Lubbock Christian (Texas) No. 1 in First Softball Coaches' Top 25 Poll
March 17, 2009
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Lubbock Christian (Texas) ranked No. 1 in the first National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Softball Coaches' Top 25 Poll. The Lady Chaparrals earned all 21 possible first place votes and 591 points.
California Baptist moved up a spot from the preseason poll to No. 2 with 572 points while Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) dropped to No. 3 with 546 points. Oklahoma City climbed to No. 4 from No. 7 with 540 points and Dickinson State (N.D.) remained at No. 5 with 501 points.
William Carey (Miss.) (497 points) moved up seven spots to No. 6 while Simon Fraser (B.C.) (452 points) climbed one spot to No. 7. Saint Gregory's (Okla.) received 444 points at No. 8 and dropped four spots from the preseason poll. No. 9 Bethel (Ind.) also moved up from No. 12 with 420 points and No. 10 Mobile (Ala.) rounded out the top-10 with 419 points.
No. 11 Concordia (Calif.), No. 15 Concordia (Ore.), No. 16 Brenau (Ga.) and No. 20 Madonna (Mich.) all moved into the top-25 this week after receiving votes in the preseason poll. No. 14 William Woods (Mo.), No. 24 Grand View (Iowa) and No. 25 Evangel (Mo.) all made their debut after not receiving any votes in the preseason.
The second regular season poll will be released on Tuesday, March 24.
2009 NAIA Softball Preseason Top 25 Poll - Jan. 27
RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL | 1ST PLACE VOTES | WON | LOST | TOTAL POINTS |
1 | 1 | Lubbock Christian (Texas) | 21 | 25 | 0 | 591 |
2 | 3 | California Baptist |
| 23 | 1 | 572 |
3 | 2 | Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) |
| 20 | 3 | 546 |
4 | 7 | Oklahoma City |
| 19 | 1 | 540 |
5 | 5 | Dickinson State (N.D.) |
| 6 | 1 | 501 |
6 | 13 | William Carey (Miss.) |
| 18 | 3 | 497 |
7 | 8 | Simon Fraser (B.C.) |
| 14 | 7 | 452 |
8 | 4 | Saint Gregory's (Okla.) |
| 13 | 6 | 444 |
9 | 12 | Bethel (Ind.) |
| 12 | 2 | 420 |
10 | 6 | Mobile (Ala.) |
| 17 | 4 | 419 |
11 | RV | Concordia (Calif.) |
| 26 | 8 | 405 |
12 | 15 | Shorter (Ga.) |
| 14 | 6 | 376 |
13 | 16 | Martin Methodist (Tenn.) |
| 14 | 5 | 348 |
14 | NR | William Woods (Mo.) |
| 13 | 5 | 320 |
15 | RV | Concordia (Ore.) |
| 11 | 1 | 298 |
16 | RV | Brenau (Ga.) |
| 13 | 2 | 280 |
17 | 14 | Houston - Victoria (Texas) |
| 12 | 7 | 273 |
18 | 18 | Warner (Fla.) |
| 11 | 3 | 259 |
19 | 11 | Lee (Tenn.) |
| 11 | 7 | 239 |
20 | RV | Madonna (Mich.) |
| 12 | 4 | 215 |
21 | 9 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
| 8 | 8 | 194 |
22 | 10 | Columbia (Mo.) |
| 7 | 5 | 129 |
23 | 20 | Biola (Calif.) |
| 9 | 8 | 128 |
24 | NR | Grand View (Iowa) |
| 9 | 6 | 114 |
25 | NR | Evangel (Mo.) |
| 15 | 5 | 111 |
Others receiving votes: SCAD (Ga.) 95; California State-San Marcos 90; Campbellsville (Ky.) 82; Oklahoma Christian 80; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 72; Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) 51; Georgetown (Ky.) 46; William Penn (Iowa) 29; Virginia-Wise 27; Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 24; Central Methodist (Mo.) 20; Aquinas (Mich.) 10; Friends (Kan.) 9; Park (Mo.) 9; Faulkner (Ala.) 8; Notre Dame (Ohio) 5; Oregon Tech 4; Milligan (Tenn.) 4; Northwood (Texas) 4; Minot State (N.D.) 3; Simpson (Calif.) 1; Indiana Wesleyan 1; Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 1; Bethel (Tenn.) 1; Webber International (Fla.) 1; College of Idaho 1; Texas Wesleyan 1; Belhaven (Miss.) 1; Robert Morris (Ill.) 1.
