College Poll Archive

Softball

March 5, 1997 NFCA Softball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Record	Points
1	< 1	Arizona (25)	21-0	625
2	< 2	Fresno State	10-1	587
3	< 3	UCLA	20-4	576
4	< 6	South Carolina	11-2	546
5	< 4	Washington	16-5	516
6	< 7	Long Beach State	17-5	445
7	< 5	Michigan	9-3-1	443
8	< 15	Arizona State	11-3	364
9	< 9	Iowa	5-1	355
10	< 11	Minnesota	19-5	323
11	< 12	USF	14-2	318
12	< 10	California	10-7	305
13	< 19	Cal Poly	18-2	301
14	< 8	Oklahoma State	12-6	282
15	< 17	Oklahoma	15-8	268
16	< 20	Missouri	11-2	260
17	< 16	Florida State	13-6	226
18	< 14	Cal State Northridge	7-4-2	178
19	< 13	Louisiana	7--6	157
20	< NR	Louisiana Tech	13-7	144
21	< NR	Utah	9-5	107
22	< NR	Pacific	9-4	94
23	< 23	UNLV	7-6	84
24	< 22	Baylor	13-6	79
25	< NR	Michigan State	9-2	75
RV	< 18	Cal State Fullerton		72
RV	< 24	Hawaii		66
RV	< NR	Tennessee		40
RV	< 21	Princeton		36
RV	< NR	Nebraska		35
RV	< NR	Illinois State		25
RV	< NR	San Diego State		24
RV	< NR	Florida		22
RV	< 25	Nicholls State		22
RV	< NR	Kansas		18
RV	< NR	Stanford		16
RV	< NR	DePaul		15
RV	< NR	Colorado State		10
RV	< NR	Maryland		10
RV	< NR	Massachusetts		8
RV	< NR	Creighton		4
RV	< NR	Louisiana-Monroe		3
RV	< NR	Missouri State		3
RV	< NR	Utah State		3
RV	< NR	Notre Dame		2

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.