2026 NCAA Division I softball rankings
| 2026 NCAA Division I softball season | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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 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.
Legend
| Increase in ranking | ||
| Decrease in ranking | ||
| Not ranked previous week | ||
| 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 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Texas (21) | Texas Tech (6-0) (25) | Tennessee (10-0) (19) | 1. | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Texas Tech (10) | Texas (4-1) (5) | Texas Tech (11-1) (10) | 2. | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Oklahoma | Tennessee (5-0) (1) | Texas (9-1) (2) | 3. | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Tennessee | Florida (5-0)т | Florida (12-0) | 4. | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | Oregon | Oklahoma (3-1)т | Oklahoma (8-1) | 5. | ||||||||||||||
| 6. | Florida | UCLA (5-0) | Florida State (8-2) | 6. | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | UCLA | Florida State (5-0) | Arkansas (8-1) | 7. | ||||||||||||||
| 8. | Florida State | Texas A&M (4-1) | Alabama (9-0) | 8. | ||||||||||||||
| 9. | Arkansas | Arkansas (4-1) | UCLA (7-3) | 9. | ||||||||||||||
| 10. | Nebraska | Alabama (5-0) | Nebraska (6-4) | 10. | ||||||||||||||
| 11. | Texas A&M | Nebraska (3-2) | Texas A&M (7-3) | 11. | ||||||||||||||
| 12. | South Carolina | LSU (6-0) | Stanford (8-1) | 12. | ||||||||||||||
| 13. | Clemson | Stanford (5-0) | South Carolina (7-2) | 13. | ||||||||||||||
| 14. | Ole Miss | Virginia Tech (5-0) | Mississippi State (10-0) | 14. | ||||||||||||||
| 15. | Alabama | Oregon (2-3) | Arizona (8-3) | 15. | ||||||||||||||
| 16. | LSU | South Carolina (3-2) | Georgia (9-2) | 16. | ||||||||||||||
| 17. | Arizona | Arizona (3-2) | Virginia Tech (7-2) | 17. | ||||||||||||||
| 18. | Stanford | Clemson (3-2) | Oregon (5-4) | 18. | ||||||||||||||
| 19. | Virginia Tech | Mississippi State (4-0) | LSU (7-4) | 19. | ||||||||||||||
| 20. | Georgia | Georgia (4-1) | Duke (7-3) | 20. | ||||||||||||||
| 21. | Liberty | Ole Miss (3-2) | Virginia (7-1) | 21. | ||||||||||||||
| 22. | Mississippi State | Duke (4-1) | Arizona State (10-1) | 22. | ||||||||||||||
| 23. | Duke | Florida Atlantic (5-0) | Clemson (6-4) | 23. | ||||||||||||||
| 24. | Oklahoma State | Virginia (4-1) | Oklahoma State (6-4) | 24. | ||||||||||||||
| 25. | Ohio State | Southeastern Louisiana (4-2) | Ole Miss (6-4) | 25. | ||||||||||||||
| Preseason Jan 27[1][2] | Week 1 Feb 10[3][4] | Week 2 Feb 17[5][6] | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final | ||
Dropped:
| Dropped:
| None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25
| Preseason Jan 20[7] | Week 1 Feb 10[8] | Week 2 Feb 17[9] | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Texasт | Texas Tech (6–0) (18) | Tennessee (10-0) (21) | 1. | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Texas Techт | Texas (4–1) (6) | Texas Tech (11-1) (2) | 2. | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Oklahoma | Tennessee (5–0) (1) | Texas (9-1) (2) | 3. | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Tennessee | Oklahoma (3–1) | Oklahoma (8-1) | 4. | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | Oregon | Florida (5–0) | Florida (12-0) | 5. | ||||||||||||||
| 6. | Florida | Florida State (5–0) | Nebraska (6-4) | 6. | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Florida State | UCLA (5–0) | Florida State (8-2) | 7. | ||||||||||||||
| 8. | Arkansas | Nebraska (3–2)т | Arkansas (8-1) | 8. | ||||||||||||||
| 9. | Nebraska | Texas A&M (4–1)т | Alabama (9-0) | 9. | ||||||||||||||
| 10. | UCLA | LSU (6–0) | Stanford (8-1) | 10. | ||||||||||||||
| 11. | Texas A&M | Arkansas (4–1) | UCLA (7-3) | 11. | ||||||||||||||
| 12. | Clemson | Stanford (5–0) | Georgia (9-2) | 12. | ||||||||||||||
| 13. | LSU | Alabama (5–0) | Texas A&M (7-3) | 13. | ||||||||||||||
| 14. | South Carolina | Oregon (2–3) | Oregon (5-4)т | 14. | ||||||||||||||
| 15. | Georgia | Arizona (3–2) | Duke (7-3)т | 15. | ||||||||||||||
| 16. | Alabama | Virginia Tech (5–0) | Arizona (8-3) | 16. | ||||||||||||||
| 17. | Stanford | Georgia (4–1) | LSU (7-4) | 17. | ||||||||||||||
| 18. | Arizona | Clemson (3–2) | Mississippi State (10-0) | 18. | ||||||||||||||
| 19. | Duke | Duke (4–1) | Oklahoma State (6-4) | 19. | ||||||||||||||
| 20. | Oklahoma State | South Carolina (3–2) | Virginia Tech (7-2) | 20. | ||||||||||||||
| 21. | Virginia Tech | Mississippi State (4–0) | Arizona State (10-1) | 21. | ||||||||||||||
| 22. | Ole Miss | Arizona State (4–1) | South Carolina (7-2) | 22. | ||||||||||||||
| 23. | Liberty | Oklahoma State (3–2) | Washington (7-3) | 23. | ||||||||||||||
| 24. | Mississippi State | Washington (2–3) | Clemson (6-4) | 24. | ||||||||||||||
| 25. | Washington | Virginia (4–1) | Virginia (7-1) | 25. | ||||||||||||||
| Preseason Jan 20[7] | Week 1 Feb 10[8] | Week 2 Feb 17[9] | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final | ||
Dropped:
| None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
D1Softball
| Preseason Jan 20[10] | Week 1 Feb 10[11] | Week 2 Feb 17[12] | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Texas | Texas Tech (6-0) | Tennessee (10-0) | 1. | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Texas Tech | Texas (4-1) | Texas (9-1) | 2. | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Oklahoma | Tennessee (5-0) | Texas Tech (11-1) | 3. | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Tennessee | Oklahoma (3-1) | Oklahoma (8-1) | 4. | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | Florida | Florida (5-0) | Florida (12-0) | 5. | ||||||||||||||
| 6. | Oregon | Florida State (5-0) | Nebraska (6-4) | 6. | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Florida State | UCLA (5-0) | Arkansas (8-1) | 7. | ||||||||||||||
| 8. | Arkansas | Nebraska (3-2) | Florida State (8-2) | 8. | ||||||||||||||
| 9. | Nebraska | Arkansas (4-1) | Alabama (9-0) | 9. | ||||||||||||||
| 10. | UCLA | Alabama (5-0) | Stanford (8-1) | 10. | ||||||||||||||
| 11. | Texas A&M | Stanford (5-0) | Georgia (9-2) | 11. | ||||||||||||||
| 12. | LSU | LSU (6-0) | UCLA (7-3) | 12. | ||||||||||||||
| 13. | South Carolina | Texas A&M (4-1) | Texas A&M (7-3) | 13. | ||||||||||||||
| 14. | Alabama | Virginia Tech (5-0) | Mississippi State (10-0) | 14. | ||||||||||||||
| 15. | Clemson | Arizona (3-2) | Arizona (8-3) | 15. | ||||||||||||||
| 16. | Duke | Oregon (2-3) | Oregon (5-4) | 16. | ||||||||||||||
| 17. | Georgia | Mississippi State (4-0) | Duke (7-3) | 17. | ||||||||||||||
| 18. | Stanford | Duke (4-1) | Oklahoma State (6-4) | 18. | ||||||||||||||
| 19. | Oklahoma State | Georgia (4-1) | South Carolina (7-2) | 19. | ||||||||||||||
| 20. | Virginia Tech | South Carolina (3-2) | LSU (7-4) | 20. | ||||||||||||||
| 21. | Arizona | Washington (2-3) | Washington (7-3) | 21. | ||||||||||||||
| 22. | Washington | Clemson (3-2) | Arizona State (10-1) | 22. | ||||||||||||||
| 23. | Mississippi State | Virginia (4-1) | Virginia (7-1) | 23. | ||||||||||||||
| 24. | Ole Miss | Oklahoma State (3-2) | Virginia Tech (7-2) | 24. | ||||||||||||||
| 25. | Virginia | Florida Atlantic (5-0) | UCF (9-3) | 25. | ||||||||||||||
| Preseason Jan 20[10] | Week 1 Feb 10[11] | Week 2 Feb 17[12] | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final | ||
| Dropped: No. 24 Ole Miss | Dropped:
| None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Softball America
| Preseason Jan 13[13] | Week 1 Feb 9[14] | Week 2 Feb 16[15] | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Texas Tech | Texas Tech (6-0) | Tennessee (10-0) | 1. | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Texas | Tennessee (5-0) | Texas Tech (11-1) | 2. | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Oklahoma | Texas (4-1) | Texas (9-1) | 3. | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Tennessee | Oklahoma (3-1) | Oklahoma (8-1) | 4. | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | Oregon | Florida State (5-0) | Florida State (8-2) | 5. | ||||||||||||||
| 6. | Florida State | UCLA (5-0) | Alabama (9-0) | 6. | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Arkansas | Florida (5-0) | Arkansas (8-1) | 7. | ||||||||||||||
| 8. | UCLA | Alabama (5-0) | Florida (12-0) | 8. | ||||||||||||||
| 9. | Clemson | Arkansas (4-1) | Georgia (9-2) | 9. | ||||||||||||||
| 10. | Florida | LSU (6-0) | Nebraska (6-4) | 10. | ||||||||||||||
| 11. | Nebraska | Texas A&M (4-1) | Stanford (8-1) | 11. | ||||||||||||||
| 12. | LSU | Stanford (5-0) | UCLA (7-3) | 12. | ||||||||||||||
| 13. | Alabama | Nebraska (3-2) | Mississippi State (10-0) | 13. | ||||||||||||||
| 14. | Texas A&M | Oregon (2-3) | Texas A&M (7-3) | 14. | ||||||||||||||
| 15. | Georgia | Arizona (3-2) | Oregon (5-4) | 15. | ||||||||||||||
| 16. | South Carolina | Virginia Tech (5-0) | Arizona (8-3) | 16. | ||||||||||||||
| 17. | Arizona | Clemson (3-2) | Duke (7-3) | 17. | ||||||||||||||
| 18. | Stanford | Mississippi State (4-0) | Virginia Tech (7-2) | 18. | ||||||||||||||
| 19. | Oklahoma State | Georgia (4-1) | South Carolina (7-2) | 19. | ||||||||||||||
| 20. | Duke | South Carolina (3-2) | LSU (7-4) | 20. | ||||||||||||||
| 21. | Mississippi State | Virginia (4-1) | Virginia (7-1) | 21. | ||||||||||||||
| 22. | Washington | Duke (4-1) | Oklahoma State (6-4) | 22. | ||||||||||||||
| 23. | Virginia | Florida Atlantic (5-0) | Washington (7-3) | 23. | ||||||||||||||
| 24. | Virginia Tech | Washington (2-3) | Arizona State (10-1) | 24. | ||||||||||||||
| 25. | Ole Miss | Oklahoma State (3-2) | UCF (8-3) | 25. | ||||||||||||||
| Preseason Jan 13[13] | Week 1 Feb 9[14] | Week 2 Feb 16[15] | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final | ||
| Dropped: No. 25 Ole Miss | Dropped:
| None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
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