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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Despite suffering its first loss of the season, Oklahoma remained the top ranked team in this week’s 2022 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll.
The unanimous No. 1 Sooners (38-1) had its NCAA DI-record undefeated start of 38 games halted by then-No. 18 Texas in the final game of a three-game Big 12 series. After 3-0 and 9-1 victories, OU dropped the series finale to the Longhorns (31-12-1), 4-2, snapping a 40-game win streak that dated back to 2021.
In the top five, Alabama leapfrogged Virginia Tech for No. 2, while an idle UCLA overtook Florida State for No. 4. The Crimson Tide (36-6) swept Mississippi State in Southeastern Conference (SEC) play, rebounding from an opening-week defeat at then No. 7 Florida on April 11.
The Hokies (32-6) and Seminoles (39-5) each suffered a knock in Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) action, but captured their respective league series against Virginia and North Carolina. VT also topped Liberty in mid-week action.
No. 6 Oklahoma State, No. 7 Arkansas and No. 10 Northwestern all earned conference series wins. The Cowgirls (34-7) and Wildcats (30-6) swept through Kansas and Purdue, while the Razorbacks (32-8) defeated then-No. 8 Kentucky in games one and three. Ninth-ranked UK did earn road wins over in-state foe Louisville and in game two at Arkansas.
Florida (34-9) jumped the Wildcats (29-11) for the eighth spot after its early-week win over Alabama and a three-game SEC-series sweep of Ole Miss.
Nebraska enters the poll for the first time since March 22, 2016 The Huskers (33-9) picked up five wins in Big Ten action and ran its win streak to 18 games, the third longest active streak in Division I behind No. 13 Arizona State (20) and Boston University (19).
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 April 17.
Rank
School (First Place Votes)
Points
2022 Record
Prev. Ranking
1
Oklahoma (32)
800
38-1
1
2
Alabama
747
36-6
3
3
Virginia Tech
745
32-6
2
4
UCLA
694
32-5
5
5
Florida State
682
39-5
4
6
Oklahoma State
641
34-7
6
7
Arkansas
601
32-8
7
8
Florida
566
34-9
9
9
Kentucky
536
29-11
8
10
Northwestern
524
30-6
10
11
Washington
449
25-11
11
12
Duke
447
34-5
12
13
Arizona State
432
31-5
13
14
Georgia
366
35-9
14
15
Tennessee
361
29-12
15
16
Texas
310
31-12-1
18
17
Clemson
307
33-11
16
18
Auburn
243
32-9
19
19
Oregon
208
25-13
17
20
UCF
205
37-10
20
21
LSU
155
27-16
21
22
Notre Dame
98
31-9
23
23
Michigan
85
26-13
22
24
Arizona
61
23-15
25
25
Nebraska
57
33-9
RV
New to Poll: No. 25 Nebraska
Dropped Out: No. 24 Stanford
Receiving Votes: Stanford (24), USC Upstate (15), Oregon State (13), Louisiana (10), USF (9), Missouri (5), Mississippi State (3), San Diego State (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 April 17, 2022.
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