KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Three 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 moved up one spot from their previous ranking to No. 13, the program's highest ranking since 2006. Avila University and Ottawa University both remained in the "Receiving Votes" category, which they occupied in the previous poll.

The next edition of the NAIA Softball Coaches' Poll is scheduled to be released Wednesday, April 15.
 

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Poll Methodology

• The national poll is for publicity purposes only and does not influence the selection process for national championship consideration.
• A panel of head coaches representing each conference and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) votes in the poll.
• The Top 25 teams are selected using a points-based system:
  • 30 points for a 1st-place vote, 29 for 2nd, 28 for 3rd, and so on.
• The highest and lowest rankings received by each team are discarded before final tallying.
• Teams receiving only one point are not listed as “receiving votes.”

 

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Rank	Last Time		Institution [First-Place Votes]	Record	Points
1	2		Oregon Tech [6]	30-4	481
T-2	5		Madonna (Mich.) [4]	28-2	468
T-2	4		Oklahoma City [1]	29-3	468
4	1		Eastern Oregon [5]	25-5	464
5	3		Southern Oregon [2]	29-9	455
6	6		Southeastern (Fla.) [1]	30-4	439
7	8		Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)	27-4	392
8	9		Science & Arts (Okla.)	29-7	373
9	T-11		Keiser (Fla.)	34-2	372
10	10		Missouri Baptist	22-7	368
T-11	16		Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	25-3	322
T-11	7		Marian (Ind.)	19-6	322
13	14		Evangel (Mo.)	30-4	315
14	18		Mobile (Ala.)	21-8	251
15	T-11		St. Thomas (Fla.)	24-10	240
16	T-21		William Carey (Miss.)	25-8	212
17	13		Grand View (Iowa)	20-10	197
18	17		Central Methodist (Mo.)	23-10	195
19	24		Tennessee Southern	24-4	185
20	15		Cumberlands (Ky.)	20-12	180
21	T-21		Texas A&M University - Texarkana	26-7	161
22	19		Midland (Neb.)	23-9	156
23	RV		Coastal Georgia	29-5	149
24	20		LSU Alexandria (La.)	21-12	105
25	RV		Benedictine (Kan.)	23-9	101
Dropped from Top 25: Northwestern (Iowa), Faulkner (Ala.)
Receiving Votes: Northwestern (Iowa) 77; Saint Xavier (Ill.) 64; College of Idaho 50; Faulkner (Ala.) 38; Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) 36; Arizona Christian 28; Indiana Wesleyan 28; Dordt (Iowa) 16; Georgia Gwinnett 14; Avila (Mo.) 13; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 13; British Columbia 12; Hope International (Calif.) 11; Indiana Tech 7; Ottawa (Kan.) 6; Reinhardt (Ga.) 4; Williams Baptist (Ark.) 4; Morningside (Iowa) 2.

Key:
RV - Receiving Votes

NR - Not Ranked

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