Florida State cruised to six more wins to maintain the No. 1 ranking in this week’s USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Seminoles (17-0) captured 28 first-place votes and 794 points.
After knocking off South Alabama, 4-1, in a mid-week matchup, FSU scored at least 13 runs over the course of five run-rule wins over Elon, Lipscomb and Samford, marking the first time it has scored 10-plus runs in five consecutive games. The Seminoles extended their winning streak to 23 games and with the 13-1 triumph on Feb. 24, head coach Lonni Alameda collected her 500th win as the FSU skipper.
Florida State is joined by No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 Florida, No. 6 Alabama and No. 16 Indiana as the remaining undefeated teams in the top-25 as the top eight remained the same. No. 9 Texas joins the top-10 for the first time since the 2014 preseason poll.
The Bruins (14-0), who received the four other first-place votes, went 5-0 at the Mary Nutter Classic with wins over No. 4 Oklahoma (7-1), then-RV Missouri (11-3), then-RV Nebraska (9-1), then-No. 16 Kentucky (12-4) and Colorado State (3-0).
The Gators (18-0) posted seven wins last week. Following a 5-0 road win at Jacksonville, Florida marched through the competition at the Bubly Invitational. The hosts also blanked Illinois State (7-0), Florida A&M (4-0) and Syracuse (8-0) and went on to defeat that trio again by a 25-5 margin.
No. 4 Oklahoma left Cathedral City with a 4-1 mark. The Sooners (13-2) topped then-No. 14 Arizona (2-1), BYU (5-0), Cal State Fullerton (9-1) and UC Santa Barbara (8-0) with their only setback coming at the hands of the No. 2 Bruins.
No. 5 Washington enjoyed an undefeated weekend at the Nutter, but it didn’t come easily. All six of the Huskies’ (14-1) wins were by three runs or less. UW topped Cal Poly (4-2), then-No. 16 Kentucky (4-2), Cal State Fullerton (1-0), then-RV Missouri (6-3), RV Northwestern (3-1) and new-No. 18 Texas Tech (4-1).
The Crimson Tide (15-0) knocked off then-No. 24 Minnesota twice (1-0 / 7-2), Missouri State twice (11-1 / 7-5) and Louisiana Monroe (5-1) at their annual Easton Bama Bash.
No. 7 Tennessee (11-2) picked up three home wins over Kansas (9-0), Virginia (11-1) and Bradley (8-0) in a weather-shortened weekend. No. 8 Georgia (14-1) recorded four shutouts as it went 5-0 hosting the Georgia Classic.
The Longhorns (12-1) entered the top-10 after sweeping the Texas Invitational. Texas knocked off then-RV Ole Miss (3-2 / 7-0), Sam Houston State (9-1) and Tulsa (9-1 / 2-0). The Longhorns last appearance during
LSU dropped a spot to No. 10. The Tigers (13-3) rebounded from a home loss to Stanford (5-7) with wins in the final four games of the LSU Invitational. LSU defeated RV Michigan twice (2-0 / 2-1), Memphis (4-0) and CSUN (8-0).
Oregon State (12-2) joins the poll this week at No. 25, taking over the spot held by Illinois (10-3).
The 2019 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. The records reflect games played through Feb. 24, 2019.
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2019 USA Today / NFCA Division I
Top 25 Coaches Poll – February 26 (Week 3)
Rank | School | Totals | 2019
Record |
Prev. Ranking |
1 | Florida State (28) | 794 | 17-0 | 1 |
2 | UCLA (4) | 771 | 14-0 | 2 |
3 | Florida | 732 | 18-0 | 3 |
4 | Oklahoma | 689 | 13-2 | 4 |
5 | Washington | 681 | 14-1 | 5 |
6 | Alabama | 648 | 15-0 | 6 |
7 | Tennessee | 582 | 11-2 | 7 |
8 | Georgia | 568 | 14-1 | 8 |
9 | Texas | 528 | 12-1 | 11 |
10 | LSU | 501 | 13-3 | 9 |
11 | Louisiana | 449 | 14-2 | 10 |
12 | Arizona | 417 | 9-5 | 14 |
13 | South Carolina | 374 | 11-2 | 15 |
14 | Arkansas | 367 | 12-3 | 12 |
15 | Arizona State | 348 | 12-4 | 13 |
16 | Indiana | 308 | 14-0 | 19 |
17 | Kentucky | 267 | 9-7 | 16 |
18 | Texas Tech | 238 | 13-1 | 23 |
19 | James Madison | 223 | 5-2 | 18 |
20 | Oregon | 179 | 11-4 | 17 |
21 | Oklahoma State | 170 | 10-5 | 20 |
22 | Auburn | 145 | 13-3 | 22 |
23 | Minnesota | 84 | 7-5 | 24 |
24 | Baylor | 75 | 9-7 | 21 |
25 | Oregon State | 65 | 12-2 | RV |
New to Poll: No. 25 Oregon State.
Dropped Out: No. 25 Illinois.
Receiving Votes: Illinois (49), Northwestern (41), Mississippi State (24), Wisconsin (14), Ohio State (13), Boise State (12), Texas A&M (11), Stanford (10), Drake (9), Louisiana Tech (5), Notre Dame (4), Michigan (2), Southern Illinois (2), North Texas (1).
The 2019 USA Today / NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches with one representing each of the NCAA’s Division I Conferences. Record reflect games played through Feb. 24, 2019.