The beginning of the 2024 faculty softball season is simply across the nook and reigning nationwide champion Oklahoma is on the high of the ESPN.com/USA Softball high 25 preseason ballot, launched Tuesday, Jan. 23.
With final yr’s title, the No. 1 Sooners turned the primary staff to three-peat as nationwide champions since 1988-90 UCLA. This yr, they are going to look to increase an NCAA-record 53-game win streak and make historical past as the primary staff to win 4 consecutive DI softball championships.
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The remaining three groups within the high 4 — Tennessee, Stanford and Florida State — all made appearances within the 2023 Ladies’s School World Sequence with the Noles falling quick within the finals to Oklahoma. Texas rounds out the highest 5.
Right here is the complete ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Prime 25 preseason ballot:
| Rank | Crew |
|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma (25) |
| 2 | Tennessee |
| 3 | Stanford |
| 4 | Florida State |
| 5 | Texas |
| 6 | Georgia |
| 7 | Clemson |
| 8 | UCLA |
| 9 | Duke |
| 10 | Washington |
| 11 | Oklahoma State |
| 12 | Arkansas |
| 13 | Oregon |
| 14 | Alabama |
| 15 | LSU |
| 16 | Utah |
| 17 | Nebraska |
| 18 | Florida |
| 19 | Baylor |
| 20 | Auburn |
| 21 | Louisiana |
| 22 | South Carolina |
| 23 | Virginia Tech |
| 24 | Texas A&M |
| 25 | Northwestern |
Others receiving votes: San Diego State, Kentucky, UCF, Arizona, Missouri, Wichita State, McNeese, Notre Dame, Arizona State, Liberty, Indiana, Miami (OH), Minnesota, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Michigan, North Texas, Central Arkansas
