Texas softball: Where Longhorns rank in the polls, RPI before start of postseason

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Texas softball wrapped up the regular season with a sweep of Kentucky this past weekend in Austin, strengthening its spot in the national polls as well as in the NCAA's RPI rankings

The Longhorns (45-9, 16-8 SEC) moved up two spots in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association poll and remained at No. 5 in the ESPN/USA Softball poll.

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More importantly for its postseason path, Texas moved up two spots to No. 7 in the NCAA's RPI rankings, a metric heavily used by the NCAA Selection Committee when seeding the NCAA Tournament field in May. Only the top eight seeds will host a super-regional series.

Texas will compete in the SEC Tournament this week in Athens, Ga. The Longhorns earned the third seed and will start play in Thursday's quarterfinals.

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Here's how top softball polls shake out this week:

NFCA poll: Texas softball gets some first-place votes​

In the National Fastpitch Coaches Association poll, Texas picked up two first-place votes and 691 points. Texas A&M (17 first-place votes, 754 points) tops No. 2 Oklahoma (10, 746) in the poll. Oregon placed fourth and also picked up one first-place vote.

ESPN/USA Softball: Texas softball stays at 5​

In the ESPN/USA Softball poll, Texas ranked fifth with 528 points and grabbed three first-place votes. Top-ranked Texas A&M (12 first-place votes, 606 points), No. 2 Oklahoma (six, 570 points), No. 4 Florida (one, 530), No. 6 Arkansas (two, 526) and No. 7 Oregon (one, 5240) also received a first-place vote.

National Fastpitch Coaches Association poll​

1. Texas A&M
2. Oklahoma
3. Texas
4. Oregon
5. Tennessee
6. Florida State
7. Arkansas
8. Florida
9. UCLA
10. LSU
11. Texas Tech
12. Arizona
13. Virginia Tech
14. South Carolina
15. Clemson
16. Stanford
17. Mississippi State
18. Ole Miss
19. Nebraska
20. Alabama
21. Duke
22. Ohio State
23. Oklahoma State
24. Grand Canyon
25. Virginia

ESPN/USA Softball poll​

1. Texas A&M
2. Oklahoma
3. Tennessee
4. Florida
5. Texas
6. Arkansas
7. Oregon
8. Florida State
9. LSU
10. UCLA
11. Texas Tech
12. South Carolina
13. Arizona
14. Virginia Tech
15. Clemson
16. Alabama
17. Stanford
18. Mississippi State
19. Nebraska
20. Duke
21. Ole Miss
22. Ohio State
23. Oklahoma State
24. Grand Canyon
25. Virginia

NCAA Softball RPI Top 16​

1. Texas A&M
2. Florida
3. Florida State
4. LSU
5. Oklahoma
6. UCLA
7. Texas
8. Arkansas
9. South Carolina
10. Tennessee
11. Arizona
12. Duke
13. Clemson
14. Virginia Tech
15. Stanford
16. Auburn

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