CAL ATOP FINAL NFCA POLL
| Cal Takes Top Spot in USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll Into Final Week of Regular Season
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| Courtesy of California Athletic Media RelationsSTARKVILLE, Miss. – For the seventh time this season, California topped the latest USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 poll, when it was released by the Association on Tuesday, and will take the ranking into the final week of regular-season play.For just the second time in their seven-week streak of coming in at No. 1 in the rankings, the Golden Bears (48-3) received all 30 first-place votes. California is the only school this season to be named as a unanimous top choice.
In the rest of the top five, Arizona State (45-5) stayed at No. 2 for the second consecutive week, while Alabama (47-6) remained at third. Oklahoma stayed put at fourth in the latest poll, while Tennessee (45-9) used a run-rule victory of ninth-ranked Louisville (50-3) to round out the top five in fifth. The biggest gain of the week went to Stanford (36-16), which shot up from 19th to 15th, after completing a three-game sweep of Washington (36-17), which dropped from 14th to 18th. Joining the poll this week for the first time since March 8, 2011, was Syracuse (40-13). The Orange checked in at No. 24 after taking two out of three games from then 16th-ranked USF last week in a crucial BIG EAST series. The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 30 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. |
USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll #13 – May 8, 2012
The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 30 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. Records shown are as of May 6.
Rankings
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Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Previous |
| 1 | California (30) | 48-3 | 750 | 1 |
| 2 | Arizona State | 45-5 | 718 | 2 |
| 3 | Alabama | 47-6 | 689 | 3 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 42-8 | 663 | 4 |
| 5 | Tennessee | 45-9 | 602 | 7 |
| 6 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 46-3 | 592 | 5 |
| 7 | Florida | 44-10 | 580 | 6 |
| 8 | Texas | 41-10 | 534 | 8 |
| 9 | Louisville | 50-3 | 503 | 9 |
| 10 | Missouri | 40-12 | 455 | 10 |
| 11 | Hawaii | 43-5 | 447 | 12 |
| Georgia | 40-14 | 447 | 11 | |
| 13 | Oregon | 37-14 | 402 | 13 |
| 14 | UCLA | 35-16 | 359 | 17 |
| 15 | Stanford | 36-16 | 311 | 19 |
| 16 | Texas A&M | 36-16 | 301 | 18 |
| 17 | Arizona | 33-16 | 273 | 15 |
| 18 | Washington | 36-17 | 232 | 14 |
| 19 | USF | 45-10 | 221 | 16 |
| 20 | Florida State | 45-13 | 157 | 20 |
| 21 | North Carolina | 40-12 | 148 | 21 |
| 22 | Michigan | 36-15 | 139 | 23 |
| 23 | Baylor | 33-19 | 61 | 25 |
| 24 | Syracuse | 40-13 | 54 | |
| 25 | Texas Tech | 39-15 | 36 | 24 |
Others receiving votes:
LSU 23, Massachusetts 15, Tulsa 13, BYU 7, Notre Dame 7, Kentucky 4; three others received votes, but only appeared on one ballot.
Dropped out:
No. 22 LSU
