2026 NCAA Division I softball rankings
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DurationFeb 5 - June 5, 2026
Preseason No. 1Texas (USA Today, ESPN & D1 Softball)
Texas Tech (ESPN & Softball America)
Texas Tech (ESPN & Softball America)
Defending ChampionsTexas
TV partner/sESPN
| 2026 NCAA Division I softball season | |
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| Duration | Feb 5 - June 5, 2026 |
| Preseason No. 1 | Texas (USA Today, ESPN & D1 Softball) Texas Tech (ESPN & Softball America) |
| Defending Champions | Texas |
| TV partner/s | ESPN |
| NCAA Tournament | |
| Duration | May 15 - June 5, 2026 |
| Women's College World Series | |
| Duration | May 28 – June 5, 2026 |
| Seasons | |
The following human polls make up the 2026 NCAA Division I women's softball rankings. The NFCA/USA Today Poll is voted on by a panel of 31 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 27[1][2] | Week 1 Feb 10[3][4] | Week 2 Feb 17[5][6] | Week 3 Feb 23[7] | Week 4 Mar 3[8] | Week 5 Mar 10[9] | Week 6 Mar 17[10] | Week 7 Mar 24[11] | Week 8 Mar 31[12] | Week 9 Apr 7[13] | Week 10 Apr 14[14] | Week 11 Apr 21[15] | Week 12 Apr 28[16] | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final | ||
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| 1. | Texas (21) | Texas Tech (6–0) (25) | Tennessee (10–0) (19) | Tennessee (14–0) (28) | Tennessee (19–0) (30) | Tennessee (23–0) (30) | Tennessee (26–1) (23) | Texas (28–1) (30) | Texas (31–2) (20) | Texas Tech (38–2) (26) | Oklahoma (40–4) (12) | Oklahoma (42–6) (12) | Oklahoma (46–6) (25) | 1. | ||||
| 2. | Texas Tech (10) | Texas (4–1) (5) | Texas Tech (11–1) (10) | Texas Tech (16–1) (2) | Texas Tech (22–1) (1) | Texas Tech (25–1) (1) | Texas (26–1) (7) | Texas Tech (30–2) | Texas Tech (34–2) (11) | Oklahoma (38–3) (1) | Texas Tech (40–3) (12) | Texas Tech (42–4) (4) | Texas Tech (47–4) (4) | 2. | ||||
| 3. | Oklahoma | Tennessee (5–0) (1) | Texas (9–1) (2) | Texas (14–1) | Texas (19–1) | Texas (22–1) | Texas Tech (27–2) | Florida (31–2) | Oklahoma (34–3) | Alabama (35–3) (2) | Alabama (39–3) (7) | Alabama (42–4) (7) | Nebraska (40–6) (2) | 3. | ||||
| 4. | Tennessee | Florida (5–0)т | Florida (12–0) | Florida (19–0) | Alabama (20–0) | Alabama (23–0) | Alabama (26–1) | Tennessee (28–3) (1) | Alabama (33–2) | Texas (32–4) (2) | Florida (40–5) | Nebraska (36–6) (4) | Alabama (44–5) | 4. | ||||
| 5. | Oregon | Oklahoma (3–1)т | Oklahoma (8–1) | Alabama (13–0) | Florida (23–1) | Florida (25–1) | Florida (29–1) | Oklahoma (31–2) | Florida (33–4) | Florida State (35–4) | Texas (33–6) | Florida (43–6) (2) | UCLA (44–5) | 5. | ||||
| 6. | Florida | UCLA (5–0) | Florida State (8–2) | Oklahoma (13–2) | Oklahoma (19–2) | Oklahoma (24–2) | Oklahoma (28–2) | Alabama (29–2) | Florida State (32–4) | Florida (36–5) | Nebraska (33–6) | UCLA (41–5) (2) | Florida (45–7) | 6. | ||||
| 7. | UCLA | Florida State (5–0) | Arkansas (8–1) | Arkansas (13–1) | Arkansas (19–1) | UCLA (21–3) | UCLA (25–3) | UCLA (27–3) | Tennessee (30–5) | Nebraska (30–6) | Tennessee (36–6) | Texas (34–7) | Texas (38–8) | 7. | ||||
| 8. | Florida State | Texas A&M (4–1) | Alabama (9–0) | UCLA (13–3) | UCLA (18–3) | Arkansas (21–2) | Florida State (25–4) | Florida State (28–4) | Nebraska (26–6) | Arkansas (32–5) | Arkansas (35–6) | Tennessee (37–7) | Tennessee (39–8) | 8. | ||||
| 9. | Arkansas | Arkansas (4–1) | UCLA (7–3) | Nebraska (11–4) | Florida State (17–4) | Florida State (21–4) | Nebraska (21–5) | Nebraska (24–5) | Arkansas (30–5) | Tennessee (32–6) | UCLA (37–5) | Arkansas (36–8) | Florida State (43–7) | 9. | ||||
| 10. | Nebraska | Alabama (5–0) | Nebraska (6–4) | Florida State (12–4) | Nebraska (14–5) | Nebraska (18–5) | Arkansas (23–4) | Arkansas (27–4) | UCLA (29–4) | UCLA (33–5) | Florida State (36–7) | Florida State (39–7) | Arkansas (39–9) | 10. | ||||
| 11. | Texas A&M | Nebraska (3–2) | Texas A&M (7–3) | Virginia Tech (11–2) | Virginia Tech (16–2) | Virginia Tech (21–2) | Mississippi State (27–4) | Virginia Tech (28–4) | Virginia Tech (31–4) | Virginia Tech (33–5) | Virginia Tech (36–6) | Texas A&M (34–12) | Oregon (38–10) | 11. | ||||
| 12. | South Carolina | LSU (6–0) | Stanford (8–1) | Mississippi State (14–1) | Mississippi State (18–2) | Mississippi State (21–2) | Virginia Tech (23–4) | Mississippi State (29–6) | Virginia (31–3) | Arizona (29–8) | Texas A&M (30–12) | Oregon (35–9) | Duke (35–12) | 12. | ||||
| 13. | Clemson | Stanford (5–0) | South Carolina (7–2) | Texas A&M (10–6) | Arizona (17–5) | Arizona (20–5) | Arizona (21–7) | Virginia (27–3) | Mississippi State (31–7) | Mississippi State (33–9) | Oregon (32–9) | Virginia Tech (38–8) | Virginia Tech (41–9) | 13. | ||||
| 14. | Ole Miss | Virginia Tech (5–0) | Mississippi State (10–0) | Arizona (12–5) | Texas A&M (15–7) | Virginia (22–2) | Virginia (25–3) | Arizona (23–8) | Arizona (27–8) | Texas A&M (26–12) | Mississippi State (34–11) | Duke (35–12) | Texas A&M (35–14) | 14. | ||||
| 15. | Alabama | Oregon (2–3) | Arizona (8–3) | Georgia (13–4) | Georgia (17–5) | Georgia (19–7) | Georgia (20–7) | Georgia (23–8) | Georgia (27–8) | Oregon (29–9) | Georgia (31–10) | Georgia (33–12) | Stanford (34–12) | 15. | ||||
| 16. | LSU | South Carolina (3–2) | Georgia (9–2) | Stanford (10–4) | Virginia (19–1) | Texas A&M (17–8) | Texas A&M (19–8) | Texas A&M (22–9) | Texas A&M (24–11) | Georgia (28–10) | Arizona (30–11) | Stanford (30–12) | Oklahoma State (34–12) | 16. | ||||
| 17. | Arizona | Arizona (3–2) | Virginia Tech (7–2) | LSU (12–4) | LSU (17–4) | Grand Canyon (27–0) | Grand Canyon (30–0) (1) | Grand Canyon (33–1) | Grand Canyon (36–2) | Virginia (31–6) | Duke (31–12) | Mississippi State (34–14) | Georgia (34–62) | 17. | ||||
| 18. | Stanford | Clemson (3–2) | Oregon (5–4) | Virginia (12–1) | Oregon (13–6) | Oregon (18–7) | Oregon (21–7) | Oregon (23–8) | Oregon (26–9) | Duke (28–11) | Virginia (33–8) | Oklahoma State (30–12) | Mississippi State (36–15) | 18. | ||||
| 19. | Virginia Tech | Mississippi State (4–0) | LSU (7–4) | South Carolina (9–5) | Oklahoma State (15–5) | Stanford (14–6) | Stanford (15–8) | Stanford (18–8) | Oklahoma State (25–10) | Oklahoma State (25–10) | Grand Canyon (41–4) | Arizona (31–13) | Arizona (34–13) | 19. | ||||
| 20. | Georgia | Georgia (4–1) | Duke (7–3) | Oregon (8–6) | Grand Canyon (22–0) | LSU (17–7) | Arizona State (22–7) | LSU (21–10) | Arizona State (28–9) | Grand Canyon (37–4) | Stanford (26–12) | LSU (32–14) | LSU (33–16) | 20. | ||||
| 21. | Liberty | Ole Miss (3–2) | Virginia (7–1) | Oklahoma State (11–4) | Stanford (11–6) | Oklahoma State (17–7) | South Carolina (19–10) | Oklahoma State (21–10) | Washington (30–6) | LSU (25–13) | Oklahoma State (27–11) | Grand Canyon (43–6) | Grand Canyon (45–7) | 21. | ||||
| 22. | Mississippi State | Duke (4–1) | Arizona State (10–1) | Grand Canyon (16–0) | Arizona State (19–3) | UCF (22–5) | LSU (18–9) | Arizona State (23–9) | LSU (23–12) | Washington (31–9) | LSU (28–14) | UCF (35–12–1) | UCF (36–14–1) | 22. | ||||
| 23. | Duke | Florida Atlantic (5–0) | Clemson (6–4) | Duke (9–7) | South Carolina (15–6) | South Carolina (15–9) | Oklahoma State (18–9) | South Carolina (21–12) | Duke (24–11) | Arizona State (29–11) | Washington (34–9) | Virginia (33–11) | Virginia (36–12) | 23. | ||||
| 24. | Oklahoma State | Virginia (4–1) | Oklahoma State (6–4) | Arizona State (13–3) | UCF (20–4) | Clemson (16–8) | UCF (23–7) | Duke (22–10) | Stanford (20–10) | Stanford (22–12) | UCF (32–11–1) | Arizona State (35–13) | Louisville (41–10) | 24. | ||||
| 25. | Ohio State | Southeastern Louisiana (4–2) | Ole Miss (6–4) | Clemson (10–5) | Clemson (13–7) | Arizona State (19–6) | Clemson (19–9) | Washington (26–6) | South Carolina (22–14) | UCF (30–10–1) | Arizona State (31–13) | Washington (34–12) | Arizona State (35–16) | 25. | ||||
| Preseason Jan 27[17][18] | Week 1 Feb 10[19][20] | Week 2 Feb 17[21][22] | Week 3 Feb 23[23] | Week 4 Mar 3[24] | Week 5 Mar 10[25] | Week 6 Mar 17[26] | Week 7 Mar 24[27] | Week 8 Mar 31[28] | Week 9 Apr 7[29] | Week 10 Apr 14[30] | Week 11 Apr 21[31] | Week 12 Apr 28[32] | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final | ||
Dropped:
| Dropped:
| Dropped: No. 25 Ole Miss | Dropped: No. 23 Duke | None | None | Dropped:
| None | Dropped: No. 25 South Carolina | None | None | Dropped: No. 25 Washington | None | None | None | None |
ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25
| Preseason Jan 20[33] | Week 1 Feb 10[34] | Week 2 Feb 17[35] | Week 3 Feb 24[36] | Week 4 Mar 3[37] | Week 5 Mar 10[38] | Week 6 Mar 17[39] | Week 7 Mar 24[40] | Week 8 Mar 31[41] | Week 9 Apr 7[42] | Week 10 Apr 14[43] | Week 11 Apr 21[44] | Week 12 Apr 28[45] | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final | ||
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| 1. | Texasт (14) | Texas Tech (6–0) (18) | Tennessee (10–0) (21) | Tennessee (14–0) (23) | Tennessee (19–0) (24) | Tennessee (23–0) (24) | Tennessee (27–1) (18) | Texas (28–1) (23) | Texas (31–2) (19) | Texas Tech (38–2) (17) | Oklahoma (40–4) (20) | Oklahoma (42–6) (13) | Oklahoma (46–6) (23) | 1. | ||||
| 2. | Texas Techт (11) | Texas (4–1) (6) | Texas Tech (11–1) (2) | Texas Tech (16–1) | Texas Tech (22–1) | Texas Tech (25–1) | Texas (26–1) (7) | Texas Tech (30–2) (2) | Texas Tech (34–2) (5) | Oklahoma (38–3) (2) | Alabama (39–3) (5) | Alabama (42–4) (5) | Nebraska (40–6) (1) | 2. | ||||
| 3. | Oklahoma | Tennessee (5–0) (1) | Texas (9–1) (2) | Texas (14–1) (2) | Texas (19–1) (1) | Texas (22–1) (1) | Texas Tech (27–2) | Oklahoma (31–2) | Oklahoma (31–2) | Alabama (35–3) (6) | Texas Tech (39–3) | Nebraska (36–6) (5) | Alabama (44–5) (1) | 3. | ||||
| 4. | Tennessee | Oklahoma (3–1) | Oklahoma (8–1) | Nebraska (11–4) | Oklahoma (19–2) | Oklahoma (24–2) | Oklahoma (28–2) | Tennessee (28–3) | Nebraska (26–6) | Texas (32–4) | Nebraska (33–6) | Texas (34–7) (2) | Texas Tech (47–4) | 4. | ||||
| 5. | Oregon | Florida (5–0) | Florida (12–0) | Oklahoma (13–2) | Nebraska (14–5) | Nebraska (18–5) | Nebraska (21–5) | Florida (31–2) | Alabama (33–2) (1) | Nebraska (30–6) | Texas (33–6) | Texas Tech (42–4) | Texas (38–8) | 5. | ||||
| 6. | Florida | Florida State (5–0) | Nebraska (6–4) | Florida (19–0) | Alabama (20–0) | Alabama (23–0) | Alabama (26–1) | Nebraska (24–5) | Arkansas (30–5) | Arkansas (32–5) | Arkansas (35–6) | Arkansas (36–8) | UCLA (44–5) | 6. | ||||
| 7. | Florida State | UCLA (5–0) | Florida State (8–2) | Alabama (13–0) | UCLA (18–3) | UCLA (21–3) | UCLA (25–3) | Alabama (29–2) | Florida (33–4) | Florida (36–5) | Florida (40–5) | UCLA (41–5) | Arkansas (39–9) | 7. | ||||
| 8. | Arkansas | Nebraska (3–2)т | Arkansas (8–1) | Arkansas (13–1) | Florida (23–1) | Florida (25–1) | Florida (29–1) | UCLA (27–3) | Tennessee (30–5) | UCLA (33–5) | UCLA (37–5) | Florida (44–6) | Florida (45–7) | 8. | ||||
| 9. | Nebraska | Texas A&M (4–1)т | Alabama (9–0) | UCLA (13–3) | Arkansas (19–1) | Arkansas (22–2) | Arkansas (23–4) | Arkansas (27–4) | UCLA (29–5) | Florida State (35–4) | Tennessee (36–6) | Tennessee (37–7) | Tennessee (39–8) | 9. | ||||
| 10. | UCLA | LSU (6–0) | Stanford (8–1) | Florida State (12–4) | Florida State (17–4) | Florida State (21–4) | Florida State (25–4) | Florida State (28–4) | Florida State (32–4) | Tennessee (32–6) | Virginia Tech (36–6) | Texas A&M (34–12) | Florida State (43–7) | 10. | ||||
| 11. | Texas A&M | Arkansas (4–1) | UCLA (7–3) | Georgia (13–4) | Virginia Tech (16–2) | Virginia Tech (21–2) | Arizona (21–7) | Georgia (23–8) | Georgia (27–8) | Arizona (29–8) | Texas A&M (30–12) | Georgia (33–12) | Duke (38–13) | 11. | ||||
| 12. | Clemson | Stanford (5–0) | Georgia (9–2) | Virginia Tech (11–2) | Georgia (17–5)т | Arizona (20–5) | Mississippi State (27–4) | Virginia Tech (28–4) | Virginia Tech (31–4) | Virginia Tech (33–5) | Florida State (36–7) | Duke (35–12) | Texas A&M (35–14) | 12. | ||||
| 13. | LSU | Alabama (5–0) | Texas A&M (7–3) | Stanford (10–4) | Oklahoma State (15–5)т | Georgia (19–7) | Georgia (20–7) | Arizona (23–8) | Arizona (27–8) | Texas A&M (26–12) | Georgia (31–11) | Florida State (39–7) | Oklahoma State (34–13) | 13. | ||||
| 14. | South Carolina | Oregon (2–3) | Oregon (5–4)т | Arizona (12–5) | Arizona (17–5) | Mississippi State (24–2) | Virginia Tech (23–4) | Mississippi State (29–6) | Washington (30–6) | Georgia (28–10) | Mississippi State (34–11)т | Oregon (35–9) | Georgia (34–16) | 14. | ||||
| 15. | Georgia | Arizona (3–2) | Duke (7–3)т | Texas A&M (10–6) | Texas A&M (15–7) | Oklahoma State (17–7) | Texas A&M (19–8) | Texas A&M (22–9) | Texas A&M (24–11) | Mississippi State (33–9) | Duke (31–12)т | LSU (32–14) | Oregon (38–10) | 15. | ||||
| 16. | Alabama | Virginia Tech (5–0) | Arizona (8–3) | Oklahoma State (11–4) | LSU (17–4) | Texas A&M (17–8) | Oregon (21–7) | Washington (26–6) | Mississippi State (31–7) | Duke (28–11) | Arizona (30–11) | Virginia Tech (38–8) | Mississippi State (36–15) | 16. | ||||
| 17. | Stanford | Georgia (4–1) | LSU (7–4) | LSU (12–4)т | Mississippi State (18–2) | LSU (17–7) | Washington (22–6) | Oregon (23–8) | Virginia (31–3) | Oregon (29–9) | LSU (28–14) | Oklahoma State (30–12) | Virginia Tech (41–9) | 17. | ||||
| 18. | Arizona | Clemson (3–2) | Mississippi State (10–0) | Oregon (8–6)т | Oregon (13–6) | Virginia (22–2) | Virginia (25–3) | Virginia (27–3) | Oregon (26–9) | LSU (25–13) | Oregon (32–9) | Stanford (30–12) | Stanford (34–12) | 18. | ||||
| 19. | Duke | Duke (4–1) | Oklahoma State (6–4) | Mississippi State (14–1) | Stanford (11–6) | Oregon (18–7) | LSU (18–9) | Duke (22–10) | Duke (24–11) | Washington (31–9) | Stanford (26–12) | Mississippi State (34–14) | LSU (33–16) | 19. | ||||
| 20. | Oklahoma State | South Carolina (3–2) | Virginia Tech (7–2) | Duke (9–7) | Virginia (19–1) | Stanford (14–6) | Duke (18–10) | LSU (21–10) | LSU (23–12) | Oklahoma State (25–10) | Washington (34–9) | Arizona (31–13) | Arizona (34–13) | 20. | ||||
| 21. | Virginia Tech | Mississippi State (4–0) | Arizona State (10–1) | Virginia (12–1) | Arizona State (19–3) | Washington (19–6) | Oklahoma State (18–9) | Oklahoma State (21–10) | Oklahoma State (25–10) | Virginia (31–6) | Oklahoma State (27–11) | UCF (35–12–1) | South Carolina (29–22) | 21. | ||||
| 22. | Ole Miss | Arizona State (4–1) | South Carolina (7–2) | South Carolina (9–5) | Washington (15–6) | UCF (22–5) | Grand Canyon (30–0) | Stanford (18–8) | Grand Canyon (36–2) | UCF (30–10–1) | UCF (32–11–1) | Washington (34–12) | Clemson (32–19) | 22. | ||||
| 23. | Liberty | Oklahoma State (3–2) | Washington (7–3) | Arizona State (13–3) | Grand Canyon (22–0) | Grand Canyon (27–0) | Stanford (15–8) | Grand Canyon (33–1) | Arizona State (28–9) | Stanford (22–12) | Virginia (33–8) | Clemson (30–17) | UCF (36–14–1) | 23. | ||||
| 24. | Mississippi State | Washington (2–3) | Clemson (6–4) | Washington (10–6) | South Carolina (15–6) | South Carolina (15–9) | South Carolina (19–10) | South Carolina (21–12) | Stanford (20–10) | South Carolina (23–17) | Grand Canyon (41–4) | South Carolina (26–21) | Louisville (41–10) | 24. | ||||
| 25. | Washington | Virginia (4–1) | Virginia (7–1) | Grand Canyon (16–0) | Duke (12–9) | Duke (15–9) | UCF (23–7) | Arizona State (23–9) | UCF (24–10) | Grand Canyon (37–4) | South Carolina (23–20) | Louisville (38–9) | Washington (34–15) | 25. | ||||
| Preseason Jan 20[46] | Week 1 Feb 10[47] | Week 2 Feb 17[48] | Week 3 Feb 24[49] | Week 4 Mar 3[50] | Week 5 Mar 10[51] | Week 6 Mar 17[52] | Week 7 Mar 24[53] | Week 8 Mar 31[54] | Week 9 Apr 7[55] | Week 10 Apr 14[56] | Week 11 Apr 21[57] | Week 12 Apr 28[58] | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final | ||
Dropped:
| None | Dropped: No. 24 Clemson | None | Dropped: No. 21 Arizona State | None | Dropped: No. 25 UCF | Dropped: No. 24 South Carolina | Dropped: No. 23 Arizona State | None | Dropped:
| None | None | None | None | None |