KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw three teams rank and one receive votes in the final NAIA Softball Coaches Top 25 Poll of the season, released Wednesday by the national office.
Oregon Tech held its No. 2 spot and secured five first place votes while Southern Oregon University dropped to No. 4 but held three first-place votes. Eastern Oregon University fell to No. 14. College of Idaho received votes.
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
3 |
Science and Arts (Okla.) [5] |
43-7 |
458 |
| 2 |
2 |
Oregon Tech [5] |
41-7 |
455 |
| 3 |
3 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) [5] |
35-7 |
454 |
| 4 |
1 |
Southern Oregon [3] |
44-6 |
451 |
| 5 |
5 |
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) |
41-7 |
419 |
| 6 |
9 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
40-8 |
386 |
| 7 |
6 |
Oklahoma City |
43-7 |
385 |
| 8 |
8 |
LSU Alexandria (La.) |
43-5 |
359 |
| 9 |
11 |
Madonna (Mich.) |
41-6 |
339 |
| 10 |
7 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
40-9 |
338 |
| 11 |
10 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
37-7 |
337 |
| 12 |
12 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
41-7 |
303 |
| 13 |
14 |
Marian (Ind.) |
41-7 |
282 |
| 14 |
13 |
Eastern Oregon |
28-9 |
263 |
| 15 |
16 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
38-7 |
254 |
| 16 |
19 |
Missouri Baptist |
41-6 |
238 |
| 17 |
15 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
41-6 |
232 |
| 18 |
17 |
Saint Xavier (Ill.) |
33-6 |
223 |
| 19 |
20 |
Middle Georgia State |
34-8 |
190 |
| 20 |
18 |
Hope International (Calif.) |
35-12 |
177 |
| 21 |
22 |
Midland (Neb.) |
36-13 |
140 |
| 22 |
24 |
Texas A&M Texarkana |
38-8 |
124 |
| 23 |
25 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
33-13 |
120 |
| 24 |
21 |
Evangel (Mo.) |
36-10 |
116 |
| 25 |
RV |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
41-9 |
93 |
Dropped from Top 25: College of Idaho
Receiving Votes: Friends (Kan.) 45, College of Idaho 44, Keiser (Fla.) 25, Campbellsville (Ky.) 23, Jamestown (N.D.) 22, Mobile (Ala.) 19, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 18, Thomas (Ga.) 17, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 15, Park (Mo.) 9, William Carey (Miss.) 3, Reinhardt (Ga.) 2, Coastal Georgia (Ga.) 2
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".