OIT Climbs to No. 21 in NAIA Softball Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- California Baptist earned all 13 first place votes to remain No. 1 in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) softball ratings. The Lancers compiled 325 total points.
Oregon Tech,currently leading the seven-team Cascade Collegiate Conference, climbed two spots to a tie for 21st.
The next three spots after Cal Baptist remained the same for the second straight week. Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.), Lubbock Christian (Texas) and Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) claimed their respective 2-3-4 slots with 310, 299 and 283 total points. William Carey (Miss.) climbed two spots to No. 5 with 256 total points to round out the top five.
Saint Gregory's (Okla.) moved up nine spots into the top 10 at No. 6 with 250 total points.
Three teams made their debuts this week. California State-San Marcos, Central Methodist (Mo.) and Warner Southern (Fla.) all appeared in the poll for the first time this year.
The fifth regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, April 16.
| 2008 NAIA Softball Preseason Top 25 Poll - April 9 |
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1ST PLACE VOTES |
RECORD |
TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
California Baptist (II) |
13 |
40-4 |
325 |
| 2 |
2 |
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II) |
29-7 |
310 |
| 3 |
3 |
Lubbock Christian (Texas) (VI) |
37-4 |
299 |
| 4 |
4 |
Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) (XI) |
25-3 |
283 |
| 5 |
7 |
William Carey (Miss.) (XIII) |
28-5 |
256 |
| 6 |
15 |
Saint Gregory's (Okla.) (VI) |
28-7 |
250 |
| 7 |
6 |
Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.) (XIV) |
29-7 |
249 |
| 8 |
8 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) (III) |
18-2 |
235 |
| 9 |
5 |
Rogers State (Okla.) (VI) |
32-6 |
203 |
| 10 |
11 |
Mobile (Ala.) (XIII) |
22-6 |
202 |
| 11 |
9 |
Simon Fraser (B.C.) (I) |
10-4 |
201 |
| 12 |
13 |
Oklahoma City (VI) |
23-10 |
182 |
| 13 |
10 |
Vanguard (Calif.) (II) |
30-14 |
175 |
| 14 |
16 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (VII) |
29-4 |
155 |
| 15 |
14 |
Columbia (Mo.) (V) |
21-7 |
147 |
| 16 |
12 |
Bethel (Ind.) (VIII) |
26-4 |
139 |
| 17 |
18 |
Martin Methodist (Tenn.) (XI) |
26-5 |
120 |
| 18 |
17 |
Shorter (Ga.) (XIII) |
31-9 |
118 |
| 19 |
19 |
Georgetown (Ky.) (XI) |
27-7 |
88 |
| 20 |
20 |
Faulkner (Ala.) (XIII) |
20-17 |
52 |
| T21 |
NR |
California State-San Marcos (II) |
23-11 |
44 |
| T21 |
23 |
Oregon Tech (I) |
20-10 |
44 |
| 23 |
NR |
Central Methodist (Mo.) (V) |
18-7 |
25 |
| T24 |
25 |
Morningside (Iowa) (III) |
18-5 |
24 |
| T24 |
RV |
Warner Southern (Fla.) (XIV) |
25-6 |
24 |