College Poll Archive

Softball

February 25, 1998 NFCA Softball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Record	Points
1	< 1	Arizona (25)	12-0	625
2	< 3	Washington	8-2	579
3	< 4	Michigan	4-1	537
4	< 2	Fresno State	2-2	486
5	< 10	USF	11-2	462
6	< 16	Oklahoma	13-1	450
7	< 23	Arizona State	10-1	434
8	< 7	California	6-2	405
9	< 21	Florida State	8-1	401
9	< 11	Oklahoma State	8-1	401
11	< 6	South Carolina	3-1	365
12	< 13	Missouri	7-2	321
13	< 14	Long Beach State	7-3	300
14	< 5	Iowa	2-2	297
15	< NR	Hawaii	4-2	272
16	< 9	Kansas	7-5	226
17	< NR	Stanford	6-1	222
18	< NR	Minnesota	12-3	157
19	< 8	Colorado State	2-3	152
20	< NR	LSU	6-2	121
21	< 24	DePaul	4-2	106
22	< NR	Texas A&M	11-3	96
23	< NR	Oregon State	8-2	92
24	< 15	Cal State Northridge	3-3	84
25	< 19	Louisiana	0-0	78
25	< 18	Utah	0-0	78
RV	< 12	Massachusetts		69
RV	< NR	Illinois-Chicago		59
RV	< 22	Michigan State		55
RV	< 20	Central Michigan		37
RV	< 17	UCLA		36
RV	< NR	UC Santa Barbara		28
RV	< NR	Texas		26
RV	< NR	Oregon		21
RV	< NR	Nebraska		11
RV	< NR	Louisiana Tech		9
RV	< NR	UNLV		8
RV	< NR	Florida		6
RV	< NR	Hofstra		5
RV	< NR	Nicholls State		5
RV	< NR	Illinois State		3
RV	< NR	Southern Illinois		3
RV	< NR	Cal State Fullerton		2
RV	< NR	Missouri State		2
RV	< 25	Tennessee		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.