2023 NAIA Softball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll Four (April 19, 2023)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Oregon Tech garnered 18 of the 19, first-place votes in the latest edition of the Top 25. Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) and Cumberlands (Ky.) remained at Nos. 2 and 3 while Southern Oregon and Oklahoma City advanced to landed at Nos. 4-5 respectively. For the defending NAIA National Champion Stars, it marks a return to the top five since the preseason edition in November.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents).
- 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 rating) 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 appear on.
- Teams that receive only one point on the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
- The frequency of the polls is bi-weekly. This policy was approved by the National Administrative Council (NAC) prior to the 2016-17 academic season. This change allows raters the opportunity to consider a larger body of work between rating periods.
- For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.
2023 NAIA Softball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll Four (April 19, 2023)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Oregon Tech [18] | 36-5 | 529 |
| 2 | 2 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) [1] | 38-4 | 512 |
| 3 | 3 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 36-3 | 495 |
| 4 | 5 | Southern Oregon | 31-7 | 465 |
| 5 | 7 | Oklahoma City | 33-7 | 449 |
| 6 | 6 | Texas A&M Texarkana | 28-3 | 442 |
| 7 | 4 | Baker (Kan.) | 28-6 | 438 |
| 8 | 8 | College of Idaho | 37-6 | 401 |
| 9 | 9 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 27-11 | 383 |
| 10 | 12 | Marian (Ind.) | 33-3 | 373 |
| 11 | 10 | Georgia Gwinnett | 32-9 | 370 |
| 12 | 13 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 37-2 | 356 |
| 13 | 11 | Middle Georgia State | 31-9 | 323 |
| 14 | 14 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 20-7 | 312 |
| 15 | 15 | Mobile (Ala.) | 28-11 | 278 |
| 16 | 17 | Ottawa (Kan.) | 33-6 | 273 |
| 17 | 18 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 24-8 | 241 |
| 17 | 16 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 26-12 | 241 |
| 19 | 19 | William Carey (Miss.) | 33-9 | 224 |
| 20 | 22 | Indiana Wesleyan | 28-10 | 213 |
| 21 | 21 | Coastal Georgia | 31-8 | 187 |
| 22 | 24 | Hope International (Calif.) | 29-9 | 140 |
| 23 | 23 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 25-11-1 | 125 |
| 24 | 25 | Eastern Oregon | 24-14 | 109 |
| 25 | 20 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | 23-10 | 95 |
Dropped from the Top 25: N/A
Others Receiving Votes: Indiana Tech 92, Reinhardt (Ga.) 83, Friends (Kan.) 56, Missouri Baptist 47, Midland (Neb.) 39, Mount Mercy (Iowa) 23, Truett McConnell (Ga.)19, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 15, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 12, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 9, Bellevue (Neb.) 7, Oklahoma Wesleyan 7, Jessup (Calif.) 6, Madonna (Mich.) 4, Dordt (Iowa) 3.
