College Poll Archive

Softball

April 30, 1997 NFCA Softball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Record	Points
1	< 1	Arizona (21)	48-4	621
2	< 2	Fresno State (3)	44-7	594
3	< 3	South Carolina (1)	57-3	577
4	< 4	UCLA	38-10	545
5	< 5	Iowa	41-5	536
6	< 6	Washington	38-10	481
7	< 8	Oklahoma	51-15	445
8	< 10	Michigan	45-13-1	440
9	< 7	Missouri	43-13	434
10	< 15	Colorado State	41-10	358
11	< 9	Michigan State	43-16	329
12	< 13	Long Beach State	38-17-1	318
13	< 14	USF	43-11	297
14	< 12	Arizona State	30-18	287
15	< 11	Cal Poly	34-15	283
16	< 18	Utah	36-13	219
17	< 17	Florida State	41-15-1	207
18	< 20	Louisiana-Monroe	43-8	193
19	< 16	Minnesota	34-15	176
20	< 19	Oklahoma State	34-18	159
21	< 25	Cal State Northridge	31-17-2	115
22	< 22	Louisiana	43-15	105
23	< 24	California	29-21	93
24	< NR	LSU	40-9	62
25	< 23	Kansas	34-19	59
RV	< 21	Louisiana Tech		54
RV	< NR	Southern Illinois		38
RV	< NR	Connecticut		19
RV	< NR	Hofstra		19
RV	< NR	Purdue		17
RV	< NR	DePaul		15
RV	< NR	Central Michigan		12
RV	< NR	New Mexico State		8
RV	< NR	Boston College		7
RV	< NR	Pacific		7
RV	< NR	Hawaii		3
RV	< NR	Massachusetts		3
RV	< NR	Tennessee		3
RV	< NR	Cal State Fullerton		2
RV	< NR	San Diego State		2
RV	< NR	East Carolina		1
RV	< NR	Illinois-Chicago		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.