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College Softball has a new all-time Victories King…

Oklahoma City Head Coach Phil McSpadden has become college softball’s all-time wins leader. OCU swept a doubleheader against Mid-America Christian Friday to achieve the milestone for the Hall of Fame Coach. With the wins McSpadden notched career victory 1,860, surpassing fellow Hall of Famer Mike Candrea who led programs at Central Arizona and Arizona. McSpadden has coached the Stars to 11 National Championships during his 36-year tenure while amassing a 1,860-404 record.

Last year’s National Runner-up Mobile (13-2) has moved up to No. 1 in the first regular season NAIA Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. The Rams were previously No. 2 in the preseason poll.

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL [1st Place Votes}	RECORD	FINAL POINTS
1	2	Mobile (Ala.) [16]	13-2	527
2	6	Indiana Wesleyan	5-1	476
3	5	Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)	5-3	462
4	RV	Texas A&M Texarkana [1]	15-0	454
5	7	Oregon Tech	12-5	452
6	1	Oklahoma City [2]	13-5	435
7	15	Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)	16-4	415
8	3	Science & Arts (Okla.)	9-5	406
9	10	Southern Oregon	12-4	398
10	NR	Baker (Kan.)	13-2	385
11	14	Georgia Gwinnett	13-4	369
12	13	College of Idaho	16-2	342
13	24	Cumberlands (Ky.)	17-2	333
14	11	Grand View (Iowa)	14-3	294
15	12	William Carey (Miss.)	12-4	283
16	4	Southeastern (Fla.)	7-8	267
17	NR	Northwestern (Iowa)	16-0	252
18	9	Tennessee Wesleyan	5-3	233
19	NR	Ottawa (Kan.)	13-3	201
20	8	Central Methodist (Mo.)	8-4	189
21	19	Eastern Oregon	12-6	187
22	NR	Middle Georgia State	14-2	181
23	17	Marian (Ind.)	1-1	170
24	20	Campbellsville (Ky.)	10-6-1	130
25	18	Coastal Georgia	9-4	128

Dropped from the Top 25: Jessup (Calif.), Midland (Neb.), Columbia (Mo.), Webber International (Fla.), Saint Xavier (Ill.)

Others Receiving Votes: Jessup (Calif.) 116, Truett McConnell (Ga.) 75, Oklahoma Wesleyan 73, Hope International (Calif.) 61, Midland (Neb.) 33, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 23, St. Francis (Ill.) 23, Bellevue (Neb.) 17, Michigan-Dearborn 17, Missouri Baptist 14, Reinhardt (Ga.) 7, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 7, Vanguard (Calif.) 6, St. Mary of the Woods (Ind.) 3, Arizona Christian 3.

Undefeated Murray State (22-0) out of Oklahoma is the No. 1 team in this weeks NJCAA DII Rankings.

Place		Team	Record	Points	First Place Votes	Prev. Ranking
	1		Murray State	22-0	200	12	1
	2		Phoenix	16-4	190		3
	3		Des Moines Area	7-2	180		2
	4		Northwest Mississippi	11-1	170		4
	5		Copiah-Lincoln	11-3	160		5
	6		Jones	13-4	150		8
	7		Parkland	11-6	140		6
	8		Louisburg	13-2	130		9
	9		South Mountain	16-3	120		10
	10		LSU Eunice	20-8	110		7
	11		Kirkwood	10-4	100		13
	12		Pearl River	16-5	88		15
	13		Northeast Mississippi	22-2	78		11
	14		Danville Area	7-3	72		14
	15		North Iowa Area	10-1	57		17
	16		Rock Valley	7-2	51		20
	17		Itawamba	11-4	38		16
	18		Catawba Valley	13-3	30		18
	19		Lake-Sumter State	17-9	15		NR
	20		Delaware Tech	0-0	9		12

Receiving Votes: Illinois Central, Iowa Lakes

Grayson College (19-3) still sits atop the NJCAA DI Rankings this week.

Place		Team	Record	Points	First Place Votes	Previous Rank
	1		Grayson	19-3	160	8	1
	2		Northwest Florida State	30-2	133		2
	3		Florida SouthWestern	17-3	126		3
	4		Odessa	18-3	119		5
	5		Wallace State	15-3	112		4
	6		Walters State	16-0	105		6
	7		McLennan	17-5	98		7
	8		Central Florida	25-5	91		9
	9		Seminole State (OK)	12-2	84		8
	10		Chattanooga State	12-3	77		10
	11		Lake Land	12-4	70		14
	12		Southern Idaho	10-5	63		13
	13		Galveston	19-3	56		18
	14		Seminole State (FL)	22-6	49		11
	15		Butler	11-5	42		17
	16		San Jacinto	14-8	35		12
	17		Indian Hills	5-3	28		15
	18		Hutchinson	15-4	21		20
	19		Volunteer State	9-3	14		24
	20		Indian River	22-7	2		22

Receiving Votes: Weatherford, Utah State Eastern, Salt Lake, Pensacola State, Crowder

Shocking and unexpected news if you live on Mars. Oklahoma (17-1) is this week’s D1 Softball No. 1 team.

Rank	Team	Overall Record	Record Last Week	Previous Rank
1	Oklahoma	17-1	4-0	1
2	UCLA	22-1	5-0	2
3	Oklahoma State	18-1	5-0	3
4	Tennessee	16-1	5-0	4
5	Stanford	19-2	5-0	6
6	Florida State	20-3	5-0	5
7	Clemson	20-1	5-0	7
8	LSU	20-1	5-0	9
9	Arkansas	19-3	6-0	8
10	Alabama	17-3	6-0	12
11	Texas	17-2-1	6-0	15
12	Baylor	17-2	4-1	10
13	Florida	14-3	3-0	13
14	Duke	17-4	4-1	11
15	Washington	18-3	5-0	16
16	Virginia Tech	14-4	3-0	17
17	Kentucky	12-5-1	2-2	14
18	Georgia	17-5	5-1	18
19	Oregon	16-4	4-1	21
20	Arizona	15-6	5-1	19
21	Texas A&M	14-6	3-2	22
22	Auburn	20-2	5-1	20
23	Wichita State	16-3	4-0	23
24	Nebraska	14-6	5-0	NR
25	Maryland	15-4	5-0	NR
Dropped Out
	Missouri	15-6	3-2	24
	Northwestern	9-7	3-1	25

Western Kentucky Head Coach Amy Tudor picked up her 500th career coaching victory today. The Hilltoppers defeated Evansville 9-0 to achieve the milestone for their leader. Tudor is in her 10th season leading WKU. She also led programs at IPFW, Belmont and Ohio Wesleyan.

Florida Head Coach Tim Walton might be donning Blazer colors at the conclusion of the Gators weekend series in Birmingham. Son Brooks Walton is a senior pitcher for the UAB Baseball squad and will get the the start Sunday at home for their game against Notre Dame.

North Carolina State has parted ways with head coach Jennifer Patrick-Swift after a 5-10 start to the season. Patrick-Swift was in her fifth season leading the Wolfpack. She exits with a 114-91 overall record. She joined NC State after seven successful seasons as head coach at St. Francis (PA). Assistant coach and husband Patrick Swift was also let go.

RTS will be in Birmingham this weekend for a three-game series as UAB (10-7) welcomes No. 13 ranked Florida (11-3) to the Magic City. The Blazers and Gators get the three-game tilt started on Friday at 6 pm CST at Mary Bowers Field. Check-in on Twitter @Rounding3rdSB and on all RTS Social Media platforms for live in-game action and updates throughout the weekend.

The NJCAA has released their week one Division I Rankings. Grayson College (15-3) out of Texas sits in the top spot followed by Northwest Florida State College (22-2) and defending National Champion Florida Southwestern State (12-3).

	Place		Team	Record	Points	First Place Votes	Previous Rank
	1		Grayson	15-3	160	8	8
	2		Northwest Florida State	22-2	133		NR
	3		Florida SouthWestern	12-3	126		1
	4		Wallace State-Hanceville	9-2	119		5
	5		Odessa	18-3	112		3
	6		Walters State	14-0	105		NR
	7		McLennan	13-5	98		2
	8		Seminole State (OK)	8-2	91		4
	9		Central Florida	19-5	84		12
	10		Chattanooga State	11-2	77		6
	11		Seminole State (FL)	19-4	70		NR
	12		San Jacinto	12-5	63		20
	13		Southern Idaho	10-5	56		10
	14		Lake Land	10-4	49		18
	15		Indian Hills	2-2	42		13
	16		Utah State Eastern	10-1	35		NR
	17		Butler	4-4	28		7
	18		Galveston	15-3	21		NR
	19		Crowder	11-3	14		NR
	20		Hutchinson	10-3	2		17

Receiving Votes: Indian River State, Volunteer State, Pensacola State, Eastern Oklahoma State, Wallace State-Dothan