The 2016 national champions will begin the new season exactly where they ended the previous one: as the nation’s No. 1 team.
The Sooners are the unanimous choice as the preseason top-ranked team in both the USA Today/NFCA (National Fastpitch Coaches Association) Division I Coaches Poll and the ESPN/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25.
Only three other times in the 23-year history of the NFCA poll has a team been a unanimous No. 1 selection. It also marks the first time in OU softball history that the Sooners have been voted No. 1 to begin the season.