Two A10 Teams are currently receiving votes in the Top 25 Polls

UMass and Fordham enter the 2011 season after great campaigns in 2010. Both schools advanced to the A10 Championship before making it to NCAA Regionals.

The NCAA top two strikeout pitchers are back for another year in Jen Mineau of Fordham and Sara Plourde of UMass. The national pollsters had some different thoughts than the A10 Coaches did...

USA TODAY/NFCA Division I softball poll

Jan. 24, 2011 — preseason poll

Rank	School (first-place votes)	2010 record	Points	Last year's final poll
1	UCLA (27)	50-11	738	1
2	Arizona (3)	52-14	715	2
3	Georgia	50-13	669	3
4	Tennessee	49-15	645	4
5	Florida	49-10	607	6
6	Alabama	52-11	588	9
7	Missouri	51-13	564	8
8	Hawaii	50-15	500	7
9	Oklahoma	47-12	488	11
10	Washington	50-9	475	5
11	Michigan	49-8	445	10
12	California	44-19	413	13
13	Arizona State	44-17	403	12
14	Oregon	36-21	387	14
15	Texas	43-15	286	18
16	BYU	46-13	269	15
17	La.-Lafayette	45-18	248	16
18	Georgia Tech	51-11	231	17
19	LSU	45-16	219	19
20	Stanford	37-19	209	21
21	Texas A&M	44-16	170	20
22	Ohio State	39-14	100	22
23	Oklahoma State	44-16	83	23
24	Illinois	45-18	69	25
25	North Carolina	42-20	51	24

Others receiving votes: Fresno State 31, Hofstra 29, Florida State 22, Fordham 13, DePaul 12, Nebraska 9, Lipscomb 8, Radford 7, Florida International 7, Kentucky 7, Louisville 6, Notre Dame 6, Texas Tech 4, East Carolina 4, Massachusetts 3, Auburn 3, San Diego State 1, Long Island 1, Illinois State 1, Northwestern 1.
The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 poll is voted on by 30 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference

ESPN.COM/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25
(Records through January 25, 2011)
    TEAM                                   PTS   PVS
    ----                                   ---   ---
 1. ARIZONA (9)                            488     2
 2. UCLA (10)                              462     1
 3. ALABAMA (1)                            420     8
 4. GEORGIA                                405     4
 5. FLORIDA                                389     6
 6. OKLAHOMA                               382    10
 7. TENNESSEE                              367     3
 8. MICHIGAN                               353    11
 9. MISSOURI                               340     9
10. ARIZONA ST                             309    13
11. WASHINGTON                             299     5
12. CALIFORNIA                             266    12
13. HAWAII                                 252     7
14. OREGON                                 229    14
15. TEXAS                                  217    19
16. LSU                                    208    18
17. GEORGIA TECH                           179    16
18. STANFORD                               165    24
19. TEXAS A&M                              121    22
20. BYU                                     96    15
21. UL LAFAYETTE                            80    17
22. OKLAHOMA ST                             71    23
23. FLORIDA ST                              61    NR
24. (tie) ILLINOIS                          56    21
24. (tie) OHIO ST                           56    24
Dropped Out: No. 20 NORTH CAROLINA
Others Receiving Votes: FORDHAM 41, SAN DIEGO ST 30, 
MASSACHUSETTS 29, NOTRE DAME 22, NORTH CAROLINA 13, 
NORTHWESTERN 11, OREGON ST 11, DEPAUL 10, FRESNO ST 9, 
HOFSTRA 9, KENTUCKY 8, LOUISVILLE 8, LIPSCOMB 7, RADFORD 7, 
FLORIDA INTL 5, TEXAS TECH 4, EAST CAROLINA 2, SYRACUSE 2, 
MARYLAND 1.