NAIA Softball Rating No. 2 :: Cal Baptist Hangs on to No. 1 With 12 First-Place Votes

	California Baptist is ranked No. 1 for the third-straight rating and the second-straight in the regular season.

March 28, 2007

OLATHE, Kan. - California Baptist grabbed 12 first place votes to stay 11 first-place nods and 16 voting points ahead of No. 2 Oklahoma City, who earned one first-place consideration in this week's Top 25 poll.

While the top five remained unchanged, St. Gregory's (Okla.), Savannah Art & Design (Ga.), and Houston Baptist (Texas) all moved up in the Top 10's second half. Vanguard (Calif.) climbed into the Top 10 at No. 10, while Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) exited, falling from No. 6 to No. 12.

Two new teams made their way into the rating, as Waldorf (Iowa) moved into a No. 17 tie with Tiffin (Ohio) and Rogers State (Okla.) checked in at No. 22 after being unranked last week.

RANK

LAST WEEK

SCHOOL

1^st PLACE VOTES

RECORD

POINTS

1

1

California Baptist (II)

12

31-1

324

2

2

Oklahoma City (VI)

1

24-4

308

3

3

Lee (Tenn.) (XIII)

24-6

293

4

4

Simon Fraser (B.C.) (I)

7-0

288

5

5

Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II)

19-3

276

6

7

St. Gregory's (Okla.) (VI)

19-5

254

7

9

Savannah Art and Design (Ga.) (XIV)

19-0

243

8

8

Mobile (Ala.) (XIII)

22-9

230

9

10

Houston Baptist (Texas) (VI)

21-5

216

10

11

Vanguard (Calif.) (II)

28-5

207

11

16

Martin Methodist (Tenn.) (XI)

16-3

204

12

6

Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) (XI)

24-5

180

13

12

Oregon Tech (I)

15-3-1

164

14

13

Shorter (Ga.) (XIII)

26-2

161

15

17

Evangel (Mo.) (V)

16-8

133

16

18

Biola (Calif.) (II)

17-7

108

17

15

Tiffin (Ohio) (IX)

5-5

97

17

NR

Waldorf (Iowa) (VII)

11-1

97

19

20

Thomas (Ga.) (XIV)

14-7

87

20

19

Dickinson State (N.D.)

10-4

78

21

24

Bellevue (Neb.) (IV)

12-3

48

22

NR

Rogers State (Okla.)

15-8

45

23

21

St. Xavier (Ill.) (VII)

6-6

36

24

23

Concordia (Calif.) (II)

24-9

33

25

25

Campbellsville (Ky.) (XI)

15-6

30

Others Receiving Votes: Notre Dame (Ohio) (IX), 28; Science & Arts (Okla.) (VI), 16; St. Thomas (Fla.) (XIV), 8; Bethel (Ind.) (VIII), 6; Spring Hill (Ala.) (XIII), 6; Union (Tenn.) (XI), 5; Albertson (Idaho) (I), 4; Webber International (Fla.) (XIV), 4; William Penn (Iowa) (VII), 4; Milligan (Tenn.) (XII), 2; Reinhardt (Ga.) (XIII), 1; Union (Ky.) (XII), 1.