May 9, 2007
OLATHE, Kan. - Oklahoma City managed to take away one first-place vote from California Baptist, but for the eighth-consecutive week and the ninth time overall including the 2007 preseason rating, the Lancers remained atop the NAIA Softball Top 25 Coaches Poll in its final week of the 2007 season.
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) broke out of a tie at third with Simon Fraser (B.C.), who dropped a spot to No. 4 this week, while Trevecca Nazarene remained in place at No. 5 in the season's final poll. Houston Baptist (Texas) also cracked a tie this week, claiming the sixth spot while Lee (Tenn.) moved down a notch to No. 7. Vanguard (Calif.), Shorter (Ga.) and St. Gregory's (Okla.) remained in place to round out the Top 10.
The week's largest move belonged to Bellevue (Neb.), who jumped up three spots to No. 11, while McKendree (Ill.) rejoined the Top 25 as the only unranked team from a week ago to enter the poll, moving in at No. 24.
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1ST PLACE VOTES |
RECORD |
POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
California Baptist (II) |
12 |
49-3 |
324 |
|
2 |
2 |
Oklahoma City (VI) |
1 |
44-4 |
313 |
|
3 |
3 |
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II) |
|
36-8 |
293 |
|
4 |
3 |
Simon Fraser (B.C.) (I) |
|
16-1 |
282 |
|
5 |
5 |
Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) (XI) |
|
56-9 |
275 |
|
6 |
6 |
Houston Baptist (Texas) (VI) |
|
41-8 |
256 |
|
7 |
6 |
Lee (Tenn.) (XIII) |
|
41-11 |
249 |
|
8 |
8 |
Vanguard (Calif.) (II) |
|
39-12 |
229 |
|
9 |
9 |
Shorter (Ga.) (XIII) |
|
41-7 |
221 |
|
10 |
10 |
St. Gregory's (Okla.) (VI) |
|
30-10 |
216 |
|
11 |
14 |
Bellevue (Neb.) (IV) |
|
31-4 |
175 |
|
12 |
13 |
Mobile (Ala.) (XIII) |
|
32-14 |
171 |
|
13 |
12 |
Thomas (Ga.) (XIV) |
|
22-15 |
168 |
|
14 |
16 |
Albertson (Idaho) (I) |
|
35-10 |
138 |
|
15 |
15 |
Savannah Art and Design (Ga.) (XIV) |
|
36-6 |
134 |
|
16 |
17 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) (III) |
|
25-5 |
130 |
|
17 |
18 |
Biola (Calif.) (II) |
|
31-15 |
114 |
|
18 |
18 |
Evangel (Mo.) (V) |
|
30-11-1 |
109 |
|
19 |
21 |
William Penn (Iowa) (VII) |
|
41-10 |
98 |
|
20 |
20 |
Tiffin (Ohio) (IX) |
|
32-9 |
89 |
|
21 |
22 |
Bethel (Ind.) (VIII) |
|
40-8 |
66 |
|
22 |
24 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) (XI) |
|
43-13 |
59 |
|
23 |
23 |
Oregon Tech (I) |
|
32-10-1 |
50 |
|
24 |
NR |
McKendree (Ill.) (V) |
|
38-12 |
18 |
|
25 |
25 |
Rogers State (Okla.) |
|
29-13 |
17 |
Others Receiving Votes: St. Xavier (Ill.) (VII), 15; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) (XI), 11; Spring Hill (Ala.) (XIII), 3; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (VII), 1; Reinhardt (Ga.) (XIII), 1.
