University of Tennessee Athletics
TENNESSEE AGAIN UNANIMOUS NO. 1 IN ESPN/USA SOFTBALL RANKINGS
April 03, 2007 | Softball
April 3, 2007
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - A perfect 6-0 week against non-conference opposition and a current 14-game winning streak have kept the Tennessee Lady Vol softball team (39-2) at No. 1 for the eighth consecutive poll according to a Tuesday release by the Amateur Softball Association (ASA). UT is the unanimous choice for the top spot for the first time since the March 6 listing by garnering all 20 first-place votes to lead No. 2 Oklahoma (38-4) by 24 total points.
Alabama (35-4) won two of three match-ups from Southeastern Conference rival Georgia in a key league series last weekend in Tuscaloosa, Ala., to advance one spot to third, while Texas A&M (29-5) lost single contests to Texas and Oklahoma to fall from second to fourth. LSU (35-5) sits at No. 5 to grant the SEC three of the nation's top five softball programs in this week's rankings.
Live stats will be available through utladyvols.com (Gametracker) for Tuesday evening's 5 p.m. ET match-up between the top-ranked Lady Vols and the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles. Periodic updates will be provided to the Lady Vol Hotline at 865-974-8700 (box #6).
| ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll April 3 - Week of March 26 - April 1 | ||||
| Rank | Team | Record | Points | PVS |
| 1. | Tennessee (20) | 39-2 | 500 | 1 |
| 2. | Oklahoma | 38-4 | 476 | 3 |
| 3. | Alabama | 35-4 | 439 | 4 |
| 4. | Texas A&M | 29-5 | 433 | 2 |
| 5. | LSU | 35-5 | 422 | 6 |
| 6. | Arizona | 26-8 | 416 | 5 |
| 7. | Northwestern | 27-7 | 375 | 7 |
| 8. | Michigan | 26-6 | 343 | 8 |
| 9. | Arizona State | 36-8 | 334 | 9 |
| 10. | Stanford | 26-7 | 321 | 11 |
| 11. | Baylor | 34-9 | 296 | 12 |
| 12. | Oregon | 36-4 | 283 | 13 |
| 13. | Texas | 26-9 | 263 | 10 |
| 14. | Louisiana-Lafayette | 34-7 | 225 | 15 |
| 15. | UCLA | 25-9 | 207 | 14 |
| 16. | DePaul | 24-7 | 192 | 18 |
| 17. | Washington | 22-9 | 190 | 16 |
| 18. | Oregon State | 28-11 | 176 | 19 |
| T19. | Illinois State | 30-9 | 108 | 17 |
| T19. | North Carolina | 36-9 | 108 | 23 |
| 21. | Hawaii | 35-8 | 106 | 21 |
| 22. | Southern Illinois | 28-7 | 67 | 20 |
| 23. | Virginia Tech | 28-11 | 56 | 25 |
| 24. | Georgia Tech | 32-12 | 33 | 24 |
| 25. | Fresno State | 29-12 | 26 | RV |
Parenthesis Denotes first place votes.
Dropped Out: Florida
Others receiving votes: Cal Poly (20), Creighton (19), Florida (14), NC State (12), Florida State (7), Georgia (6), Cal (4), Fullerton (3), Liberty (2), Houston (1), Kansas (1), Penn State (1), San Diego State (1).
