Oregon Tech has held tight to the top spot in the latest NAIA Softball Coaches Top 25 Poll. The Owls garnered 15 of the 19 first-place votes. No. 2 Oklahoma City stayed in that second spot receiving three votes, while No. 6 Mobile received one vote.
RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
1 | 1 | Oregon Tech [15] | 26-4 | 526 |
2 | 2 | Oklahoma City [3] | 20-1 | 512 |
3 | 4 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 23-1 | 479 |
4 | 4 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 19-4 | 464 |
5 | 3 | College of Idaho | 22-6 | 462 |
6 | 8 | Mobile (Ala.) [1] | 26-0 | 460 |
7 | 7 | William Carey (Miss.) | 26-3 | 427 |
8 | 6 | Southern Oregon | 20-6 | 415 |
9 | 8 | Indiana Wesleyan | 18-4 | 395 |
10 | 10 | Coastal Georgia | 20-1 | 380 |
11 | 11 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 13-4 | 355 |
12 | 13 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 19-5 | 332 |
13 | 12 | Grand View (Iowa) | 15-3 | 325 |
14 | 15 | Texas A&M Texarkana | 19-5 | 297 |
15 | 14 | Georgia Gwinnett | 24-12 | 293 |
16 | 16 | Marian (Ind.) | 11-2 | 284 |
17 | 17 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 19-10 | 244 |
18 | RV | Aquinas (Mich.) | 20-4 | 231 |
19 | 21 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 19-4 | 229 |
20 | 18 | Madonna (Mich.) | 8-1 | 197 |
21 | 24 | Columbia (Mo.) | 10-8 | 142 |
22 | 23 | Ottawa (Kan.) | 12-7-1 | 139 |
23 | RV | William Jessup (Calif.) | 18-10 | 134 |
24 | 25 | Morningside (Iowa) | 12-6 | 125 |
25 | RV | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 11-5 | 117 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Vanguard (Calif.), Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), Milligan (Tenn.)
Others Receiving Votes: Vanguard (Calif.) 99, Northwestern (Iowa) 66, Brenau (Ga.) 62, Houston-Victoria (Texas) 57, Texas Wesleyan 42, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 28, Eastern Oregon 28, Rio Grande (Ohio) 23, Webber International (Fla.) 13, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 10, Oklahoma Panhandle State 8, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 6, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 6, Faulkner (Ala.) 4, Midland (Neb.) 3, Tennessee Wesleyan 3.