College Poll Archive

Softball

April 1, 1998 NFCA Softball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Record	Points
1	< 1	Arizona (25)	34-2	625
2	< 2	Michigan	24-3	599
3	< 4	Fresno State	21-4	575
4	< 5	Oklahoma	30-7	536
4	< 3	Washington	17-6	536
6	< 9	USF	43-10	449
7	< 7	Arizona State	26-8	430
8	< 12	Nebraska	26-8	424
9	< 6	Texas	30-9	411
10	< 10	Oklahoma State	25-7	398
11	< 8	Missouri	24-7	376
12	< 11	Hawaii	32-8	358
13	< 14	Stanford	23-6	318
14	< 16	LSU	35-5	302
15	< 13	Long Beach State	23-9-2	263
16	< 17	Florida State	38-13	216
17	< 19	California	22-13	207
18	< 20	Minnesota	26-8	168
19	< 23	Texas Tech	34-10	164
20	< 15	Iowa	14-8	147
21	< 22	Oregon	28-13	104
22	< 18	Oregon State	18-11	94
23	< 25	Louisiana	23-8	86
24	< NR	Illinois-Chicago	38-13	71
25	< NR	Michigan State	20-7	69
RV	< 24	DePaul		67
RV	< 21	Cal State Northridge		49
RV	< NR	Massachusetts		27
RV	< NR	Florida		9
RV	< NR	Colorado State		7
RV	< NR	Creighton		6
RV	< NR	Utah		6
RV	< NR	Northwestern		5
RV	< NR	South Carolina		5
RV	< NR	Hofstra		4
RV	< NR	Nicholls State		3
RV	< NR	Florida Atlantic		2
RV	< NR	Southern Illinois		2
RV	< NR	Mississippi State		1
RV	< NR	North Carolina		1
RV	< NR	Northern Illinois		1
RV	< NR	Troy		1
RV	< NR	UC Santa Barbara		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.