Thursday, March 26, 2026

The Red Cedar Report

Standings & Rankings

Big Ten Standings

#TeamConferenceOverall
1
USC
5-112-5
2
Michigan
5-18-5
3
Washington
4-113-1
4
Maryland
4-112-2
5
Ohio State
4-112-3
6
Illinois
4-18-7
7
Wisconsin
4-211-4
8
Northwestern
3-210-6
9
Nebraska
3-310-5
10
UCLA
3-39-5
11
Oregon
2-311-6
12
Purdue
2-36-7
13
Iowa
2-48-9
14
Indiana
1-411-6
15
Penn State
1-410-6
16
Rutgers
1-48-7
17
Michigan State
1-58-8
18
Minnesota
0-610-10

ITA Division I Women's Rankings

RankTeamPoints
1
Georgia
NR83
2
Auburn
NR74.1
3
Texas A&M
NR70.9
4
Ohio State
NR70.6
5
North Carolina
NR67.8
6
Pepperdine
NR62.8
7
Texas
NR61.4
8
Oklahoma
NR56.5
9
NC State
NR56.5
10
LSU
NR55.1
11
Vanderbilt
NR50.6
12
Tennessee
NR50.6
13
Virginia
NR49.2
14
USC
NR47.2
15
Florida
NR45.7
16
Arizona State
NR45.4
17
UCLA
NR43.8
18
Michigan
NR39.3
19
Cal
NR39.2
20
Washington
NR37.3
21
UCF
NR35.1
22
Clemson
NR34.5
23
TCU
NR33.7
24
Duke
NR30.1
25
Oklahoma State
NR30.1

Updated Mar 26

Big Ten Standings

#TeamConferenceOverall
1
UCLA
5-011-3
2
Michigan State
6-09-7
3
Illinois
5-115-4
4
Ohio State
4-117-3
5
Oregon
4-113-3
6
USC
4-112-4
7
Michigan
3-37-7
8
Wisconsin
2-411-5
9
Indiana
2-48-7
10
Penn State
1-413-7
11
Washington
1-47-10
12
Northwestern
1-513-8
13
Nebraska
1-59-8
14
Purdue
0-64-11

ITA Division I Men's Rankings

RankTeamPoints
1
Wake Forest
NR76.5
2
Ohio State
NR76.2
3
Texas
NR75.9
4
Virginia
NR75
5
TCU
NR72
6
Mississippi State
NR69.3
7
LSU
NR67.5
8
Baylor
NR59.3
9
Arizona
NR58.7
10
Texas A&M
NR57.2
11
Georgia
NR54.1
12
UCF
NR47.2
13
San Diego
NR46.1
14
Illinois
NR45.1
15
Oklahoma
NR44.9
16
South Carolina
NR42.6
17
Vanderbilt
NR41.5
18
Notre Dame
NR40.2
19
NC State
NR39.7
20
UCLA
NR39.4
21
Florida
NR34.6
22
Stanford
NR34.5
23
Auburn
NR34.4
24
USC
NR34.3
25
Pepperdine
NR33.8

Updated Mar 26

Big Ten Standings

#TeamConferenceOverallStreak
1
UCLA
9-028-3W22
2
Washington
9-027-6W17
3
Nebraska
6-024-5W13
4
Oregon
5-124-8W2
5
Indiana
7-225-7L1
6
Purdue
4-223-8L1
7
Iowa
5-421-10W2
8
Minnesota
3-311-20W1
9
Northwestern
3-315-14W7
10
Rutgers
3-617-15W1
11
Ohio State
2-411-18W1
12
Wisconsin
2-416-11W1
13
Penn State
1-520-11L1
14
Maryland
1-813-17L3
15
Illinois
0-68-24L12
16
Michigan
0-619-12L6
17
Michigan State
0-613-17L7

ESPN/USA Softball Top 25

RankTeamPoints
1
Texas
▲ (+1)622
2
Texas Tech
▲ (+1)585
3
Oklahoma
▲ (+1)555
4
Tennessee
▼ (-3)546
5
Florida
▲ (+3)534
6
Nebraska
▼ (-1)501
7
Alabama
▼ (-1)474
8
UCLA
▼ (-1)447
9
Arkansas
424
10
Florida State
405
11
Georgia
▲ (+2)349
12
Virginia Tech
▲ (+2)326
13
Arizona
▼ (-2)323
14
Mississippi State
▼ (-2)281
15
Texas A&M
276
16
Washington
▲ (+1)256
17
Oregon
▼ (-1)216
18
Virginia
208
19
Duke
▲ (+1)166
20
LSU
▼ (-1)157
21
Oklahoma State
113
22
Stanford
▲ (+1)85
23
Grand Canyon
▼ (-1)76
24
South Carolina
43
25
Arizona State
NR35

Updated Mar 26

Big Ten Standings

#TeamConferenceOverallStreak
1
UCLA
9-022-2W16
2
USC
8-124-2L1
3
Nebraska
5-119-6W3
4
Oregon
7-220-4W1
5
Purdue
5-416-7W1
6
Iowa
3-315-8W2
7
Rutgers
3-314-10W2
8
Illinois
4-512-11L2
9
Washington
4-510-14W1
10
Indiana
3-610-14L2
11
Michigan State
3-68-15W1
12
Minnesota
2-416-8W1
13
Northwestern
2-48-12-1L1
14
Penn State
2-47-15W2
15
Maryland
1-511-13L5
16
Michigan
1-512-12W1
17
Ohio State
1-510-13L1

D1Baseball.com Top 25

RankTeam
1
UCLA
2
Texas
3
Georgia Tech
4
Arkansas
5
Auburn
6
Mississippi State
7
Georgia
8
Oklahoma
9
Virginia
10
Florida State
▲ (+1)
11
Southern Miss
▲ (+1)
12
USC
▲ (+1)
13
North Carolina
▲ (+1)
14
NC State
▼ (-4)
15
Coastal Carolina
▲ (+1)
16
Oregon State
▲ (+1)
17
West Virginia
▲ (+3)
18
Ole Miss
▼ (-18)
19
Kentucky
▼ (-4)
20
Oregon
▲ (+1)
21
Tennessee
▲ (+1)
22
Arizona State
▼ (-22)
23
Notre Dame
▼ (-23)
24
Nebraska
▼ (-24)
25
Texas A&M
▼ (-2)

Updated Mar 23

Big Ten Standings

#TeamConferenceOverallStreak
1
Michigan State
16-6-225-8-2L1
2
Michigan
17-6-129-7-1W4
3
Penn State
12-10-221-13-2L1
4
Wisconsin
14-1021-12-2L1
5
Ohio State
8-15-114-21-2L1
6
Minnesota
7-15-211-22-3L1
7
Notre Dame
5-17-29-23-5L1

USCHO Division I Men's Poll

RankTeamPoints
1
Michigan
1000
2
North Dakota
913
3
Michigan State
894
4
Denver
861
5
Western Michigan
819
6
Minnesota Duluth
710
7
Providence
692
8
Dartmouth
▲ (+1)671
9
Cornell
▼ (-1)546
10
Penn State
542
11
Quinnipiac
▼ (-1)529
12
Wisconsin
438
13
Connecticut
406
14
Minnesota State
▲ (+2)381
15
Massachusetts
▼ (-1)223
16
Merrimack
NR198
17
St. Thomas
▼ (-2)181
18
Augustana
174
19
Boston College
▼ (-2)139
20
Bentley
106

Updated Mar 23

Big Ten Standings

#TeamConferenceOverallStreak
1
Michigan Wolverines
19-133-3W2
2
Nebraska Cornhuskers
15-528-6W2
3
Michigan State Spartans
15-527-7W2
4
Illinois Fighting Illini
15-526-8W2
5
Wisconsin Badgers
14-624-11L2
6
Purdue Boilermakers
13-729-8W6
7
UCLA Bruins
13-724-12L1
8
Ohio State Buckeyes
12-821-13L2
9
Iowa Hawkeyes
10-1023-12W2
10
Indiana Hoosiers
9-1118-14L2
11
Minnesota Golden Gophers
8-1215-17L1
12
Washington Huskies
7-1316-17L1
13
USC Trojans
7-1318-14L8
14
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
6-1414-19L1
15
Northwestern Wildcats
5-1515-19L1
16
Oregon Ducks
5-1512-20L1
17
Maryland Terrapins
4-1612-21L1
18
Penn State Nittany Lions
3-1712-20L3

AP Top 25

RankTeamPoints
1
Duke
1418
2
Arizona
1372
3
Michigan
1310
4
Florida
1221
5
Houston
1214
6
Iowa State
▲ (+1)1096
7
UConn
▼ (-1)1032
8
Purdue
▲ (+10)912
9
Virginia
▲ (+1)903
10
St. John's
▲ (+3)860
11
Michigan State
▼ (-3)833
12
Gonzaga
829
13
Illinois
▼ (-4)801
14
Arkansas
▲ (+3)750
15
Nebraska
▼ (-4)689
16
Vanderbilt
▲ (+6)538
17
Kansas
▼ (-3)503
18
Alabama
▼ (-3)438
19
Wisconsin
▲ (+4)392
20
Texas Tech
▼ (-4)376
21
North Carolina
▼ (-2)293
22
Saint Mary's
▼ (-1)113
23
Tennessee
▲ (+2)112
23
Louisville
▲ (+1)112
25
Miami
▼ (-25)110

Updated Mar 16

Big Ten Standings

#TeamConferenceOverallStreak
1
UCLA Bruins
18-033-1W27
2
Iowa Hawkeyes
15-327-7L1
3
Michigan Wolverines
15-327-6W2
4
Ohio State Buckeyes
13-527-8L1
5
Minnesota Golden Gophers
13-524-8W2
6
Maryland Terrapins
11-724-9L1
7
Michigan State Spartans
11-723-9L1
8
Washington Huskies
10-822-11L1
9
USC Trojans
9-918-14L1
10
Illinois Fighting Illini
9-922-12L1
11
Oregon Ducks
8-1023-13L1
12
Nebraska Cornhuskers
7-1119-13L1
13
Indiana Hoosiers
6-1218-14L1
14
Purdue Boilermakers
5-1313-17L1
15
Wisconsin Badgers
5-1315-17W2
16
Penn State Lady Lions
4-1411-18L1
17
Northwestern Wildcats
2-168-21L11
18
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
1-179-20L11

AP Top 25

RankTeamPoints
1
UConn
772
2
UCLA
747
3
Texas
713
4
South Carolina
682
5
LSU
643
6
Vanderbilt
610
7
Iowa
560
8
Duke
547
9
Michigan
485
10
Oklahoma
468
11
West Virginia
▲ (+1)452
12
Ohio State
▼ (-1)450
13
Louisville
439
14
TCU
420
15
North Carolina
306
16
Kentucky
284
17
Maryland
272
18
Minnesota
234
19
Ole Miss
211
20
Michigan State
191
21
Baylor
128
22
Notre Dame
105
23
Princeton
94
24
Georgia
60
25
Texas Tech
52

Updated Mar 16

Big Ten Standings

#TeamConferenceOverallStreak
1
Indiana Hoosiers
9-016-0W16
2
Ohio State Buckeyes
9-012-0L2
3
Oregon Ducks
8-113-0L1
4
USC Trojans
7-29-0L1
5
Michigan Wolverines
7-29-0L2
6
Iowa Hawkeyes
6-39-0W3
7
Washington Huskies
5-49-0W1
8
Illinois Fighting Illini
5-49-0W2
9
Minnesota Golden Gophers
5-48-0W2
10
Nebraska Cornhuskers
4-57-0L3
11
Northwestern Wildcats
4-57-0W1
12
UCLA Bruins
3-63-0L5
13
Penn State Nittany Lions
3-67-0W4
14
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
2-75-0L2
15
Wisconsin Badgers
2-74-0L1
16
Michigan State Spartans
1-84-0W1
17
Maryland Terrapins
1-84-0L8
18
Purdue Boilermakers
0-92-0L10

AP Top 25

RankTeamPoints
1
Indiana
1650
2
Miami
▲ (+8)1584
3
Ole Miss
▲ (+3)1492
4
Oregon
▲ (+1)1429
5
Ohio State
▼ (-2)1378
6
Georgia
▼ (-4)1364
7
Texas Tech
▼ (-3)1232
8
Texas A&M
▼ (-1)1157
9
Alabama
▲ (+2)1065
10
Notre Dame
▼ (-1)1049
11
BYU
▲ (+1)961
12
Texas
▲ (+2)952
13
Oklahoma
▼ (-5)941
14
Utah
▲ (+1)812
15
Vanderbilt
▼ (-2)623
16
Virginia
▲ (+4)603
17
Iowa
▼ (-17)430
18
Tulane
▼ (-1)404
19
James Madison
399
20
USC
▼ (-4)378
21
Michigan
▼ (-3)276
22
Houston
▼ (-22)270
23
Navy
▼ (-1)227
24
North Texas
▼ (-1)191
25
TCU
▼ (-25)125

Updated Jan 20

Big Ten Standings

#TeamConferenceOverallStreak
1
Nebraska
20-033-1L1
2
Wisconsin
17-328-5L1
3
Purdue
15-527-7L1
4
USC
15-525-7L1
5
Indiana
14-625-8L1
6
Minnesota
12-824-10L1
7
Penn State
12-819-13L1
8
UCLA
12-819-13L1
9
Michigan
11-922-11L1
10
Illinois
8-1213-16L5
11
Michigan State
8-1218-12L6
12
Oregon
8-1217-13W2
13
Washington
8-1213-17L1
14
Northwestern
7-1317-15W1
15
Iowa
6-1415-17L1
16
Ohio State
3-176-22L2
17
Rutgers
3-1712-20W1
18
Maryland
1-198-22L13

AVCA Division I Women's Top 25 Poll

RankTeamPoints
1
Texas A&M
▲ (+5)1525
2
Kentucky
1452
3
Nebraska
▼ (-2)1385
4
Pittsburgh
1338
5
Wisconsin
▲ (+5)1310
6
Texas
▼ (-3)1192
7
Stanford
▼ (-2)1072
8
Purdue
▲ (+4)1052
9
Louisville
1037
10
Creighton
▲ (+1)1012
11
SMU
▼ (-4)904
12
Arizona State
▼ (-4)879
13
Indiana
▲ (+2)732
14
Kansas
▲ (+2)708
15
Minnesota
▲ (+2)685
16
Miami
▼ (-3)596
17
USC
▼ (-3)478
18
TCU
▲ (+2)424
19
North Carolina
362
20
Baylor
▲ (+1)343
21
Cal Poly
▼ (-21)256
22
Iowa State
▲ (+1)232
22
Colorado
▲ (+2)232
24
Tennessee
▼ (-6)178
25
BYU
▼ (-3)107

Updated Dec 22

Big Ten Standings

#TeamConferenceOverallStreak
1
Maryland
8-0-213-2-4L1
2
Washington
7-316-6-2W6
3
Michigan
6-2-212-4-4L2
4
UCLA
5-3-28-6-5T1
5
Indiana
5-512-6-1L1
6
Wisconsin
4-68-8W2
7
Northwestern
3-5-28-6-3W1
8
Rutgers
3-5-28-6-3L1
9
Ohio State
3-76-10L1
10
Michigan State
2-5-35-8-3L1
11
Penn State
1-6-35-8-4T1

United Soccer Coaches Top 25

RankTeamPoints
1
Maryland
▲ (+1)200
2
Vermont
▲ (+1)192
3
Princeton
▲ (+2)184
4
Virginia
▲ (+2)176
5
NC State
▼ (-1)168
6
Bryant
▲ (+1)160
7
Stanford
▼ (-6)152
8
Portland
▲ (+1)144
9
San Diego
▲ (+1)136
10
Michigan
▲ (+2)128
11
Georgetown
▲ (+2)120
12
High Point
▼ (-4)112
13
Oregon State
▲ (+2)104
14
Furman
▲ (+2)96
15
Washington
▼ (-1)88
16
West Virginia
▲ (+3)80
17
Marshall
▼ (-6)72
18
Kentucky
64
19
Akron
▲ (+1)56
20
UNC Greensboro
▲ (+3)48
21
Seton Hall
26
22
Hofstra
▲ (+3)22
23
Cornell
▲ (+1)18
24
Saint Louis
▼ (-2)13

Updated Nov 2

Big Ten Standings

#TeamConferenceOverallStreak
1
Washington
8-1-215-3-7L1
2
Michigan State
7-1-315-4-6L1
3
Iowa
6-2-312-5-4L1
4
UCLA
6-2-312-5-4T1
5
Wisconsin
6-3-214-6-2L1
6
Illinois
5-4-213-6-2L2
7
Penn State
5-4-210-8-3L1
8
Northwestern
4-2-59-4-8T1
9
Ohio State
4-2-511-5-6L1
10
USC
4-5-27-7-3L1
11
Michigan
3-4-46-8-4T1
12
Nebraska
3-5-38-5-5L2
13
Indiana
2-4-55-6-6L1
14
Purdue
3-7-16-10-3W1
15
Minnesota
2-6-36-8-3L1
16
Rutgers
2-7-24-7-5T1
17
Maryland
2-8-16-11-1T1
18
Oregon
1-6-43-10-5W1

United Soccer Coaches Top 25

RankTeamPoints
1
Stanford
▲ (+1)200
2
Notre Dame
▼ (-1)181
3
Memphis
177
4
Arkansas
173
5
TCU
169
6
Florida State
164
7
Virginia
154
8
Vanderbilt
141
9
Michigan State
136
10
Georgetown
▲ (+2)128
11
Duke
▼ (-1)120
12
Colorado
▼ (-1)117
13
Washington
▲ (+3)107
14
Tennessee
94
15
Wisconsin
▲ (+9)80
16
West Virginia
▲ (+3)77
17
UCLA
▲ (+3)63
18
Texas Tech
▼ (-3)59
19
Georgia
▼ (-2)52
20
Louisville
▲ (+1)47
21
Iowa
▼ (-8)45
22
Xavier
▼ (-4)39
23
Baylor
36
24
Clemson
▲ (+1)17
25
LSU
NR14

Updated Nov 2

Big Ten Standings

#TeamConferenceOverallStreak
1
Northwestern
8-022-1W11
2
Iowa
5-314-6L2
3
Maryland
5-310-8L1
4
Indiana
4-49-9L2
5
Michigan
4-410-7L1
6
Rutgers
4-49-9L1
7
Ohio State
3-58-10L1
8
Penn State
2-67-10L2
9
Michigan State
1-75-13L4

NFHCA Division I Top 20

RankTeamPoints
1
North Carolina
219
2
Northwestern
202
3
Princeton
▲ (+2)199
4
Harvard
▼ (-1)186
5
Virginia
▼ (-1)182
6
Liberty
▲ (+1)157
7
Wake Forest
▼ (-1)155
8
Duke
145
9
Iowa
133
10
Syracuse
127
11
Miami
▲ (+2)101
12
Yale
▲ (+4)79
13
Connecticut
▲ (+7)68
13
Massachusetts
▲ (+1)68
15
Monmouth
▼ (-3)59
16
Michigan
▼ (-1)53
17
Maryland
▼ (-6)50
18
Brown
▲ (+1)35
19
Rutgers
▼ (-2)26
20
Drexel
NR13
20
Fairfield
NR13

Updated Nov 2

Big Ten Standings

#TeamConferenceOverall
1
Penn State
8-015-0
2
Ohio State
7-118-1
3
Rutgers
5-314-5
4
Iowa
5-312-5
5
Illinois
5-312-5
6
Minnesota
5-311-5
7
Nebraska
5-313-6
8
Wisconsin
4-412-5
9
Indiana
4-49-5
10
Michigan
4-49-6
11
Purdue
2-69-7
12
Michigan State
1-74-10
13
Northwestern
1-73-9
14
Maryland
0-85-9

Big Ten Standings

#TeamConferenceOverall
1
Michigan
4-08-1
2
Ohio State
3-16-2
3
Nebraska
2-27-3
4
Penn State
1-33-3
5
Illinois
0-42-4

Big Ten Standings

#TeamConferenceOverall
1
UCLA
9-015-2
2
Minnesota
7-212-4
3
Michigan
6-311-4
4
Iowa
6-314-6
5
Michigan State
6-310-5
6
Penn State
5-410-6
7
Ohio State
4-510-6
8
Maryland
3-619-6
9
Nebraska
3-67-8
10
Rutgers
2-712-7
11
Washington
2-76-12
12
Illinois
1-85-14