Where Does Oklahoma Stand in Rankings After Dominant Weekend?

The Sooners beat UTEP 34-0 on Sunday, but it wasn't enough to lift them in the rankings.

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Even after a dominant weekend, where it beat its opponents 91-9 in five games, Oklahoma softball fell a spot to No. 5 in the NFCA/GoRout Division I softball poll released Tuesday.

The Sooners (8-1) were tied with Florida at No. 4 last week.

Oklahoma dominated its trip to New Mexico and El Paso, TX, including winning its final game of the trip 34-0 over UTEP on Sunday.

The Gators broke the tie with the Sooners with a perfect week, outscoring its opponents 78-19 to go 7-0 on the weekend and improve to 12-0 overall.

Tennessee, who swept through the Clearwater Invitational, with wins over then-No. 11 Nebraska, No. 23 Florida Atlantic, No. 6 UCLA and No. 7 Florida State, moved to the top spot in this week's NFCA rankings.

Texas Tech, which was ranked No. 1 in last week's poll, dropped to No. 2 after going 5-1 last weekend including a win over Florida State and a loss to Nebraska and former Sooner Jordy Frahm (formerly Bahl).

Defending champions Texas dropped a spot to No. 3 aftger going 5-0 at home last week.

Florida State, Arkansas, Alabama, UCLA and Nebraska round out the top 10.

Other ranked SEC teams and OU opponents include No. 11 Texas A&M, No. 13 South Carolina, No. 14 Mississippi State, No. 15 Arizona, No. 16 Georgia, No. 19 LSU, No. 20 Duke, No. 22 Arizona State, No. 24 Oklahoma State and No. 25 Ole Miss.

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The Sooners remained ahead of Florida in both the Softball America poll and D1Softball poll. Tennessee also is atop those polls. D1Softball has Texas ahead of Texas Tech.

Florida State is No, 5 in the Softball America poll, with Florida at No. 8.

OU is No. 2 nationally with a .460 batting average so far and the4 Sooners' 38 home runs are best in the country. No other team has more than 30.

The Sooners return to action at 7:30 p.m. Thursday against Cal State Fullerton at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Cathedral City, CA.

The trip includes a ranked matchup against Duke at 3 p.m. Friday in the tournament.

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Ryan Aber

Ryan Aber has been covering Oklahoma football for more than a decade continuously and since 1999 overall. Ryan was the OU beat writer for The Oklahoman from 2013-2025, covering the transition from Bob Stoops to Lincoln Riley to Brent Venables. He covered OU men's basketball's run to the Final Four in 2016 and numerous national championships for the Sooners' women's gymnastics and softball programs. Prior to taking on the Sooners beat, Ryan covered high schools, the Oklahoma City RedHawks and Oklahoma City Barons for the newspaper from 2006-13. He spent two seasons covering Arkansas football for the Morning News of Northwest Arkansas before returning to his hometown of Oklahoma City. Ryan also worked at the Southwest Times Record in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and the Muskogee Phoenix. At the Phoenix, he covered OU's national championship run in 2000. Ryan is a graduate of Putnam City North High School in Oklahoma City and Northeastern State University in Tahlequah.