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NAIA Softball Rating No. 4

Apr 11, 2007

April 11, 2007

OLATHE, Kan. - California Baptist grabbed a dozen first place votes while Oklahoma City received one to check in at No. 2 in this week's NAIA Softball Top 25, followed by Simon Fraser (B.C.), Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) and St. Gregory's (Okla.) in an unchanged Top 5.

Shorter (Ga.) moved up one spot to No. 6 to begin the second half of the Top 10, followed by Vanguard (Calif.), Martin Methodist (Tenn.), Houston Baptist (Texas) and Lee (Tenn.), who round out the Top 10 after each moving up one spot on the week.

Four previously unranked teams join the Top 25 this week, headed by No. 21 William Penn (Iowa) and followed by No. 23 Albertson (Idaho), No. 24 McKendree (Ill.) and No. 25 Rogers State (Okla.).

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1^st PLACE VOTES	RECORD	POINTS
1	1	California Baptist (II)	12	38-2	324
2	2	Oklahoma City (VI)	1	28-4	311
3	3	Simon Fraser (B.C.) (I)		11-0	297
4	4	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II)		24-6	283
5	5	St. Gregory's (Okla.) (VI)		21-5	276
6	7	Shorter (Ga.) (XIII)		32-4	257
7	8	Vanguard (Calif.) (II)		33-8	239
8	9	Martin Methodist (Tenn.) (XI)		28-5	233
9	10	Houston Baptist (Texas) (VI)		27-7	217
10	11	Lee (Tenn.) (XIII)		30-10	211
11	12	Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) (XI)		35-6	198
12	13	Mobile (Ala.) (XIII)		24-11	166
13	19	Thomas (Ga.) (XIV)		18-13	155
14	14	Oregon Tech (I)		24-6-1	151
15	15	Evangel (Mo.) (V)		22-8	145
16	16	Biola (Calif.) (II)		22-8	142
17	6	Savannah Art and Design (Ga.) (XIV)		26-4	136
18	18	Dickinson State (N.D.) (III)		10-4	96
19	20	Bellevue (Neb.) (IV)		15-3	74
20	21	Campbellsville (Ky.) (XI)		26-6	69
21	NR	William Penn (Iowa) (VII)		18-7	52
22	23	Notre Dame (Ohio) (IX)		13-5	38
23	NR	Albertson (Idaho) (I)		23-8	27
24	NR	McKendree (Ill.) (V)		27-7	25
25	NR	Rogers State (Okla.) (VI)		19-8	20

Others Receiving Votes: Bethel (Ind.) (VIII), 17; St. Xavier (Ill.) (VII), 13; Spring Hill (Ala.) (XIII), 11; Concordia (Calif.) (II), 9; Morningside (Iowa) (III), 8; St. Thomas (Fla.) (XIV), 8; Tiffin (Ohio) (IX), 8; Science & Arts (Okla.) (VI), 6; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) (XI), 1; Virginia Intermont (XII), 1; Waldorf (Iowa) (VII), 1.