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Extra Inning Softball’s Top 50 College Softball Recruiting Classes (2021 Class)

Speedy slapper Abbey Smith is headed to Auburn, which early in the recruiting process has one of the top recruiting classes for the 2021’s.

After three weeks of covering the top prospects in the Class of 2021, including the Extra Elite 100, we finish our lists with a look at which college programs are doing the best so far in getting commits from the current sophomores in this class.

Certainly, with 46% of the top 200 still uncommitted, the list below will be changing–especially as college coaches can start contacting prospective student-athletes in September–but it’s still fun to see what programs have gotten out to a quick start in committing promising recruits.

Regarding the Point system, we use a mathematical formula weighing where the players are ranked in the Extra Elite 100 and Top 200 to give an overall point total.

Why 200? We have found over time (looking back over a decade-plus) the top 200 tend to be the most accurate in predicting future success and who will be the most impactful.

So, with three years left still for the players below to play high school and club ball, here are the Top 50 college teams who’ve done well so far and several more “on the bubble”…

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