Where Mississippi State Softball is Ranked After Week 3
The Mississippi State softball team is off to a very solid 11-3 start to the season after three full weeks.
This past week at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, the Bulldogs went 3-2 after defeating UCF, Notre Dame and Cal State Fullerton, but falling to No. 1 Oklahoma and Fresno State.
Mississippi State remained in the top-25 in both the USA Softball and NFCA Coaches polls.
Here's where Mississippi State stands after three weeks:
USA Softball/ESPN.com Poll Week 3
(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 3
(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
