Softball Remains At No. 10 In Latest Poll
March 8, 2000
The Oregon State softball team remains at No. 10 in this week's USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 poll.
It is the second week in a row the Beavers (18-4-1) have been ranked 10th. Washington remained the unanimous No. 1 selection. All eight Pacific-10 schools are ranked, with seven of them ranked among the nation's top 10. Arizona is No. 2, followed by No. 3 UCLA, No. 4 Arizona State, No. 6 California and No. 9 Stanford. Oregon rounds out the Pacific-10 schools with a No. 23 ranking.
OSU does not play this week, but returns to action at the KIA Klassic in Fullerton, Calif., from March 16-19. OSU will play No. 5 Oklahoma, No. 22 DePaul and UNLV in pool play before bracket play begins. Twelve of the 16 teams participating in the tournament are ranked.
USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Coaches Top 25 (Records through March 5)
Team (1st-place) Record Pts. LR
1. Washington (27) 24-1 675 1
2. Arizona 25-1 645 2
3. UCLA 21-3 624 3
4. Arizona State 19-3 567 4
5. Oklahoma 23-2 541 5t
6. California 22-1 529 7
7. Fresno State 15-5 509 8
8. LSU 16-4 499 5t
9. Stanford 20-3 435 9
10. Oregon State 18-4-1 407 10
11. Cal State Fullerton 17-2 396 11t
12. Southern Mississippi 18-7 352 11t
13. Michigan 12-6 331 14
14. Iowa 8-1 312 13
15. Alabama 20-5 305 16
16. Louisiana-Lafayette 11-3 282 15
17. Oklahoma State 17-5 213 21
18. South Carolina 11-7 201 18
19. Illinois-Chicago 17-12 128 17
20. Long Beach State 10-6 117 22
21. Hawaii 9-5 109 19
22. DePaul 5-7 86 20
23. Oregon 11-8 74 25
24. Mississippi State 12-5 66 NR
25. Texas A&M 16-7 48 NR
