Super 16 college softball rankings: Texas keeps No. 1 spot, but it's complicated at top
Chaos has come to the Super 16.
Coming off a week of clarity at the top of the poll — Texas received every first-place vote — softball supremacy is much more of a free-for-all this week. The Longhorns remain the No. 1 team in The Oklahoman's College Softball Super 16, but this week, they are one of four teams that received first-place votes.
And they didn't receive the most.
Oklahoma was voted No. 1 by four of nine pollsters while Texas and UCLA received two first-place votes each and Florida received one.
Why the upheaval?
It starts with Texas having its first major struggles of the season. The Longhorns suffered their first loss of the season, a 9-5 loss to Stanford, then they needed extra innings to beat Arizona 8-4.
UCLA might've been able to bypass Texas after wins against Missouri, Nebraska, Tennessee, Baylor and Arkansas at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, but a weekend-ending 1-0 loss to Duke created some doubt.
While Oklahoma and Florida didn't lose this past week, neither the Sooners nor the Gators played opponents nearly as tough as the Longhorns or Bruins. But Oklahoma (12-0) and Florida (18-1) still finished the weekend with gleaming records.
The result is a log jam at the top of the Super 16.
Here's a look at this week's rankings:
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Team (first-place votes) Points, Record through Sunday, Last week's ranking
1. Texas (2) 136, 15-1, 1
2. Oklahoma (4) 133, 12-0, 2
3. Florida (1) 123, 18-1, 3
4. UCLA (2) 114, 14-2, 6T
5. LSU 105, 14-0, 6T
6. Texas A&M 100, 15-1, 8
7. Duke 79, 13-3, 14
8. Arizona 75, 15-2, 9
9. Tennessee 72, 13-3, 5
10. Florida State 66, 11-3, 4
11. Arkansas 47, 14-1, 10
12. Texas Tech 45, 14-3, 12T
13. Oregon 35, 15-1, RV
14. Georgia 29, 14-0, 12T
15. Oklahoma State 28, 7-4, 11
16. Nebraska 17, 12-4, 15
Receiving votes: Stanford 9 (12-2), San Diego State 4 (12-3), Auburn 2 (14-1), Mississippi State 2 (13-2), Virginia Tech 2 (12-3), South Carolina 1 (15-0)
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Voters: Ryan Aber, The Oklahoman; Jenni Carlson, The Oklahoman; Cora Hall, Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel; Eric Lopez, In The Circle; Justin McLeod, D1Softball.com; Anna Snyder, Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News; Brady Vernon, Softball America; Kirk Walker, UCLA director of softball administration; Scott Wright, The Oklahoman.
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