March 22, 2005
After going 5-0 and capturing the title of the FAU Parent's Weekend Tournament, the Texas A&M softball team moved up three spots to No. 7 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25.
The Aggies, who are on a 12-game win streak, are tied with Baylor at No. 7 and are one of four Big 12 teams ranked in the top 10.
"This is an exciting time for our program," Texas A&M head coach Jo Evans commented. "We have been very consistent all season and we look forward to carrying our success in to Big 12 play."
The Aggies, who have been ranked in the top 25 every week of the season, open conference play on Wednesday when they travel to Baylor in a top-10 showdown.
ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll
(for the week of March 14-March 20)
Rank Team Record Totals Last Week's Rank
1. Michigan (13) 27-1 487 4.
2. Arizona (7) 24-2 482 1.
3. California 23-3 448 2.
4. Texas 23-4 441 5.
5. Tennessee 34-4 409 6.
6. Stanford 19-3 388 3.
T7. Baylor 29-3 350 9.
T7. Texas A&M 28-2 350 10.
9. Oklahoma 31-5 342 11.
10. UCLA 18-6 332 7.
11. Alabama 31-6 302 12.
12. Georgia 25-7 274 13.
13. Louisiana Lafayette 22-5 267 8.
14. Florida 24-6 214 16.
15. Oregon State 16-6 196 17.
16. Missouri 26-2 186 18.
17. Washington 16-9 168 14.
18. Fresno State 18-7 127 21.
T19. Nebraska 19-8 104 19.
T19. LSU 17-8 104 15.
21. Iowa 23-5 102 23.
22. Arizona State 25-7 101 22.
23. Georgia Tech 28-7 99 20.
24. Northwestern 15-6 76 25.
25. Florida State 20-12 43 24.
Dropped Out: None
Parentheses Denotes first place votes.
Others receiving votes: BYU (26), Creighton (24), Long Beach State (14), Illinois
State (12), Southern Illinois (10), Oklahoma State (9), Auburn (7), DePaul (2),
Syracuse (1), Virginia Tech (1), Penn State (1), Ole Miss (1).