LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Two-time defending national champion Oklahoma is the unanimous No. 1 team in the 2023 USA Today/NFCA Division I Preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll. Receiving all 32 first-place votes, the Sooners enter this year No. 1 for the 30th consecutive poll.
OU capped off a record-breaking season with a dominant run through the postseason, which saw the Sooners post a 10-1 record, including 5-1 at the Women’s College World Series. Capturing their fourth national title in the last six years and sixth overall (trailing just UCLA and Arizona), the Sooners knocked off Big 12 rival Texas in the Championship Series. The preseason Big 12 favorites are 115-7 the past two seasons with three of those losses coming at the WCWS.
Along with Oklahoma, the Big 12 has three programs in the top six with Oklahoma State and Texas coming in at No. 3 and 6, respectively. The Southeastern Conference (SEC) led the way with nine nationally-ranked programs with three of those – No. 4 Florida, No. 7 Arkansas and No. 9 Alabama – in the top 10. The Atlantic Coast Conference also had multiple teams in the top 10 with Florida State at No. 5 and Clemson at No. 10.
The 2023 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll Committee. The committee is comprised of 32 NCAA Division I head coaches with one representing each of the NCAA’s Division I Conferences. The first poll of the regular season will be published on Feb. 14 at 10 a.m. ET.
2023 USA Today / NFCA Division I
Top 25 Coaches Poll – January 31 (Preseason)
Rank School (First Place Votes) Points Final 2022
Record Final 2022 Ranking
1 Oklahoma (32) 800 59-3 1
2 UCLA 747 51-10 3
3 Oklahoma State 723 48-14 4
4 Florida 673 49-19 5
5 Florida State 614 54-7 13
6 Texas 605 47-22-1 2
7 Arkansas 584 48-11 9
8 Northwestern 553 45-13 6
9 Alabama 462 44-13 17
10 Clemson 451 42-17 16
11 Virginia Tech 443 46-10 10
12 Arizona 420 39-22 7
13 Tennessee 367 41-18 20
14 Washington 346 38-17 15
15 Georgia 300 40-16 22
16 Duke 282 44-11 12
17 Stanford 277 39-22 18
18 UCF 269 49-14 14
19 Oregon State 257 39-22 8
20 Kentucky 232 37-19 21
21 Auburn 163 40-17 24
22 Arizona State 160 43-11 11
23 Mississippi State 133 37-27 19
24 Oregon 124 33-19 25
25 LSU 116 34-23 RV
Receiving Votes: Missouri (96), Michigan (53), Louisiana (44), Ole Miss (36), Nebraska (16), Georgia Tech (15), Notre Dame (13), San Diego State (10), North Texas (5), Iowa State (6), Baylor (2), Liberty (2), Loyola Marymount (2), Cal State Fullerton (1), Wichita State (1).