March 19, 2008
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - California Baptist earned the top spot in the season's first National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) softball ratings. The Lancers earned 10 first place votes and moved up a spot from the preseason poll with 273 total points.
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) also climbed a spot to No. 2 with 247 total points. Lubbock Christian (Texas) Lady Chaparrals playing their inaugural season have a 21-2 record and are ranked No. 3 with 244 points. Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) stayed at No. 4 with 236 total points while Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.) moved up three spots to No. 5 with 232 points.
The second regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, March 26.
2008 NAIA Softball Top 25 Poll - March 19
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1ST PLACE VOTES |
RECORD |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
2 |
California Baptist (II) |
10 |
28-2 |
273 |
|
2 |
3 |
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II) |
|
15-5 |
247 |
|
3 |
NR |
Lubbock Christian (Texas) (VI) |
|
21-2 |
244 |
|
4 |
4 |
Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) (XI) |
|
11-0 |
236 |
|
5 |
8 |
Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.) (XIV) |
|
22-3 |
232 |
|
6 |
13 |
Mobile (Ala.) (XIII) |
1 |
15-3 |
225 |
|
7 |
6 |
Saint Gregory's (Okla.) (VI) |
|
16-5 |
218 |
|
8 |
7 |
Shorter (Ga.) (XIII) |
|
21-5 |
184 |
|
9 |
10 |
Vanguard (Calif.) (II) |
|
25-7 |
176 |
|
10 |
18 |
Rogers State (Okla.) (VI) |
|
19-3 |
170 |
|
11 |
9 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) (III) |
|
12-2 |
165 |
|
12 |
5 |
Simon Fraser (B.C.) (I) |
|
3-4 |
145 |
|
13 |
NR |
William Carey (Miss.) (XIII) |
|
20-3 |
138 |
|
14 |
16 |
Bethel (Ind.) (VIII) |
|
16-1 |
129 |
|
15 |
NR |
Houston - Victoria (TX) (VI) |
|
19-12 |
116 |
|
16 |
RV |
Columbia (Mo.) (V) |
|
11-3 |
107 |
|
17 |
1 |
Oklahoma City (VI) |
|
12-7 |
98 |
|
T18 |
25 |
Concordia (Calif.) (II) |
|
25-8 |
79 |
|
T18 |
14 |
The College of Idaho (Idaho) (I) |
|
9-4 |
79 |
|
20 |
NR |
Georgetown (Ky.) (XI) |
|
9-5 |
73 |
|
T21 |
11 |
Lee (Tenn.) (XIII) |
|
13-8 |
54 |
|
T21 |
22 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (VII) |
|
6-3 |
54 |
|
23 |
24 |
Martin Methodist (Tenn.) (XI) |
|
15-4 |
41 |
|
24 |
12 |
Bellevue (Neb.) (IV) |
|
8-5 |
39 |
|
25 |
20 |
McKendree (Ill.) (V) |
|
6-4 |
12 |
Others receiving votes: Warner Southern (Fla.) (XIV) 9; Ohio Dominican (IX) 5; Morningside (Iowa) (III) 5; Saint Xavier (Ill.) (VII) 5; Indiana Southeast (XII) 5; Belhaven (Miss.) (XIII) 4; Brenau (Ga.) (XIII) 3; Oregon Tech (I) 2; Robert Morris (Ill.) (VII) 1; Milligan (Tenn.) (XII) 1; Oklahoma Christian (VI) 1.
