OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -- Its crowded at the top of this week's ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll. With all the votes in, the Amateur Softball Association announced today that Pac-10 rivals Arizona and UCLA are deadlocked at the No. 1 position with 438 points apiece.

The Wildcats picked up 10 of the possible 18 first place votes, while UCLA held on to eight top votes. Minnesota dropped out of the poll after three losses to Top 25 teams, while Northwestern entered the poll following wins over Top 25 opponents Washington and Massachusetts.

Oklahoma State jumped three spots to No. 21 after capturing the Speedline Invitational with impressive wins over top 25 foes South Florida and Stanford. Michigan continues to improve its standing in the poll moving up three spots to No. 15. The ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll is voted on by NCAA Division I coaches representing 15 different ASA regions and 12 different collegiate conferences. The poll is also voted on by selected softball media members. Records are as of March 9th. First-place votes are in parentheses.

ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate top 25
	Team	Record	Points
1.	Arizona (10)	26-1	438
1.	UCLA (8)	26-2	438
3.	Texas	22-2	409
4.	Nebraska	14-2	382
5.	Washington	23-2-1	380
6.	Oklahoma	18-3	365
7.	California	19-6	329
8.	Cal State Fullerton	16-7	314
9.	LSU	18-6	301
10.	Stanford	21-7	277
11.	Georgia	24-3	276
12.	Arizona State	21-7	274
13.	DePaul	10-3	216
14.	South Carolina	16-6	215
15.	Michigan	11-6	181
16.	Florida State	18-7	160
17.	Oregon State	19-9	139
18.	Alabama	18-9	130
19.	Texas A&M	18-8	115
20.	Ohio State	10-6	104
21.	Oklahoma State	17-6	101
22.	Oregon	16-6	91
23.	Massachusetts	7-7	59
24.	South Florida	24-7	46
25.	Northwestern	13-6	36

Others receiving votes: Kansas 23, Minnesota 15, Florida 13, Louisiana Lafayette 9, Mississippi State 4, UC Santa Barbara 3, Iowa 2, Illinois 1, Penn State 1.