BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – On Thursday morning, the Southeastern Conference (SEC) announced its annual preseason softball coaches' poll that has first-year league member Texas sitting atop the 15-team poll. In addition, the league released its 24-member Preseason All-SEC Team that features five Longhorn student-athletes, tied for the most by any program in the conference.
It marks the first time since 2005 – and just the second time in program history – that the Texas Longhorns have been selected as preseason favorites in its league's preseason coaches' poll. In 2005, UT earned six of a possible 10 first-place votes and edged Oklahoma, which had four votes, by two points in the Big 12 Conference's preseason softball coaches' poll.