College Poll Archive

Softball

1997 Final NFCA Softball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Record	Points
1	< 1	Arizona (25)	61-5	625
2	< 5	UCLA	49-14	597
3	< 4	Fresno State	54-14	575
4	< 6	Washington	50-19	553
5	< 3	Iowa	52-9	524
6	< 8	Michigan	56-16-1	499
7	< 2	South Carolina	63-5	473
8	< NR	Massachusetts	37-23-1	411
9	< 10	Colorado State	51-14	394
10	< 17	Oklahoma State	40-22	367
11	< 25	California	35-25	351
12	< 7	Missouri	47-16	318
13	< 21	Louisiana	46-18	297
14	< 12	USF	50-13	281
15	< 11	Long Beach State	44-20-1	254
16	< 14	Utah	44-18	229
17	< NR	Kansas	38-23	214
18	< 9	Oklahoma	55-19	192
19	< 19	Cal State Northridge	34-22-2	170
20	< 19	Louisiana-Monroe	47-11	156
21	< NR	DePaul	42-15	138
22	< NR	Central Michigan	41-22	124
23	< 18	Arizona State	32-25	94
24	< 13	Michigan State	46-22	78
25	< NR	Nebraska	29-24	61
RV	< 16	Cal Poly		43
RV	< 15	Florida State		31
RV	< NR	Nicholls State		26
RV	< NR	Southern Illinois		9
RV	< NR	Louisiana Tech		7
RV	< NR	Boston College		5
RV	< NR	Hofstra		5
RV	< NR	Missouri State		5
RV	< NR	UNC Greensboro		3
RV	< NR	Cleveland State		2
RV	< 21	Minnesota		1
RV	< 24	New Mexico State		1
NR	< 23	LSU	44-14	0

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.