2024 NCAA Division I softball rankings

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Preseason No. 1Oklahoma
Defending ChampionsOklahoma
TV partner/sESPN
DurationMay 17 – June 6, 2024
2024 NCAA Division I softball season
Preseason No. 1Oklahoma
Defending ChampionsOklahoma
TV partner/sESPN
NCAA Tournament
DurationMay 17 – June 6, 2024
Most conference bidsSEC – 13 bids
Women's College World Series
DurationMay 30 – June 6, 2024
ChampionsOklahoma (8th title)
Runners-upTexas (2nd WCWS Appearance)
Winning CoachPatty Gasso (8th title)
WCWS MOPKelly Maxwell (Oklahoma)
Seasons
 2023
2025 

The following human polls made up the 2024 NCAA Division I women's softball rankings. The NFCA/USA Today Poll was voted on by a panel of 32 Division I softball coaches. The NFCA/USA Today poll, the Softball America poll, the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate rankings, and D1Softball rank the top 25 teams nationally.

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Italics   Number of first place votes
(#-#)   Win-loss record
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

NFCA/USA Today

Preseason
Jan 30[1]
Week 1
Feb 13[2]
Week 2
Feb 20[3]
Week 3
Feb 27[4]
Week 4
Mar 5[5]
Week 5
Mar 12[6]
Week 6
Mar 19[7]
Week 7
Mar 26[8]
Week 8
Apr 2[9]
Week 9
Apr 9[10]
Week 10
Apr 15[11]
Week 11
Apr 23[12]
Week 12
Apr 30[13]
Week 13
May 7[14]
Week 14
May 14[15]
Final
June 11[16]
1.Oklahoma (32)Oklahoma (4–0) (32)Oklahoma (9–0) (32)Oklahoma (14–0) (32)Oklahoma (18–1) (24)Oklahoma (22–1) (23)Oklahoma (27–1) (26)Oklahoma (31–1) (32)Oklahoma (34–1) (32)Oklahoma (35–3) (12)Texas (35–6) (24)Texas (38–6) (28)Texas (42–6) (30)Texas (45–6) (32)Texas (47–7) (24)Oklahoma (59–7) (32)1.
2.TennesseeTennessee (3–0)Texas (7–0)Texas (12–1)Texas (17–1) (6)LSU (22–0) (8)LSU (24–1) (6)Texas (28–3)Duke (29–3)Texas (31–6) (9)Oklahoma (38–4) (8)Oklahoma (42–4)Oklahoma (45–4) (2)Tennessee (40–9)Oklahoma (49–6) (8)Texas (55–10)2.
3.Florida StateтTexas (5–0)Georgia (9–0)Oklahoma State (13–2)LSU (19–0) (2)Texas (21–2) (1)Texas (24–3)Georgia (27–4)Georgia (29–5)Duke (33–3) (10)Duke (37–4)Tennessee (34–8)Tennessee (37–9)Oklahoma State (44–9)Tennessee (40–10)Florida (54–15)3.
4.StanfordтGeorgia (5–0)Washington (6–1)LSU (13–0)Oklahoma State (17–2)Oklahoma State (20–3)Oklahoma State (24–3)Tennessee (25–4)Texas (29–5)Tennessee (30–6)Tennessee (32–7)Oklahoma State (39–8)Oklahoma State (42–8)Oklahoma (46–6)Duke (46–6)Stanford (50–17)4.
5.ClemsonWashington (3–1)Tennessee (4–2)Georgia (12–1)Washington (16–2)Georgia (20–3)Georgia (23–4)Duke (26–3)LSU (29–4)Oklahoma State (33–6) (1)Stanford (34–7)Duke (39–6)Duke (44–6)Duke (44–6)Oklahoma State (44–10)ULCA (43–12)5.
6.GeorgiaOklahoma State (5–0)LSU (8–0)Washington (12–2)Duke (16–1)Duke (19–1)Duke (22–2)LSU (25–4)Tennessee (28–5)LSU (31–5)Oklahoma State (35–8)LSU (35–10)Stanford (39–11)UCLA (34–10)UCLA (37–10)Oklahoma State (49–12)6.
7.WashingtonFlorida State (4–1)Oklahoma State (6–2)Duke (13–1)Georgia (15–3)Washington (18–3)Tennessee (22–4)Stanford (25–5)Oklahoma State (29–6)Georgia (31–8)LSU (33–7)Stanford (36–10)UCLA (30–10)Stanford (42–12)Florida (46–12)Duke (52–9)7.
8.TexasClemson (4–1)Duke (8–1)Clemson (11–2)Tennessee (12–4)Tennessee (18–4)Washington (20–4)Oklahoma State (26–5)Stanford (27–6)Stanford (31–6)Washington (28–7)Washington (30–8)Texas A&M (39–9)Florida (43–12)Stanford (43–13)Alabama (39–20)8.
9.Oklahoma StateStanford (3–2)Clemson (6–2)Tennessee (8–4)Stanford (13–4)Stanford (18–4)Stanford (22–5)Washington (22–5)Washington (25–5)Florida (33–6)Georgia (33–10)UCLA (27–9)Washington (31–10)Texas A&M (39–12)Texas A&M (40–13)Tennessee (44–12)9.
10.UCLADuke (3–1)Alabama (10–0)Alabama (16–0)Clemson (12–4)Florida (21–3)Florida (25–4)Florida (29–4)Florida (31–5)Washington (26–7)Florida (35–9)Texas A&M (37–9)LSU (36–13)LSU (38–14)Missouri (43–15)Texas A&M (44–15)10.
11.DukeAlabama (5–0)Missouri (10–0)Stanford (10–4)Alabama (19–1)Missouri (20–3)Clemson (21–6)Texas A&M (28–4)Missouri (29–7)Texas A&M (31–8)Texas A&M (32–9)Georgia (36–11)Florida (39–12)Missouri (40–14)LSU (40–15)Missouri (48–18)11.
12.AlabamaLSU (5–0)Florida State (5–3)Florida State (11–3)Missouri (17–2)Clemson (17–6)Texas A&M (25–3)Missouri (25–7)UCLA (20–8)Alabama (29–8)тUCLA (24–9)Florida (37–10)Florida State (40–10)Washington (31–12)Florida State (43–14)LSU (44–17)12.
13.UtahUtah (4–1)Stanford (5–4)Florida (15–2)Florida (19–2)Texas A&M (23–2)Alabama (22–5)Alabama (25–6)Texas A&M (28–7)UCLA (22–9)тMissouri (33–11)Virginia Tech (35–9–1)Missouri (37–13)Florida State (41–13)Washington (31–13)Florida State (46–16)13.
14.LSUMissouri (5–0)Florida (8–1)Missouri (13–2)Florida State (11–4)Alabama (19–3)UCLA (17–6)UCLA (18–8)Alabama (26–8)Missouri (30–10)Alabama (30–9)Missouri (35–13)Georgia (37–13)Georgia (38–15)Georgia (39–16)Georgia (43–19)14.
15.OregonArkansas (4–1)Arkansas (8–2)Arkansas (13–3)California (19–2)UCLA (14–6)Missouri (22–6)Virginia Tech (25–5–1)Virginia Tech (25–8–1)Virginia Tech (28–9–1)Virginia Tech (31–9–1)Arkansas (32–12)Arkansas (34–13)Virginia Tech (38–11–1)Virginia Tech (38–12–1)Arizona (37–18–1)15.
16.ArkansasFlorida (4–1)Kentucky (6–2)Kentucky (11–2)UCLA (11–6)Florida State (15–5)Virginia Tech (21–4–1)Clemson (22–9)Mississippi State (25–9)Mississippi State (28–10)Arkansas (30–11)Florida State (36–10)Virginia Tech (38–11–1)Arkansas (36–15)Arkansas (36–16)Washington (32–15)16.
17.FloridaOregon (4–2)South Carolina (8–1)Texas A&M (14–1)Texas A&M (19–2)California (21–4)Florida State (18–8)Mississippi State (24–7)Clemson (24–10)Arkansas (28–10)Mississippi State (29–12)Alabama (31–12)Alabama (32–14)Mississippi State (33–17)Arizona (34–16–1)Virginia Tech (40–14–1)17.
18.NebraskaKentucky (4–1)Texas A&M (9–0)UCLA (7–5)Arkansas (17–4)Virginia Tech (18–3–1)Arkansas (22–6)California (24–8)Florida State (24–9)Florida State (28–10)Florida State (31–10)Mississippi State (30–13)Arizona (32–15–1)Arizona (33–15–1)Mississippi State (33–18)Arkansas (37–18)18.
19.AuburnUCLA (2–3)UCLA (3–4)Arizona (16–1)Baylor (11–3)Baylor (14–5)California (21–7)Florida State (21–9)Arkansas (22–11–1)Clemson (27–11)Arizona (28–13–1)Arizona (31–13–1)California (33–15)California (36–16)Alabama (33–17)Louisiana (45–19)19.
20.NorthwesternSouth Carolina (5–0)Utah (5–4)California (15–1)Virginia Tech (15–3–1)Arkansas (20–5)Mississippi State (21–6)Arkansas (24–8)California (26–10)California (29–11)California (29–12)California (31–14)Mississippi State (30–16)Alabama (33–16)Louisiana (42–17)Baylor (36–23)20.
21.LouisianaVirginia Tech (4–0–1)California (10–1)Baylor (8–3)Arizona (17–3–1)Mississippi State (19–4)Arizona (20–7–1)Arizona (21–9–1)Arizona (22–11–1)Arizona (24–12–1)Clemson (28–14)Kentucky (29–15)Louisiana (38–14)Louisiana (40–16)California (36–17)Mississippi State (34–20)21.
22.BaylorNorthwestern (4–1)Arizona (10–1)South Carolina (13–1)South Carolina (18–2)Arizona (19–5–1)Baylor (16–8)South Carolina (22–9)South Carolina (26–10)Oregon (22–13)Oregon (24–15)Clemson (31–15)Boston University (45–4–1)Boston University (49–4–1)Boston University (52–4–1)Texas State (47–15)22.
23.South CarolinaLouisiana (4–1)Oregon (6–5)Virginia Tech (12–3–1)Kentucky (13–4)South Carolina (18–5)South Carolina (21–7)Baylor (17–11)Boston University (27–3)South Carolina (28–12)Boston University (35–4)Boston University (40–4)Clemson (33–16)Clemson (33–16)Clemson (34–17)Boston University (53–6–1)23.
24.San Diego StateBaylor (0–2)Northwestern (5–2)Mississippi State (11–3)Mississippi State (17–3)Boston University (17–1)Boston University (20–3)Oregon (19–10)Oregon (20–12)Boston University (29–4)Kentucky (26–15)Oregon (26–16)Kentucky (30–18)Oregon (28–18)Miami (OH) (48–7)Oregon (30–21)24.
25.KentuckyAuburn (1–1–1)Mississippi State (8–1)Oregon (9–7)Auburn (12–2–1)Auburn (13–4–1)Auburn (14–6–1)Boston University (25–3)Baylor (19–12)Texas State (32–9)Louisiana (29–14)Louisiana (33–15)Oregon (27–16)Northwestern (33–10)Texas State (45–13)California (37–19)25.
Preseason
Jan 30[17]
Week 1
Feb 13[18]
Week 2
Feb 20[19]
Week 3
Feb 27[20]
Week 4
Mar 5[21]
Week 5
Mar 12[22]
Week 6
Mar 19[23]
Week 7
Mar 26[24]
Week 8
Apr 2[25]
Week 9
Apr 9[26]
Week 10
Apr 15[27]
Week 11
Apr 23[28]
Week 12
Apr 30[29]
Week 13
May 7[30]
Week 14
May 14[31]
Final
June 11[32]
Dropped:
  • No. 18 Nebraska
  • No. 24 San Diego State
Dropped:
  • No. 21 Virginia Tech
  • No. 23 Louisiana
  • No. 24 Baylor
  • No. 25 Auburn
Dropped:
  • No. 20 Utah
  • No. 24 Northwestern
Dropped:
No. 25 Oregon
Dropped:
No. 23 Kentucky
NoneDropped:
No. 25 Auburn
NoneDropped:
No. 25 Baylor
Dropped:
  • No. 23 South Carolina
  • No. 25 Texas State
NoneNoneDropped:
  • No. 24 Kentucky
Dropped:
  • No. 24 Oregon
  • No. 25 Northwestern
Dropped:
  • No. 23 Clemson
  • No. 24 Miami (OH)

ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25

Source:[33]

Preseason
Jan 23[34]
Week 1
Feb 13
Week 2
Feb 20
Week 3
Feb 27
Week 4
Mar 5
Week 5
Mar 12
Week 6
Mar 19
Week 7
Mar 26
Week 8
Apr 2
Week 9
Apr 9
Week 10
Apr 16
Week 11
Apr 23
Week 12
Apr 30
Week 13
May 7
Week 14
May 14
Final
June 11
1.OklahomaOklahoma (4–0) (25)Oklahoma (9–0) (21)Oklahoma (14–0) (25)Texas (17–1) (11)Oklahoma (22–1) (19)Oklahoma (27–1) (25)Oklahoma (31–1) (25)Oklahoma (34–1) (25)Texas (31–6) (12)Texas (35–6) (25)Texas (38–6) (25)Texas (42–6) (25)Texas (45–6) (24)Texas (47–7) (23)Oklahoma (59–7) (32)1.
2.TennesseeTennessee (3–0)Texas (7–0)Texas (12–1)Oklahoma (18–1) (13)LSU (22–0) (6)Texas (24–3)Texas (28–3)Duke (29–3)Oklahoma (35–3) (5)Oklahoma (38–4)Oklahoma (42–4)Oklahoma (45–4)Oklahoma State (44–9) (1)Oklahoma (49–6) (2)Texas (55–10)2.
3.StanfordTexas (5–0)Georgia (9–0)Georgia (12–1)LSU (19–0) (1)Texas (21–2)LSU (24–1)Georgia (27–4)Georgia (29–5)Duke (33–3) (6)Duke (37–4)Tennessee (34–8)Tennessee (37–9)Tennessee (40–9)Tennessee (40–10)Florida (54–15)3.
4.Florida StateGeorgia (5–0)Washington (6–1)Washington (12–2)Duke (16–1)Duke (19–1)Duke (22–2)Tennessee (25–4)Tennessee (28–5)Tennessee (30–6) (1)Tennessee (32–7)Oklahoma State (39–8)Oklahoma State (42–8)Oklahoma (46–6)Oklahoma State (44–10)Stanford (50–17)4.
5.TexasFlorida State (4–1)Tennessee (4–2)LSU (13–0)Washington (16–2)Georgia (20–3)Georgia (23–4)Duke (26–3)Texas (29–5)Oklahoma State (33–6) (1)Stanford (34–7)Duke (39–6)Duke (44–6)Duke (44–6)Florida (46–12)UCLA (43–12)5.
6.GeorgiaWashington (3–1)Duke (8–1)Duke (13–1)тGeorgia (15–3)Stanford (18–4)Oklahoma State (24–3)Stanford (25–5)Oklahoma State (29–6)LSU (31–5)Oklahoma State (35–8)UCLA (27–9)UCLA (30–10)UCLA (34–10)UCLA (37–10)Alabama (39–20)6.
7.ClemsonClemson (4–1)LSU (8–0)Oklahoma State (13–2)тOklahoma State (17–2)Oklahoma State (20–3)Tennessee (22–4)LSU (25–4)LSU (29–4)Stanford (31–6)LSU (33–8)LSU (35–10)Stanford (39–11)Florida (43–12)Duke (47–6)Oklahoma State (49–12)7.
8.UCLAOklahoma State (5–0)Oklahoma State (6–2)Tennessee (8–4)Stanford (13–4)Washington (18–3)Stanford (22–5)Washington (22–5)Stanford (27–6)Georgia (31–8)Washington (28–7)Stanford (36–10)Texas A&M (39–9)Stanford (42–12)Stanford (43–13)Duke (52–9)8.
9.DukeStanford (3–2)Clemson (6–2)Clemson (11–2)Tennessee (12–4)Tennessee (18–4)Washington (20–4)Florida (29–4)Washington (25–5)Florida (33–6)Georgia (33–10)Georgia (36–11)Florida (39–12)LSU (38–14)Missouri (43–15)Tennessee (44–12)9.
10.WashingtonDuke (3–1)Alabama (10–0)Stanford (10–4)Alabama (19–1)Florida (21–3)Florida (25–4)Oklahoma State (26–5)Florida (31–5)Washington (26–7)Florida (36–9)Washington (30–8)Washington (31–10)Texas A&M (39–12)LSU (40–15)Texas A&M (44–15)10.
11.Oklahoma StateAlabama (5–0)Florida State (5–3)Alabama (16–0)Clemson (13–4)Missouri (20–3)Clemson (21–6)Virginia Tech (25–5–1)Missouri (29–7)UCLA (22–9)UCLA (24–9)Texas A&M (37–9)Arkansas (34–13)Washington (31–12)Arkansas (43–16)LSU (44–17)11.
12.ArkansasLSU (5–0)Stanford (5–4)Florida State (11–3)Missouri (17–2)Virginia Tech (18–3–1)Virginia Tech (21–4–1)Texas A&M (28–4)UCLA (20–8)Texas A&M (31–8)Texas A&M (32–9)Florida (37–10)Georgia (37–13)Missouri (40–14)Texas A&M (40–13)Missouri (48–18)12.
13.OregonArkansas (4–1)Missouri (10–0)Missouri (13–2)Florida (19–3)Baylor (14–5)UCLA (17–6)Missouri (25–7)Virginia Tech (25–8–1)Alabama (29–8)Missouri (33–11)Arkansas (32–12)LSU (36–13)Arkansas (36–15)Georgia (39–16)Georgia (43–19)13.
14.AlabamaOregon (4–2)Arkansas (8–2)Kentucky (11–2)Baylor (11–3)Clemson (17–6)Texas A&M (25–3)Alabama (25–6)Texas A&M (28–7)Arkansas (28–10)Arkansas (30–11)Missouri (35–13)Florida State (40–10)Georgia (38–15)Florida State (43–14)Florida State (46–16)14.
15.LSUMissouri (5–0)Kentucky (6–2)Florida (15–2)Virginia Tech (15–3–1)Alabama (19–3)Alabama (22–5)UCLA (18–8)Alabama (26–8)Missouri (30–10)Alabama (30–9)Virginia Tech (35–9–1)Missouri (37–13)Virginia Tech (39–11–1)Washington (31–13)Arizona (37–18–1)15.
16.UtahUtah (4–1)Florida (8–1)Arkansas (13–3)Florida State (11–4)UCLA (14–6)Missouri (22–6)Clemson (22–9)Mississippi State (25–9)Virginia Tech (28–9–1)Virginia Tech (31–9–1)Florida State (36–10)Alabama (32–14)Florida State (41–13)Louisiana (42–17)Baylor (36–23)16.
17.NebraskaVirginia Tech (4–0–1)Texas A&M (9–0)Baylor (8–3)California (19–2)Texas A&M (23–2)Arkansas (22–6)Mississippi State (24–7)Clemson (23–10)Mississippi State (28–10)Mississippi State (29–12)Alabama (31–12)Louisiana (38–15)Mississippi State (33–17)Virginia Tech (39–12–1)Arkansas (37–18)17.
18.FloridaKentucky (4–1)South Carolina (8–1)Texas A&M (14–1)UCLA (11–6)Florida State (15–5)Florida State (18–8)Florida State (21–9)Florida State (24–9)Florida State (28–10)Florida State (31–10)Mississippi State (30–13)Virginia Tech (38–11–1)Louisiana (40–16)Alabama (33–17)Virginia Tech (40–14–1)18.
19.BaylorFlorida (4–1)UCLA (3–4)UCLA (7–5)Texas A&M (19–2)California (21–4)Baylor (16–8)California (24–8)Arkansas (25–9)Clemson (27–11)Louisiana (29–14)Louisiana (33–15)Mississippi State (30–16)Arizona (33–15–1)Arizona (34–16–1)Louisiana (45–19)19.
20.AuburnUCLA (2–3)Mississippi State (8–1)Virginia Tech (12–3–1)Arkansas (18–4)Arkansas (20–5)Mississippi State (21–6)Arkansas (24–8)California (26–10)Oregon (22–13)Clemson (28–13)тArizona (31–13–1)Arizona (32–15–1)Alabama (33–16)Mississippi State (33–18)Oregon (30–21)20.
21.LouisianaSouth Carolina (5–0)Virginia Tech (7–2–1)Arizona (16–1)Kentucky (13–4)Mississippi State (19–4)California (21–7)Baylor (17–11)тBaylor (19–12)Louisiana (27–13)Oregon (24–15)тClemson (31–15)Oregon (27–16)Clemson (33–16)Clemson (34–17)Washington (32–15)21.
22.South CarolinaBaylor (0–2)Baylor (3–3)South Carolina (13–2)South Carolina (18–2)South Carolina (18–5)Oregon (16–10)Oregon (19–10)тOregon (20–12)Texas State (32–9)Arizona (28–13–1)Kentucky (29–15)Clemson (33–16)Oregon (28–18)Oregon (28–19)Mississippi State (34–20)22.
23.Virginia TechLouisiana (4–1)Arizona (10–1)Mississippi State (11–3)Mississippi State (17–3)Kentucky (14–7)Kentucky (19–8)Texas State (26–7)Texas State (29–8)California (29–11)Kentucky (26–15)Oregon (26–16)Northwestern (31–9)Northwestern (33–10)Miami (OH) (48–7)Northwestern (35–13)23.
24.Texas A&MAuburn (1–1–1)Auburn (4–1–1)California (15–1)Arizona (17–3–1)Oregon (14–9)Arizona (20–7–1)Kansas (22–8–1)Louisiana (24–13)Baylor (21–14)California (29–12)Texas State (37–12)Kentucky (30–18)Miami (OH) (45–7)Texas State (45–13)Clemson (35–19)24.
25.NorthwesternTexas A&M (4–0)Oregon (6–5)Auburn (7–2–1)Auburn (12–2–1)Arizona (19–5–1)South Carolina (21–7)Louisiana (21–13)South Carolina (26–10)
  • Arizona (24–12–1)т
  • South Carolina (28–12)т
Texas State (33–12)California (31–14)Miami (OH) (40–7)Kentucky (30–21)Northwestern (33–11)Texas State (47–15)25.
Preseason
Jan 23[35]
Week 1
Feb 13
Week 2
Feb 20
Week 3
Feb 27
Week 4
Mar 5
Week 5
Mar 12
Week 6
Mar 19
Week 7
Mar 26
Week 8
Apr 2
Week 9
Apr 9
Week 10
Apr 16
Week 11
Apr 23
Week 12
Apr 30
Week 13
May 7
Week 14
May 14
Final
June 11
Dropped:
  • No. 17 Nebraska
  • No. 25 Northwestern
Dropped:
  • No. 16 Utah
  • No. 23 Louisiana
Dropped:
No. 25 Oregon
NoneDropped:
No. 25 Auburn
NoneDropped:
  • No. 23 Kentucky
  • No. 24 Arizona
  • No. 25 South Carolina
Dropped:
No. 24 Kansas
NoneDropped:
  • No. 24 Baylor
  • No. 25т South Carolina
NoneDropped:
  • No. 24 Texas State
  • No. 25 California
NoneDropped:
No. 25 Kentucky
Dropped:
No. 23 Miami (OH)

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