Softball: USF #20 in ESPN/USA poll

[Papa_Bull]

2004 ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate

Top 25 Poll

(for the week of March 15-21)

Rank

Team Name 2004  Record  Totals  Rank last week

1. Arizona (17)  34-1 497 1.

2. UCLA (3) 26-1 483 2.

3. California 32-3 453 4.

4. Florida State 35-4 429 3.

5. LSU 22-7 401 5.

6. Georgia 28-6 400 5.

7. Alabama 27-4 385 6.

8. Washington 22-6 365 11.

9. Louisiana Lafayette 28-4 349 9.

10. Michigan 21-6 288 12.

11. Oklahoma 26-9-1 286 9.

12. Stanford 20-7 284 10.

13. Tennessee 26-8 247 14.

14. South Carolina 17-5 235 15.

15 Oregon State 26-8 230 16.

16. Florida 27-4 192 17.

17. Fresno State 25-10 190 18.

18. Pacific 18-8 146 13.

19. Oregon 21-7 119 19.

T20. South Florida 33-7 93 22.

T20. Nebraska 19-11 93 20.

22. Georgia Tech 27-6 77 21.

23. Texas 16-10 57 23.

24. Baylor 27-6  42 NR

25. Long Beach State 27-7 41 NR

Dropped out:  Arizona State, Auburn

Others receiving votes: Arizona State (35), Auburn (28 ), Northwestern (26), Illinois (12), Texas State (7), Notre Dame (3).

The ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll is voted on by NCAA Division I coaches representing 15 different ASA regions and 12 different collegiate conferences. The poll is also voted on by selected softball media members. First-place votes are in parentheses.

The USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Poll comes out tomorrow.

USF plays Elon two games at home tomorrow and then goes to Charlotte for the weekend.

 

[Mag Pie]

Why is Nebraska ranked?  Their record isn't that good for them to be ranked in the top 25.

[Velcro]

probably SOS

[AndytheBull]

Awesome to be ranked and the girls seem like they're just getting  better

[Papa_Bull]

The USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Poll also has USF ranked #20:

USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll

The USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division I Top 25 is voted on by 25 NCAA Division I head coaches representing different conferences. Records are as of March 21. First place votes are in parenthesis.

Rank Team Record Pts Pvs

1 Arizona (20) 34-1 620 1

2 UCLA (5) 26-1 605 2

3 California 33-3 574 3

4 Florida State 35-4 545 4

5 Georgia 28-6 501 8

6 Washington 22-6 495 9

7 Alabama 27-4 473 6

8 LSU 27-7 455 5

9 Oklahoma 26-9-1 455 7

10 Louisiana-Lafayette 28-4 387 10

11 Michigan 21-6 377 12

12 Tennessee 26-8 326 14

13 Stanford 20-7 313 11

14 Fresno State 25-10 285 15

15 South Carolina 17-5 235 17

16 Oregon State 26-8 218 18

17 Oregon 21-7 205 16

18 Pacific 18-8 197 13

19 Florida 27-4 194 19

20 South Florida 34-7 168 21

21 Baylor 28-6 136 22

22 Nebraska 19-11 127 20

23 Arizona State 30-14 66 23

24 Georgia Tech 27-7 43 24

25 Northwestern 14-5 31 NR

Others receiving votes:

Texas 30, Long Beach State 25, Auburn 23, Florida Atlantic 22, Illinois 8, Texas State 7, Nicholls State 3, Notre Dame 3. Five other teams also received votes, but only appeared on one ballot.  

Dropped out:

No. 24 Texas  

http://www1.infinitydesign.net/virtual/nfca.org/www/top25/index.php?cat_id=1

[bulls96go]

ARE WE THE HIGHEST RANKED CDOA AND NBE TEAM?

where is ucf?

[Papa_Bull]

Softball is playing Elon now. There are live stats although the USF Web site doesn't mention that.

USF is up 7-0 after two innings:

http://isis.fastmail.usf.edu/usfsid/softball/xlive.htm

[Papa_Bull]

USF won the first game 11-0. Ellis got the win. She allowed only 1 hit in three innings.

The next game is scheduled to start at 6 PM.

BTW, Elon is not a bad team. They came in 20-8-1. They split games with Charlotte and tied ECU this season.

[Papa_Bull]

USF beat Elon 5-1 in the second game. Urbanik got the win. USF is now 36-7 overall and 4-2 in C-USA.

[smazza]

great