College Poll Archive

Softball

April 16, 1997 NFCA Softball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Record	Points
1	< 1	Fresno State (17)	39-6	616
2	< 2	Arizona (8)	38-4	608
3	< 4	South Carolina	45-3	566
4	< 3	UCLA	32-8	557
5	< 5	Iowa	31-5	518
6	< 6	Washington	28-10	496
7	< 7	Oklahoma	43-12	468
8	< 12	Michigan State	40-9	410
9	< 11	Missouri	36-10	382
10	< 8	Cal Poly	32-11	363
11	< 10	Arizona State	30-12	347
12	< 9	Michigan	34-12-1	346
13	< 13	Long Beach State	32-15-1	301
14	< 15	Minnesota	30-9	292
14	< 14	USF	35-10	292
16	< 16	Colorado State	36-9	279
17	< 18	Oklahoma State	28-15	198
18	< 19	Florida State	38-14-1	186
19	< 17	Louisiana-Monroe	39-6	166
20	< 22	Utah	28-11	121
21	< 20	Louisiana Tech	27-13	117
22	< 21	California	25-18	104
23	< NR	Cal State Northridge	26-14-2	101
24	< 23	Kansas	27-14	76
25	< NR	Louisiana	30-14	75
RV	< NR	New Mexico State		33
RV	< NR	Central Michigan		23
RV	< NR	LSU		23
RV	< 24	Pacific		16
RV	< 25	Hawaii		8
RV	< NR	Tennessee		6
RV	< NR	East Carolina		5
RV	< NR	Connecticut		4
RV	< NR	Hofstra		4
RV	< NR	Cal State Fullerton		3
RV	< NR	Baylor		2
RV	< NR	Boston College		2
RV	< NR	Massachusetts		2
RV	< NR	Purdue		2
RV	< NR	San Diego State		2
RV	< NR	DePaul		1
RV	< NR	Florida A&M		1
RV	< NR	Oregon State		1
RV	< NR	Southern Illinois		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.