Softball and Baseball both preseason top 20
https://www.ncaa.com/news/softball/article/2021-01-26/college-softball-rankings-ucla-takes-top-spot-preseason-poll
https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/college-baseball-top-25/
January 28th, 2021 at 7:12 PM ^
No schedules yet? Not sure they will be playing until April with a B10 only season
January 28th, 2021 at 9:44 PM ^
That is the rumor flying around Oklahoma City. Most SB Tourneys have been cancelled and this is where we get needed playing time. The southern teams get to play outdoor scrimmage daily. Whereas we have to play indoors until we go to the Florida tourneys.
A shortened season does not help us, for certain.
January 28th, 2021 at 10:29 PM ^
"clickability-enhanced" links:
https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/college-baseball-top-25/
A quick observation or two: in the softball top 25, everybody but #19 South Carolina is ranked within 2 spots if where they were when last season was interupted. S Carolina dropped 4 spots; otherwise, a lot of voters apparently just copied-and-pasted last season's final ranking.
OTOH, in that BaseballAmerica.com poll, Michigan (the only team I could quickly check due to poll formatting) rose 5 spots from #25 up to #20.