College Poll Archive

Softball

February 26, 1997 NFCA Softball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Record	Points
1	< 1	Arizona (25)	15-0	625
2	< 3	Fresno State	9-0	600
3	< 2	UCLA	13-4	569
4	< 4	Washington	12-3	529
5	< 5	Michigan	4-2-1	465
6	< 9	South Carolina	5-2	451
7	< 14	Long Beach State	13-5	422
8	< 11	Oklahoma State	9-2	400
9	< 6	Iowa	5-1	394
10	< 8	California	9-6	336
11	< 20	Minnesota	14-2	330
12	< 16	USF	8-0	322
13	< 7	Louisiana	5-3	314
14	< 15	Cal State Northridge	7-2-2	300
15	< 25	Arizona State	8-2	287
16	< 17	Florida State	10-4	243
17	< 10	Oklahoma	11-6	235
18	< 12	Cal State Fullerton	7-5	174
19	< NR	Cal Poly	16-2	161
20	< NR	Missouri	8-0	135
21	< 18	Princeton	0-0	130
22	< NR	Baylor	9-3	123
23	< 13	UNLV	7-5	112
24	< 22	Hawaii	10-7-1	88
25	< NR	Nicholls State	12-3	62
RV	< NR	Utah		51
RV	< 19	Nebraska		50
RV	< NR	Florida		41
RV	< NR	Kansas		25
RV	< 24	Connecticut		23
RV	< NR	DePaul		22
RV	< NR	Illinois State		17
RV	< NR	Stanford		16
RV	< NR	Tennessee		15
RV	< 23	Massachusetts		13
RV	< NR	Utah State		10
RV	< NR	Colorado State		9
RV	< NR	Oregon		9
RV	< NR	Pacific		8
RV	< NR	Texas		7
RV	< NR	Missouri State		4
RV	< 21	Notre Dame		4
RV	< NR	Central Michigan		2
RV	< NR	Georgia		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.