Where Alabama Softball Ranks after Week 8
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Alabama handled business during its bye week from SEC play with four wins over non-conference opponents to improve to 33-2 on the season.
For the first time this year, Alabama is ranked inside the top five in every major poll (No. 5 in USA Softball and No. 4 by D1Softball, Softball America and NFCA Coaches Poll.) The Crimson Tide also received one first-place vote in this week's USA Softball Poll for the first time this season. Alabama is No. 4 in the RPI, which is one of the main metrics used by the NCAA selection committee.
This sets up a top-five showdown at Rhoads Stadium this weekend with No. 5 Alabama hosting No. 1 Texas for a three-game series beginning on Thursday at 6 p.m.
The SEC has 10 of the top-25 teams, including six of the top eight. Alabama currently has four wins over teams in the top 10 (two apiece over No. 6 Arkansas and No. 10 Florida State) and still has Texas and No. 8 Tennessee on the schedule in the regular season.
ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll- Week 8
(Ranking, team, first-place votes, record, points received)
1. Texas (19) 31-2 618
2. Texas Tech (5) 34-2 600
3. Oklahoma 34-3 567
4. Nebraska 26-6 549
5. Alabama (1) 33-2 513
6. Arkansas 30-5 489
7. Florida 33-4 464
8. Tennessee 30-5 458
9. UCLA 29-5 434
10. Florida State 32-4 422
11. Georgia 27-8 363
12. Virginia Tech 31-4 333
13. Arizona 27-8 318
14. Washington 30-6 275
15. Texas A&M 24-11 268
16. Miss. State 31-7 259
17. Virginia 31-3 210
18. Oregon 26-9 196
19. Duke 24-11 183
20. LSU 23-12 158
21. Oklahoma St. 25-10 125
22. Grand Canyon 36-2 76
23. Arizona State 28-9 75
24. Stanford 20-10 58
25. UCF 24-10 40
Others receiving votes: South Carolina (31), Louisville (18), Clemson (17), Boston U (5), Belmont (4), Ole Miss (4), Indiana (2), Jacksonville State (1), Missouri (1)
Dropped out: South Carolina
NFCA/GoRout Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll- Week 8
(Ranking, team, first-place votes, record, points received)
1. Texas (20) 31-2 764
2. Texas Tech (11) 34-2 755
3. Oklahoma 34-3 687
4. Alabama 33-2 656
5. Florida 33-4 642
6. Florida State 32-4 593
7. Tennessee 30-5 591
8. Nebraska 26-6 568
9. Arkansas 30-5 527
10. UCLA 29-4 516
11. Virginia Tech 31-4 485
12. Virginia 31-3 402
13. Mississippi State 31-7 388
14. Arizona 27-8 376
15. Georgia 27-8 360
16. Texas A&M 24-11 291
17. Grand Canyon 36-2 259
18. Oregon 26-9 224
19. Oklahoma State 25-10 189
20. Arizona State 28-9 163
21. Washington 30-6 143
22. LSU 23-12 140
23. Duke 24-11 124
24. Stanford. 20-10 114
25. South Carolina 22-14 42
Others receiving votes: UCF (26), Louisville (18), Southeastern Louisiana (17), Belmont (7), North Carolina (6), Clemson (2).
SEC Softball standings
| Team | SEC record | Overall record |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 8-1 | 31-2 |
| Oklahoma | 8-1 | 34-3 |
| Alabama | 7-2 | 33-2 |
| Florida | 9-3 | 33-4 |
| Georgia | 6-3 | 27-8 |
| Texas A&M | 6-3 | 24-11 |
| Tennessee | 7-5 | 30-5 |
| Arkansas | 5-4 | 30-5 |
| Missouri | 4-5 | 19-18 |
| Mississippi State | 4-5 | 32-7 |
| LSU | 4-8 | 23-12 |
| South Carolina | 2-7 | 22-15 |
| Auburn | 2-7 | 23-13 |
| Ole Miss | 2-10 | 23-15 |
| Kentucky | 1-11 | 21-16 |
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