KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw four teams ranked in the 2025 preseason NAIA Softball Coaches’ Top 20 rating, released Wednesday by the national office.
Southern Oregon University led all CCC teams with a No. 4 rank and two first place votes. Oregon Tech was right behind at No. 5, followed by Eastern Oregon University at No. 13. College of Idaho rounded out the conference teams at No. 16
2025 NAIA Softball Coaches Top 25 Rating – Preseason
| RANK |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
2024 Record |
Final Points |
| 1 |
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) [15] |
57-3 |
525 |
| 2 |
Science and Arts (Okla.) [2] |
49-9 |
504 |
| 3 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
49-9 |
475 |
| 4 |
Southern Oregon [2] |
41-19 |
473 |
| 5 |
Oregon Tech |
49-12 |
444 |
| 6 |
Madonna (Mich.) |
54-6 |
431 |
| 7 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
52-7 |
427 |
| 8 |
Oklahoma City |
52-5 |
413 |
| 9 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
32-17 |
412 |
| 10 |
Marian (Ind.) |
46-12 |
389 |
| 11 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
50-7 |
370 |
| 12 |
Indiana Wesleyan (Ind.) |
42-15 |
328 |
| 13 |
Eastern Oregon |
39-10 |
300 |
| 14 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
41-14 |
298 |
| 15 |
Midland (Neb.) |
44-12 |
283 |
| 16 |
College of Idaho |
32-19 |
275 |
| 17 |
Hope International (Calif.) |
37-17 |
251 |
| 18 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
40-16 |
240 |
| 19 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
40-12 |
206 |
| 20 |
Mobile (Ala.) |
30-16 |
184 |
| 21 |
LSU Alexandria (La.) |
38-14 |
143 |
| 22 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
40-19 |
118 |
| 23 |
Middle Georgia State |
33-16 |
109 |
| 24 |
Baker (Kan.) |
34-16 |
107 |
| 25 |
Coastal Georgia (Ga.) |
39-14 |
101 |
Receiving Votes: Saint Xavier (Ill.) 78, Evangel (Mo.) 77, Houston-Victoria (Texas) 54, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 52, Missouri Baptist 46, Tennessee Wesleyan 42, Reinhardt (Ga.) 37, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 37, Grand View (Iowa) 31, Rio Grande (Ohio) 30, Stillman (Ala.) 15, Mid-America Christian (Kan.) 14, Bellevue (Neb.) 10, Shawnee State (Ohio) 5, Campbellsville (Ky.) 5, Johnson (Tenn.) 3, St. Francis (Ill.) 3
Rating Methodology:
· The rating is rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conference/Continental Athletic Conference (Independents).
· The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 for third-place and so on through the list.
· The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team’s rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
· Teams that receive only one point on the ballot are not considered "receiving votes".