Super 16 college softball rankings: NiJaree Canady, Texas Tech move take over at No. 1

Super 16 college softball rankings: NiJaree Canady, Texas Tech move take over at No. 1

Time to see if Texas Tech can maintain onto the highest spot.

Not all that way back, The Oklahoman‘s College Softball Super 16 had a stalwart at No. 1. Tennessee held the highest spot for 5 consecutive weeks, however then the Volunteers began stumbling, shedding back-to-back collection to Florida and Ole Miss.

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Bye, Vols.

Texas took over at No. 1, however now, the Longhorns are those who’re stumbling. They have misplaced three of their final 4 video games, together with two of three throughout this previous weekend’s collection at Alabama.

Bye, Horns.

More: Alabama softball takes down No. 1 Texas in statement SEC series win

Into the chaos at the highest steps Texas Tech, who takes over the highest spot this week.

The Red Raiders enter the week with a 38-2 report and a 13-game profitable streak. This previous week, they not solely received 4 video games but additionally received all by run-rule. Texas Tech swept by means of a mid-week recreation towards Abilene Christian and a weekend collection towards BYU by a mixed rating of 42-7.

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Things appear to be going fairly effectively in Lubbock.

Now, will the development proceed?

Let’s get to the Super 16.

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The Oklahoman’s College Softball Super 16

Team, Points (first-place votes), Record, Last week’s rating

1. Texas Tech, 167 (6), 38-2, 2

2. Alabama, 160 (4), 35-3, 5

3. Oklahoma, 157 (1), 38-3, 3

4. Nebraska, 143, 30-6, 4

5. Texas, 141, 32-4, 1

6. Arkansas, 115, 32-5, 6

7. Florida State, 102, 35-4, 8

8. Florida, 99, 36-5, 7

9. UCLA, 92, 33-5, 10

10. Tennessee, 94, 32-6, 9

11. Arizona, 62, 29-8, 11

12. Virginia Tech, 50, 33-5, 13

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13. Texas A&M, 33, 26-12, 15

14. Georgia, 32, 28-10, 12

15. Duke, 30, 28-11, RV

16. Mississippi State, 17, 33-9, 16

Others receiving votes: Oregon, 6, 29-9, RV; Ole Miss, 3, 25-15, RV; LSU, 1, 25-13, NR; Washington, 1, 31-9, RV

Voters: Jenni Carlson, The Oklahoman; Nathan Giese, Lubbock (Texas) Avalanche-Journal; Cora Hall, Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel; Eric Lopez, In The Circle; Justin McLeod, D1Softball.com; Joe Mussatto, The Oklahoman; Noah Ram, Gainesville (Fla.) Sun; Colton Sulley, The Oklahoman; Brady Vernon, Softball America; Kirk Walker, Oklahoma City Spark common supervisor; Scott Wright, The Oklahoman.

This article initially appeared on Oklahoman: Super 16 college softball rankings: Is Texas Tech, OU or Alabama No. 1?

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