2018 Pac-12 Conference Softball Standings
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
For Immediate Release // Wednesday, February 21, 2018 Contact // Molly Babcock ([email protected]) 2018 PAC-12 CONFERENCE SOFTBALL STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L PCT Home Away W L PCT Home Away Neutral Streak Washington 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 12 0 1.000 0-0 5-0 7-0 W12 California 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 10 0 1.000 2-0 1-0 7-0 W10 UCLA 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 10 0 1.000 6-0 0-0 4-0 W10 Oregon 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 9 1 .900 0-0 0-0 9-1 L1 Arizona State 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 9 1 .900 8-1 0-0 1-0 W9 Arizona 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 8 1 .889 4-0 0-0 4-1 W7 Oregon State 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 7 4 .636 0-0 0-3 7-1 L2 Stanford 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 6 5 .545 0-0 0-0 6-5 W2 Utah 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 6 5 .545 0-0 0-0 6-5 W1 PAC-12 SOFTBALL, WASHINGTON LEAD NATION The Pac-12 leads the nation with three teams in the top five of the USA Today/NFCA poll with undefeated Washington earning the No. 1 spot in the nation, followed UCLA at No. 3 and Oregon at No. 5. Arizona, Arizona State, California, and Utah also appear in the poll at 13, 17, 19 and tied for 24, respectively. With seven of nine teams competing at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Palm Springs, Calif., the Pac-12 looks to build on the 40-7 record posted last week. Utah is the only team not competing this weekend and Stanford stays local, but the remaining teams compete against ranked opponent such as, #16/18 Mississippi, #18/16 Oklahoma State, #6/9 Texas A&M and #4/5 Oklahoma. Three teams remain unbeaten on the season: nation-leading Washington is 12-0, California is 10-0, and UCLA is 9-0. Oregon, Arizona State and Arizona only have one loss. Seven teams also have winning streak heading into this week’s games. The Pac-12 tops the NCAA statistics in 18 categories, including six team and 12 individual categories. The Huskies leads the nation in batting aver- age (.445), home runs per game (2.33), on base percentage (.528), scoring (11.08), slugging percentage (.819), and tied in W-L percentage (1.000). UCLA and California are also tied in W-L Percentage. UPCOMING SCHEDULE Wednesday, Feb. 21 Saturday, Feb. 24 #1/3 WASHINGTON at Texas 3 p.m. PT #1/3 WASHINGTON vs. #6/9 Texas A&M (1) 10 a.m. PT #19/19 CALIFORNIA at Saint Mary’s (CA) 3 p.m. PT #4/5 Oklahoma vs. #13/12 ARIZONA (1) 12 p.m. PT CSUN vs. #19/19 CALIFONRIA (1) 12 p.m. PT Thursday, Feb. 22 #12/6 Auburn vs. OREGON STATE (1) 12:30 p.m. PT North Carolina vs. #13/12 ARIZONA (1) 10:30 a.m. PT Cal Poly at STANFORD 2:30 p.m. PT #3/4 STANFORD at Sacramento State 12 p.m. PT #1/3 WASHINGTON vs. Nebraska (1) 3 p.m. PT #16/18 Mississippi vs. #13/12 ARIZONA (1) 1 p.m. PT #7/8 LSU vs. #3/4 UCLA (1) 5 p.m. PT Missouri vs. #13/12 ARIZONA (1) 3:30 p.m. PT TBD vs. #5/2 OREGON (1) 5:30 p.m. PT #18/16 Oklahoma State vs. OREGON STATE (1) 5:30 p.m. PT Liberty vs. #17/15 ARIZONA STATE (1) 7:30 p.m. PT #4/5 Oklahoma vs. #17/15 ARIZONA STATE (1) 6 p.m. PT Bethune-Cookman vs. OREGON STATE (1) 8 p.m. PT Sunday, Feb. 25 #7/8 LSU vs. #5/2 OREGON (1) 9 a.m. PT Friday, Feb. 23 Missouri vs. #3/4 UCLA (1) 9 a.m. PT LIU Brooklyn vs. #17/15 ARIZONA STATE (1) 10 a.m. PT LIU Brooklyn vs. OREGON STATE (1) 9 a.m. PT St. John’s (NY) vs. #13/12 ARIZONA (1) 10 a.m. PT #1/3 WASHINGTON vs. Wisconsin (1) 9 a.m. PT #18/16 Oklahoma State vs. #5/2 OREGON (1) 10 a.m. PT Cal Poly at STANFORD 11 a.m. PT CSUN vs. #13/12 ARIZONA (1) 12:30 p.m. PT San Jose State vs.#5/2 OREGON (1) 11:30 a.m. PT #6/9 Texas A&M vs. #5/2 OREGON (1) 12:30 p.m. PT #1/3 WASHINGTON vs. Long Beach State (1) 11:30 a.m. PT North Carolina vs. #19/19 CALIFORNIA (1) 1 p.m. PT Fresno State vs. #3/4 UCLA (1) 11:30 a.m. PT #6/9 Texas A&M vs. #19/19 CALIFORNIA (1) 3:30 p.m. PT Cal State Fullerton vs. #19/19 CALIFORNIA (1) 11:30 a.m. PT Nebraska vs. #3/4 UCLA (1) 5:30 p.m. PT Santa Clara at STANFORD 1:30 p.m. PT #1/3 WASHINGTON vs. Notre Dame (1) 5:30 p.m. PT Long Beach State vs. #19/19 CALIFORNIA (1) 2 p.m. PT Santa Clara vs. #3/4 STANFORD 6 p.m. PT Cal State Fullerton vs. #17/15 ARIZONA STATE (1) 2 p.m. PT #11/11 Tennessee vs. OREGON STATE (1) 6 p.m. PT Liberty vs. #3/4 UCLA (1) 1 p.m. PT (1) - Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, Palm Springs, Calif. Rankings from USA Today - NFCA Coaches/ESPN.com - USA Softball. P12N indicates games on Pac-12 Networks. 2017–2018 PAC-12 VS. OTHER PAC-12 IN THE RANKINGS CONFERENCES USA TODAY/NFCA USA SOFTBALL/ESPN.COM February 20 American Athletic ......................................... 3-0 February 20 Team Record Points Team Record America East ................................................ 0-0 1. WASHINGTON (15) 10-0 750 Atlantic Coast ............................................... 3-1 1. Florida (10) 8-1 2. Florida (9) 8-1 743 2. OREGON (4) 9-1 Atlantic 10 ................................................... 4-0 3. UCLA (2) 9-0 714 Atlantic Sun ................................................. 0-0 3. WASHINGTON (3) 12-0 4. Oklahoma (5) 6-1 701 4. UCLA 10-0 Big East ....................................................... 1-0 5. OREGON 9-1 696 Big South ..................................................... 0-0 5. Oklahoma 6-1 6. Texas A&M (1) 9-0 649 6. Auburn 13-0 Big Ten ........................................................ 7-1 7. LSU 10-0 615 Big 12 .......................................................... 3-1 7. Florida State 8-1 8. Baylor 7-0 565 8. LSU 10-0 Big West .................................................... 13-2 9. Florida State 8-1 550 Bg Sky ......................................................... 5-0 9. Texas A&M 9-0 10. Alabama 6-1 496 10. Baylor 7-0 Colonial Athletic Association ......................... 0-0 11. Tennessee 10-1 475 Conference USA .......................................... 5-0 11. Tennessee 10-1 12. Auburn 13-0 462 12. ARIZONA 8-1 Horizon League ............................................ 0-0 13. ARIZONA 8-1 433 Ivy League ................................................... 0-0 13. Alabama 6-1 14. Georgia 9-1 328 14. Georgia 9-1 Mid-American .............................................. 1-0 15. Louisiana 7-2 322 Missouri Valley ............................................. 3-0 15. ARIZONA STATE 9-1 16. Ole Miss 6-2 313 16. Oklahoma State 8-2 Mountain West ............................................. 8-1 17. ARIZONA STATE 9-1 282 Northeast ..................................................... 1-0 17. Louisiana 7-2 18. Oklahoma State 8-2 257 18. Ole Miss 6-2 Pacific Coast ................................................ 0-0 19. CALIFORNIA 9-0 208 Patriot .......................................................... 1-0 19. CALIFORNIA 10-0 20. Michigan 5-4 95 20. Michigan 5-4 Southeastern ................................................ 3-7 21. Ohio State 8-1 128 Southern ...................................................... 0-0 21. Ohio State 8-1 22. Minnesota 5-4 95 22. Minnesota 5-4 Southland .................................................... 4-0 23. Kentucky 5-2 86 Summit League ............................................ 1-0 23. Nebraska 8-2 t24. South Carolina 9-1 62 24. Kentucky 5-2 Sun Belt ....................................................... 2-1 t24. UTAH 5-4 62 West Coast ................................................... 6-3 25. Notre Dame 6-3 Western Athletic ........................................... 2-1 RV: Notre Dame (50), Long Beach State (47), Independent ................................................ 0-0 RV: OREGON STATE, South Carolina, Missouri, Mississippi State (39), Arkansas (29), USC Utah, Colorado State, Mississippi State, Louisville, Total ........................................ 76-18 (.808) Upstate (20), Nebraska (16), Colorado State South Carolina Upstate, Long Beach State, New (14), Texas State (14), OREGON STATE (11), Mexico State, Virginia Tech, Houston, Arkansas, Louisville (4), McNeese State (4). James Madison, Lipscomb. PAC-12 VS. RANKED TEAMS Arizona ........................................................ 0-1 Arizona State ................................................ 0-1 California ..................................................... 0-0 WEEK-BY-WEEK RANKINGS Oregon ......................................................... 1-1 (USA Today/NFCA & USA Softball/ESPN.com) Oregon State ................................................ 2-4 Stanford ....................................................... 0-1 ARIZ ASU CAL ORE OSU STAN UCLA UTAH WASH UCLA ........................................................... 0-0 PRE 7/7 -/- RV/RV 3/3 -/- -/- 5/4 15/t16 4/5 Utah ............................................................ 0-2 2/13 12/11 -/- 23/22 3/3 RV/RV -/- 5/4 21/24 4/5 Washington .................................................. 0-0 2/20 13/12 17/15 19/19 5/2 RV/RV -/- 3/4 t24/- 1/3 Total .......................................... 3-10 (.230) OREGON VOTED FAVORITE IN SOFTBALL PRESEASON COACHES POLL NATIONAL HONORS SAN FRANCISCO - OREGON was voted first in the Pac-12 softball preseason coaches poll as an- USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year nounced by the Conference today. The Ducks garnered 63 points and seven first place votes to top the Top 50 Watch List polling. UCLA was second with 55 points and two first place votes, while WASHINGTON was voted third Taran Alvelo, WASH with 51 points. Maggie Balint, ORE Alyssa Barrera, UTAH ARIZONA was selected fourth with 44 points, followed by UTAH in fifth with 34 points.