Where does Florida softball rank in national polls following its SEC series win over Alabama?
It was a swagger missing for weeks from the Gators — a feeling that this team could truly contend for a national championship.
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UF took two of three from Alabama Thursday-Saturday. The series began as badly as possible for the team as ace Keagan Rothrock allowed seven runs in the first inning. The No. 15/20 Crimson Tide ultimately won 7-4.
Florida bounced back on Friday with a dominant 12-4 run-rule victory behind Taylor Shumaker's six RBIs and two home runs. Saturday was an old school rock fight that saw the Gators come back from a 1-0 and 3-2 deficit to win 4-3 on a walk-off hit from Korbe Otis.
The series win helped the Gators in the national polls this week. They moved up one spot to No. 6 in ESPN.com/USA Softball. That puts them behind Tennessee, Texas A&M, Texas, Oklahoma and Oregon. The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) has Florida at No. 8 – same as last week. That poll ranks Florida State and UCLA higher.
Softball America places UF at 8, with FSU and Arkansas higher. Same with D1 Softball.
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No. 6/8 Florida hosts USF Wednesday at 6 p.m. and travels to LSU Saturday-Monday. The series with the No. 10 Tigers will be critical for potential Super Regional hosting.
Where does Florida softball rank in the polls this week?
ESPN.com/USA Softball: No. 6 (+1)
NFCA: No. 8 (=)
Softball America: No. 8 (+3)
D1 Softball: No. 8 (=)
ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll for Week 11
Rank
College
Conference
Record
Previous Rank
1
Tennessee
SEC (12-6)
37-9
2
2
Texas A&M
SEC (13-4)
39-6
1
3
Texas
SEC (13-5)
41-6
3
4
Oklahoma
SEC (13-5)
39-5
4
5
Oregon
Big Ten (14-2)
41-5
6
6
Florida
SEC (11-7)
39-10
7
7
Florida State
ACC (14-1)
40-6
8
8
UCLA
Big Ten (13-3)
41-7
5
9
Arkansas
SEC (10-8)
34-9
10
10
LSU
SEC (9-9)
36-10
9
11
South Carolina
SEC (9-8)
34-11
12
12
Texas Tech
Big 12 (16-2)
36-10
14
13
Arizona
Big 12 (14-7)
37-9
13
14
Virginia Tech
ACC (15-3)
37-7
11
15
Alabama
SEC (8-10)
31-18
T17
16
Stanford
ACC (11-7)
32-9
16
17
Mississippi State
SEC (9-9)
33-14
15
18
Duke
ACC (14-7)
34-14
T17
19
Clemson
ACC (16-5)
37-12
19
20
Ole Miss
SEC (9-9)
33-12
20
21
Nebraska
Big Ten (12-4)
33-11
21
22
Ohio State
Big Ten (11-5)
37-10-1
24
23
Oklahoma State
Big 12 (8-8)
27-15
22
24
Georgia
SEC (6-14)
28-17
23
25
Grand Canyon
WAC (15-2)
37-6
RV
Noah Ram covers Gainesville-area high school sports and University of Florida athletics for The Gainesville Sun, GatorSports.com and the USA TODAY Network. Contact him by email at Nram@gannett.com and follow him @Noah_ram1 on X/Twitter.
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