2017 NAIA Softball Coaches' Top 25 Poll ? May 10 (Final)
By: Chad Waller, Director of Athletics Communications and Media
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the 13th-straight time, Oklahoma City holds the No. 1 position in the final regular-season edition of the 2017 NAIA Softball Coaches' Top 25 Poll, announced Wednesday by the national office. The 13-consecutive top rankings by the Stars is the longest for an NAIA program since former member Concordia (Calif.) went 18-consecutive weeks at No. 1 that spanned the 2013-14 seasons.
Poll Methodology
• The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and the Association of Independent Institutions.
• The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place and so on through the list.
• The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low ratings) is removed and the team's ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appears on.
• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
• Frequency of polls occur bi-weekly. This policy was approved by the National Administrative Council (NAC) for the 2016-17 academic season. This change will allow raters the opportunity to consider a larger body of work in between rating periods.
• For the complete calendar of 2017 Top 25 Polls, click here.
2017 NAIA Softball Coaches' Top 25 Poll – May 10 (Final)
| RANK | LAST WEEK^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2017 RECORD | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Oklahoma City (19) | 61-1 | 529 |
| 2 | 2 | Brenau (Ga.) | 52-5 | 509 |
| 3 | 3 | Columbia (Mo.) | 43-5 | 494 |
| 4 | 4 | Marian (Ind.) | 44-4 | 476 |
| 5 | 5 | Georgia Gwinnett | 48-7-1 | 464 |
| 6 | 6 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 39-11 | 435 |
| 7 | 7 | William Carey (Miss.) | 42-9 | 426 |
| 8 | 8 | Davenport (Mich.) | 43-7 | 407 |
| 9 | 11 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 41-5 | 371 |
| 10 | 9 | Morningside (Iowa) | 38-8 | 367 |
| 11 | 10 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 37-13 | 359 |
| 12 | 12 | LSU Alexandria | 46-8 | 351 |
| 13 | 14 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 41-14-1 | 305 |
| 14 | 15 | Corban (Ore.) | 40-11 | 303 |
| 15 | 16 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 46-13 | 299 |
| 16 | 17 | Simpson (Calif.) | 42-8 | 279 |
| 17 | 18 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 45-8 | 237 |
| 18 | 19 | Mobile (Ala.) | 40-18 | 222 |
| 19 | 25 | Warner (Fla.) | 25-13 | 218 |
| 20 | 20 | Southern Oregon | 40-12 | 213 |
| 21 | 21 | Grand View (Iowa) | 41-13 | 173 |
| 22 | 13 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 41-15 | 170 |
| 23 | 23 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 49-14 | 157 |
| 24 | 24 | Williams Baptist (Ark.) | 34-11 | 142 |
| 25 | 22 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 38-16 | 137 |
Dropped from rankings: none
Others Receiving Votes: Oregon Tech 73; Taylor (Ind.) 58; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 45; Clarke (Iowa) 42; Jamestown (N.D.) 34; Georgetown (Ky.) 29; Thomas (Ga.) 27; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 14; Indiana Wesleyan 12; Ottawa (Kan.) 12; Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.) 7.
^ Ranking from 2017 Coaches Top 25 Poll (May 2)
