Tennessee (5-0) opened its first week of the 2026 softball season with five victories. The Lady Vols played in the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic at Eddie C. Moore Complex in Clearwater, Florida.
Tennessee recorded two top 25 victories against then-ranked No. 5 Oregon and No. 21 Liberty.
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The Lady Vols will return to the Eddie C. Moore Complex, Friday-Sunday, for the Shriners Children’s Clearwater Invitational. The Lady Vols will face Nebraska, James Madison, FAU, UCLA and Florida State.
On Tuesday, the latest NFCA/GoRout Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll was released. Tennessee is ranked No. 3 and received one first-place vote. The Lady Vols were ranked No. 4 nationally in the preseason.
2026 college softball top 25 rankings after Week 1
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Texas Tech (25) |
6-0 |
767 |
2 |
|
2 |
Texas (5) |
4-1 |
720 |
1 |
|
3 |
Tennessee (1) |
5-0 |
716 |
4 |
|
4 |
Florida |
5-0 |
655 |
6 |
|
Oklahoma |
3-1 |
655 |
3 |
|
|
6 |
UCLA |
5-0 |
614 |
7 |
|
7 |
Florida State |
5-0 |
580 |
8 |
|
8 |
Texas A&M |
4-1 |
474 |
11 |
|
9 |
Arkansas |
4-1 |
464 |
9 |
|
10 |
Alabama |
5-0 |
454 |
15 |
|
11 |
Nebraska |
3-2 |
427 |
10 |
|
12 |
LSU |
6-0 |
426 |
16 |
|
13 |
Stanford |
5-0 |
399 |
18 |
|
14 |
Virginia Tech |
5-0 |
378 |
19 |
|
15 |
Oregon |
2-3 |
355 |
5 |
|
16 |
South Carolina |
3-2 |
262 |
12 |
|
17 |
Arizona |
3-2 |
260 |
17 |
|
18 |
Clemson |
3-2 |
242 |
13 |
|
19 |
Mississippi State |
4-0 |
229 |
22 |
|
20 |
Georgia |
4-1 |
199 |
20 |
|
21 |
Ole Miss |
3-2 |
144 |
14 |
|
22 |
Duke |
4-1 |
135 |
23 |
|
23 |
Florida Atlantic |
5-0 |
96 |
|
|
24 |
Virginia |
4-1 |
93 |
|
|
25 |
Southeastern Louisiana |
4-2 |
65 |
Others receiving votes
Oklahoma State (63), Grand Canyon (57), Arizona State (47), Michigan (36), Ohio State (20), Auburn (15), Michigan State (10), North Florida (6), Liberty (5), Nevada (4), Belmont (3).
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Dropped out
No. 21 Liberty, No. 24 Oklahoma State, No. 25 Ohio State
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This article originally appeared on Vols Wire: Lady Vols ranked top three after 5-0 start in 2026
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