College Poll Archive

Softball

March 4, 1998 NFCA Softball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Record	Points
1	< 1	Arizona (25)	18-0	625
2	< 3	Michigan	9-2	586
3	< 2	Washington	13-3	582
4	< 9	Oklahoma State	15-2	517
5	< 4	Fresno State	4-2	510
6	< 6	Oklahoma	19-3	480
7	< 5	USF	16-3	466
8	< 7	Arizona State	14-3	453
9	< 12	Missouri	9-2	380
10	< 13	Long Beach State	12-4	375
11	< 15	Hawaii	16-2	370
12	< 9	Florida State	10-5	298
13	< 8	California	8-5	291
14	< 11	South Carolina	6-4	250
15	< NR	Nebraska	9-4	245
16	< 14	Iowa	2-2	240
17	< 17	Stanford	10-3	210
18	< 24	Cal State Northridge	9-4	206
19	< 20	LSU	10-2	194
20	< 23	Oregon State	11-3	129
21	< 18	Minnesota	14-7	121
22	< 16	Kansas	10-8	106
23	< 19	Colorado State	5-6	77
24	< 21	DePaul	4-2	67
25	< 25	Louisiana	4-1	54
RV	< NR	Nicholls State		45
RV	< NR	UC Santa Barbara		45
RV	< NR	Oregon		38
RV	< NR	Texas		36
RV	< NR	Illinois-Chicago		32
RV	< NR	Florida		26
RV	< NR	Cal State Fullerton		20
RV	< NR	Michigan State		14
RV	< 25	Utah		12
RV	< NR	Southern Illinois		8
RV	< NR	Central Michigan		6
RV	< NR	Hofstra		6
RV	< 22	Texas A&M		3
RV	< NR	Maryland		2
RV	< NR	Massachusetts		2
RV	< NR	Notre Dame		2
RV	< NR	Ohio State		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.