LSU Softball Remains in Top 10 of National Polls

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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.
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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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