Defending champion Texas atop the preseason college softball rankings
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The Texas softball team is the defending national champion and checks in at No. 1 in the D1Softball’s preseason top 25 poll. The season opens Feb. 5.
The eight teams that played in the Women’s College World Series last spring all appear in the rankings, including No. 2 Texas Tech, No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 4 Tennessee, No. 5 Florida, No. 6 Oregon, No. 10 UCLA, and No. 24 Ole Miss.
The SEC has 12 ranked teams, the ACC six, the Big Ten four and Big 12 three.
| Rank | Team | Conference | 2025 record |
| 1 | Texas | SEC | 56-12 |
| 2 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 54-14 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | SEC | 52-9 |
| 4 | Tennessee | SEC | 47-17 |
| 5 | Florida | SEC | 48-17 |
| 6 | Oregon | Big Ten | 54-10 |
| 7 | Florida State | ACC | 49-12 |
| 8 | Arkansas | SEC | 44-14 |
| 9 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 43-15 |
| 10 | UCLA | Big Ten | 55-13 |
| 11 | Texas A&M | SEC | 48-11 |
| 12 | LSU | SEC | 42-16 |
| 13 | South Carolina | SEC | 44-17 |
| 14 | Alabama | SEC | 40-23 |
| 15 | Clemson | ACC | 48-14 |
| 16 | Duke | ACC | 41-18 |
| 17 | Georgia | SEC | 35-23 |
| 18 | Stanford | ACC | 42-13 |
| 19 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 35-20 |
| 20 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 43-13 |
| 21 | Arizona | Big 12 | 48-13 |
| 22 | Washington | Big Ten | 35-19 |
| 23 | Mississippi State | SEC | 39-19 |
| 24 | Ole Miss | SEC | 42-21 |
| 25 | Virginia | ACC | 38-19 |
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Defending champion Texas atop the preseason college softball rankings
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