College Poll Archive

Softball

May 7, 1997 NFCA Softball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Record	Points
1	< 1	Arizona (24)	52-4	624
2	< 3	South Carolina (1)	57-3	595
3	< 5	Iowa	46-5	554
4	< 2	Fresno State	45-10	553
5	< 4	UCLA	39-11	538
6	< 6	Washington	43-13	486
7	< 9	Missouri	47-14	457
8	< 8	Michigan	48-13-1	440
9	< 7	Oklahoma	54-17	416
10	< 10	Colorado State	47-12	398
11	< 12	Long Beach State	42-17-1	378
12	< 13	USF	45-11	331
13	< 11	Michigan State	44-18	283
14	< 16	Utah	39-16	224
15	< 17	Florida State	45-17-1	210
16	< 15	Cal Poly	36-17	205
17	< 20	Oklahoma State	38-20	177
18	< 14	Arizona State	31-21	165
19	< 21	Cal State Northridge	34-18-2	155
19	< 18	Louisiana-Monroe	46-10	155
21	< 22	Louisiana	44-16	124
21	< 19	Minnesota	37-19	124
23	< 24	LSU	43-12	63
24	< NR	New Mexico State	33-22	58
25	< 23	California	31-23	57
RV	< 25	Kansas		56
RV	< NR	Nicholls State		43
RV	< NR	Massachusetts		39
RV	< NR	Central Michigan		32
RV	< NR	Purdue		30
RV	< NR	Louisiana Tech		25
RV	< NR	Southern Illinois		25
RV	< NR	Illinois-Chicago		15
RV	< NR	Illinois State		12
RV	< NR	Boston		7
RV	< NR	Boston College		6
RV	< NR	Hofstra		6
RV	< NR	Oregon State		5
RV	< NR	Pacific		5
RV	< NR	Tennessee		4
RV	< NR	UNC Greensboro		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.