Rounding Third Softball

Christopher Newport (27-1) kept their grasp on the No. 1 spot in this week’s NFCA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Captains received all 10 first-place votes.

Rank	Team	Points	2022 Record	Previous
1	Christopher Newport (10)	250	27-1	1
2	Salisbury	240	28-2	2
3	Texas Lutheran	230	29-4	3
4	Birmingham-Southern	220	28-4	4
5	East Texas Baptist	210	22-7	7
6	Eastern Connecticut State	200	20-4	8
7	Belhaven	190	25-5	5
8	Randolph-Macon	180	24-5	6
9	DePauw	170	18-6	9
10	Linfield	160	29-7	13
11	Virginia Wesleyan	150	25-8	14
12	Roanoke	140	20-8	10
13	Tufts	130	16-4	11
14	Wisconsin-Oshkosh	120	18-4	15
15	Concordia (Wis.)	110	17-2	16
16	Rowan	100	21-5	18
17	Milwaukee School of Engineering	90	13-3	17
18	Saint Benedict (Minn.)	80	18-3	21
19	Mary Hardin-Baylor	70	22-9	25
20	Berry	60	23-10	12
21	Chapman	35	21-6	20
22	Bethel	30	18-2	RV
23	Loras	27	16-4	22
T24	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	13	15-8	NR
T24	Millikin	13	22-4	19

Others receiving votes: The College of New Jersey 11, Trine 10, Mount St. Joseph 4, Moravian 3, Geneseo 3, and Pfeiffer 1.

Dropped out: Babson, Wartburg, WashU and York (Pa.).

UT Tyler (34-4) is once again No. 1 in this week’s NFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Patriots are unanimous in the top spot receiving all 16 first-place votes.

Rank	School	Points	2022 Record	Prev. Ranking
1	UT Tyler (16)	400	34-4	1
2	Rogers State	382	35-3	3
3	Valdosta State	365	27-5	4
4	Cal State San Marcos	343	33-3	8
5	Indianapolis	341	34-4	5
6	Auburn Montgomery	300	30-6	9
7	Concordia Irvine	296	38-5	2
8	Texas A&M-Kingsville	288	35-8	7
9	Tampa	282	25-9	6
10	Central Oklahoma	266	34-6	10
11	Angelo State	230	32-8	11
12	North Georgia	214	34-11	16
13	Augustana	207	26-7	14
14	Lubbock Christian	186	33-7	15
15	Lincoln Memorial	182	32-8	12
16	Oklahoma Christian	151	32-8	19
17	Southern Indiana	124	30-8	20
18	Embry-Riddle	107	21-9	23
19	Texas A&M-Commerce	105	33-11	13
20	Anderson	100	31-5	21
20	Minnesota State	100	26-10	18
22	West Florida	61	22-11	17
23	West Texas A&M	41	25-12	22
24	Grand Valley State	38	26-5	24
25	East Stroudsburg	27	26-4	RV

New to Poll: No. 25 East Stroudsburg

Dropped Out:  No. 25 Carson-Newman

Receiving Votes: Chico State (18), Adelphi (14), Rollins (13), Lenoir-Rhyne (6), Kutztown (4), Colorado Christian (3), UAH (2), Washburn (2), Georgian Court (1), Nova Southeastern (1). 

Off to an NCAA Record 36-0 start, Oklahoma keeps rolling as the No. 1 team in the country in this week’s USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. Virginia Tech (29-5) moves up to No. 2 after a strong road trip through Florida last week against Top 25 competition. The top four are rounded out by Alabama (33-5), Florida State (37-4), and UCLA (32-5).

Rank	School (First Place Votes)	Points	2022 Record	Prev. Ranking
1	Oklahoma (32)	800	36-0	1
2	Virginia Tech	740	29-5	4
3	Alabama	734	33-5	5
4	Florida State	713	37-4	2
5	UCLA	683	32-5	3
6	Oklahoma State	621	31-7	6
7	Arkansas	581	28-7	10
8	Kentucky	560	27-9	8
9	Florida	549	30-9	7
10	Northwestern	517	27-6	9
11	Washington	458	22-11	11
12	Duke	456	32-5	13
13	Arizona State	405	28-5	16
14	Georgia	386	33-8	15
15	Tennessee	381	26-12	12
16	Clemson	310	30-10	18
17	Oregon	260	24-11	14
18	Texas	224	30-10-1	19
19	Auburn	217	29-9	17
20	UCF	168	34-10	23
21	LSU	149	24-16	21
22	Michigan	118	23-12	22
23	Notre Dame	100	30-7	25
24	Stanford	92	26-10	RV
25	Arizona	78	21-14	20

New to Poll: No. 24 Stanford

Dropped Out: No. 24 Missouri

Receiving Votes: Oregon State (38), Missouri (29), USC Upstate (17), Mississippi State (4), Nebraska (4), USF (4), Louisiana (2), San Diego State (2).

The latest NAIA Top 25 Coaches Poll has a traditional power back atop it. Oklahoma City (25-2) took over the top spot with six first-place votes to bump previous No. 1 Oregon Tech (33-6) to second as the Owls garnered five first-place votes. Undefeated Mobile (32-0) is gaining steam coming in at No. 3 with eight first-place votes.

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL [1st Place Votes]	RECORD	FINAL POINTS
1	2	Oklahoma City [6]	25-2	510
2	1	Oregon Tech [5]	33-6	509
3	6	Mobile (Ala.) [8]	32-0	499
4	3	Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)	33-3	488
5	4	Science & Arts (Okla.)	29-6	458
6	5	College of Idaho	28-6	451
7	7	William Carey (Miss.)	32-5	426
8	9	Indiana Wesleyan	25-5	405
9	8	Southern Oregon	29-9	392
10	10	Coastal Georgia	29-4	376
11	11	Central Methodist (Mo.)	17-4	375
12	13	Grand View (Iowa)	17-5	326
13	14	Texas A&M Texarkana	25-7	318
14	15	Georgia Gwinnett	25-13	287
15	17	Cumberlands (Ky.)	26-12	285
16	18	Aquinas (Mich.)	22-4	264
17	12	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	24-10	253
18	16	Marian (Ind.)	18-5	247
19	20	Madonna (Mich.)	16-2	198
20	19	Southeastern (Fla.)	28-7	196
21	21	Columbia (Mo.)	16-10	167
22	22	Ottawa (Kan.)	19-8-1	160
23	NR	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	26-2	135
24	RV	Tennessee Wesleyan	24-3	122
24	25	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	15-5	122

Dropped from the Top 25: Morningside (Iowa), William Jessup (Calif.)

Others Receiving Votes: Morningside (Iowa) 107, William Jessup (Calif.) 99, Vanguard (Calif.) 45, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 30, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 30, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 26, Rio Grande (Ohio) 26, Cottey (Mo.) 18, Bellevue (Neb.) 17, Eastern Oregon 15, Oklahoma Panhandle State 11, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 7, Midland (Neb.) 5, Webber International (Fla.) 5, Brenau (Ga.) 5, Campbellsville (Ky.) 3.

NCAA has released an updated RPI. Similar to any and every softball poll nationally, the Oklahoma Sooner sit atop the ranking. The Rating Percentage Index is used to rank teams based upon wins and losses and its strength of schedule. It is used by the NCAA Selection Committee to choose the field of 64 for postseason play. The complete RPI can be found at DI Softball Rankings – NCAA Women’s Softball RPI | NCAA.com.

Christopher Newport keeps their unanimous hold on No. 1 in this week’s NFCA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll.

Rank	Team	Points	2022 Record	Previous
1	Christopher Newport (10)	250	25-1	1
2	Salisbury	240	26-2	2
3	Texas Lutheran	230	26-4	3
4	Birmingham-Southern	220	25-4	4
5	Belhaven	210	22-4	5
6	Randolph-Macon	200	20-3	6
7	East Texas Baptist	190	22-7	7
8	Eastern Connecticut State	180	16-4	8
9	DePauw	170	17-6	10
10	Roanoke	160	17-7	11
11	Tufts	150	15-3	14
12	Berry	140	22-8	13
13	Linfield	130	25-7	12
14	Virginia Wesleyan	120	21-8	9
15	Wisconsin-Oshkosh	110	10-4	15
16	Concordia (Wis.)	100	12-1	16
17	Milwaukee School of Engineering	90	5-1	17
18	Rowan	80	17-5	19
19	Millikin	70	20-2	20
20	Chapman	60	19-5	18
21	Saint Benedict (Minn.)	40	13-2	22
22	Loras	36	15-1	23
23	Mount St. Joseph	23	18-5	24
24	Babson	18	14-4	RV
25	Mary Hardin-Baylor	10	19-9	RV

Others receiving votes: Bethel 5, Wartburg 5, WashU 5, York (Pa.) 4, Moravian 2, Pfeiffer 1, and The College of New Jersey 1.

Dropped out: Lebanon Valley and Nebraska Wesleyan.

UT Tyler (30-4) returned to the No. 1 spot in this week’s NFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll. After a week’s absence, the Patriots reclaimed the top spot from previous No. 1 Concordia Irvine (38-3).

Rank	School	Points	2022 Record	Prev. Ranking
1	UT Tyler (14)	398	30-4	2
2	Concordia Irvine (2)	382	38-3	1
3	Rogers State	368	31-3	3
4	Valdosta State	355	24-5	4
5	Indianapolis	329	28-4	5
6	Tampa	315	25-9	6
7	Texas A&M-Kingsville	302	33-6	12
8	Cal State San Marcos	281	31-3	8
9	Auburn Montgomery	260	27-6	11
10	Central Oklahoma	258	30-6	19
11	Angelo State	239	29-7	14
12	Lincoln Memorial	211	31-7	18
13	Texas A&M-Commerce	203	31-9	9
14	Augustana	197	20-6	7
15	Lubbock Christian	173	30-6	17
16	North Georgia	160	30-11	13
17	West Florida	141	21-9	16
18	Minnesota State	114	22-8	15
19	Oklahoma Christian	101	28-8	22
20	Southern Indiana	70	26-8	NR
21	Anderson	66	29-5	RV
22	West Texas A&M	53	21-12	20
23	Embry-Riddle	43	18-9	23
24	Grand Valley State	39	19-4	10
25	Carson-Newman	37	27-9	21

New to Poll: No. 20 Southern Indiana, No. 21 Anderson

Dropped Out:  No. 24 Seton Hill, No. 25 Chico State

Receiving Votes: Adelphi (27), East Stroudsburg (26), Chico State (21), Rollins (8), St. Mary’s (8), Southern Arkansas (5), Kutztown (4), Cal State Monterey Bay (2), Seton Hill (2), Nova Southeastern (1), UAH (1). 

Oklahoma (32-0) kept their tight grip on the No. 1 spot in this week’s USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Top 5 remained the same with Virginia Tech (27-4) moving up a spot to No. 4.

Rank	School (First Place Votes)	Points	2022 Record	Prev. Ranking
1	Oklahoma (32)	800	32-0	1
2	Florida State	764	35-2	2
3	UCLA	736	31-3	3
4	Virginia Tech	691	27-3	5
5	Alabama	682	30-5	4
6	Oklahoma State	639	28-6	6
7	Florida	588	30-6	7
8	Kentucky	559	25-8	8
9	Northwestern	536	24-5	9
10	Arkansas	509	24-7	10
11	Washington	457	22-11	11
12	Tennessee	421	25-10	13
13	Duke	410	28-5	14
14	Oregon	394	24-8	12
15	Georgia	366	31-6	15
16	Arizona State	339	25-5	16
17	Auburn	304	29-6	17
18	Clemson	269	25-10	18
19	Texas	179	29-10-1	21
20	Arizona	143	20-12	19
21	LSU	133	22-15	20
22	Michigan	124	20-11	23
23	UCF	105	29-10	22
24	Missouri	85	22-13	24
25	Notre Dame	72	27-7	25

New to Poll: None.

Dropped Out: None

Receiving Votes: Louisiana (30), Oregon State (30), USC Upstate (11), Stanford (9), Ohio State (6), Wisconsin (4), Boise State (2), UNLV (1), USF (1), Western Kentucky (1).

Missouri Western State Coach Joe Yegge collected his 700th career coaching win on Saturday in a 2-1 victory over Emporia State as part of a doubleheader sweep. Yegge is in his first season coaching the Griffins. He has also served as head coach at Kirkwood Community College and Cedar Rapids Prairie High School during his long and distinguished career.

RTS will be in Orlando tomorrow for the start of the three-game series between No. 5 Virginia Tech (25-3) and No. 22 Central Florida (29-8). Game 1 & 2 will be at 2 pm and 4 pm Sunday, while the series will finish Monday evening with Game 3 at 6 pm. Check-in starting at 1 pm tomorrow here, on Twitter, and Instagram for real-time updates from the Top 25 matchup between the Hokies and Knights.