Texas Breaks Into Top Five of Latest ESPN Softball Top 25 Poll

Posted on April 25, 2023

Texas Softball

After a three-game sweep of Oklahoma State last weekend, Mike White and the Texas Longhorns are moving up in the latest ESPN Softball Top 25 Poll.

Texas (39-9-1) rose to No. 5 in the latest poll, its highest ranking of the 2023 season. The Longhorns have this weekend off from Big 12 play but close their regular season up at Baylor next week.

The only Big 12 team to defeat Texas in a series this season is Oklahoma (42-1), who remained the unanimous selection at No. 1 after sweeping the Bears in Waco. The Sooners are a perfect 12-0 in Big 12 play and have just two series left on the schedule with Kansas this weekend and at Oklahoma State next weekend.

The Cowgirls are in the midst of a five-game skid, but find themselves at No. 7 in the latest poll. Oklahoma State (39-8) will have a chance to get things right against Texas Tech this weekend before taking on Oklahoma in the final series of the season.

Baylor (34-13) fell just one spot in this week’s poll to No. 20 after getting swept by Patty Gasso’s Sooners this weekend. The Bears will try to right the ship this weekend against Iowa State before hosting Texas in the regular season finale.

Here’s a look at the entire ESPN Softball Top 25 Poll.

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	PREVIOUS RANKING
1	Oklahoma (25)	42-1	625	1
2	UCLA	43-4	598	2
3	Tennessee	37-5	571	4
4	Florida State	39-8	548	5
5	Texas	39-9-1	517	7
6	Clemson	44-5	491	6
7	Oklahoma State	39-8	483	3
8	Stanford	34-10	415	8
9	Duke	40-8	414	10
10	Washington	33-10	411	9
11	Georgia	37-10	386	11
12	Arkansas	34-13	347	12
13	Oregon	31-11	281	16
14	LSU	37-11	277	15
15	Florida	32-12	247	14
16	Alabama	34-15	242	13
17	Auburn	35-14	239	21
18	Northwestern	30-10	216	17
19	Utah	30-10	196	18
20	Baylor	34-13	156	19
21	Wichita State	40-8	132	23
22	Kentucky	27-15-1	111	20
23	Texas A&M	29-17	58	24
24	Virginia Tech	33-15	49	22
25	Louisiana	36-13	47	25