65, RV

24. California, 29-12, 62, 23

25. Texas State, 33-12, 47, RV

Others receiving votes: Northwestern (32), Miami-OH (29), Baylor (17), Boston U (16), Auburn (14), South Carolina (14), Penn State (3), UCF (1)

NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll Week 10

(Team, first-place votes, record points)

1. Texas (24), 35-6, 791, 2

2. Oklahoma (8), 38-4, 766, 1

3, Duke, 37-4, 734, 3

4. Tennessee, 32-7, 700, 4

5. Stanford, 34-7, 655, 8

6. Oklahoma State, 35-8, 597, 5

7. LSU, 33-7, 564, 6

8. Washington, 28-7, 549, 10

9. Georgia, 33-10, 540, 7

10. Florida, 35-9, 495, 9

11. Texas A&M, 32-9, 480, 11

12. UCLA, 24-9, 442, 13

13.. Missouri, 33-11, 432, 14

14. Alabama, 30-9, 407, 12

15. Virginia Tech, 31-9-1, 382, 15

16. Arkansas, 30-11, 302, 17

17. Mississippi State, 29-12, 300, 16

18. Florida State, 31-10, 295, 18

19. Arizona, 28-13-1, 200, 21

20. California, 29-12, 152, 20

21. Clemson, 28-14, 134, 19

22. Oregon, 24-15, 117, 22

23. Boston University, 35-4, 93, 24

24. Kentucky, 26-15, 61,

25. Louisiana, 29-14, 57,

Others Receiving Votes:

South Carolina (55), Northwestern (35), Miami (31), Texas State (16), Auburn (15), Kansas (1), FAU (1), Grand Canyon (1)

Dropped Out:

No. 23 South Carolina, No. 25 Texas State