Top four remain unscathed in 2022 USA Today/NFCA DI Top 25 Coaches Poll

                                                     

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Oklahoma survived a couple of close calls to remain undefeated and the unanimous No. 1 in this week’s 2022 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Sooners (15-0), along with Alabama, Florida State and Florida are a combined 61-0.

 

OU posted a 5-0 mark at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, which included a pair of one-run victories over then-No. 17 Tennessee (9-8), courtesy of a Jayda Coleman walk-off homer in the 10th, and Utah (2-1). They also registered three run-rule victories over Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State and then-No. 8 Arizona.

 

The 2022 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches with one representing each of the NCAA’s Division I Conferences. Records reflect games played through Feb. 27. 

 

2022 USA Today / NFCA Division I
Top 25 Coaches Poll – March 1 (Week 1)

Rank School (First Place Votes) Points 2022 Record Prev. Ranking
1 Oklahoma (32) 800 15-0 1
2 Alabama 768 15-0 2
3 Florida State 734 15-0 3
4 Florida 704 16-0 4
5 UCLA 669 12-3 6
6 Virginia Tech 639 11-2 7
7 Washington 526 11-4 5
8 Oklahoma State 504 10-4 11
9 Arizona 492 10-4 8
10 Kentucky 488 13-1 12
11 Arkansas 466 8-3 10
12 Oregon 449 11-3 9
13 Duke 424 13-3 13
14 Clemson 416 11-3 14
15 Missouri 374 12-4 16
16 Georgia 348 14-2 15
17 Northwestern 296 10-4 18
18 Tennessee 247 9-6 17
19 Michigan 231 8-5 19
20 Auburn 214 15-1 21
21 Louisiana 182 10-2 20
22 LSU 133 12-5 24
23 Arizona State 106 9-4 22
24 UCF 50 10-6 RV
25 Notre Dame 39 12-3 RV

 

New to Poll: NO. 24 UCF, No. 25 Notre Dame

 

Dropped Out: No. 22 Texas, No. 25 USF

 

Receiving Votes: Texas (36), Stanford (25), USF (13), Charlotte (6), Iowa State (6), Liberty (5), James Madison (3), Texas A&M (2), Wisconsin (2), Fullerton (1), Georgia Tech (1), Illinois (1).

 

The 2022 USA Today / NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches with one representing each of the NCAA’s Division I Conferences. Records reflect games played through Feb. 27, 2022.