2025 NCAA Division I softball rankings

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2025 NCAA Division I softball season
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DurationFeb 8 – June 6, 2025
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The following human polls make up the 2025 NCAA Division I women's softball rankings. The NFCA/USA Today Poll is voted on by a panel of 32 Division I softball coaches. The NFCA/USA Today poll, the Softball America poll, the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate rankings, and D1Softball rank the top 25 teams nationally.

Contents

Legend

 Increase in ranking
 Decrease in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
Italics Number of first place votes
(#-#) Win-loss record
тTied with team above or below also with this symbol

NFCA/USA Today

Preseason
Jan 28 [1] [2] 		Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Final
1. Texas (15)1.
2. Oklahoma (10)2.
3. Florida (6)3.
4. Oklahoma State 4.
5. UCLA 5.
6. Tennessee 6.
7. Duke 7.
8. Texas A&M 8.
9. Florida State 9.
10. LSU 10.
11. Alabama 11.
12. Georgia 12.
13. Texas Tech 13.
14. Arkansas 14.
15. Missouri 15.
16. Arizona 16.
17. Virginia Tech 17.
18. Stanford 18.
19. Nebraska 19.
20. Baylor 20.
21. Northwestern 21.
22. Washington 22.
23. Oregon 23.
24. Mississippi State 24.
25. Clemson 25.
Preseason
Jan 28 [3] [4] 		Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Final
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ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25

Source: [5]

Preseason
Jan 21 [6] 		Week 1
Feb 11		Week 2
Feb 18		Week 3
Mar 4		Week 4
Mar 11		Week 5
Mar 18		Week 6
Mar 25		Week 7
Apr 1		Week 8
Apr 8		Week 9
Apr 15		Week 10
Apr 22		Week 11
Apr 29		Week 12
May 6		Week 13
May 13		Final
Jun 10
1. Texas (15)1.
2. Florida (4)2.
3. Oklahoma (6)3.
4. Oklahoma State 4.
5. Tennessee 5.
6. UCLA 6.
7. Texas A&M 7.
8. Duke 8.
9. LSU 9.
10. Texas Tech 10.
11. Alabama 11.
12. Florida State 12.
13. Arkansas 13.
14. Georgia 14.
15. Missouri 15.
16. Nebraska 16.
17. Arizona 17.
18. Virginia Tech 18.
19. Baylor 19.
20. Northwestern 20.
21. California 21.
22. Michigan 22.
23. Stanfordт23.
24. Oregonт24.
25. Mississippi State 25.
Preseason
Jan 21 [7] 		Week 1
Feb 11		Week 2
Feb 18		Week 3
Mar 4		Week 4
Mar 11		Week 5
Mar 18		Week 6
Mar 25		Week 7
Apr 1		Week 8
Apr 8		Week 9
Apr 15		Week 10
Apr 22		Week 11
Apr 29		Week 12
May 6		Week 13
May 13		Final
Jun 10
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D1Softball

Preseason
Jan 21 [8] 		Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Final
1. Florida 1.
2. Texas 2.
3. Oklahoma 3.
4. UCLA 4.
5. Oklahoma State 5.
6. Tennessee 6.
7. Duke 7.
8. Florida State 8.
9. Texas A&M 9.
10. Arkansas 10.
11. LSU 11.
12. Arizona 12.
13. Texas Tech 13.
14. Nebraska 14.
15. Georgia 15.
16. Virginia Tech 16.
17. Alabama 17.
18. Oregon 18.
19. Northwestern 19.
20. Michigan 20.
21. Baylor 21.
22. Stanford 22.
23. Boston 23.
24. Liberty 24.
25. Penn State 25.
Preseason
Jan 21 [9] 		Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Final
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Softball America

Preseason
Jan 13 [10] 		Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Final
1. Florida 1.
2. Texas 2.
3. Oklahoma 3.
4. Oklahoma State 4.
5. UCLA 5.
6. Tennessee 6.
7. Texas A&M 7.
8. Duke 8.
9. Texas Tech 9.
10. Florida State 10.
11. Alabama 11.
12. LSU 12.
13. Arkansas 13.
14. Arizona 14.
15. Missouri 15.
16. Baylor 16.
17. Georgia 17.
18. Northwestern 18.
19. California 19.
20. Liberty 20.
21. Nebraska 21.
22. Virginia Tech 22.
23. Michigan 23.
24. Virginia 24.
25. Penn State 25.
Preseason
Jan 13 [11] 		Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Final
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