College Poll Archive

Softball

March 12, 1997 NFCA Softball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Record	Points
1	< 1	Arizona (25)	25-0	625
2	< 2	Fresno State	16-1	594
3	< 3	UCLA	22-4	575
4	< 4	South Carolina	19-2	549
5	< 5	Washington	16-5	509
6	< 7	Michigan	18-5-1	468
7	< 9	Iowa	10-3	436
8	< 13	Cal Poly	22-3	411
9	< 10	Minnesota	19-5	375
10	< 6	Long Beach State	18-8	365
11	< 14	Oklahoma State	17-7	337
12	< 8	Arizona State	13-5	330
13	< 15	Oklahoma	20-8	327
14	< 11	USF	19-5	302
15	< 16	Missouri	13-2	281
16	< 25	Michigan State	18-4	213
17	< 12	California	11-10	211
18	< 17	Florida State	17-9	199
19	< 22	Pacific	14-5	193
20	< 20	Louisiana Tech	19-9	135
21	< 18	Cal State Northridge	8-7-2	104
22	< 24	Baylor	19-8	66
23	< 19	Louisiana	9-8	62
24	< NR	Louisiana-Monroe	15-3	57
25	< NR	San Diego State	14-6	55
RV	< NR	Sacramento State		49
RV	< NR	Hawaii		35
RV	< NR	Texas		31
RV	< NR	Tennessee		28
RV	< NR	Nicholls State		26
RV	< 21	Utah		25
RV	< NR	Cal State Fullerton		22
RV	< NR	Indiana		21
RV	< NR	UC Santa Barbara		19
RV	< NR	DePaul		13
RV	< NR	Kansas		12
RV	< NR	Princeton		11
RV	< NR	Illinois-Chicago		8
RV	< NR	Massachusetts		8
RV	< NR	Ohio State		8
RV	< NR	Boston College		6
RV	< NR	Illinois State		6
RV	< 23	UNLV		6
RV	< NR	Florida		5
RV	< NR	Colorado State		3
RV	< NR	LSU		2
RV	< NR	Creighton		1
RV	< NR	Notre Dame		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.