LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The first USA Today/NFCA Top-25 Coaches Poll of the 2019 softball season was released on Tuesday morning. The Texas State Bobcats received 23 votes from the coaches in the preseason poll.
The preseason poll is headlined by defending national champion Florida State. The Seminoles enter the 2019 season as the favorites to repeat and garnered 21 of a possible 32 first-place votes and 780 total points. UCLA collected six first-place votes and 756 points for second, while Washington grabbed the remaining five first-place votes and 742 points in the third spot.
The Southeastern Conference dominated the polls, placing 11 teams inside the top-25 and six teams in the top-10.