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UCLA Strengthens Hold on No. 1 in 2019 USA Today/NFCA DI Top 25 Coaches Poll

Taylor Pack has come up huge with home runs and RBIs in recent games for #1 UCLA. Photo: Don Liebig / AUCLA.

Following a Pac-12 series-opening sweep of Washington, UCLA strengthened its hold on No. 1 in this week’s 2019 USA Today / NFCA Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Bruins (25-1) collected all but one of the 32 first-place votes and 799 points.

UCLA opened the series with a pair of late-inning wins, 3-0 and 4-2 (8), before scoring a season high in runs with a 15-6 victory over the Huskies (22-6) in the series finale.

No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 Florida State and No. 4 Alabama remained in their respective spots. The Sooners (25-2) outscored their opposition, 58-2, posting shutouts against Loyola Marymount, Dartmouth and CSUN.

The Seminoles (27-3) received the other first-place vote after capturing their ACC-opening series against RV Notre Dame. FSU defeated the Irish in games one (11-1) and three (5-0), but dropped a 7-4 decision in game two.

The Crimson Tide (31-0) continued to roll picking up six more victories in Hawai’i. Alabama is the first NCAA program to reach the 30-win mark in 2019 and remains the only undefeated squad in the poll.

Tennessee and Florida moved past No. 7 Washington for the No. 5 and 6 positions. The Lady Vols (22-4) enjoyed a 4-1 week, which included two wins over BYU and a split with then-No. 11 Texas at home. The Gators (24-5) knocked off UCF and split the first two games of their SEC series at then-No. 9 LSU.

Rounding out the final three top-10 spots are No. 8 LSU, No. 9 Louisiana and No. 10 Texas. The Tigers (23-6) were 2-1 last week, defeating Troy, along with their at home split with Florida.

The Ragin’ Cajuns (23-3) finished 5-0 last week, knocking off RV Baylor, Nicholls State and sweeping Troy in their Sun Belt-opening series. The Longhorns (25-6) went 4-1 with wins over Texas A&M Corpus Christi, BYU (2) and then-No. 6 Tennessee.

A red-hot Ole Miss squad enters this week’s poll at No. 24. The Rebels (21-7) have won seven straight and 13 of their last 14 contests, including triumphs over then-No. 14 Arkansas (2) and then-No. 18 Oklahoma State (2).

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 March 17, 2019.

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2019 USA Today / NFCA Division I
Top 25 Coaches Poll – March 19 (Week 6)
Rank School Totals 2019

Record

Prev. Ranking
1 UCLA (31) 799 25-1 1
2 Oklahoma 760 25-2 2
3 Florida State (1) 717 27-3 3
4 Alabama 703 31-0 4
5 Tennessee 662 22-4 6
6 Florida 621 24-5 7
7 Washington 612 22-6 5
8 LSU 546 23-6 9
9 Louisiana 521 23-3 10
10 Texas 506 25-6 11
11 Arizona 459 21-7 12
12 Georgia 417 25-6 8
13 Kentucky 393 20-7 15
14 Texas Tech 383 27-2 13
15 Arkansas 368 21-7 14
16 South Carolina 307 21-7 16
17 Auburn 289 26-4 20
18 Arizona State 257 22-8 17
19 James Madison 173 15-5 22
20 Minnesota 170 19-8 21
21 Oklahoma State 154 20-7 18
22 Indiana 137 25-6 19
23 Wisconsin 130 21-3 23
24 Ole Miss 89 21-7 RV
25 Michigan 54 15-10 25

New to Poll: No. 24 Ole Miss

Dropped Out: No. 24 Boise State

Receiving Votes: Virginia Tech (42), Northwestern (37), Illinois (21), Boise State (15), Stanford (13), Notre Dame (10), UNLV (9), Colorado State (6), Oregon State (6), Baylor (5), Mississippi State (5), Louisiana Tech (2), Missouri (1), USC Upstate (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 March 10, 2019.

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