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OU softball is unanimous No. 1 in preseason ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll
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Patty Gasso and the Sooners are starting the 2024 season same they finished last season — as the No. 1 team in the country .
OU was voted unanimously as the No. 1 team in the preseason ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll, which was released Tuesday.
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The three-time defending NCAA champion Sooners are one of four Big 12 teams in the Top 25 , including No. 5 Texas, No. 11 Oklahoma State and No. 19 Baylor.
OU will enter the 2024 season with an NCAA-record 53-game winning streak when the Sooners face Utah Valley on Feb. 8 in the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
More: Relive OU softball's run to three straight WCWS titles with our 'Crimson Empire' book
ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll
| Rank |
College |
2023 Record |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Oklahoma (25) |
61-1 |
625 |
| 2 |
Tennessee |
51-10 |
557 |
| 3 |
Stanford |
47-15 |
546 |
| 4 |
Florida State |
58-11 |
530 |
| 5 |
Texas |
44-15-1 |
496 |
| 6 |
Georgia |
42-15 |
470 |
| 7 |
Clemson |
49-12 |
468 |
| 8 |
UCLA |
52-7 |
405 |
| 9 |
Duke |
48-12 |
401 |
| 10 |
Washington |
44-15 |
393 |
| 11 |
Oklahoma State |
47-16 |
346 |
| 12 |
Arkansas |
40-19 |
306 |
| 13 |
Oregon |
38-17 |
299 |
| 14 |
Alabama |
45-22 |
280 |
| 15 |
LSU |
42-17 |
267 |
| 16 |
Utah |
42-16 |
265 |
| 17 |
Nebraska |
36-22 |
252 |
| 18 |
Florida |
38-22 |
191 |
| 19 |
Baylor |
40-18 |
170 |
| 20 |
Auburn |
43-19 |
160 |
| 21 |
Louisiana |
50-16 |
133 |
| 22 |
South Carolina |
40-22 |
129 |
| 23 |
Virginia Tech |
39-20 |
106 |
| 24 |
Texas A&M |
35-21 |
91 |
| 25 |
Northwestern |
42-13 |
84 |
Others receiving votes: San Diego State (48), Kentucky (32), UCF (23), Arizona (10), Missouri (9), Wichita State (9), McNeese (8), Notre Dame (7), Arizona State (6), Liberty (6), Indiana (4), Miami-OH (4), Minnesota (3), Mississippi State (3), Ole Miss (2), Central Arkansas (1), Michigan (1), North Texas (1)
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