2025 NAIA Softball Netting Professionals Coaches' Top 25 Rating - No. 3 (April 2)
Kansas City, Mo. - Southern Oregon and Oregon Tech hold strong at one and two in the third NAIA Softball Coaches Top 25 Rating of the season. The SOU Raiders received all available first-place votes this week. The top five remained intact from the previous release with Science and Arts (Okla.), Cumberlands (Ky.), and Oklahoma City at third through fifth. Overall, teams remained consistent from the second edition except for Middle Georgia State and Texas A&M Texarkana joining at 23 and 24, respectively.
Rating Methodology:
- The rating is rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conference/Continental Athletic Conference (Independents).
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 for third-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team’s rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point on the ballot are not considered "receiving votes".
| RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Southern Oregon [19] | 30-2 | 510 |
| 2 | 2 | Oregon Tech | 24-4 | 491 |
| 3 | 3 | Science and Arts (Okla.) | 26-6 | 474 |
| 4 | 4 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 24-6 | 449 |
| 5 | 5 | Oklahoma City | 26-6 | 434 |
| 6 | 9 | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 30-3 | 411 |
| 7 | 7 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 30-5 | 399 |
| 8 | 8 | Georgia Gwinnett | 27-5 | 390 |
| 9 | 6 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 23-5 | 379 |
| 10 | 10 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 28-6 | 375 |
| 11 | 12 | Madonna (Mich.) | 21-6 | 318 |
| 11 | 13 | Eastern Oregon | 18-3 | 318 |
| 13 | 15 | Indiana Wesleyan | 22-4 | 311 |
| 14 | 11 | Marian (Ind.) | 23-5 | 293 |
| 15 | 16 | Missouri Baptist | 25-5 | 270 |
| 16 | 18 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 31-4 | 252 |
| 17 | 14 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 27-6 | 249 |
| 18 | 19 | Hope International (Calif.) | 21-7 | 232 |
| 19 | 22 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 17-6 | 172 |
| 20 | 20 | College of Idaho | 20-6 | 170 |
| 21 | 24 | Evangel (Mo.) | 26-6 | 145 |
| 22 | 23 | Midland (Neb.) | 21-10 | 120 |
| 23 | RV | Middle Georgia State | 22-8 | 108 |
| 23 | RV | Texas A&M Texarkana | 27-5 | 108 |
| 25 | 25 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 16-8 | 97 |
Dropped from Top 25: Mobile (Ala.), William Carey (Miss.)
Receiving Votes: Mobile (Ala.) 88, Benedictine (Kan.) 63, William Carey (Miss.) 56, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 42, Rio Grande (Ohio) 40, Grand View (Iowa) 19, Jamestown (N.D.) 16, Friends (Kan.) 15, Keiser (Fla.) 12, Thomas (Ga.) 10, Johnson (Tenn.) 5, Brenau (Ga.) 4, Coastal Georgia 3, Saint Francis (Ind.) 2
