Where does Arkansas softball rank in final regular-season Top 25 polls?
How costly was the Arkansas softball team’s series loss to Ole Miss over the weekend at Bogle Park in the eyes of pollsters?
Not a lot, it turns out.
Despite dropping two of three to the SEC’s last place team, the Razorbacks (36-15 overall) fell only one spot to No. 16 in the final USA TODAY / NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll, released Tuesday, May 7.
They also fell one spot to No. 9 in D1Softball’s Top 25 poll tand two spots to No. 13 in the new ESPN.com/USA Softball poll. Arkansas fell three spots to No. 11 in Softball America’s poll.
Arkansas earned the No. 4 seed in this week’s SEC Softball Tournament. The Razorbacks will face the winner of Wednesday’s matchup between seventh-seeded Georgia and 10th-seeded Auburn Thursday at Auburn’s Jane B. Moore Field. First pitch is scheduled for 10 a.m. CDT and can be seen on SEC Network.
Texas (45-6) finished the regular season at No. 1 in every major poll after sweeping Texas Tech over the weekend. The Longhorns have spent five weeks in the top spot.
Tennessee (40-9), the SEC’s regular-season champion, moved up to No. 2, and Oklahoma State (44-9) jumped Oklahoma (46-6) for No. 3 after taking two of three from the reigning champion Sooners in Norman over the weekend. Oklahoma fell to No. 4 with ACC regular-season champion Duke (43-6) rounding out the top five.
The SEC led the way with nine teams ranked in the coaches poll and 10 teams ranked in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25.
