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Where Alabama Softball Ranks in Polls Heading into Postseason
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Where Alabama Softball Ranks in Polls Heading into Postseason

Alabama Crimson Tide On SI·Katie Windham·28 days ago
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Alabama is still one of the top teams in the nation at the end of the regular season. The Crimson Tide completed its fourth SEC sweep of the season over the weekend against South Carolina at home. Now, Alabama heads into the postseason as the 2-seed in the SEC tournament and ranked No. 3 in the polls by USA Softball and No. 4 in the NFCA Coaches Poll. . The Tide has seven wins over teams in this week's top 10. The SEC tournament begins on Tuesday, but Alabama earned a double bye, so it will face either Kentucky, Mississippi State or Arkansas on Thursday at approximately 1 p.m. CT As a reminder, the polls are not used as a criteria by the NCAA selection committee for the NCAA tournament. Things like RPI and strength of schedule are factors used, and Alabama is currently No. 2 in the RPI ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll- Week 13 (Ranking, team, first-place votes, record, points received) 1. Oklahoma (18) 48-7 618 2. Nebraska (6) 43-6 595 3. Alabama (1) 47-6 574 4. Texas Tech 50-5 541 5.…

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