2022 NAIA Softball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll Two (March 23, 2022)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Oregon Tech garnered 15 of the 19, first-place votes in the second edition of the Top 25. The Owls finished last week 26-4 overall and are coming-off a four-game sweep of No. 5-ranked College of Idaho. Oklahoma City grabbed three, first-place votes and remained in second. Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) jumped one-spot this week to No. 3 while Science & Arts (Okla.) and College of Idaho rounded-out the top five. Undefeated Mobile (Ala.) also received one first-place vote thanks to a perfect 26-0 start.
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.
2022 NAIA Softball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll Two (March 23, 2022)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Oregon Tech [15] | 26-4 | 526 |
| 2 | 2 | Oklahoma City [3] | 20-1 | 512 |
| 3 | 4 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 23-1 | 479 |
| 4 | 4 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 19-4 | 464 |
| 5 | 3 | College of Idaho | 22-6 | 462 |
| 6 | 8 | Mobile (Ala.) [1] | 26-0 | 460 |
| 7 | 7 | William Carey (Miss.) | 26-3 | 427 |
| 8 | 6 | Southern Oregon | 20-6 | 415 |
| 9 | 8 | Indiana Wesleyan | 18-4 | 395 |
| 10 | 10 | Coastal Georgia | 20-1 | 380 |
| 11 | 11 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 13-4 | 355 |
| 12 | 13 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 19-5 | 332 |
| 13 | 12 | Grand View (Iowa) | 15-3 | 325 |
| 14 | 15 | Texas A&M Texarkana | 19-5 | 297 |
| 15 | 14 | Georgia Gwinnett | 24-12 | 293 |
| 16 | 16 | Marian (Ind.) | 11-2 | 284 |
| 17 | 17 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 19-10 | 244 |
| 18 | RV | Aquinas (Mich.) | 20-4 | 231 |
| 19 | 21 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 19-4 | 229 |
| 20 | 18 | Madonna (Mich.) | 8-1 | 197 |
| 21 | 24 | Columbia (Mo.) | 10-8 | 142 |
| 22 | 23 | Ottawa (Kan.) | 12-7-1 | 139 |
| 23 | RV | William Jessup (Calif.) | 18-10 | 134 |
| 24 | 25 | Morningside (Iowa) | 12-6 | 125 |
| 25 | RV | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 11-5 | 117 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Vanguard (Calif.), Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), Milligan (Tenn.)
Others Receiving Votes: Vanguard (Calif.) 99, Northwestern (Iowa) 66, Brenau (Ga.) 62, Houston-Victoria (Texas) 57, Texas Wesleyan 42, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 28, Eastern Oregon 28, Rio Grande (Ohio) 23, Webber International (Fla.) 13, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 10, Oklahoma Panhandle State 8, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 6, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 6, Faulkner (Ala.) 4, Midland (Neb.) 3, Tennessee Wesleyan 3.
