NEW YORK – Villanova enters the 2021 season as the favorite as the BIG EAST Softball Preseason Coaches’ Poll was announced on Monday. The Wildcats earned 62 points, including six first-place votes, to stand atop the poll, edging 2019 BIG EAST postseason champion DePaul, which tallied 55 points and three first-place votes. The BIG EAST Preseason Poll is based on a vote of the league’s head coaches who are not permitted to vote for their own teams.
Following the Wildcats and Blue Demons in the poll was a tie in third place featuring 2019 BIG EAST regular-season champion St.