Where Alabama Softball Ranks in Preseason Polls

The Crimson Tide is among 11 SEC teams ranked in the preseason top-25.
Alabama's Lauren Johnson (18) celebrates a score in the third inning of the Women's College World Series game between the Alabama and Florida at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Sunday, June, 2, 2024.
Alabama's Lauren Johnson (18) celebrates a score in the third inning of the Women's College World Series game between the Alabama and Florida at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Sunday, June, 2, 2024. / SARAH PHIPPS/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK

The 2025 Alabama softball season is just days away as Team 29 will open the season at the Candrea Classic in Arizona on Feb. 7. The Crimson Tide is coming off a regular season that it managed to turn around in the postseason to a Women's College World Series Run.

Alabama returns a lot of players from the WCWS team like Kristen White, Marlie Giles , but there are also a lot of question marks around the Crimson Tide. All the preseason softball polls have been released, and Alabama came in at No. 11 in the NFCA Coaches poll, Softball America rankings and USA Softball poll. D1 Softball ranked the Tide No. 17.

With the additions of Texas and Oklahoma, the toughest league in the country just got even tougher. There are 11 SEC teams were represented in the USA Softball Top 25 including four of the top five and six in the top-10. See the full rankings below

USA Softball Preseason Top-25 Poll

(ranking, team, first-place votes, points received)

1. Texas (15), 615
2. Florida (4), 592
3. Oklahoma (6), 583
4. Oklahoma State, 524
5. Tennessee, 510
6. UCLA, 507
7. Texas A&M, 474
8. Duke, 451
9. LSU, 384
10. Texas Tech, 378
11. Alabama, 355
12. Florida State, 330
13. Arkansas, 292
14. Georgia, 278
15. Missouri, 270
16. Nebraska, 251
17. Arizona, 249
18. Virginia Tech, 201
19. Baylor, 173
20. Northwestern, 142
21. California, 95
22. Michigan, 93
T23. Stanford, 61
T23. Oregon, 61
25. Mississippi State, 56

Other receiving votes: Liberty (46), Virginia (40), Penn State (28), Washington (25), Clemson (21), Ole Miss (17), Indiana (12), Texas State (10), Auburn (8), Miami-OH (5), Boston U. (5), Kentucky (5), San Diego State (5), Omaha (4), South Carolina (3), Louisiana (1), Utah (1)

See also: Alabama Softball Releases Full 2025 Schedule

Alabama Softball Offseason Roster Tracker


Published
Katie Windham
KATIE WINDHAM

Katie Windham is the assistant editor for BamaCentral, primarily covering football, basketball gymnastics and softball. She is a two-time graduate of the University of Alabama and has covered a variety of Crimson Tide athletics since 2019 for outlets like The Tuscaloosa News, The Crimson White and the Associated Press before joining BamaCentral full time in 2021. Windham has covered College Football Playoff games, the Women's College World Series, NCAA March Madness, SEC Tournaments and championships in multiple sports.