Where Mississippi State Softball is Ranked After Week 3

The Mississippi State Bulldogs went 3-2 this past week at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic.

The Mississippi State softball team is off to a very solid 11-3 start to the season after three full weeks.

This past week at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, the Bulldogs went 3-2 after defeating UCF, Notre Dame and Cal State Fullerton, but falling to No. 1 Oklahoma and Fresno State.

Mississippi State remained in the top-25 in both the USA Softball and NFCA Coaches polls.

Here's where Mississippi State stands after three weeks:

USA Softball/ESPN.com Poll Week 3

(Team, first-place votes, record points)

1. Oklahoma (25), 14-0, 625

2. Texas, 12-1, 594

3. Georgia, 12-1, 569

4. Washington, 12-2, 517

5. LSU, 13-0, 499

T6. Duke, 13-1, 490

T6. Oklahoma State, 13-2, 490

8. Tennessee, 8-4, 432

9. Clemson, 11-2, 421

10. Stanford, 10-4, 394

11. Alabama, 16-0, 387

12. Florida State, 11-3, 357

13. Missouri, 13-2, 357

14. Kentucky, 11-2, 265

15. Florida, 15-2, 260

16. Arkansas, 13-3, 242

17. Baylor, 8-3, 220

18. Texas A&M, 14-1, 185

19. UCLA, 7-5, 173

20. Virginia Tech, 12-3-1, 1153

21. Arizona, 16-1, 124

22. South Carolina, 13-2, 117

23. Mississippi State, 11-3, 93

24. California, 15-1, 89

25. Auburn, 7-2-1, 48

Dropped out: Oregon

Others receiving votes: Oregon (26), San Diego State (15), Boston U (14), Louisiana (11), Utah (9), Northwestern (9), Texas Tech (4), Wichita State (4), Indiana (2), McNeese (1), Louisville (1)

NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll Week 3

(Team, first-place votes, record points)

1. Oklahoma (32), 14-0, 800

2. Texas, 12-1, 743

3. Oklahoma State, 13-2, 681

4. LSU, 13-0, 675

5. Georgia, 12-1, 671

6. Washington, 12-2, 632

7. Duke, 13-1, 91

8. Clemson, 11-2, 545

9. Tennessee, 8-4, 535

10. Alabama, 16-0, 506

11. Stanford, 10-4, 479

12. Florida State, 11-3, 440

13. Florida, 15-2, 405

14. Missouri, 13-2, 350

15. Arkansas, 13-3, 338

16. Kentucky, 11-2, 316

17. Texas A&M, 14-1, 252

18. UCLA, 7-5, 240

19. Arizona, 16-1, 231

20. California, 15-1, 213

21. Baylor, 8-3, 203

22. South Carolina, 13-2, 185

23. Virginia Tech, 12-3-1

24. Mississippi State, 11-3, 71

25. Oregon, 9-7, 51

Others receiving votes: Boston University (30), Northwestern (27), Utah (26), San Diego State (24), Auburn (12), Texas State (3), Louisiana (2), Penn State (1), Wichita State (1).

Dropped out: No. 20 Utah, No. 24 Northwestern

Opinion: Last Week Looked Like Rock Bottom for Mississippi State Baseball