Mississippi State snapped its four game losing streak against Missouri in a moment that could prove to be a season-defining one. Until the final inning of the series finale, Missouri had shut down the Bulldogs, allowing the Bulldogs just one run in 20 innings of play.
But in the seventh inning Monday night, Mississippi State’s offense found enough life to score three runs and Aspen Wesley struck out all three batters in the bottom half of the inning to secure the 3-2 victory.
MSU will try to keep that momentum headed into its final SEC series of the season against No. 12/14 Georgia (37-13, 11-10 SEC). The three game series begins at 5 p.m. Friday on SEC Network+.
While the seventh inning comeback could be an impactful moment for MSU, but it didn’t help the Bulldogs’ standings in the latest top 25 polls. The Bulldogs fell at least one spot in both the ESPN.COM/USA Softball Top 25 and USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Polls. The following are the full polls:
(Rank, Team, Record, Points, Previous Ranking)
1. Texas (25), 42-6, 625, 1
2. Oklahoma, 45-4, 600, 2
3. Tennessee, 37-9, 563, 3
4. Oklahoma State, 42-8, 540, 4
5. Duke, 44-6, 516, 5
6. UCLA, 30-10, 493, 6
7. Stanford, 39-11, 484, 8
8. Texas A&M, 39-9, 420, 11
9. Florida, 39-12, 398, 12
10. Washington, 31-10, 377, 10
11. Arkansas, 34-13, 375, 13
12. Georgia, 37-13, 351, 9
13. LSU, 36-13, 338, 7
14. Florida State, 40-10, 312, 16
15. Missouri, 37-13, 311, 14
16. Alabama, 32-14, 222, 17
17. Louisiana, 38-15, 196, 19
18. Virginia Tech, 38-11-1, 186, 15
19. Mississippi State, 30-16, 149, 18
20. Arizona, 32-15-1, 146, 20
21. Oregon, 27-16, 105, 23
22. Clemson, 33-16, 104, 21
23. Northwestern, 31-9, 56, NR
24. Kentucky, 30-18, 46, 22
25. Miami (Ohio), 40-7, 42, NR
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES:
Boston U (36), Texas State (34), California (33), South Carolina (27), Baylor (19), Auburn (8), Eastern Kentucky (2), Virginia (1), Michigan (1).
(Rank, Team, Record, Points, Previous Ranking)
1. Texas (30), 42-6, 798, 1
2. Oklahoma (2), 45-2, 770, 2
3. Tennessee, 37-9, 720, 3
4. Oklahoma State, 42-8, 696, 4
5. Duke, 44-6, 658, 5
6. Stanford, 39-11, 621, 7
7. UCLA, 30-10, 574, 9
8. Texas A&M, 39-9, 546, 10
9. Washington, 31-10, 545, 8
10. LSU, 36-13, 535, 6
11. Florida, 39-12, 452, 12
12. Florida State, 40-10, 430, 16
13. Missouri, 37-13, 424, 14
14. Georgia, 37-13, 404, 11
15. Arkansas, 34-13, , 15
16. Virginia Tech, 38-11-1, 333, 13
17. Alabama, 32-14, 244, 17
18. Arizona, 32-15-1, 202, 19
19. California, 33-15, 194, 20
20. Mississippi State, 30-16, 167, 18
21. Louisiana, 38-14, 147, 25
22. Boston University, 45-4-1, 136, 23
23. Clemson, 33-16, 111, 22
24. Kentucky, 30-18, 90, 21
25. Oregon, 27-16, 65, 24
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES:
Northwestern (62), South Carolina (33), Miami (22), Texas State (16), Grand Canyon (6), Virginia (3), Baylor (2)
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