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Ranking the SEC’s Softball Programs

Posted on 5/10/24 at 9:23 am
Posted by AUTiger789
Birmingham, AL
Member since Apr 2022
1887 posts
Posted on 5/10/24 at 9:23 am
This is a rough formula but should get them ordered pretty close.

25 points for a season ending with a National Title
12 points for a season ending with a National Runner-Up
8 points for a season ending with a WCWS appearance
3 points for a season ending in a Super Regional (2005-present only)
1 point for a season ending with an NCAA Tournamanr appearance

1. Oklahoma- 278
2. Florida- 152
3. Alabama- 149
4. Texas A&M- 143
5. Tennessee- 92
6. Missouri- 74
7. Texas- 73
8. LSU- 72
9. Georgia- 70
10. S Carolina- 42
11. Auburn- 38
12. Kentucky- 35
13. Arkansas- 19
13. Miss St- 19
15. Ole Miss- 11

Just for reference, this is how they each stack up nationally:

1. UCLA- 451
2. Arizona- 348
3. Oklahoma- 278
4. Washington- 163
5. Florida St- 157
6. Florida- 152
7. California- 150
8. Alabama- 149
9. Arizona St- 148
10. Texas A&M- 143
11. Michigan- 132
12. Fresno St- 127
13. Tennessee- 92
14. Oklahoma St- 90
15. Cal St Fullerton- 84
16. Louisiana- 78
17. Missouri- 74
18. Texas- 73
19. LSU- 72

20. Oregon- 72
21. Georgia- 70
22. Northwestern- 69
23. Nebraska- 65
24. Long Beach St- 51
25. Stanford- 49
26. Baylor- 47
27. DePaul- 45
28. Utah- 43
29. S Carolina- 42
30. Auburn- 38
Posted by BigBro
Member since Jul 2021
12445 posts
Posted on 5/10/24 at 9:31 am to
Good list. We didn't start our softball program until 1997, but hopefully we can keep moving up the list..

OU's program is ridiculous.. I expect that lead to grow.
Posted by Themicah86
Member since Jun 2023
1513 posts
Posted on 5/10/24 at 9:34 am to
That's surprising Oklahoma is that far behind UCLA given their last 10 years alone. I don't follow softball very closely but i guess ucla went on a hell of a run at some point.
Posted by rtr23242526
Member since Dec 2022
3295 posts
Posted on 5/10/24 at 9:35 am to
Bama huge disappointment the last few years
Posted by Crimson Wraith
Member since Jan 2014
26627 posts
Posted on 5/10/24 at 9:37 am to
A lot of teams started in 1997.
Posted by WW
Member since Dec 2013
2469 posts
Posted on 5/10/24 at 9:38 am to
Who cares?
Posted by Torqued Pork
Malvern
Member since Sep 2020
3806 posts
Posted on 5/10/24 at 9:59 am to
WGAF?
Posted by Monsusta
#1 Rant User 2023-24
Member since Oct 2023
1748 posts
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:05 am to
I see why butch softball players gravitate to Oklahoma, but UCLA?
Posted by BreakawayZou83
Kansas City, Missouri
Member since Oct 2011
9726 posts
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:05 am to
quote:

WGAF?

Please, Arkansas fans beat their fricking chests over every single Olympic sport that they are decent at - I didn’t know a fanbase could get so much mileage out of cross country and indoor track championships.
Posted by Dallaswho
Texas
Member since Dec 2023
1812 posts
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:06 am to
Any time someone makes up an arbitrary points system, then proceeds to do math with it, an engineer dies inside.
Posted by AUTiger789
Birmingham, AL
Member since Apr 2022
1887 posts
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:10 am to
Auburn’s program started the same year.

Those West Coast teams were basically able to dominate the sport with very little competition from any other geographic region up through the 1990s

From 1982-1999, UCLA made the WCWS 15 out of 18 seasons… Arizona and Fresno State each 12 times out of 18.

Cal State Fullerton made it 6 times. Long Beach State 5 times. Cal and Cal Poly Pamona each made it 4 times.

The only current SEC program that was competitive back in those days was Texas A&M who made it to the WCWS 5 times, the National Finals four times, and they won 2 National Titles….. all before the year 2000.
Posted by tigerbait2010
PNW
Member since May 2006
30146 posts
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:19 am to
LSU could have been a few spots higher, but our coach is the master of winning 40 games, regional/super regional (no WCWS), no sec titles, and Torina being a very likable person.


LSU has a top 5 facility and pays her a top 5 salary.
Posted by JetDawg
Los Angeles/USC Trojans fan/alum
Member since Oct 2020
8233 posts
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:40 am to
Just for reference, the WCWS has only been held since 1982. That's 41 years. UCLA has won almost 1/3 of all the titles (12). Arizona is next (8) followed by Oklahoma (7).

1. UCLA - 12
2. Arizona - 8
3. Oklahoma - 7
4. Arizona State, Florida, Texas A&M - 2

7. Alabama, California, California-St. Fullerton, Florida State, Fresno State, Michigan, Washington - 1


That's all, folks.
Posted by Torqued Pork
Malvern
Member since Sep 2020
3806 posts
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:45 am to
It's hard to take a sport seriously when if a team is up by 5 runs or down by 5 runs the players will be in the dugouts acting like 11 year-olds at a slumber party.
Posted by TheFourHorsemen
Next door to Ric Flair
Member since Jul 2021
3610 posts
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:50 am to
You can't win with cheerleader type any more you need girls that are 6'2" 240 lbs and big heavy girls than can hir a ton.
Posted by Gunga Din
Oklahoma
Member since Jul 2020
2015 posts
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:52 am to
quote:

It's hard to take a sport seriously when if a team is up by 5 runs or down by 5 runs the players will be in the dugouts acting like 11 year-olds at a slumber party.


True that. It is embarrassing.

Way better to have a bunch of dudes in the dugout standing there constantly spitting and scratching their nuts.
Posted by Sooner1984
Boone's Farm, Texas
Member since Jan 2017
521 posts
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:52 am to
Those West Coast teams were basically able to dominate the sport with very little competition from any other geographic region up through the 1990s

If you were to look at the final top 10 softball teams during the past 10 years, players from California would exceed any other state.

It must be huge out there. Good weather for it, year-round.
Posted by LetItBe
Columbia, MO
Member since Apr 2022
449 posts
Posted on 5/10/24 at 9:35 pm to
Great post, OP.

This is a sport where the SEC is going to leave every other conference in the dust. Besides adding OU and Texas, as noted, the Pac used to be the best conference, but now that conference has been blown apart and UCLA, Arizona and Washington are going to lose out on the best recruits. What great player wants to fly all the way across the country to play against Rutgers, Indiana, West Virginia, Cincinnati, etc.? The best softball players are all coming to the SEC from now on.
Posted by Godawgs4
Member since Aug 2016
4564 posts
Posted on 5/10/24 at 9:38 pm to
I know State is at the bottom but we have been pretty good over the recent years.
We are no longer an easy win for any team and we can beat just about anybody not named Oklahoma in the present day.
Posted by bigDgator
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2008
43142 posts
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:58 pm to
quote:

5. Florida St- 157
6. Florida- 152


Florida started their program in 1997. FSU started theirs in 1979.
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