First-time champs Texas unanimous No. 1 in final 2025 NFCA/GoRout DI Top 25 Coaches Poll

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First-time champs Texas unanimous No. 1 in final 2025 NFCA/GoRout DI Top 25 Coaches Poll

 LOUISVILLE, Ky. – First-time national champion Texas is the unanimous No. 1 team in the final 2025 NFCA/GoRout Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Longhorns (56-12) edged out Texas Tech in a three-game Championship Series to complete a 10-2 postseason run and win the softball program’s first title in its 28-year history.

Texas’ postseason included a sweep of the Austin Super Regional, knocking off Eastern Illinois, Michigan and UCF before coming out on top of a hard-fought three-game Super Regional tilt against No. 11 seed Clemson, winning the final two contests 7-5 in 10 innings and 6-5. A 3-0 start at the Women’s College World Series advanced the Longhorns to their third Championship Series in four years. After splitting a pair of one-run affairs with the 12th-seeded Red Raiders, Texas jumped out to a 10-0 advantage after four innings and defeated Texas Tech 10-4 for the national championship.

The sixth-seeded Longhorns are the second-lowest-seeded team to win a WCWS and the first SEC softball program to win since Florida went back-to-back in 2014 and 2015. Their 56th and final victory of 2025 set a new single-season program record for wins, surpassing the previous mark of 55 set by the 2004 and 2006 squads.

2025 NFCA/GoRout Division I
Top 25 Coaches Poll – 6/10//25 (Final)

Rank School

(First Place Votes)

Points Record Previous Ranking
1 Texas (31) 775 56-12 3
2 Texas Tech 744 54-14 10
3 Oklahoma 711 52-9 2
4 Tennessee 680 47-17 7
5 Oregon 643 54-10 6
6 UCLA 609 55-13 9
7 Florida 579 48-17 8
8 Ole Miss 561 42-21 17
9 Arkansas 493 44-14 4
10 Florida State 469 49-12 5
11 Clemson 432 48-14 13
12 South Carolina 413 44-17 14
13 Nebraska 392 43-15 19
14 Texas A&M 379 48-11 1
15 Alabama 311 40-23 20
16 Arizona 302 48-13 12
17 Liberty 274 50-15 RV
18 Virginia Tech 229 43-13 15
19 LSU 221 42-16 11
20 Stanford 207 42-13 16
21 Mississippi State 163 39-19 18
22 Georgia 137 35-23 RV
23 Duke 130 41-18 21
24 Ohio State 89 45-14-1 22
25 Oklahoma State 48 35-20 24

 

New to Poll: No. 17 Liberty, No. 22 Georgia

 

Dropped Out: No. 23 Grand Canyon (47-8), No. 25 Virginia (38-19)

 

Receiving Votes: Southeastern Louisiana (27), Grand Canyon (19), Michigan (12), North Florida (7), UCF (3), UC Santa Barbara (3), Virginia (2), Auburn (1), Florida Atlantic (1).

 

The 2025 NFCA/GoRout Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by 31 NCAA Division I head coaches with one representing each of the NCAA’s Division I Conferences. The poll will be released on Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. ET during the season. Records reflect games played through June 6.

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