KANSAS — Four teams from the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) were recognized in the latest edition of the NAIA Softball Coaches' Poll, the national office announced Wednesday.

Evangel University was the lone team ranked in the Top 25, rising up eight spots and coming in at No. 17, after being ranked No. 25 in the preseason poll. Three teams from the conference made their way into the "Receiving Votes" category of the poll after not being ranked in the preseason poll: Ottawa Unviersity, Oklahoma Wesleyan University, and Avila University.

The next edition of the NAIA Softball Coaches' Poll is scheduled to be released Wednesday, March 18.
 

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RANK	LAST TIME		INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES]	RECORD	POINTS
1	1		Southern Oregon [11]	16-6	499
2	3		Eastern Oregon [1]	11-3	481
3	2		Oklahoma City [3]	11-3	438
4	10		Oregon Tech [2]	16-2	433
5	9		Science and Arts (Okla.)	11-4	390
6	5		Marian (Ind.)	4-0	385
6	14		Madonna (Mich.) [1]	10-0	385
8	8		Central Methodist (Mo.)	9-3	361
9	12		Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) [1]	14-1	342
10	19		Southeastern (Fla.)	15-2	301
11	6		Grand View (Iowa)	6-6	295
12	18		St. Thomas (Fla.)	14-2	292
13	7		Cumberlands (Ky.)	11-5	290
14	RV		Keiser (Fla.)	14-2	255
15	16		Missouri Baptist	9-5	238
16	13		LSU Alexandria (La.)	13-5	237
17	25		Evangel (Mo.)	12-4	228
18	17		Northwestern (Iowa)	12-5	210
19	11		Midland (Neb.)	11-6	177
20	RV		Mobile (Ala.)	9-4	170
21	4		Georgia Gwinnett	8-10	152
22	RV		William Carey (Miss.)	12-4	150
23	22		Texas A&M -Texarkana (Texas)	12-4	136
24	21		Hope International (Calif.)	12-7	130
25	NR		Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	12-2	129
Dropped from Top 25: Reinhardt (Ga.), Indiana Wesleyan, Saint Xavier (Ill.), Rio Grande (Ohio)
Receiving Votes: Coastal Georgia 98; Reinhardt (Ga.) 91; Saint Xavier (Ill.) 84; Dordt (Iowa) 71; Faulkner (Ala.) 61; Benedictine (Kan.) 47; College of Idaho 46; Tennessee Southern 44; Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) 32; Ottawa (Kan.) 19; Campbellsville (Ky.) 18; Indiana Wesleyan 14; Williams Baptist (Ark.) 14; Rio Grande (Ohio) 13; Cumberland (Tenn.) 8; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 5; Oklahoma Wesleyan 4; British Columbia (B.C.) 3; Indiana Tech 3; Avila (Mo.) 3; Texas A&M - Victoria 3; Aquinas (Mich.) 2.

Key:
RV - Receiving Votes

NR - Not Ranked

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