Following a Super Regional exit to Alabama last season, the Texas softball team has their sights on another College World Series in the 2020 season. The expectations will once again be high, as the Longhorns are expected to play at an elite level once again.
D1Softball.com came out with their preseason top 25, with Texas coming in at No. 6. Just missing out on the top five, Oklahoma is the team that makes the cut, falling behind Alabama, Washington, and Arizona.
The @D1Softball Preseason Top 25 Rankings have a stellar Top Five.
1. @AlabamaSB
2. @UWSoftball
3. @ArizonaSoftball
4. @UCLASoftball
5. @OU_SoftballHere's the rest of the Top 25:https://t.co/6b2iONrI36 pic.twitter.com/wQoY7d2gRU
— D1Softball (@D1Softball) January 22, 2020
Oklahoma State and Texas Tech join the Longhorns and Sooners as the other teams inside of the top 25. Those are the four teams that represented the Big 12 in the 2019 tournament, with Oklahoma and Oklahoma State making it to Oklahoma City and the Softball College World Series.
The season will begin for the Longhorns on Feb. 6 when they face Wichita State in the Texas Classic. Big 12 play will begin March 20, when they square off against the Sooners in Norman.
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