April 18, 2007
OLATHE, Kan. - California Baptist's 13 first-place votes swept all 325 possible points in this week's NAIA Softball Top 25, putting the Lancers at No. 1 for the sixth-straight rating. Oklahoma City, Simon Fraser (B.C.), Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.), St. Gregory's (Okla.) and Shorter (Ga.) followed in an unchanged top six.
Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) made one of the largest leaps in the Top 10, moving from No. 11 to No. 7, while Vanguard (Calif.) fell to No. 8. Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) made the largest jump in the poll, moving to No. 9 after spending last week at No. 17. Houston Baptist (Texas) rounds out the Top 10 in the No. 10 position.
Only one unranked team joined this week, as Bethel (Ind.) checked in at No. 23 after narrowly missing last week.
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1ST PLACE VOTES |
RECORD |
POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
California Baptist (II) |
13 |
42-2 |
325 |
|
2 |
2 |
Oklahoma City (VI) |
|
31-4 |
312 |
|
3 |
3 |
Simon Fraser (B.C.) (I) |
|
11-0 |
292 |
|
4 |
4 |
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II) |
|
28-8 |
282 |
|
5 |
5 |
St. Gregory's (Okla.) (VI) |
|
21-7 |
260 |
|
6 |
6 |
Shorter (Ga.) (XIII) |
|
37-5 |
250 |
|
7 |
11 |
Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) (XI) |
|
39-6 |
238 |
|
8 |
7 |
Vanguard (Calif.) (II) |
|
34-9 |
229 |
|
9 |
17 |
Savannah Art and Design (Ga.) (XIV) |
|
30-4 |
222 |
|
10 |
9 |
Houston Baptist (Texas) (VI) |
|
29-7 |
218 |
|
11 |
10 |
Lee (Tenn.) (XIII) |
|
36-10 |
212 |
|
12 |
8 |
Martin Methodist (Tenn.) (XI) |
|
29-8 |
173 |
|
13 |
14 |
Oregon Tech (I) |
|
26-6-1 |
159 |
|
14 |
12 |
Mobile (Ala.) (XIII) |
|
28-13 |
156 |
|
15 |
15 |
Evangel (Mo.) (V) |
|
22-9 |
140 |
|
16 |
16 |
Biola (Calif.) (II) |
|
28-10 |
130 |
|
17 |
13 |
Thomas (Ga.) (XIV) |
|
20-15 |
114 |
|
18 |
19 |
Bellevue (Neb.) (IV) |
|
19-3 |
88 |
|
18 |
18 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) (III) |
|
13-5 |
88 |
|
20 |
20 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) (XI) |
|
30-6 |
78 |
|
21 |
21 |
William Penn (Iowa) (VII) |
|
22-7 |
61 |
|
22 |
22 |
Notre Dame (Ohio) (IX) |
|
15-5 |
46 |
|
23 |
NR |
Bethel (Ind.) (VIII) |
|
24-6 |
36 |
|
24 |
23 |
Albertson (Idaho) (I) |
|
29-8 |
33 |
|
25 |
25 |
Rogers State (Okla.) |
|
22-9 |
27 |
Others Receiving Votes: McKendree (Ill.) (V), 19; Waldorf (Iowa) (VII), 9; Tiffin (Ohio) (IX), 7; Concordia (Calif.) (II), 6; Science & Arts (Okla.) (VI), 5; Morningside (Iowa) (III), 3; Spring Hill (Ala.) (XIII), 3; St. Thomas (Fla.) (XIV), 2; Peru State (Neb.) (IV), 1; Virginia Intermont (XII), 1.
