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Florida State Continues Hold on No. 1 in USA Today/NFCA DI Top 25 Coaches Poll

Lonni Alameda Got Her 500th Win at Florida State on Sunday, February 24, 2019. Photo: Larry Novey/FSU Softball.

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.

Montana Fouts of Alabama was named SEC Freshman of the Week for the second week in a row. The Tide is one of four undefeated teams in the Top 10. Photo: Alabama Softball.

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.

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