Patty Gasso issued a challenge to her OU softball team after losing to Arkansas on Saturday.The gist of it?Start faster.The Sooners' response: They scored seven runs in the first two innings of Sunday's game, won in run-rule fashion and claimed the win in the series matching top-five teams.If that's all it took, maybe the OU softball coach should issue challenges before every game.On the strength of its wins against Arkansas — and quite honestly, the strength of its losses — OU remains atop The Oklahoman's College Softball Super 16. During a week in which Alabama lost to Samford and Texas Tech lost to Texas State, the Sooners suffered a pair of losses, too, but they came against Oklahoma State, which looks to be surging, and Arkansas, which starts the week No. 1 in the RPI.OU retains the top spot for the second consecutive week, just one vote shy of being a unanimous No. 1.Let's get to the Super 16.More: OU softball pitcher Allyssa Parker's confidence growing after shutout vs ArkansasThe Oklahoman's College Softball Super 16Team, Points (first-place votes), Record, Last week’s ranking1.

Oklahoma, 175 (10), 42-6, 12. Alabama, 151, 42-4, 23. Nebraska, 145 (1), 36-6, 44. Texas Tech, 137, 42-4, 35.

Arkansas, 129, 36-8, 56. Texas, 125, 34-7, 67T. Florida, 107, 44-6, 7T7T. UCLA, 107, 41-5, 7T9.

Tennessee, 81, 37-7, 910. Texas A&M, 75, 34-12, 1111. Duke, 73, 35-12, 1212. Georgia, 41, 33-12, 1313.

Florida State, 36, 39-7, 1414. Oregon, 34, 35-9, RV15. Oklahoma State, 27, 30-12, NR16. LSU, 20, 32-14, 16Others receiving votes: Arizona, 10, 31-13, 15; Stanford, 8, 30-12, RV; UCF, 3, 35-12, NR; Mississippi State, 1, 34-14, RV; Virginia Tech, 1, 38-8, 10Voters: Jenni Carlson, The Oklahoman; Nathan Giese, Lubbock (Texas) Avalanche-Journal; Cora Hall, Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel; Eric Lopez, In The Circle; Justin McLeod, D1Softball.com; Joe Mussatto, The Oklahoman; Noah Ram, Gainesville (Fla.) Sun; Colton Sulley, The Oklahoman; Brady Vernon, Softball America; Kirk Walker, Oklahoma City Spark general manager; Scott Wright, The Oklahoman.This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: Super 16 college softball rankings: Did OU stay No. 1 after .500 week?