2023-24 NAIA Softball Coaches’ Top 25 - No. 1 (March 6)

Mar 06, 2024

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) jumped into the No. 1 spot in the first regular season NAIA Softball Coaches' Top 25 Rating. OLLU secured 14-of-18 first-place votes, while Science and Arts (Okla.) climbed into second with one first-place vote, and Georgia Gwinnett climbed into third after receiving three first-place votes. Three new teams joined the ranking this week with Jessup (Calif.), Grand View (Iowa), and Concordia (Mich.).

Rating Methodology

The rating 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”
For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.

RANK	LAST TIME	SCHOOL [First Place Votes]	RECORD	POINTS
1	7	Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) [14]	19-1	492
2	6	Science & Arts (Okla.)[1]	11-2	465
3	4	Georgia Gwinnett [3]	16-2	464
4	8	Central Methodist (Mo.)	13-2	443
5	9	Oklahoma City	15-1	432
6	1	Oregon Tech	9-6	398
7	19	Hope International (Calif.)	19-2	389
8	2	Southern Oregon	13-4	373
9	3	Cumberlands (Ky.)	14-4	370
10	5	Marian (Ind.)	6-0	362
11	NR	Jessup (Calif.)	16-2	348
12	10	Midland (Neb.)	13-2	333
13	12	Mobile (Ala.)	11-4	332
14	15	Northwestern (Iowa)	17-1	272
14	24	Eastern Oregon	9-3	272
16	14	Indiana Wesleyan	7-1	253
17	16	Middle Georgia State	11-5	231
18	NR	Grand View (Iowa)	13-2	217
19	18	Coastal Georgia	13-3	214
20	24	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	10-6	193
21	23	William Carey (Miss.)	13-5	156
22	13	College of Idaho	9-7	130
23	17	Ottawa (Kan.)	15-7	126
24	NR	Concordia (Mich.)	14-4	93
25	21	Reinhardt (Ga.)	10-4	87

Dropped from Top 25: Southeastern (Fla.). Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.), Baker (Kan.)

Receiving Votes: Southeastern (Fla.) 85; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 79; Benedictine (Kan.) 71; Arizona Christian 60; LSU Alexandria (La.) 55; Rio Grande (Ohio) 42; Madonna (Mich.) 38; Vanguard (Calif.) 17; Baker (Kan.) 15; Campbellsville (Ky.) 9; Friends (Kan.) 5; British Columbia (B.C.) 5; Missouri Baptist 3