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Softball

1997 Preseason NFCA Softball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Record	Points
1	< 1	Arizona	0-0	619
2	< 3	UCLA	0-0	600
3	< 8	Fresno State	0-0	555
4	< 2	Washington	0-0	504
5	< 7	Michigan	0-0	486
6	< 4	Iowa	0-0	441
7	< 5	Louisiana	0-0	424
8	< 6	California	0-0	419
9	< 10	South Carolina	0-0	413
10	< 12	Oklahoma	0-0	354
11	< 15	Oklahoma State	0-0	320
12	< 9	Cal State Fullerton	0-0	314
13	< 18	UNLV	0-0	307
14	< 20	Long Beach State	0-0	287
15	< 11	Cal State Northridge	0-0	272
16	< 16	USF	0-0	267
17	< 13	Florida State	0-0	229
18	< 14	Princeton	0-0	220
19	< 17	Nebraska	0-0	213
20	< 19	Minnesota	0-0	197
21	< 24	Notre Dame	0-0	102
22	< NR	Hawaii	0-0	87
23	< NR	Massachusetts	0-0	79
24	< NR	Connecticut	0-0	62
25	< NR	Arizona State	0-0	51
RV	< NR	DePaul	0-0	40
RV	< NR	Missouri	0-0	39
RV	< 21	Texas A&M	0-0	39
RV	< NR	Utah	0-0	35
RV	< NR	Illinois State	0-0	21
RV	< NR	Illinois-Chicago	0-0	16
RV	< NR	Central Michigan	0-0	15
RV	< NR	Kansas	0-0	15
RV	< NR	Tennessee	0-0	11
RV	< NR	Oregon State	0-0	10
RV	< 23	Indiana	0-0	9
RV	< 22	Nicholls State	0-0	9
RV	< NR	Hofstra	0-0	7
RV	< NR	Colorado State	0-0	6
RV	< NR	Missouri State	0-0	6
RV	< NR	Northern Illinois	0-0	6
RV	< NR	Cal Poly	0-0	5
RV	< NR	Florida	0-0	5
RV	< NR	Sacramento State	0-0	5
RV	< NR	Arkansas	0-0	2
RV	< 25	Boston	0-0	1

From 1995 to about 2012 there are several instances where some teams received a vote, but they were not included in the poll. This is due to the NFCA policy that a team must appear on at least two ballots.