Clemson fell five spots to No. 25 in the new Softball America Top 25 rankings, released Monday, April 8.
Coach John Rittman’s Tigers are 27-11 overall after a 3-1 week that included a three-game series sweep of Syracuse over the weekend in upstate New York. The Tigers fell to Furman in midweek play, 4-3, at McWhorter Stadium on Tuesday.
Clemson will travel to Columbia to face South Carolina in a scheduled 7 p.m. EDT contest in midweek play Tuesday night. Next up for the Tigers in ACC play is a three-game weekend series with Duke beginning Friday night at 7 p.m. EDT at McWhorter Stadium.
The Blue Devils (33-3 overall) are the new No. 1 team in the nation in Softball America’s rankings after a 4-0 week. It’s the first time all season that someone other than Oklahoma (35-3) is atop the rankings.
The Sooners dropped two of three games over the weekend to Texas. Softball America notes that it was the Sooners’ first Big 12 series loss since 2011.