SEC Chaos Sparks Major Moves in Softball America Top 25
Nobody could have predicted what happened over the weekend in the Southeastern Conference. From the Oklahoma Sooners losing a series at home to South Carolina taking a series on the road at LSU and Alabama gutting out a series win against Georgia.
Because of the upsets, Softball America shook things up with its Week 9 Top 25.
Seven of the teams in this week's top 10 are SEC programs. South Carolina jumped from No. 10 to No. 7, and Tennessee moved from No. 14 to No. 9.
Staying put at No. 1 is Texas despite dropping a game to No. 17 Mississippi State. Florida rose to No. 2 after sweeping Auburn on the road and the rest of the top five includes Oklahoma, Texas A&M and LSU.
One surprise is Oregon falling a spot to No. 8 after dominating an unranked Rutgers team in two games. The Ducks outscored the Scarlet Knights 41-3 in 10 innings.
The Florida State Seminoles rose to No. 6 after a tough series sweep of the N.C. State Wolfpack and the Arizona Wildcats round out the top 10 with a series win over BYU.
A shakeup at the TOP 👀
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While Texas remains in the top spot, the rest of our college softball rankings look quite different this week.
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Here is a look at the rest of the Top 25:
11. UCLA (32-5) (9)
12. Virginia Tech (28-5) (11)
13. Arkansas (26-7) (12)
14. Texas Tech (27-9) (13)
15. Ole Miss (28-6) (19)
16. Ohio State (29-6-1) (18)
17. Mississippi State (29-8) (17)
18. Stanford (24-6) (16)
19. Duke (25-12) (21)
20. Liberty (31-6) (22)
21. Clemson (27-10) (25)
22. Alabama (25-13) (NR)
23. Georgia (25-10) (20)
24. Oklahoma State (21-9) (15)
25. FAU (32-5) (23)
Receiving votes this week is Nebraska. The Huskers will finish their weekend series against Purdue on Monday in Lincoln, while the Virginia Cavaliers dropped from the poll. The Hoos salvaged a win over Notre Dame on Sunday but lost the series' first two games.
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Maren Angus-Coombs was born in Los Angeles and raised in Nashville, Tenn. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and has been a sports writer since 2008. She has been covering college softball since 2016 for various outlets including Softball America, ESPNW and Hurrdat Sports. She is currently the managing editor of Softball On SI and also serves as an analyst for Nebraska softball games on Nebraska Public Media and B1G+.