Race to the ACC Softball Tournament -- TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

ACC Softball Standings Remain Tight Down the Stretch

With the regular season down to the final stretch, the ACC softball standings have been starting to fall into place, but there is still just enough softball left to continue to shake up the standings. For Louisville, a Sunday evening upset victory over Florida State helped better the Cards' position and it made the battle for the top of the ACC more interesting.

Currently, Louisville sits at 10th in the ACC at 7-14 (0.333) out of 15 teams. This year, only the top 12 teams qualify for the ACC Tournament, leaving the bottom three on the outside looking in. 

The full ACC standings are as follows:

Florida State 16-2 (0.889)

Virginia Tech 17-4 (0.810)

Clemson 19-5 (0.792)

Duke 16-8 (0.667)

North Carolina 15-9 (0.625)

Stanford 13-8 (0.619)

Virginia 14-10 (0.583)

Georgia Tech 10-11 (0.476)

California 8-13 (0.381)

Louisville 7-14 (0.333)

Notre Dame 7-17 (0.292)

Syracuse 6-15 (0.286)

Pitt 6-15 (0.286)

NC State 6-18 (0.250)

Boston College 5-16 (0.238)

Florida State and Virginia Tech are set to play a series in Blacksburg over the weekend. A weekend sweep by the Hokies would put them in first but even one one by the Seminoles guarantees Florida State an ACC title.

California and Syracuse is another ACC series to keep an eye on. A couple losses by the Orange would work in Louisville's favor.

Louisville visits Pitt to close out the season. The Panthers have work to do to get out of the bottom three and could be fighting for survival.

A few factors that work in Louisville's favor include tiebreakers over Notre Dame and Boston College. The Irish have completed conference play so a tie between them and the Cards would give Louisville an edge. 

NC State has completed conference play so they are the only team Louisville is guaranteed to finish ahead of.

Louisville only needs one win this coming weekend to lock in an ACC Tournament birth. One win would put them ahead of NC State and Notre Dame in the standings and help lock in any type of tiebreaker over Boston College.

(Photos by Jared)

Happy Tuesday and Go Cards!

Jared