Cal Holds Steady On Top of USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll
May 1, 2012
STARKVILLE, Miss. – California pushed its season-high streak of weeks at No. 1 in the USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 poll to six when the Association released the latest rankings on Tuesday.
The Golden Bears (45-3) received 29 of 30 first-place votes in the latest poll after sweeping then 15th-ranked UCLA (33-15) last week. Arizona State (42-5) received the remaining first-place vote and moved up to second after taking all three games of a Pac-12 series from then 11th-ranked Washington.
Despite dropping a game to Arkansas (25-24) last week, Alabama (45-5) moved up to third in the new rankings, while Oklahoma (40-7) won a pair of games, including one over rival Oklahoma State (24-21), and jumped up one spot to fourth.
Louisiana-Lafayette (44-2) rounded out the latest top five in fifth, marking its first appearance in the top five since February 16, 2005. The Ragin’ Cajuns completed a three-game sweep of Western Kentucky to extend their current win-streak to 10 games.
For just the third time this season and the second consecutive week, no teams entered or exited the poll. Baylor (30-18) edged out Tulsa (36-1) by just five points for the poll’s final spot and remained at No. 25 for the third-straight week.
The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 30 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. Records as of April 29, 2012 are shown, first-place votes are in parentheses.
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
Totals |
Last Poll |
|
1 |
California (29) |
45-3 |
749 |
1 |
|
2 |
Arizona St. (1) |
42-5 |
721 |
3 |
|
3 |
Alabama |
45-5 |
672 |
4 |
|
4 |
Oklahoma |
40-7 |
657 |
5 |
|
5 |
La.-Lafayette |
44-2 |
611 |
6 |
|
6 |
Florida |
43-8 |
598 |
2 |
|
7 |
Tennessee |
44-9 |
581 |
7 |
|
8 |
Texas |
39-8 |
527 |
7 |
|
9 |
Louisville |
47-2 |
521 |
9 |
|
10 |
Missouri |
37-10 |
487 |
10 |
|
11 |
Georgia |
38-13 |
441 |
12 |
|
12 |
Hawai‘i |
40-5 |
414 |
14 |
|
13 |
Oregon |
34-12 |
375 |
16 |
|
14 |
Washington |
36-14 |
370 |
11 |
|
15 |
Arizona |
34-14 |
330 |
13 |
|
16 |
USF |
44-8 |
307 |
17 |
|
17 |
UCLA |
33-15 |
283 |
15 |
|
18 |
Texas A&M |
33-16 |
248 |
18 |
|
19 |
Stanford |
32-16 |
204 |
19 |
|
20 |
Florida St. |
42-11 |
168 |
21 |
|
21 |
North Carolina |
38-11 |
155 |
20 |
|
22 |
LSU |
34-18 |
109 |
23 |
|
23 |
Michigan |
33-15 |
80 |
22 |
|
24 |
Texas Tech |
38-14 |
54 |
24 |
|
25 |
Baylor |
30-18 |
28 |
25 |
Dropped Out: None
Others Receiving Votes: Tulsa 23, Syracuse 17, Oregon St. 13, Massachusetts 4; three others received votes, but only appeared on one ballot.
