According to both major softball polls, Oregon will start the 2025 season in the top 25.
Similar to their position in the USA Softball preseason poll, the Ducks are ranked No. 23 with 125 points in the NFCA preseason poll.
In 2024, Oregon lost to eventual national champion Oklahoma in the Norman Regional final after finishing 30-21 overall and 13-10 in Pac-12 play.
At the UNLV Desert Classic on February 7, the Ducks take on Buffalo to start the 2025 campaign.
Oregon in Melyssa Lombardi’s preseason NFCA poll:
2025: 23
2024: 15
2023: 24
2022: 18
2021: 10
2020: 27th garnering votes, unranked
25th of 2019