Minnesota ascends to program’s first No. 1 ranking in USA Today/NFCA Division I Coaches Poll
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Minnesota’s record-breaking season added another milestone as it achieved the program’s first No. 1 national ranking in this week’s USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Gophers (54-3), riding a NCAA DI-best 25-game winning streak, head into the postseason unseeded and will be the No. 2 seed in the Tuscaloosa Regional, hosted by 16th-seed Alabama.
Minnesota received 18-first place votes and a total of 767 points nudging out previous No. 1 Florida by nine points. The Gophers, who are tops in DI with 54 wins and a .947 winning percentage, ran undefeated through the Big Ten Tournament. Highlighted by a Sara Groenewegen no-hitter in the quarterfinals against Northwestern, Minnesota defeated the Wildcats (5-1), RV Illinois (6-5) and RV Ohio State (6-0) to claim its second consecutive tourney title.
The 2017 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. Records reflect games played through May 14.
2017 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll
Week 14 – May 16, 2017
| Rank | Team | Totals | 2017 Record | Last Poll | ||||||
| 1 | Minnesota (18) | 767 | 54-3 | 2 | ||||||
| 2 | Florida (12) | 758 | 50-6 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | Oregon (2) | 739 | 47-6 | 3 | ||||||
| 4 | Florida State | 700 | 51-6-1 | 4 | ||||||
| 5 | Arizona | 689 | 48-7 | 5 | ||||||
| 6 | Oklahoma | 638 | 50-8 | 6 | ||||||
| 7 | Washington | 593 | 43-11 | 8 | ||||||
| 8 | Auburn | 566 | 46-10 | 7 | ||||||
| 9 | UCLA | 560 | 42-13 | 10 | ||||||
| 10 | Tennessee | 504 | 44-10 | 9 | ||||||
| 11 | James Madison | 453 | 50-6 | 12 | ||||||
| 12 | Texas A&M | 424 | 42-10 | 11 | ||||||
| 13 | Ole Miss | 407 | 40-18 | 19 | ||||||
| 14 | Louisiana | 382 | 45-6 | 14 | ||||||
| 15 | Alabama | 344 | 42-16 | 15 | ||||||
| 16 | Utah | 329 | 33-14 | 13 | ||||||
| 17 | Baylor | 295 | 43-12 | 16 | ||||||
| 18 | LSU | 270 | 41-18 | 21 | ||||||
| 19 | Kentucky | 238 | 36-17 | 18 | ||||||
| 20 | Michigan | 206 | 41-11-1 | 17 | ||||||
| 21 | BYU | 183 | 43-11 | 20 | ||||||
| 22 | Arizona State | 97 | 30-20 | 22 | ||||||
| 23 | Tulsa | 69 | 39-15 | RV | ||||||
| 24 | South Carolina | 44 | 32-23 | 24 | ||||||
| 25 | Georgia | 29 | 33-21 | 25 | ||||||
Dropped Out: No. 23 Marshall
New to Poll: No. 23 Tulsa
Receiving Votes: Florida International (21), Mississippi State (21), Marshall (20), Arkansas (12), Ohio State (11), USC Upstate (10), Saint Francis (Pa.) (10), Illinois (6), California (4), Missouri (1).
The USA Today/NFCA Division I Coaches Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. Records reflect games played through May 14.