2/16/2021 LSU Sports Information Chelsey Chamberlain BATON ROUGE – After the first week of play, the LSU softball team moves to No. 8 in the USA Today/NFCA DI Coaches Poll and No. 9 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll. LSU, who has been ranked every week since the end of the 2014 season, went 2-1 over the weekend. The Tigers claimed wins over McNeese State and Kansas but fell to previously ranked No. 25 Duke. The Tigers earned a total of 559 points in the NFCA poll and 330 points in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll. The Tigers are the highest ranked SEC team in both polls. The Tigers will face North Dakota on Wednesday at 6 p.m. inside Tiger Park before hitting the road for the Bama Bash in Tuscaloosa over the weekend. For all of the latest news and information on Tiger softball, visit www.lsusports.net/softball. Fans can also follow the program on its social media outlets at www.Facebook.com/lsusoftball along with @lsusoftball and @BethTorina on Twitter and @lsusoftball on Instagram. 2021 USA Today / NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll – Feb. 16 (Week 1) Rank, School (First-Place Votes), Points, 2021 Record, Previous Ranking 1, UCLA (31), 799, 1-0, 1 2, Washington, 749, 5-0, 2 3, Oklahoma (1), 732, 4-0, 4 4, Arizona, 704, 0-0, 3 5, Alabama, 639, 4-0, 8 6, Florida, 620, 2-0, 7 7, Texas, 602, 0-0, 6 8, LSU, 559, 2-1, 5 9, Louisiana, 539, 0-0, 9 10, Oregon, 504, 5-0, 10 11, Oklahoma State, 484, 2-0, 11 12, Kentucky, 418, 3-0, 13 13, Florida State, 408, 3-1, 12 14, Virginia Tech, 351, 3-0, 15 15, Arizona State, 336, 4-0, 16 16, Georgia, 283, 2-1, 14 17, Michigan, 261, 0-0, 17 18, Duke, 223, 4-0, 25 19, South Carolina, 221, 0-0, 19 20, Arkansas, 212, 0-1, 18 21, Missouri, 181, 3-1, 23 22, Mississippi State, 174, 2-0, 20 23, Baylor, 127, 0-0, 22 24, UCF, 100, 3-1, 21 25, Minnesota, 60, 0-0, 24 Receiving Votes: Utah (32) Tennessee (24), Stanford (22), Liberty (7), Northwestern (7), Oregon State (7), Texas Tech (7), Clemson (6), James Madison (1), Notre Dame (1). The 2021 USA Today / NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches with one representing each of the NCAA's Division I Conferences. ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Rank, Team (First-Place Votes), 2021 Record, Points, Previous Ranking 1, UCLA (18), 1-0, 495, 1 2, Oklahoma, 4-0, 453, 4 3, Washington, 5-0, 451, 2 4, Arizona, 0-0, 431, 3 5, Florida (1), 2-0, 413, 6 6, Alabama, 4-0, 404, 8 7, Texas, 0-0, 355, 7 8, Oklahoma State, 2-0, 338, 10 9, LSU, 2-1, 330, 5 10, ULL, 0-0, 323, 9 11, Oregon, 5-0, 322, 11 12, Kentucky, 3-0, 261, 13 13, Arizona State, 4-0, 259, 15 14, Florida State, 3-1, 245, 12 15, Virginia Tech, 3-0, 199, 16 16, Georgia, 2-1, 164, 14 17, Michigan, 0-0, 139, 17 18, Baylor, 0-0, 132, 18 19, Duke, 4-0, 121, RV 20, South Carolina, 0-0, 110, 19 21, Missouri, 3-1, 104, 24 22, Minnesota, 0-0, 89, 20 23, Tennessee, 2-0, 84, 23 24, Mississippi State, 2-0, 72, 22 25, Arkansas, 0-1, 71, 21 Others receiving votes: Oregon State (28), UCF (23), Auburn (16), Georgia Tech (16), Northwestern (16), Texas A&M (10), Stanford (8), South Florida (6), Utah (6), Clemson (5), Ohio State (5), NC State (2), Texas Tech (1).
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