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NCAA softball: Tennessee, Texas A&M, Texas and more jockeying for No. 1 ranking ahead of Women's College World Series

With the Women’s College World Series just over a month away, the country’s best softball teams are angling to move up the rankings with big wins. If you’re just jumping into the season now, here is what to catch up on:

It’s hard at the top

The No. 1 ranking has been hard to hold onto this season. The season started with Texas as the preseason No. 1 team, but a February Longhorns loss to Stanford allowed Oklahoma to take the top spot. Oklahoma held that top spot until mid-March, when it lost to Mizzou. Then Texas took the No.