2026 NCAA Division I softball rankings
| 2026 NCAA Division I softball season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | Feb 5 - June 5, 2026 |
| Preseason No. 1 | Texas (USA Today, ESPN & D1 Softball) Texas Tech (ESPN & Softball America) |
| Defending Champions | Texas |
| TV partner/s | ESPN |
| NCAA Tournament | |
| Duration | May 15 - June 5, 2026 |
| Women's College World Series | |
| Duration | May 28 – June 5, 2026 |
| Seasons | |
The following human polls make up the 2026 NCAA Division I women's softball rankings. The NFCA/USA Today Poll is voted on by a panel of 31 Division I softball coaches. The NFCA/USA Today poll, the Softball America poll, the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate rankings, and D1Softball rank the top 25 teams nationally.
Legend
| Increase in ranking | ||
| Decrease in ranking | ||
| Not ranked previous week | ||
| Italics | Number of first place votes | |
| (#-#) | Win-loss record | |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
NFCA/USA Today
| Preseason Jan 27[1][2] | Week 1 Feb 10[3][4] | Week 2 Feb 17[5][6] | Week 3 Feb 23[7] | Week 4 Mar 3[8] | Week 5 Mar 10[9] | Week 6 Mar 17[10] | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Texas (21) | Texas Tech (6–0) (25) | Tennessee (10–0) (19) | Tennessee (14–0) (28) | Tennessee (19–0) (30) | Tennessee (23–0) (30) | Tennessee (26–1) (23) | 1. | ||||||||||
| 2. | Texas Tech (10) | Texas (4–1) (5) | Texas Tech (11–1) (10) | Texas Tech (16–1) (2) | Texas Tech (22–1) (1) | Texas Tech (25–1) (1) | Texas (26–1) (7) | 2. | ||||||||||
| 3. | Oklahoma | Tennessee (5–0) (1) | Texas (9–1) (2) | Texas (14–1) | Texas (19–1) | Texas (22–1) | Texas Tech (27–2) | 3. | ||||||||||
| 4. | Tennessee | Florida (5–0)т | Florida (12–0) | Florida (19–0) | Alabama (20–0) | Alabama (23–0) | Alabama (26–1) | 4. | ||||||||||
| 5. | Oregon | Oklahoma (3–1)т | Oklahoma (8–1) | Alabama (13–0) | Florida (23–1) | Florida (25–1) | Florida (29–1) | 5. | ||||||||||
| 6. | Florida | UCLA (5–0) | Florida State (8–2) | Oklahoma (13–2) | Oklahoma (19–2) | Oklahoma (24–2) | Oklahoma (28–2) | 6. | ||||||||||
| 7. | UCLA | Florida State (5–0) | Arkansas (8–1) | Arkansas (13–1) | Arkansas (19–1) | UCLA (21–3) | UCLA (25–3) | 7. | ||||||||||
| 8. | Florida State | Texas A&M (4–1) | Alabama (9–0) | UCLA (13–3) | UCLA (18–3) | Arkansas (21–2) | Florida State (25–4) | 8. | ||||||||||
| 9. | Arkansas | Arkansas (4–1) | UCLA (7–3) | Nebraska (11–4) | Florida State (17–4) | Florida State (21–4) | Nebraska (21–5) | 9. | ||||||||||
| 10. | Nebraska | Alabama (5–0) | Nebraska (6–4) | Florida State (12–4) | Nebraska (14–5) | Nebraska (18–5) | Arkansas (23–4) | 10. | ||||||||||
| 11. | Texas A&M | Nebraska (3–2) | Texas A&M (7–3) | Virginia Tech (11–2) | Virginia Tech (16–2) | Virginia Tech (21–2) | Mississippi State (27–4) | 11. | ||||||||||
| 12. | South Carolina | LSU (6–0) | Stanford (8–1) | Mississippi State (14–1) | Mississippi State (18–2) | Mississippi State (21–2) | Virginia Tech (23–4) | 12. | ||||||||||
| 13. | Clemson | Stanford (5–0) | South Carolina (7–2) | Texas A&M (10–6) | Arizona (17–5) | Arizona (20–5) | Arizona (21–7) | 13. | ||||||||||
| 14. | Ole Miss | Virginia Tech (5–0) | Mississippi State (10–0) | Arizona (12–5) | Texas A&M (15–7) | Virginia (22–2) | Virginia (25–3) | 14. | ||||||||||
| 15. | Alabama | Oregon (2–3) | Arizona (8–3) | Georgia (13–4) | Georgia (17–5) | Georgia (19–7) | Georgia (20–7) | 15. | ||||||||||
| 16. | LSU | South Carolina (3–2) | Georgia (9–2) | Stanford (10–4) | Virginia (19–1) | Texas A&M (17–8) | Texas A&M (19–8) | 16. | ||||||||||
| 17. | Arizona | Arizona (3–2) | Virginia Tech (7–2) | LSU (12–4) | LSU (17–4) | Grand Canyon (27–0) | Grand Canyon (30–0) (1) | 17. | ||||||||||
| 18. | Stanford | Clemson (3–2) | Oregon (5–4) | Virginia (12–1) | Oregon (13–6) | Oregon (18–7) | Oregon (21–7) | 18. | ||||||||||
| 19. | Virginia Tech | Mississippi State (4–0) | LSU (7–4) | South Carolina (9–5) | Oklahoma State (15–5) | Stanford (14–6) | Stanford (15–8) | 19. | ||||||||||
| 20. | Georgia | Georgia (4–1) | Duke (7–3) | Oregon (8–6) | Grand Canyon (22–0) | LSU (17–7) | Arizona State (22–7) | 20. | ||||||||||
| 21. | Liberty | Ole Miss (3–2) | Virginia (7–1) | Oklahoma State (11–4) | Stanford (11–6) | Oklahoma State (17–7) | South Carolina (19–10) | 21. | ||||||||||
| 22. | Mississippi State | Duke (4–1) | Arizona State (10–1) | Grand Canyon (16–0) | Arizona State (19–3) | UCF (22–5) | LSU (18–9) | 22. | ||||||||||
| 23. | Duke | Florida Atlantic (5–0) | Clemson (6–4) | Duke (9–7) | South Carolina (15–6) | South Carolina (15–9) | Oklahoma State (18–9) | 23. | ||||||||||
| 24. | Oklahoma State | Virginia (4–1) | Oklahoma State (6–4) | Arizona State (13–3) | UCF (20–4) | Clemson (16–8) | UCF (23–7) | 24. | ||||||||||
| 25. | Ohio State | Southeastern Louisiana (4–2) | Ole Miss (6–4) | Clemson (10–5) | Clemson (13–7) | Arizona State (19–6) | Clemson (19–9) | 25. | ||||||||||
| Preseason Jan 27[1][2] | Week 1 Feb 10[3][4] | Week 2 Feb 17[5][6] | Week 3 Feb 23[7] | Week 4 Mar 3[8] | Week 5 Mar 10[9] | Week 6 Mar 17[10] | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final | ||
Dropped:
| Dropped:
| Dropped: No. 25 Ole Miss | Dropped: No. 23 Duke | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25
| Preseason Jan 20[11] | Week 1 Feb 10[12] | Week 2 Feb 17[13] | Week 3 Feb 24[14] | Week 4 Mar 3[15] | Week 5 Mar 10[16] | Week 6 Mar 17[17] | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Texasт (14) | Texas Tech (6–0) (18) | Tennessee (10–0) (21) | Tennessee (14–0) (23) | Tennessee (19–0) (24) | Tennessee (23–0) (24) | Tennessee (27–1) (18) | 1. | ||||||||||
| 2. | Texas Techт (11) | Texas (4–1) (6) | Texas Tech (11–1) (2) | Texas Tech (16–1) | Texas Tech (22–1) | Texas Tech (25–1) | Texas (26–1) (7) | 2. | ||||||||||
| 3. | Oklahoma | Tennessee (5–0) (1) | Texas (9–1) (2) | Texas (14–1) (2) | Texas (19–1) (1) | Texas (22–1) (1) | Texas Tech (27–2) | 3. | ||||||||||
| 4. | Tennessee | Oklahoma (3–1) | Oklahoma (8–1) | Nebraska (11–4) | Oklahoma (19–2) | Oklahoma (24–2) | Oklahoma (28–2) | 4. | ||||||||||
| 5. | Oregon | Florida (5–0) | Florida (12–0) | Oklahoma (13–2) | Nebraska (14–5) | Nebraska (18–5) | Nebraska (21–5) | 5. | ||||||||||
| 6. | Florida | Florida State (5–0) | Nebraska (6–4) | Florida (19–0) | Alabama (20–0) | Alabama (23–0) | Alabama (26–1) | 6. | ||||||||||
| 7. | Florida State | UCLA (5–0) | Florida State (8–2) | Alabama (13–0) | UCLA (18–3) | UCLA (21–3) | UCLA (25–3) | 7. | ||||||||||
| 8. | Arkansas | Nebraska (3–2)т | Arkansas (8–1) | Arkansas (13–1) | Florida (23–1) | Florida (25–1) | Florida (29–1) | 8. | ||||||||||
| 9. | Nebraska | Texas A&M (4–1)т | Alabama (9–0) | UCLA (13–3) | Arkansas (19–1) | Arkansas (22–2) | Arkansas (23–4) | 9. | ||||||||||
| 10. | UCLA | LSU (6–0) | Stanford (8–1) | Florida State (12–4) | Florida State (17–4) | Florida State (21–4) | Florida State (25–4) | 10. | ||||||||||
| 11. | Texas A&M | Arkansas (4–1) | UCLA (7–3) | Georgia (13–4) | Virginia Tech (16–2) | Virginia Tech (21–2) | Arizona (21–7) | 11. | ||||||||||
| 12. | Clemson | Stanford (5–0) | Georgia (9–2) | Virginia Tech (11–2) | Georgia (17–5)т | Arizona (20–5) | Mississippi State (27–4) | 12. | ||||||||||
| 13. | LSU | Alabama (5–0) | Texas A&M (7–3) | Stanford (10–4) | Oklahoma State (15–5)т | Georgia (19–7) | Georgia (20–7) | 13. | ||||||||||
| 14. | South Carolina | Oregon (2–3) | Oregon (5–4)т | Arizona (12–5) | Arizona (17–5) | Mississippi State (24–2) | Virginia Tech (23–4) | 14. | ||||||||||
| 15. | Georgia | Arizona (3–2) | Duke (7–3)т | Texas A&M (10–6) | Texas A&M (15–7) | Oklahoma State (17–7) | Texas A&M (19–8) | 15. | ||||||||||
| 16. | Alabama | Virginia Tech (5–0) | Arizona (8–3) | Oklahoma State (11–4) | LSU (17–4) | Texas A&M (17–8) | Oregon (21–7) | 16. | ||||||||||
| 17. | Stanford | Georgia (4–1) | LSU (7–4) | LSU (12–4)т | Mississippi State (18–2) | LSU (17–7) | Washington (22–6) | 17. | ||||||||||
| 18. | Arizona | Clemson (3–2) | Mississippi State (10–0) | Oregon (8–6)т | Oregon (13–6) | Virginia (22–2) | Virginia (25–3) | 18. | ||||||||||
| 19. | Duke | Duke (4–1) | Oklahoma State (6–4) | Mississippi State (14–1) | Stanford (11–6) | Oregon (18–7) | LSU (18–9) | 19. | ||||||||||
| 20. | Oklahoma State | South Carolina (3–2) | Virginia Tech (7–2) | Duke (9–7) | Virginia (19–1) | Stanford (14–6) | Duke (18–10) | 20. | ||||||||||
| 21. | Virginia Tech | Mississippi State (4–0) | Arizona State (10–1) | Virginia (12–1) | Arizona State (19–3) | Washington (19–6) | Oklahoma State (18–9) | 21. | ||||||||||
| 22. | Ole Miss | Arizona State (4–1) | South Carolina (7–2) | South Carolina (9–5) | Washington (15–6) | UCF (22–5) | Grand Canyon (30–0) | 22. | ||||||||||
| 23. | Liberty | Oklahoma State (3–2) | Washington (7–3) | Arizona State (13–3) | Grand Canyon (22–0) | Grand Canyon (27–0) | Stanford (15–8) | 23. | ||||||||||
| 24. | Mississippi State | Washington (2–3) | Clemson (6–4) | Washington (10–6) | South Carolina (15–6) | South Carolina (15–9) | South Carolina (19–10) | 24. | ||||||||||
| 25. | Washington | Virginia (4–1) | Virginia (7–1) | Grand Canyon (16–0) | Duke (12–9) | Duke (15–9) | UCF (23–7) | 25. | ||||||||||
| Preseason Jan 20[11] | Week 1 Feb 10[12] | Week 2 Feb 17[13] | Week 3 Feb 24[14] | Week 4 Mar 3[15] | Week 5 Mar 10[16] | Week 6 Mar 17[17] | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final | ||
Dropped:
| None | Dropped: No. 24 Clemson | None | Dropped: No. 21 Arizona State | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
D1Softball
| Preseason Jan 20[18] | Week 1 Feb 10[19] | Week 2 Feb 17[20] | Week 3 Feb 24[21] | Week 4 Mar 3[22] | Week 5 Mar 10[23] | Week 6 Mar 17[24] | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Texas | Texas Tech (6–0) | Tennessee (10–0) | Tennessee (14–0) | Tennessee (19–0) | Tennessee (23–0) | Tennessee (27–1) | 1. | ||||||||||
| 2. | Texas Tech | Texas (4–1) | Texas (9–1) | Texas (14–1) | Texas (19–1) | Texas (22–1) | Texas (26–1) | 2. | ||||||||||
| 3. | Oklahoma | Tennessee (5–0) | Texas Tech (11–1) | Texas Tech (16–1) | Texas Tech (22–1) | Texas Tech (25–1) | Texas Tech (27–2) | 3. | ||||||||||
| 4. | Tennessee | Oklahoma (3–1) | Oklahoma (8–1) | Florida (19–0) | Oklahoma (19–2) | Oklahoma (24–2) | Alabama (26–1) | 4. | ||||||||||
| 5. | Florida | Florida (5–0) | Florida (12–0) | Oklahoma (13–2) | Alabama (20–0) | Alabama (23–0) | Oklahoma (28–2) | 5. | ||||||||||
| 6. | Oregon | Florida State (5–0) | Nebraska (6–4) | Nebraska (11–4) | Arkansas (19–1) | Arkansas (22–2) | Nebraska (21–5) | 6. | ||||||||||
| 7. | Florida State | UCLA (5–0) | Arkansas (8–1) | Arkansas (13–1) | Nebraska (14–5) | Nebraska (18–5) | Florida (29–1) | 7. | ||||||||||
| 8. | Arkansas | Nebraska (3–2) | Florida State (8–2) | Alabama (13–0) | UCLA (18–3) | UCLA (21–3) | UCLA (25–3) | 8. | ||||||||||
| 9. | Nebraska | Arkansas (4–1) | Alabama (9–0) | UCLA (13–3) | Florida (23–1) | Florida (26–1) | Arkansas (23–4) | 9. | ||||||||||
| 10. | UCLA | Alabama (5–0) | Stanford (8–1) | Florida State (12–4) | Florida State (17–4) | Virginia Tech (21–2) | Florida State (25–4) | 10. | ||||||||||
| 11. | Texas A&M | Stanford (5–0) | Georgia (9–2) | Georgia (13–4) | Virginia Tech (16–2) | Florida State (21–4) | Mississippi State (27–4) | 11. | ||||||||||
| 12. | LSU | LSU (6–0) | UCLA (7–3) | Virginia Tech (11–2) | Oklahoma State (15–5) | Mississippi State (24–2) | Arizona (21–7) | 12. | ||||||||||
| 13. | South Carolina | Texas A&M (4–1) | Texas A&M (7–3) | Stanford (10–4) | Mississippi State (18–2) | Arizona (20–5) | Virginia Tech (23–4) | 13. | ||||||||||
| 14. | Alabama | Virginia Tech (5–0) | Mississippi State (10–0) | Mississippi State (14–1) | Arizona (17–5) | Georgia (19–7) | Georgia (20–7) | 14. | ||||||||||
| 15. | Clemson | Arizona (3–2) | Arizona (8–3) | Oklahoma State (11–4) | Georgia (17–5) | Oklahoma State (17–7) | Texas A&M (19–8) | 15. | ||||||||||
| 16. | Duke | Oregon (2–3) | Oregon (5–4) | Arizona (12–5) | Virginia (19–1) | Virginia (22–2) | Virginia (25–3) | 16. | ||||||||||
| 17. | Georgia | Mississippi State (4–0) | Duke (7–3) | Texas A&M (10–6) | Oregon (13–6) | UCF (22–5) | Oregon (21–7) | 17. | ||||||||||
| 18. | Stanford | Duke (4–1) | Oklahoma State (6–4) | Oregon (8–6) | Texas A&M (15–7) | Texas A&M (17–8) | Grand Canyon (30–0) | 18. | ||||||||||
| 19. | Oklahoma State | Georgia (4–1) | South Carolina (7–2) | LSU (12–4) | LSU (17–4) | Stanford (14–6) | Washington (22–6) | 19. | ||||||||||
| 20. | Virginia Tech | South Carolina (3–2) | LSU (7–4) | Virginia (12–1) | Stanford (11–6) | LSU (17–7) | Oklahoma State (18–9) | 20. | ||||||||||
| 21. | Arizona | Washington (2–3) | Washington (7–3) | Duke (9–7) | Arizona State (19–3) | Oregon (18–7) | Duke (18–10) | 21. | ||||||||||
| 22. | Washington | Clemson (3–2) | Arizona State (10–1) | South Carolina (9–5) | Grand Canyon (22–0) | Grand Canyon (27–0) | UCF (23–7) | 22. | ||||||||||
| 23. | Mississippi State | Virginia (4–1) | Virginia (7–1) | Grand Canyon (16–0) | South Carolina (15–6) | Washington (19–6) | LSU (18–9) | 23. | ||||||||||
| 24. | Ole Miss | Oklahoma State (3–2) | Virginia Tech (7–2) | Arizona State (13–3) | Penn State (16–4) | South Carolina (15–9) | Arizona State (22–7) | 24. | ||||||||||
| 25. | Virginia | Florida Atlantic (5–0) | UCF (9–3) | Penn State (13–2) | UCF (20–4) | Clemson (16–8) | South Carolina (19–10) | 25. | ||||||||||
| Preseason Jan 20[18] | Week 1 Feb 10[19] | Week 2 Feb 17[20] | Week 3 Feb 24[21] | Week 4 Mar 3[22] | Week 5 Mar 10[23] | Week 6 Mar 17[24] | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final | ||
| Dropped: No. 24 Ole Miss | Dropped:
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| Dropped: No. 21 Duke | Dropped:
| Dropped:
| None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Softball America
| Preseason Jan 13[25] | Week 1 Feb 9[26] | Week 2 Feb 16[27] | Week 3 Feb 23[28] | Week 4 Mar 2[29] | Week 5 Mar 9[30] | Week 6 Mar 16[31] | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Texas Tech | Texas Tech (6–0) | Tennessee (10–0) | Tennessee (14–0) | Tennessee (19–0) | Tennessee (23–0) | Tennessee (27–1) | 1. | ||||||||||
| 2. | Texas | Tennessee (5–0) | Texas Tech (11–1) | Texas Tech (16–1) | Texas Tech (22–1) | Texas (22–1) | Texas (26–1) | 2. | ||||||||||
| 3. | Oklahoma | Texas (4–1) | Texas (9–1) | Texas (14–1) | Texas (19–1) | Texas Tech (25–1) | Texas Tech (27–2) | 3. | ||||||||||
| 4. | Tennessee | Oklahoma (3–1) | Oklahoma (8–1) | Alabama (13–0) | Alabama (22–0) | Alabama (23–0) | Alabama (26–1) | 4. | ||||||||||
| 5. | Oregon | Florida State (5–0) | Florida State (8–2) | Arkansas (13–1) | Arkansas (22–1) | Arkansas (21–2) | Oklahoma (28–2) | 5. | ||||||||||
| 6. | Florida State | UCLA (5–0) | Alabama (9–0) | Florida (19–0) | Oklahoma (19–2) | Oklahoma (24–2) | UCLA (25–3) | 6. | ||||||||||
| 7. | Arkansas | Florida (5–0) | Arkansas (8–1) | Oklahoma (13–2) | UCLA (18–3) | UCLA (21–3) | Florida (29–1) | 7. | ||||||||||
| 8. | UCLA | Alabama (5–0) | Florida (12–0) | Nebraska (11–4) | Florida (23–1) | Florida (25–1) | Nebraska (21–5) | 8. | ||||||||||
| 9. | Clemson | Arkansas (4–1) | Georgia (9–2) | Florida State (12–4) | Nebraska (14–5) | Nebraska (18–5) | Arkansas (23–4) | 9. | ||||||||||
| 10. | Florida | LSU (6–0) | Nebraska (6–4) | UCLA (13–3) | Florida State (17–4) | Virginia Tech (21–2) | Florida State (25–4) | 10. | ||||||||||
| 11. | Nebraska | Texas A&M (4–1) | Stanford (8–1) | Virginia Tech (11–2) | Virginia Tech (16–2) | Florida State (21–4) | Georgia (20–7) | 11. | ||||||||||
| 12. | LSU | Stanford (5–0) | UCLA (7–3) | Georgia (13–4) | Georgia (17–5) | Virginia (22–2) | Virginia (25–3) | 12. | ||||||||||
| 13. | Alabama | Nebraska (3–2) | Mississippi State (10–0) | Oklahoma State (11–4) | Oklahoma State (15–5) | Mississippi State (24–2) | Mississippi State (27–4) | 13. | ||||||||||
| 14. | Texas A&M | Oregon (2–3) | Texas A&M (7–3) | Oregon (8–6) | Oregon (13–6) | Georgia (19–7) | Virginia Tech (23–4) | 14. | ||||||||||
| 15. | Georgia | Arizona (3–2) | Oregon (5–4) | Virginia (12–1) | Virginia (19–1) | UCF (22–5) | Arizona (21–7) | 15. | ||||||||||
| 16. | South Carolina | Virginia Tech (5–0) | Arizona (8–3) | Mississippi State (14–1) | LSU (17–4) | Oklahoma State (17–7) | Oregon (21–7) | 16. | ||||||||||
| 17. | Arizona | Clemson (3–2) | Duke (7–3) | LSU (12–4) | Mississippi State (18–2) | Arizona (20–5) | Texas A&M (19–8) | 17. | ||||||||||
| 18. | Stanford | Mississippi State (4–0) | Virginia Tech (7–2) | Texas A&M (10–6) | Arizona (17–5) | Oregon (18–7) | Grand Canyon (30–0) | 18. | ||||||||||
| 19. | Oklahoma State | Georgia (4–1) | South Carolina (7–2) | Arizona (12–5) | Texas A&M (15–7) | LSU (17–7) | Washington (22–6) | 19. | ||||||||||
| 20. | Duke | South Carolina (3–2) | LSU (7–4) | Stanford (10–4) | Grand Canyon (22–0) | Stanford (14–6) | Duke (18–10) | 20. | ||||||||||
| 21. | Mississippi State | Virginia (4–1) | Virginia (7–1) | South Carolina (9–5) | Stanford (11–6) | Grand Canyon (27–0) | UCF (23–7) | 21. | ||||||||||
| 22. | Washington | Duke (4–1) | Oklahoma State (6–4) | Duke (9–7) | Penn State (16–4) | Texas A&M (17–8) | Oklahoma State (18–9) | 22. | ||||||||||
| 23. | Virginia | Florida Atlantic (5–0) | Washington (7–3) | Grand Canyon (16–0) | UCF (20–4) | Washington (19–6) | Clemson (19–9) | 23. | ||||||||||
| 24. | Virginia Tech | Washington (2–3) | Arizona State (10–1) | Penn State (13–2) | South Carolina (15–6) | Auburn (19–7) | Baylor (20–7) | 24. | ||||||||||
| 25. | Ole Miss | Oklahoma State (3–2) | UCF (8–3) | North Carolina (14–0) | Washington (15–6) | Utah (21–5) | LSU (18–9) | 25. | ||||||||||
| Preseason Jan 13[25] | Week 1 Feb 9[26] | Week 2 Feb 16[27] | Week 3 Feb 23[28] | Week 4 Mar 2[29] | Week 5 Mar 9[30] | Week 6 Mar 16[31] | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Final | ||
| Dropped: No. 25 Ole Miss | Dropped:
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| None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
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