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Diamond Heels benefit from no weekend games, climb in coaches poll

With no games over the weekend, how did the UNC baseball team fare in the rankings?

Even when the North Carolina Tar Heels aren’t playing baseball, they’re still winning.

I know, I know. It sounds cheesy, but it’s the truth.

UNC had a rare break in its schedule over the weekend, as student-athletes hit the books for final exams. North Carolina has been playing exceptional baseball this season, leading the ACC Coastal Division by three games over archrival Duke, with some brief time off well-deserved.

The Tar Heels make their highly-anticipated return to the field on Tuesday, May 7, hosting Campbell in a rematch, to kick off their final regular-season homestand at Boshamer Stadium.

With UNC dormant over the weekend and just a couple weeks out from ACC Tournament action, it jumped one spot to 12th in the latest USA Today Coaches Poll.

Ranking	Team	Record	Points	Change
1	Tennessee	39-9	750 (20)	+2
2	Texas A&M	40-8	734 (7)	-1
3	Arkansas	40-9	702 (3)	-1
4	Clemson	36-10	685	–
5	Kentucky	35-10	651 (1)	+3
6	East Carolina	37-9	631	-1
7	Florida State	35-10	585	-1
8	Oregon State	35-12	531	-1
9	Duke	32-14	501	–
10	Virginia	35-12	485	–
11	North Carolina	35-11	473	+1
12	Georgia	35-12	376	+6
13	Wake Forest	32-16	367	+2
14	South Carolina	32-15	364	–
15	Mississippi State	32-16	317	+6
16	UC-Irvine	34-10	289	-6
17	Oklahoma	29-17	223	+6
18	Indiana State	34-10	208	+4
19	Arizona	29-17	188	+5
20	Oklahoma State	32-16	184	-4
21	North Carolina State	26-18	125	-1
22	Troy	34-15	104	+9
23	UC Santa Barbara	31-12	95	+4
24	Oregon	32-15	94	+2
25	Alabama	29-18	86	-8

After welcoming the Camels to Chapel Hill tomorrow, North Carolina (35-11, 17-7) hosts Louisville this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Cardinals (29-18, 13-11), winners of four straight, clinched their spot in the ACC Tournament on Sunday.

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Texas A&M baseball takes a dive in the newest USA TODAY Coaches Poll

After dropping two out of three games against LSU over the weekend Texas A&M falls a spot in the new USA TODAY Coaches Poll

Down goes number one. The Texas A&M (40-8, 16-8 SEC) baseball team struggled at the plate over the weekend causing them to drop their first SEC series loss since the opening week of league play. The defense was a little off and they did see a ball in the dirt they didn’t want to swing at through the first two games.

However, they did avoid the sweep with a dominant win on Sunday beating LSU 14-4, and Chris Cortez threw one of his better games of the season. SEC road games are hard, and baseball can be a game of slumps at times. Jim Schlossnagle knows this and will have his team prepared for the next series once they complete their midweek game.

Here are the complete Week 12 rankings.

Rank	Team	Record	PTS	1st	Prev	Chg	Hi/Lo
1	Tennessee	39-9	750	20	3	+2	1/8
2	Texas A&M	40-8	734	7	1	-1	1/10
3	Arkansas	40-9	702	3	2	-1	1/5
4	Clemson	36-10	685	0	4	–	2/11
5	Kentucky	35-10	651	1	8	+3	5/NR
6	East Carolina	37-9	631	0	5	-1	5/16
7	Florida State	35-10	585	0	6	-1	6/NR
8	Oregon State	35-12	531	0	7	-1	2/10
9	Duke	32-14	501	0	9	–	6/14
10	Virginia	35-12	485	0	10	–	8/15
11	North Carolina	35-11	473	0	12	+1	7/17
12	Georgia	35-12	376	0	18	+6	12/NR
13	Wake Forest	32-16	367	0	15	+2	1/22
14	South Carolina	32-15	364	0	14	–	14/NR
15	Mississippi State	32-16	317	0	21	+6	15/NR
16	UC Irvine	34-10	289	0	10	-6	10/NR
17	Oklahoma	29-17	223	0	23	+6	17/NR
18	Indiana State	34-10	208	0	22	+4	18/NR
19	Arizona	29-17	188	0	24	+5	19/NR
20	Oklahoma State	32-16	184	0	16	-4	16/NR
21	North Carolina State	26-18	125	0	20	-1	14/NR
22	Troy	34-15	104	0	NR	+9	22/NR
23	UC Santa Barbara	31-12	95	0	NR	+4	18/NR
24	Oregon	32-15	94	0	NR	+2	18/NR
25	Alabama	29-18	86	0	17	-8	10/25

Schools Dropped Out

No. 13 Vanderbilt; No. 19 Louisiana; No. 25 Dallas Baptist;

Others Receiving Votes

Louisiana 83; Vanderbilt 73; Dallas Baptist 54; Texas 40; UNCW 18; Coastal Carolina 12; Utah 11; Nebraska 11; Charleston 11; Louisiana Tech 8; San Diego 2; LSU 2; St. John’s 1; Illinois 1;

Texas A&M will face Rice on Tuesday, May 7, at 6:00 p.m. CST, where the game will air on SEC Network+.

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Texas A&M baseball remains No. 1 in the newest USA TODAY Coaches Poll

Texas A&M see no change in the rankings as they stay No. 1 after a 3-1 week and another Top 25 SEC series win

Texas A&M (38-6, 15-6 SEC) holds the title of King of the Mountain as they tally another midweek win coupled with a Top 25 SEC series win on Georgia. They started the week by outlasting a competitive Houston team in a 13-11 win. Then, after beating Georgia in game one, they had an epic comeback victory in game two to seal another SEC series in their favor.

The Aggie continues to look like the team to beat in a three-game series, and so far, the only team to do it has been the Florida Gators in the opening SEC series. Since that series, they haven’t dropped another once since climbing their way to the top spot.

Here are the complete Week 11 rankings.

Rank	Team	Record	PTS	1st	Prev	Chg	Hi/Lo
1	Texas A&M	38-6	772	29	1	–	1/10
2	Arkansas	37-7	739	1	2	–	1/5
3	Tennessee	37-7	717	1	3	–	3/8
4	Clemson	34-9	662	0	4	–	2/11
5	East Carolina	35-8	643	0	7	+2	5/16
6	Florida State	34-9	602	0	9	+3	6/NR
7	Oregon State	33-10	572	0	10	+3	2/10
8	Kentucky	33-9	555	0	5	-3	5/NR
9	Duke	30-14	474	0	6	-3	6/14
10	Virginia	33-12	468	0	12	+2	8/15
10	UC Irvine	32-8	468	0	13	+3	10/NR
12	North Carolina	33-11	425	0	14	+2	7/17
13	Vanderbilt	31-13	383	0	8	-5	3/14
14	South Carolina	29-14	306	0	21	+7	14/NR
15	Wake Forest	27-16	292	0	11	-4	1/22
16	Oklahoma State	30-14	286	0	22	+6	16/NR
17	Alabama	28-16	217	0	18	+1	10/18
18	Georgia	31-12	211	0	17	-1	17/NR
19	Louisiana	33-13	199	0	16	-3	15/NR
20	North Carolina State	25-16	169	0	23	+3	14/NR
21	Mississippi State	29-15	166	0	NR	+7	21/NR
22	Indiana State	31-9	139	0	25	+3	22/NR
23	Oklahoma	26-16	114	0	18	-5	18/NR
24	Arizona	26-16	107	0	20	-4	20/NR
25	Dallas Baptist	31-11	90	0	NR	+1	8/NR

Schools Dropped Out

No. 15 Coastal Carolina; No. 24 Oregon;

Others Receiving Votes

Oregon 60; UC Santa Barbara 44; Utah 40; Virginia Tech 28; West Virginia 26; Troy 13; Louisiana Tech 13; Coastal Carolina 13; Nebraska 12; Georgia Tech 11; Lamar 10; Northeastern 9; UNCW 7; Charleston 6; San Diego 3; Texas Tech 2; Kansas 2;

Texas A&M will face Tarleton on Tuesday, April 30, at 6:00 p.m. CST, where the game will air on SEC Network+.

Texas A&M baseball remains the top dog in the new USA TODAY Coaches Poll

Texas A&M was two runs shy of the sweep over Alabama last weekend, but they keep the top spot after a 3-1 week.

Texas A&M (35-5, 13-5 SEC) is an offensive juggernaut and did something that’s hard to do in SEC play, and that’s going on the road and win a series against a top-25 conference opponent. The Aggie baseball team started the week run-ruling Air Force 15-5 in a tune-up before they headed to Tuscaloosa to face Alabama which just knocked off the No. 1 team the weekend before.

Alabama showed why they are a dangerous team to face putting some pressure on the Aggies in the first two games, but the firepower of the Maroon and White was just too much to overcome. They outscored the Tide 28-14 through those two games to claim their fifth straight conference series win.

There was no doubt after Saturday afternoon that A&M would stay the No.1 team in the country. Even though Alabama did take game three in a 10-9 win the Aggies racked up 52 runs through four games with one run-rule victory during that span. Things are still looking good for A&M, but there is a lot of base left to be played and this sport can be very unforgiving at times.

Here are the complete Week 10 rankings.

Rank	Team	Record	PTS	1st	Prev	Chg	Hi/Lo
1	Texas A&M	35-5	772	29	1	–	1/10
2	Arkansas	34-6	735	1	2	–	1/5
3	Tennessee	33-7	716	1	3	–	3/8
4	Clemson	32-7	674	0	6	+2	2/11
5	Kentucky	32-7	637	0	5	–	5/NR
6	Duke	29-11	593	0	8	+2	6/14
7	East Carolina	31-8	581	0	10	+3	7/16
8	Vanderbilt	29-11	513	0	12	+4	3/14
9	Florida State	31-8	503	0	7	-2	7/NR
10	Oregon State	30-9	497	0	4	-6	2/10
11	Wake Forest	26-13	449	0	13	+2	1/22
12	Virginia	30-11	426	0	8	-4	8/15
13	UC Irvine	28-8	372	0	16	+3	13/NR
14	North Carolina	30-10	371	0	11	-3	7/17
15	Coastal Carolina	27-12	330	0	20	+5	15/21
16	Louisiana	31-11	222	0	15	-1	15/NR
17	Georgia	29-10	189	0	23	+6	17/NR
18	Oklahoma	24-14	160	0	NR	+10	18/NR
18	Alabama	25-15	160	0	14	-4	10/18
20	Arizona	24-14	158	0	NR	+6	20/NR
21	South Carolina	27-13	146	0	21	–	14/NR
22	Oklahoma State	26-14	133	0	17	-5	17/NR
23	North Carolina State	22-15	127	0	NR	+8	14/NR
24	Oregon	27-12	122	0	18	-6	18/NR
25	Indiana State	29-8	121	0	25	–	25/NR

Schools Dropped Out

No. 19 Dallas Baptist; No. 22 Virginia Tech; No. 24 West Virginia;

Others Receiving Votes

Dallas Baptist 94; Virginia Tech 64; Mississippi State 45; Texas Tech 40; UC Santa Barbara 25; West Virginia 20; Nebraska 18; UNCW 16; Utah 11; UCF 9; Georgia Tech 8; Lamar 5; Louisiana Tech 4; UTSA 3; Creighton 2; Western Kentucky 1; Troy 1; San Diego 1; Illinois 1;

Texas A&M will face Houston on Tuesday, April 23, at 6:00 p.m. CST, where the game will air on SEC Network+.

Texas A&M baseball climb to the top spot in the new USA TODAY Coaches Poll

Texas A&M jumps two spots to No. 1 in the country after a dominating week going 4-0 and sweeping No. 6 Vanderbilt

There’s a new sheriff in town for Week 9 and they reside in the great state of Texas. The Texas A&M Aggie baseball team (32-4, 11-4 SEC) has captured the number one spot in the USA TODAY Coaches poll after going 4-0 during the week and sweeping the No. 6 ranked Vanderbilt Commodores impressively. They hit a total of nine home runs over the weekend outscoring Vanderbilt 36-6 for their sweep of a ranked opponent since 2016.

If their weekly resume wasn’t already ready enough the previous two top teams both lost their series over the weekend. Arkansas dropped two out of three to Alabama and Clemson did the same to NC State.

After those developments it was all but written in stone that A&M would be the new No. 1 team in the country when the polls dropped. There is still a lot of baseball left to be played, but this solidified what a lot of experts have been saying about Jim Schlossnalge’s Aggies.

Here are the complete Week 9 rankings.

Rank	Team	Record	PTS	1st	Prev	Chg	Hi/Lo
1	Texas A&M	32-4	764	22	3	+2	1/10
2	Arkansas	30-5	738	7	1	-1	1/5
3	Tennessee	30-6	703	1	4	+1	3/8
4	Oregon State	29-5	656	0	5	+1	2/7
5	Kentucky	30-5	628	1	8	+3	5/NR
6	Clemson	29-6	627	0	2	-4	2/11
7	Florida State	30-5	577	0	9	+2	7/NR
8	Virginia	28-8	528	0	10	+2	8/15
8	Duke	26-10	528	0	7	-1	7/14
10	East Carolina	27-8	505	0	11	+1	10/16
11	North Carolina	29-7	491	0	12	+1	7/17
12	Vanderbilt	26-10	432	0	6	-6	3/14
13	Wake Forest	24-11	369	0	15	+2	1/22
14	Alabama	24-12	307	0	17	+3	10/18
15	Louisiana	28-9	267	0	24	+9	15/NR
16	UC Irvine	25-7	264	0	14	-2	14/NR
17	Oklahoma State	25-11	258	0	25	+8	17/NR
18	Oregon	25-10	235	0	22	+4	18/NR
19	Dallas Baptist	26-8	184	0	13	-6	8/NR
20	Coastal Carolina	24-11	183	0	20	–	15/21
21	South Carolina	25-11	172	0	NR	+5	14/NR
22	Virginia Tech	23-10	115	0	16	-6	15/NR
23	Georgia	27-9	93	0	NR	+6	23/NR
24	West Virginia	22-13	81	0	NR	+13	24/NR
25	Indiana State	27-7	77	0	NR	+2	25/NR

Schools Dropped Out

No. 18 Florida; No. 19 UCF; No. 21 Nebraska; No. 23 Mississippi State;

Others Receiving Votes

Arizona 64; Nebraska 40; Oklahoma 27; Mississippi State 23; Florida 22; North Carolina State 21; Lamar 19; Texas Tech 14; Northeastern 13; UC Santa Barbara 11; UCF 10; Campbell 10; Utah 9; Creighton 7; Georgetown 2; Georgia Tech 1;

Texas A&M will face Air Force on Tuesday, April 16, at 4:00 p.m. CT, where the game will air on SEC Network+.

Auburn softball receives votes in USA TODAY/NFCA Coaches Poll following week nine’s action

The Tigers have a tall task ahead of them this weekend at No. 6 LSU.

Auburn softball took a step away from SEC action last week by hosting Lousiana Tech and Georgia Tech for the War Eagle Classic. The Tigers finished 3-1 on the weekend and will return to conference action with confidence.

Following week nine’s action, Auburn remains in the “remaining votes” category of the latest USA TODAY/NFCA Top 25 Coaches Poll. Auburn is one of two SEC teams in the category this week, joining Kentucky.

Ten SEC teams make up this week’s poll, with Tennessee leading all SEC teams at No. 4. The Volunteers climb two spots this week after taking two of three games from No. 7 Georgia over the weekend in Knoxville. On the flip side, Georgia dropped four spots in the rankings due to the loss.

Auburn’s next conference opponent, LSU, drops one spot to No. 6 after losing last weekend’s series to No. 9 Florida in Gainesville. Texas A&M and Alabama are next in line at No. 11 and No. 12 respectively. The Aggies and Crimson Tide will battle this weekend in Tuscaloosa in what will be a pivotal series in the SEC.

Missouri, Mississippi State, and Arkansas round out the SEC’s representation in the top 20, with South Carolina checking in at No. 22. Ole Miss is the lone SEC program not to receive coaches poll consideration this week.

Complete week nine rankings from USA TODAY/NCFA

Rank	Team	Record	Points	Last Week
1	Oklahoma	35-3	770	1
2	Texas	31-6	766	4
3	Duke	33-3	760	2
4	Tennessee	30-6	666	6
5	Oklahoma State	33-6	647	7
6	LSU	31-5	643	5
7	Georgia	31-8	620	3
8	Stanford	31-6	604	8
9	Florida	33-6	550	10
10	Washington	26-7	486	9
11	Texas A&M	31-8	443	13
12	Alabama	29-8	409	14
13	UCLA	22-9	409	12
14	Missouri	30-10	373	11
15	Virginia Tech	28-9-1	358	15
16	Mississippi State	28-10	337	16
17	Arkansas	28-10	250	18
18	Florida State	28-10	250	18
19	Clemson	27-11	238	17
20	California	29-11	156	20
21	Arizona	24-12-1	128	21
22	Oregon	22-13	113	24
23	South Carolina	28-12	105	22
24	Boston University	29-4	82	23
25	Texas State	32-9	68	NR

Others Receiving Votes

Louisiana (25), Baylor (19), Kentucky (17), Miami (17), Kansas (8), FAU (5), Virginia (5), Nevada (3), Northwestern (2), Auburn (1), Grand Canyon (1).

Dropped Out

No. 25 Baylor

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Texas A&M baseball stays put in newest USA TODAY Coaches Poll

The Aggies stay at No. 3 in the newest Coaches Poll

Texas A&M baseball’s (28-4, 8-4 SEC) eight-game winning streak may have ended on Sunday afternoon, but winning their first SEC road series against the South Carolina Gamecocks inside the always-tough Founders Field is worth the one loss.

On the weekend, grad transfer Hayden Schott led the way offensively, with six hits and nine RBI vs. the Gamecocks, including a 3-4 showing on Sunday. Ace pitcher Ryan Prager (7-1) delivered one of his best performances of the young season, recording 12 Ks in 6.1 innings in Game 1.

Before the Aggies’ critical home series against No. 6-ranked Vanderbilt (25-7), a midweek matchup against UTSA (19-13) awaits on Tuesday night. On Monday, the newest USA TODAY Sports Coaches poll saw little change among the top programs, while the surging Kentucky Wildcats moved up eight spots to No. 8, followed by Wake Forest climbing seven spots to No. 15.

Within the SEC, five programs represent the top ten, while three more conference members round out the remainder of the Top 25.

Here are the complete Week 8 rankings.

Rank	Team	Overall	Points (1st)	Previous Rank	Change
1	Arkansas	27-3	775 (31)	1	–
2	Clemson	28-3	735	2	–
3	Texas A&M	28-4	716	3	–
4	Tennessee	26-6	656	4	–
5	Oregon State	26-4	655	5	–
6	Vanderbilt	25-7	609	6	–
7	Duke	24-8	580	10	+3
8	Kentucky	27-4	503	16	+8
9	Florida State	26-5	498	12	+3
10	Virginia	25-7	490	11	+1
11	East Carolina	23-7	440	13	+2
12	North Carolina	26-6	432	7	-5
13	Dallas Baptist	25-6	405	8	-5
14	UC Irvine	24-4	397	17	+3
15	Wake Forest	21-10	284	22	+7
16	Virginia Tech	21-8	216	15	-1
17	Alabama	22-10	192	14	-3
18	Florida	17-14	187	9	-9
19	UCF	21-8	186	NR	+8
20	Coastal Carolina	22-9	166	21	+1
21	Nebraska	22-7	142	23	+2
22	Oregon	12-8	128	NR	+7
23	Mississippi State	21-12	114	NR	+3
24	Louisiana	24-8	109	NR	+12
25	Oklahoma State	21-11	94	NR	+7

Schools Dropped Out

No. 18 LSU; No. 19 South Carolina; No. 20 North Carolina State; No. 24 Georgia; No. 25 TCU;

Others Receiving Votes

South Carolina 67; Indiana State 59; LSU 54; Georgia 45; Texas Tech 26; Creighton 23; Northeastern 14; TCU 12; North Carolina State 11; Lamar 11; Campbell 11; West Virginia 8; St. John’s 7; Ole Miss 4; Kansas State 4; Oklahoma 3; UC Santa Barbara 2; Southern Miss 2; Louisiana Tech 2; Utah 1

Texas A&M will face UTSA on Tuesday, April 9, at 6:00 p.m. CT, where the game will air on SEC Network+.

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Auburn remains unranked in week 8 USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll

The Auburn Tigers remain unranked in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll following a 2-2 week on the diamond.

The Auburn Tigers remain unranked in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll following a 2-2 week on the diamond. After starting the week 2-0 with a couple of impressive wins, head coach [autotag]Butch Thompson[/autotag]’s squad fell apart, losing both weekend contests in 7-inning mercy rule fashion.

The two blowout losses came at the hands of No. 4 ranked Tennessee. After losing a back-and-forth series opener 9-5 on Friday, the Vols rallied to completely dismantle Auburn over the final two games in Plainsman Park.

The series loss was the Tigers fifth straight to open the SEC season. The streak could very well extend to a sixth straight series with surprise SEC contender No. 8 Kentucky heading to the Plains next weekend.

Auburn is now 18-13 on the season but just 2-10 in SEC play. The Tigers are also winless on the road, where they have dropped all six of their contests.

We’ll see if the Tigers can build some momentum off of Friday’s SEC win as they dip into the second half of the season.

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Auburn softball receives votes in USA TODAY/NFCA Coaches Poll following Tennessee series

The Tigers remain in top 25 consideration despite dropping its fourth-straight SEC series over the weekend.

Auburn softball dropped its fourth-straight SEC series of the season last week by dropping two of three games to the visiting Tennessee Lady Vols.

Despite the setback, Auburn is still in consideration for a top-25 slot in the latest USA TODAY/NFCA Top 25 Coaches Poll. In week nine’s edition of the poll, Auburn remains in the “receiving votes” category by receiving two votes,

Tennessee fell two spots in this week’s poll despite winning the series at Auburn. The dip was partly due to Duke’s sweep of No. 15 Virginia Tech, which rocketed them to No. 2. LSU also jumped Tennessee in the rankings by sweeping No. 13 Texas A&M.

Ten SEC squads check in to this week’s poll, with Georgia, LSU, Tennessee, and Florida representing the conference in the top 10. Auburn, Ole Miss, and Kentucky are the only three SEC members that did not enter this week’s rankings.

Auburn softball will depart from SEC play this weekend to host the War Eagle Classic. The Tigers will host Louisiana Tech and Georgia Tech as part of the two-day affair that begins Friday at Jane B. Moore Field.

Complete week nine rankings from USA TODAY/NCFA

Rank	Team	Record	Points	Last Week
1	Oklahoma	34-1	800	1
2	Duke	29-3	727	5
3	Georgia	29-5	707	3
4	Texas	29-5	678	2
5	LSU	29-4	658	6
6	Tennessee	28-5	652	4
7	Oklahoma State	29-6	642	8
8	Stanford	27-6	599	7
9	Washington	25-5	560	9
10	Florida	31-5	524	10
11	Missouri	29-7	453	12
12	UCLA	20-8		14
13	Texas A&M	28-7	397	11
14	Alabama	26-8	348	13
15	Virginia Tech	25-8-1	318	15
16	Mississippi State	25-9	297	17
17	Clemson	24-10	275	16
18	Florida State	24-9	265	19
19	Arkansas	22-11-1	143	20
20	California	26-10	209	18
21	Arizona	22-11-1	143	20
22	South Carolina	26-10	139	22
23	Boston University	27-3	95	25
24	Oregon	20-12	69	24
25	Baylor	19-12	46	23

Others Receiving Votes

Texas State (38), Kentucky (17), Louisiana (12), Nevada (10), Kansas (9), FAU (8), Miami (8), Virginia (3), Auburn (2).

Dropped Out

None

Alabama moves down in latest USA TODAY/NFCA Coaches Poll Top 25

A recent series loss to a conference opponent has Alabama softball sliding in the latest USA TODAY/NFCA Coaches Poll

Alabama Crimson Tide softball is having a strong season as the team continues in-conference play against other impressive SEC programs. A recent series loss to the Kentucky Wildcats on the road, split 2-1, led to a slight fall in the latest Coaches Poll.

Up next for head coach Patrick Murphy and the Crimson Tide is a brief homestead against Ole Miss before heading to Birmingham to play a one-game series against Samford. From there, the Crimson Tide will return to Tuscaloosa to face Texas A&M Aggies.

It’s a long season with plenty of opportunities to improve and rise up the rankings, but as things currently stand, Alabama sits at No. 14 and has an overall record of 26-8.

Check out the full USA TODAY/NFCA Softball Coaches Poll.

Rank	Team	Record	Points	Prev.
1	Oklahoma	34-1	800 (32)	1
2	Duke	29-3	727	5
3	Georgia	29-5	707	3
4	Texas	29-5	678	2
5	LSU	29-4	658	6
6	Tennessee	28-5	652	4
7	Oklahoma State	29-6	642	8
8	Stanford	27-6	599	7
9	Washington	25-5	560	9
10	Florida	31-5	534	10
11	Missouri	29-7	453	12
12	UCLA	20-8	431	14
13	Texas A&M	28-7	397	11
14	Alabama	26-8	348	13
15	Virginia Tech	25-8-1	318	15
16	Mississippi State	25-9	297	17
17	Clemson	24-10	275	16
18	Florida State	24-9	265	19
19	Arkansas	25-9	261	20
20	California	26-10	209	18
21	Arizona	22-11-1	143	21
22	South Carolina	26-10	139	22
23	Boston University	27-3	95	25
24	Oregon	20-12	69	24
25	Baylor	19-12	46	46

Others Receiving Votes

Texas State (38), Kentucky (17), Louisiana (12), Nevada (10), Kansas (9), FAU (8), Miami (8), Virginia (3), Auburn (2).

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