Unanimous No. 1 UCLA enters fifth straight week atop USA Today/NFCA Top 25 Coaches Poll

LOUISVILLE, Ky. –While the top three remained the same, including unanimous No. 1 UCLA, and no team moved in or out of the rankings, there was some shuffling amongst teams up and down this week’s 2019 USA Today / NFCA Top 25 Coaches Poll. 

The Bruins (35-1), No. 1 for the fifth straight week, ran their winning streak to 19 games following a dominating Pac-12 road sweep of then-No. 21 Arizona State. UCLA posted three run-rule victories, outscoring the Sun Devils (25-14), 35-5.

No. 2 Oklahoma swept Baylor in Big 12 play, extending the Sooners (35-2) winning streak to 25 contests. No. 3 Florida State went 2-1 last week, picking up a, 2-0, road win at then-No. 8 Florida before splitting an ACC doubleheader at Louisville.

Washington elevated two spots to No. 4. The Huskies (32-6) captured their third consecutive Pac-12 sweep, defeating California on the road and pushing their winning streak to 10 games.

No. 6 Florida and No. 8 Arizona each moved up in the poll, while No. 5 Alabama and No. 9 Tennessee fell. The Gators (32-9) bounced back from their loss to FSU by surrendering just one run in a three-game SEC sweep of then-No. 14 Arkansas. Extending their winning streak to 14 games, the Wildcats (32-7) set a program record by scoring 48 runs in a three-game Pac-12 sweep of Utah. Arizona outscored the Utes, 48-3, posting at least 13 runs in each of the three contests.

The Crimson Tide (38-4) suffered their first back-to-back defeats of the season, dropping games two and three in SEC play at then-No. 17 South Carolina. Alabama opened the week with run-rule wins over UAB and the Gamecocks (28-11) before their setbacks in Columbia, S.C. The Lady Vols (29-8) fell four positions after a 2-2 week. UT sandwiched two SEC wins over RV Missouri and then-No. 13 Auburn around a pair of home defeats to the Tigers (32-8).

No. 7 LSU and No. 10 Louisiana maintained their rankings. The Tigers (33-8) won their SEC series at Mississippi State, capturing the final two contests after a game one defeat. The Ragin’ Cajuns (33-4) picked up four more victories and ran their win steak to 10 after trumping McNeese State on the road and sweeping UT Arlington in Sun Belt Conference play.

The 2019 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. The records reflect games played through April 7, 2019.

2019 USA Today / NFCA Division I
Top 25 Coaches Poll – April 9 (Week 9)

Rank

School

Totals

2019

Record

Prev. Ranking

1

UCLA (32)

800

35-1

1

2

Oklahoma

766

35-2

2

3

Florida State

727

37-4

3

4

Washington

705

32-6

6

5

Alabama

639

38-4

4

6

Florida

610

32-9

8

7

LSU

590

33-8

7

8

Arizona

582

32-7

9

9

Tennessee

579

29-8

5

10

Louisiana

520

33-4

10

11

Texas

474

34-9

11

12

Auburn

416

32-8

13

13

Georgia

393

30-11

12

14

Oklahoma State

329

29-11

16

15

Texas Tech

326

30-8

15

16

South Carolina

321

28-11

17

17

Ole Miss

309

27-10

18

18

Arkansas

263

26-14

14

19

Minnesota

236

27-10

19

20

James Madison

224

27-6

20

21

Michigan

136

27-10

23

22

Virginia Tech

114

33-5

24

23

Kentucky

89

24-15

22

24

Arizona State

74

25-14

21

25

Wisconsin

70

30-5

25

New to Poll: None.

Dropped Out: None.

Receiving Votes: Northwestern (49), Colorado State (33), Boise State (7), Ohio State (4), Stanford (4), Illinois (3), Missouri (3), Liberty (1), Tulsa (1).

The 2019 USA Today / NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches with one representing each of the NCAA’s Division I Conferences. Record reflect games played through April 7, 2019.