April 4, 2007

OLATHE, Kan. - California Baptist earned 13 first-place votes to stay No. 1 in this week's NAIA Softball Top 25, with Oklahoma City checking in at No. 2 and Simon Fraser (B.C.) climbed up one spot to take over at No. 3.

Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) also moved up one to fill in at No. 4, while St. Gregory's (Okla.) and Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) also each moved up one spot at No.'s 5 and 6. Shorter (Ga.) made one of the poll's largest jumps, moving from No. 14 to No. 7 this week, while the Top 10 rounds out with Vanguard (Calif.), Martin Methodist (Tenn.) and Houston Baptist (Texas).

Lee (Tenn.) had the largest drop in the rating, falling from No. 3 to No. 11, while three new teams entered the rating - No. 22 Science & Arts (Okla.), No. 23 Notre Dame (Ohio) and No. 25 Avila (Mo.).

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	RECORD	POINTS
1	1	California Baptist (II)	13	35-1	325
2	2	Oklahoma City (VI)		24-4	310
3	4	Simon Fraser (B.C.) (I)		9-0	296
4	5	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II)		20-6	272
5	6	St. Gregory's (Okla.) (VI)		19-5	269
6	7	Savannah Art and Design (Ga.) (XIV)		24-1	268
7	14	Shorter (Ga.) (XIII)		28-4	236
8	10	Vanguard (Calif.) (II)		31-6	219
9	11	Martin Methodist (Tenn.) (XI)		23-4	214
10	9	Houston Baptist (Texas) (VI)		24-6	213
11	3	Lee (Tenn.) (XIII)		28-8	206
12	12	Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) (XI)		30-5	189
13	8	Mobile (Ala.) (XIII)		24-9	178
14	13	Oregon Tech (I)		20-4-1	158
15	15	Evangel (Mo.) (V)		18-8	138
16	16	Biola (Calif.) (II)		21-7	130
17	17	Waldorf (Iowa) (VII)		15-1	111
18	20	Dickinson State (N.D.) (III)		10-4	83
19	19	Thomas (Ga.) (XIV)		15-10	67
20	21	Bellevue (Neb.) (IV)		14-3	59
21	25	Campbellsville (Ky.) (XI)		21-6	48
22	NR	Science & Arts (Okla.) (VI)		18-10	47
23	NR	Notre Dame (Ohio) (IX)		12-5	40
24	23	St. Xavier (Ill.) (VII)		10-6	35
25	NR	Avila (Mo.) (V)		24-5	18

Others Receiving Votes: Bethel (Ind.) (VIII), 17; Concordia (Calif.) (II), 17; Albertson (Idaho) (I), 13; Rogers State (Okla.), 11; Tiffin (Ohio) (IX), 10; Spring Hill (Ala.) (XIII), 9; Milligan (Tenn.) (XII), 5; St. Thomas (Fla.) (XIV), 5; Morningside (Iowa) (III), 4; William Penn (Iowa) (VII), 3; McKendree (Ill.) (V), 1; Reinhardt (Ga.) (XIII), 1.