Eagles Soar to Second Straight Top 25 Ranking this Season
Kansas City, Mo. - Southern Oregon and Oregon Tech continue to dig in at their respective ranks in the fourth NAIA Softball Coaches Top 25 Rating. The SOU Raiders received 16-of-18 available first-place votes this week, with third-ranked Science and Arts (Okla.) receiving the final two first-place votes while the Drovers and Cumberlands (Ky.) are knotted for third. Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) jumped to fifth this week while Oklahoma City slides to sixth. After receiving votes in the previous release, Grand View (Iowa) slid into the top 25 this week for the first time all season.
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".
| RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Southern Oregon [16] | 38-4 | 478 |
| 2 | 2 | Oregon Tech | 34-6 | 459 |
| 3 | 3 | Science and Arts (Okla.) [2] | 33-7 | 444 |
| 3 | 4 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 32-6 | 444 |
| 5 | 10 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 39-7 | 412 |
| 6 | 5 | Oklahoma City | 33-7 | 388 |
| 7 | 7 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 35-6 | 373 |
| 8 | 6 | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 35-5 | 367 |
| 9 | 8 | Georgia Gwinnett | 33-8 | 363 |
| 10 | 9 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 32-6 | 344 |
| 11 | 11 | Madonna (Mich.) | 31-6 | 308 |
| 12 | 13 | Indiana Wesleyan | 31-5 | 295 |
| 13 | 11 | Eastern Oregon | 23-6 | 280 |
| 14 | 14 | Marian (Ind.) | 31-6 | 275 |
| 15 | 16 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 40-4 | 259 |
| 16 | 17 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 33-6 | 221 |
| 17 | 19 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 27-6 | 210 |
| 18 | 18 | Hope International (Calif.) | 33-9 | 206 |
| 19 | 15 | Missouri Baptist | 33-6 | 205 |
| 20 | 23 | Middle Georgia State | 28-8 | 201 |
| 21 | 21 | Evangel (Mo.) | 31-7 | 159 |
| 22 | 22 | Midland (Neb.) | 30-11 | 135 |
| 23 | 20 | College of Idaho | 25-9 | 122 |
| 24 | 23 | Texas A&M Texarkana | 34-8 | 119 |
| 25 | RV | Grand View (Iowa) | 24-12 | 71 |
Dropped from Top 25: Campbellsville (Ky.)
Receiving Votes: Campbellsville (Ky.) 60, Mobile (Ala.) 53, Rio Grande (Ohio) 44, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 25, Benedictine (Kan.) 24, Columbia (Mo.) 18, Friends (Kan.) 18, Jamestown (N.D.) 16, Keiser (Fla.) 8, William Carey (Miss.) 8, Dickinson State (N.D.) 3, Thomas (Ga.) 2