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Where Mississippi State Softball is Ranked After Week 8

Bulldogs won once and the Gators won twice last weekend in Starkville
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Mississippi State softball celebrates during its weekend series against Arkansas.
Mississippi State softball celebrates during its weekend series against Arkansas. | Mississippi State Athletics

DALLAS – Every game of the three-game series between Mississippi State and Florida last weekend wasn’t decided until the final inning. Florida held off a Bulldog rally in Game 1, but wasn’t able to stop another Bulldog rally in Game 2. In Game 3, the Gators completed their own rally to take the series 2-1.

The results actually improved the Bulldogs rankings in the Top 25 polls released Tuesday:

USA Softball/ESPN.com Poll Week 8

(Rank, Team, Record, Points, Previous Ranking)

  1. Oklahoma (25), 34-1, 625, 1

2. Duke, 29-3, 582, 5

3. Georgia, 29-5, 534, 3

4. Tennessee, 28-5, 532, 4

5. Texas, 29-5, 513, 2

6. Oklahoma State, 29-6, 501, 10

7. LSU, 29-4, 486, 7

8. Stanford, 27-6, 461, 6

9. Washington, 25-5, 454, 8

10. Florida, 31-5, 410, 9

11. Missouri, 29-7, 368, 13

12. UCLA, 20-8, 342, 15

13. Virginia Tech, 25-8-1, 316, 11

14. Texas A&M, 28-7, 278, 12

15. Alabama, 26-8, 237, 14

16. Mississippi State, 25-9, 226, 17

17. Clemson, 23-10, 225, 16

18. Florida State, 24-9, 218, 18

19. Arkansas, 25-9, 214, 20

20. California, 26-10, 103, 19

21. Baylor, 19-12, 99, T21

22. Oregon, 20-12, 78, T21

23. Texas State, 29-8, 64, 23

24. Louisiana, 24-13, 49, 25

25. South Carolina, 16-10, 45, NR

Dropped Out: Kansas

New to Poll: South Carolina

Others receiving votes: Kentucky (39), Boston U (29), Kansas (27), Arizona (16), Miami-OH (10), Northwestern (10), Penn State (8), Auburn (3), Utah (3), Nevada (1)

NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll Week 8

(Rank, Team, Record, Points, Previous Ranking)

1. Oklahoma (32), 34-1, 800, 1

2. Duke, 29-3, 727, 5

3. Georgia, 29-5, 707, 3

4. Texas, 29-5, 678, 2

5. LSU, 29-4, 658, 6

6. Tennessee, 28-5, 652, 4

7. Oklahoma State, 29-6, 642, 8

8. Stanford, 27-6, 599, 7

9. Washington, 25-5, 560, 9

10. Florida, 31-5, 524, 10

11. Missouri, 29-7, 453, 12

12. UCLA, 20-8, 14

13. Texas A&M, 28-7, 397, 11

14. Alabama, 26-8, 348, 13

15. Virginia Tech, 25-8-1, 318, 15

16. Mississippi State, 25-9, 297, 17

17. Clemson, 24-10, 275, 16

18. Florida State, 24-9, 265, 19

19. Arkansas, 22-11-1, 143, 20

20. California, 26-10, 209, 18

21. Arizona, 22-11-1, 143, 21

22. South Carolina, 26-10, 139, 22

23. Boston University, 27-3, 95, 25

24. Oregon, 20-12, 69, 24

25. Baylor, 19-12, 46, 23

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TAYLOR HODGES

Award-winning sports editor, writer, columnist, and photographer with 15 years’ experience offering his opinion and insight about the sports world in Mississippi and Texas, but he was taken to Razorback pep rallies at Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth before he could walk. Taylor has covered all levels of sports, from small high schools in the Mississippi Delta to NFL games. Follow Taylor on Twitter and Facebook.

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