NAIA Softball Rating No. 3
April 4, 2007
OLATHE, Kan. - California Baptist earned 13 first-place votes to stay No. 1 in this week's NAIA Softball Top 25, with Oklahoma City checking in at No. 2 and Simon Fraser (B.C.) climbed up one spot to take over at No. 3.
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) also moved up one to fill in at No. 4, while St. Gregory's (Okla.) and Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) also each moved up one spot at No.'s 5 and 6. Shorter (Ga.) made one of the poll's largest jumps, moving from No. 14 to No. 7 this week, while the Top 10 rounds out with Vanguard (Calif.), Martin Methodist (Tenn.) and Houston Baptist (Texas).
Lee (Tenn.) had the largest drop in the rating, falling from No. 3 to No. 11, while three new teams entered the rating - No. 22 Science & Arts (Okla.), No. 23 Notre Dame (Ohio) and No. 25 Avila (Mo.).
RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL | 1ST PLACE VOTES | RECORD | POINTS |
1 | 1 | 13 | 35-1 | 325 | |
2 | 2 |
| 24-4 | 310 | |
3 | 4 | Simon Fraser (B.C.) (I) |
| 9-0 | 296 |
4 | 5 | Point Loma Nazarene ( |
| 20-6 | 272 |
5 | 6 | St. Gregory's ( |
| 19-5 | 269 |
6 | 7 |
| 24-1 | 268 | |
7 | 14 | Shorter ( |
| 28-4 | 236 |
8 | 10 | Vanguard ( |
| 31-6 | 219 |
9 | 11 | Martin Methodist ( |
| 23-4 | 214 |
10 | 9 |
| 24-6 | 213 | |
11 | 3 | Lee ( |
| 28-8 | 206 |
12 | 12 | Trevecca Nazarene ( |
| 30-5 | 189 |
13 | 8 |
| 24-9 | 178 | |
14 | 13 |
| 20-4-1 | 158 | |
15 | 15 | Evangel ( |
| 18-8 | 138 |
16 | 16 | Biola ( |
| 21-7 | 130 |
17 | 17 | Waldorf ( |
| 15-1 | 111 |
18 | 20 |
| 10-4 | 83 | |
19 | 19 | Thomas ( |
| 15-10 | 67 |
20 | 21 |
| 14-3 | 59 | |
21 | 25 | Campbellsville ( |
| 21-6 | 48 |
22 | NR | Science & Arts ( |
| 18-10 | 47 |
23 | NR | Notre Dame ( |
| 12-5 | 40 |
24 | 23 | St. Xavier ( |
| 10-6 | 35 |
25 | NR |
| 24-5 | 18 |
Others Receiving Votes: Bethel (Ind.) (VIII), 17; Concordia (Calif.) (II), 17; Albertson (Idaho) (I), 13; Rogers State (Okla.), 11; Tiffin (Ohio) (IX), 10; Spring Hill (Ala.) (XIII), 9; Milligan (Tenn.) (XII), 5; St. Thomas (Fla.) (XIV), 5; Morningside (Iowa) (III), 4; William Penn (Iowa) (VII), 3; McKendree (Ill.) (V), 1; Reinhardt (Ga.) (XIII), 1.
