ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 Poll

Tue Mar 6 23:29:35 EST 2007

Received: 3/6/07 12:29:50 PM 
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Subject:  ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 Poll  

March 6, 2007

For ImmediateRelease

Tennessee keepsrolling to stay No. 1 in ESPN.com/USA Softball
Top 25

Oklahoma City---The top three teams remain the same in thisweek’s
ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 poll with the University of Tennessee(20-0)
claiming the top spot for the third consecutive week after going
5-0 atthe Frost Tournament in Chattanooga, Tenn., this past week.
Arizona (14-3)remains at No. 2 after sweeping Missouri this past
week and Alabama (21-0) heldon to the No. 3 spot with a perfect
weekend that included two wins overLouisiana Lafayette who was
ranked No. 11 in last weeks poll.

Two teams from the Big 12 Conference round out the top five with
TexasA&M (19-2) moving up to No. 4 and Oklahoma(23-0) jumping
from No. 7 to No. 5 this week. 

The Michigan Wolverines (20-1) continue to push their way up
therankings and check in at No. 7 this week after sweeping a
two game series at Florida State (12-7) and collecting four shutoutvictories
at the Jacksonville University Tournament over the weekend. Texas
(17-3) alsocontinues its rise in the poll moving from No. 10
to No. 8 this week.

LSU (21-3) dropped three spots this week to No. 9 after losing
itsfinal two games of the Husky Classic in SeattleWash., to the
University of Washington(15-2). The wins by Washingtonwere enough
to move them into a tie with Northwestern (15-5) for the No.
10spot this week.

After a rough weekend at the Worth Classic in Fullerton, Calif.Stanford
(16-5) dropped out four spots to No. 12 after going 2-3 in tournamentplay.
Oregon State(11-7) also had a tough weekend in Fullertonlosing
its final two games to drop to No. 17 this week.

With three wins over Top 20 competition, the Redbirds of Illinois
State(15-5) jumped seven spots to No. 18 this week. Illinois
Statedefeated No. 15 UCLA, 2-1, and No. 20 Florida twice by identical
scores of 1-0.

After being left out of last week’s poll, DePaul (12-5) and NCState
(14-6) rejoined the top 25 this week at No. 21 and No. 25 respectively.
Hawaii (16-5), whoentered the ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 for
the first time in history lastweek, dropped out of this week’s
poll. FloridaState joins Hawaiiamong teams receiving votes after
losing two games to Michigan and two of three games to ACC rivalNC
State. 

The Pac-10 continues to lead all conferences with eight teams
currentlyranked in the top 25 with three appearing in the top
10. The SoutheasternConference is second with a total of five
teams represented of which threeappearing in the top 10. The
Big 12 has four teams in the top 25 with three ofthe four ranked
in the top 10. The Big 10, Missouri Valleyand Atlantic Coast
Conference each have two teams in this week’s top 25.

About ASA 

The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National
GoverningBody of softball in the United States and a member of
the United StatesOlympic Committee. The ASA has become one of
the nation’s largest sportsorganizations and now sanctions competition
in every state through a network of84 local associations. The
ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the earlydays to over
240,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than threemillion.
For more information on the ASA, visit www.asasoftball.com. 

About USASoftball 

USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the
ASA that links theUSA Men’s, Women’s, Junior Boys’ and Junior
Girls’National Team programs together. USA Softball is responsible
for training,equipping and promoting these four National Teams
to compete in internationaland domestic competitions. The USA
Softball Women’s National Team is oneof the only two women’s
sports involved in the Olympic movement tocapture three consecutive
gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S.women have
also won eight World Championship titles including the last sixconsecutive.
For more information about USA Softball, please visit www.usasoftball.com.

ESPN.com/USASoftball Collegiate Top 25 Poll

March 6 – Week of Feb. 26- March 4 

Rank
 Team
  Record
 Points
 PVS

1.
 Tennessee (20)
 20-0
 500
 1

2.
 Arizona 
 14-3
 467
 2

3.
 Alabama
 21-0
 465
 3

4.
 Texas A&M
 19-2
 424
 5

5
 Oklahoma
 23-0
 420
 7

6
 Arizona State
 21-2
 402
 4

7.
 Michigan
 20-1
 381
 9

8.
 Texas
 17-3
 344
 10

9.
 LSU
 21-3
 328
 6

T10.
 Washington
 15-2
 324
 14

T10.
 Northwestern
 15-5
 324
 12

12.
 Stanford
 16-5
 265
 8

13
 ULL
 20-4
 259
 11

14.
 Baylor
 20-4
 221
 16

15.
 Oregon
 20-2
 217
 17

16.
 UCLA
 15-6
 213
 15

17.
 Oregon State
 11-7
 170
 13

18.
 Illinois State
 15-5
 148
 25

19.
 Georgia Tech
 20-3
 147
 21

20.
 Southern Illinois
 14-3
 127
 22

21.
 DePaul
 12-5
 52
 RV

22.
 Cal
 13-8
 45
 18

23.
 Georgia
 15-8
 43
 23

24.
 Florida
 18-8
 41
 20

25.
 NC State
 14-6
 34
 RV

ParenthesisDenotes first place votes.

Dropped Out: Hawaiiand Florida State   

Others receivingvotes: Virginia Tech (33), FloridaState (32),
South Carolina (24), Fullerton (21), Hawaii (13), Cal Poly-SLO
(7) and South Florida (1). 

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