KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The second edition of the 2023 NAIA Softball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll was released Wednesday by the national office. The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw the same four teams ranked, two in the top five.
Oregon Tech captured 12 first-place votes and jumped three spots to take over the top spot. Southern Oregon University followed, moving up four spots to be ranked No. 5. College of Idaho remained at No. 12 while Eastern Oregon University fell four to hold onto the last ranked spot in the No. 25 position.
2023 NAIA Softball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
4 |
Oregon Tech [12] |
20-5 |
519 |
| 2 |
7 |
Our Lady of the Lake [2] |
24-4 |
494 |
| 3 |
12 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) [4] |
24-2 |
479 |
| 4 |
10 |
Baker (Kan.) |
20-2 |
475 |
| 5 |
9 |
Southern Oregon |
18-4 |
437 |
| 6 |
2 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
12-4 |
429 |
| 7 |
5 |
Texas A&M Texarkana |
19-2 |
424 |
| 8 |
6 |
Oklahoma City [1] |
17-5 |
413 |
| 9 |
7 |
Science & Arts (Okla.) |
18-6 |
394 |
| 10 |
1 |
Mobile (Ala.) |
19-6 |
390 |
| 11 |
11 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
22-5 |
368 |
| 12 |
12 |
College of Idaho |
24-2 |
351 |
| 13 |
20 |
Middle Georgia State |
20-2 |
322 |
| 14 |
3 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
9-6 |
312 |
| 15 |
17 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
23-2 |
306 |
| 16 |
14 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
14-3 |
272 |
| 17 |
16 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
16-8 |
241 |
| 17 |
23 |
Marian (Ind.) |
13-1 |
241 |
| 19 |
15 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
21-5 |
239 |
| 20 |
19 |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
17-4 |
216 |
| 21 |
22 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
11-5 |
170 |
| 22 |
24 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
15-7-1 |
155 |
| 23 |
RV |
Truett McConnell (Ga.) |
15-5 |
143 |
| 24 |
25 |
Coastal Georgia |
15-5 |
141 |
25
|
21
|
Eastern Oregon
|
17-8
|
118
|
Dropped from the Top 25: Tennessee Wesleyan
Others Receiving Votes: Oklahoma Wesleyan 100, Jessup (Calif.) 66, Tennessee Wesleyan 61, Madonna (Mich.) 57, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 26, Hope International (Calif.) 23, Midland (Neb.) 13, St. Thomas (Fla.) 11, Indiana Tech 11, Missouri Baptist 7, St. Francis (Ill.) 5, Reinhardt (Ga.) 3.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents).
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team’s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appear on.
- Teams that receive only one point on the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
- The frequency of the polls is bi-weekly. This policy was approved by the National Administrative Council (NAC) prior to the 2016-17 academic season. This change allows raters the opportunity to consider a larger body of work between rating periods.
- For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.