Overview
- Oklahoma rose to No. 1 on Tuesday in multiple softball polls after its series win at Texas, with Alabama now No. 2 in ESPN/USA Softball and D1Softball and No. 3 in the NFCA rankings.
- Following the Friday-to-Sunday sweep at Auburn — 1-0, 4-0, 9-1 — Alabama’s Patrick Murphy reached 500 SEC wins as Jocelyn Briski and Vic Moten anchored back-to-back shutouts.
- Arkansas completed a three-game baseball sweep in Tuscaloosa over the weekend as late-inning rallies pushed the Razorbacks to 25 total runs, including 11 across the final three innings on Saturday.
- Alabama baseball fell four spots to No. 13 in Monday’s USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll after the sweep ended the Tide’s run of three straight SEC series wins.
- Both programs have midweek games Tuesday — softball at Samford and baseball at UAB — before weekend SEC series that could shift standings again in a conference with six top-10 softball teams.