The Longhorns are the undisputed No. 1 team in the country, and their current stretch of dominance is plenty explanation why.
Texas Softball is ranked as the No. 1 team in the country, and for good reason.
The Longhorns are currently riding a program-record and nation-leading 26-game win streak and sit 28-1 on the season overall. Last weekend, the Horns earned their fourth-straight run-rule win by beating Baylor 11-0 in five innings.
This week's rankings tell the story of Texas' definitive dominance.
Texas overtook Tennessee this week to claim top positioning across all four major polls. The Longhorns have not lost since the opening weekend, when then-No. 9 Nebraska dropped them to 2-1 on Feb. 6.
Star pitcher Teagan Kavan was in the circle against the Bears and continued her strong play from recent starts.
Kavan pitched all five innings for a shutout win, striking out 10. She allowed just two hits and two hit batters for all of Baylor's base runners in the blowout Texas win.
The offense, as has been the case during this four-game run, was on full display. Texas scored its 11 runs on nine hits, five of which went for extra bases.
Nine of those runs came in the top of the second inning alone, where Texas batters doubled three times to drive in runs. The Longhorns were active on the base paths, too, with leadoff hitter Kayden Henry stealing home in the second inning and Kaydee Bennett hitting a pinch-hit inside-the-park home run in the fifth.
Fresh off the program's first Women's College World Series national championship in 2025, the Longhorns are making it clear they want a repeat. Entering the two-game series against Baylor, Texas ranks fourth in the SEC in batting average, fifth in hits, third in slugging percentage and fourth in runs scored, despite having played the least amount of total games in the league this season.
The Longhorns have a midweek game in San Marcos against Texas State on March 25 before a three-game weekend series in SEC play against rival Texas A&M.
The Aggies are ranked No. 15, but face a Texas team that is 9-1 against ranked teams this year and is enjoying a 16-game home winning streak, which dates back to last season and is the third-longest in program history.
If Texas were to beat Texas State and sweep Texas A&M, the Longhorns will reach 32 wins and set a new program record for victories in a season, surpassing the 31 from the 2006 season (the same season that had the previous best win streak).
With these records soon to be falling, there's no way to classify the Longhorns other than in a class of their own.
