The first two weeks of the 2024 college softball season have brought a lot of movement to the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate top 25.
The Oklahoma Sooners have extended their winning streak to 62 games and are on top, but who's next?
The SEC has established itself as the best conference in the game, with 12 teams on the roster. Teams like UCLA (3-4), Stanford (5-4) and Florida State (5-3) have not lived up to their preseason expectations, so they have fallen.
Although some of Saturday's and all of Sunday's games at the Clearwater Invitational were canceled due to rain, many of the teams impressed in the early games.
Here's how the top 25 is organized two weeks into the 2024 college softball season, plus players to watch.
Players to watch
Emiley Kennedy, P, Texas A&M. The junior left-hander has helped lead the ascending Aggies in impeccable fashion. He has a 4-0 record this season, including two complete wins last week. Kennedy had a career-high 11 strikeouts against Oregon on Friday, then recorded eight strikeouts against San Diego State the next day. He has the fifth-most innings pitched in the SEC (25.2), the second-most strikeouts (35) and has a 1.09 ERA.
That WWWWWWWWinning feeling pic.twitter.com/oUNWUmj3Km
— Texas A&M Softball (@AggieSoftball) February 18, 2024
Rachel Castine, UT, Virginia Tech. He has taken a big step forward to start the Hokies' 2024 season. Castine has 18 RBIs, third most in the nation, and her five home runs tie her for second. She hit her third grand slam over the weekend against Cal and earned her first ACC Player of the Week award after the first week of games.
LET THEM KNOW RACH đŸ˜¤
Castine goes to the yard and gives the Hokies a 5-4 lead! pic.twitter.com/8gdcOK0mpk
– Virginia Tech Softball (@HokiesSoftball) February 10, 2024
Complete classification
Here's the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll as of Feb. 20, plus information on each team's next game.
All times Eastern.
1. Oklahoma (21 first-place votes)
2024 record: 9-0
Next game: vs. Mississippi State (Feb. 23), 8:30 p.m.
2. Roof tiles
2024 record: 7-0
Next game: vs. Houston Christian (Feb. 21), 6 p.m. on Longhorn Network
3. Georgia
2024 record: 9-0
First game: vs. Virginia Tech (Feb. 23), 5:30 p.m. on SECN+
4.Washington
2024 record: 6-1
Next game: on Florida Gulf Coast (February 20), 5 p.m. on ESPN+
5. Tennessee
2024 record: 4-2
Next game: vs. Loyola Marymount (Feb. 23), 3:30 p.m.
6. Duke
2024 record: 8-1
Next game: vs. Villanova (Feb. 23), 7:30 p.m. on ACCNX
7. L.S.U.
2024 record: 8-0
Next game: vs. Boise State (Feb. 22), 7 p.m. on SECN+
8. Oklahoma State
2024 record: 7-2
Next game: at Stetson (Feb. 23), 6 p.m. on ESPN+
9. Clemson
2024 record: 6-2
Next game: in Charlotte (February 21), 4 p.m. on ESPN+
10.Alabama
2024 record: 10-0
First game: vs. North Alabama (Feb. 21), 4 p.m. on SECN+
11. Florida State
2024 record: 5-3
Next game: vs. Florida International (February 22), 5 p.m. on ACCNX
12.Stanford
2024 record: 5-4
Next game: vs. Louisiana (Feb. 23), 12 p.m. on Longhorn Network
13. Missouri
2024 record: 10-0
Next game: vs. San Diego State (Feb. 22), 8 p.m.
14.Arkansas
2024 record: 8-2
Next game: vs. Illinois State (Feb. 22), 5 p.m.
15.Kentucky
2024 record: 6-2
Next game: vs. Akron (Feb. 23), 12:30 p.m.
16.florida
2024 record: 8-2
Next game: in North Florida (Feb. 21), 4 p.m. on ESPN+
17. Texas A&M
2024 record: 9-0
Next game: vs. Southeast Louisiana (Feb. 22), 6:15 p.m. on SECN+
18. South Carolina
2024 record: 8-1
Next game: vs. Furman (February 21), 5 pm on SECN+
19.UCLA
2024 record: 3-4
Next game: vs. Nebraska (Feb. 23), 3:30 p.m.
20. Mississippi State
2024 record: 8-1
Next game: vs. UCF (Feb. 22), 2 p.m.
21. Virginia Tech
2024 record: 7-2-1
Next game: vs. Elon (Feb. 21), 4 p.m. on ACCNX
22.Baylor
2024 record: 3-3
Next game: vs. Oregon (Feb. 22), 8 p.m.
23. Arizona
2024 record: 10-1
Next game: vs. Drake (Feb. 22), 8 p.m.
24. Chestnut
2024 record: 4-1-1
Next game: vs. Longwood (Feb. 23), 2 p.m.
25. Oregon
2024 record: 6-5
Next game: vs. UCF (Feb. 22), 5:30 p.m.
