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While the top three remained the same, including unanimous No. 1 UCLA, and no team moved in or out of the rankings, there was some shuffling amongst teams up and down this week’s 2019 USA Today / NFCA Top 25 Coaches Poll.
The Bruins (35-1), No. 1 for the fifth straight week, ran their winning streak to 19 games following a dominating Pac-12 road sweep of then-No. 21 Arizona State. UCLA posted three run-rule victories, outscoring the Sun Devils (25-14), 35-5.
No. 2 Oklahoma swept Baylor in Big 12 play, extending the Sooners (35-2) winning streak to 25 contests. No. 3 Florida State went 2-1 last week, picking up a, 2-0, road win at then-No. 8 Florida before splitting an ACC doubleheader at Louisville.
Washington elevated two spots to No. 4. The Huskies (32-6) captured their third consecutive Pac-12 sweep, defeating California on the road and pushing their winning streak to 10 games.
No. 6 Florida and No. 8 Arizona each moved up in the poll, while No. 5 Alabama and No. 9 Tennessee fell. The Gators (32-9) bounced back from their loss to FSU by surrendering just one run in a three-game SEC sweep of then-No. 14 Arkansas.
Extending their winning streak to 14 games, the Wildcats (32-7) set a program record by scoring 48 runs in a three-game Pac-12 sweep of Utah. Arizona outscored the Utes, 48-3, posting at least 13 runs in each of the three contests.
The Crimson Tide (38-4) suffered their first back-to-back defeats of the season, dropping games two and three in SEC play at then-No. 17 South Carolina. Alabama opened the week with run-rule wins over UAB and the Gamecocks (28-11) before their setbacks in Columbia, S.C.
The Lady Vols (29-8) fell four positions after a 2-2 week. UT sandwiched two SEC wins over RV Missouri and then-No. 13 Auburn around a pair of home defeats to the Tigers (32-8).
No. 7 LSU and No. 10 Louisiana maintained their rankings. The Tigers (33-8) won their SEC series at Mississippi State, capturing the final two contests after a game one defeat.
The Ragin’ Cajuns (33-4) picked up four more victories and ran their win steak to 10 after trumping McNeese State on the road and sweeping UT Arlington in Sun Belt Conference play.
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2019 USA Today / NFCA Division I
Top 25 Coaches Poll – April 9 (Week 9)
| Rank | School | Totals | Record | Prev. Ranking |
| 1 | UCLA (32) | 800 | 35-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 766 | 35-2 | 2 |
| 3 | Florida State | 727 | 37-4 | 3 |
| 4 | Washington | 705 | 32-6 | 6 |
| 5 | Alabama | 639 | 38-4 | 4 |
| 6 | Florida | 610 | 32-9 | 8 |
| 7 | LSU | 590 | 33-8 | 7 |
| 8 | Arizona | 582 | 32-7 | 9 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 579 | 29-8 | 5 |
| 10 | Louisiana | 520 | 33-4 | 10 |
| 11 | Texas | 474 | 34-9 | 11 |
| 12 | Auburn | 416 | 32-8 | 13 |
| 13 | Georgia | 393 | 30-11 | 12 |
| 14 | Oklahoma State | 329 | 29-11 | 16 |
| 15 | Texas Tech | 326 | 30-8 | 15 |
| 16 | South Carolina | 321 | 28-11 | 17 |
| 17 | Ole Miss | 309 | 27-10 | 18 |
| 18 | Arkansas | 263 | 26-14 | 14 |
| 19 | Minnesota | 236 | 27-10 | 19 |
| 20 | James Madison | 224 | 27-6 | 20 |
| 21 | Michigan | 136 | 27-10 | 23 |
| 22 | Virginia Tech | 114 | 33-5 | 24 |
| 23 | Kentucky | 89 | 24-15 | 22 |
| 24 | Arizona State | 74 | 25-14 | 21 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 70 | 30-5 | 25 |
New to Poll: None
Dropped Out: None
Receiving Votes: Northwestern (49), Colorado State (33), Boise State (7), Ohio State (4), Stanford (4), Illinois (3), Missouri (3), Liberty (1), Tulsa (1).
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 April 7, 2019