March 26, 2008
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Lubbock Christian (Texas) earned eight of the possible 13 first place votes and climbed three spots to No. 1 in the second National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) softball ratings. The Chaparrals earned 318 total points to edge California Baptist by three points for the top spot. The Lancers received four first place votes and earned 315 total points.
Point Loma (Calif.) dropped a spot to No. 3 with 298 points while Mobile (Ala.) moved up to No. 4 with one first place vote and 286 total points. Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.) stayed at No. 5 with 274 points.
Morningside (Iowa) and Faulkner (Ala.) made their debut in the top-25 at No. 23 and No. 24 respectively.
The third regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, April 2.
2008 NAIA Softball Preseason Top 25 Poll - March 26
RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL | 1ST PLACE VOTES | RECORD | TOTAL POINTS |
1 | 3 | Lubbock Christian University (Texas) (VI) | 8 | 28-2 | 318 |
2 | 1 | California Baptist University (II) | 4 | 33-3 | 315 |
3 | 2 | Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.) (II) | | 21-5 | 298 |
4 | 6 | University of Mobile (Ala.) (XIII) | 1 | 17-3 | 286 |
5 | 5 | Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.) (XIV) | | 22-3 | 274 |
6 | 4 | Trevecca Nazarene University (Tenn.) (XI) | | 16-2 | 255 |
7 | 7 | Saint Gregory's University (Okla.) (VI) | | 17-5 | 242 |
8 | 9 | Vanguard University (Calif.) (II) | | 28-8 | 232 |
9 | 11 | Dickinson State University (N.D.) (III) | | 14-2 | 217 |
10 | 10 | Rogers State University (Okla.) (VI) | | 19-3 | 207 |
11 | 12 | Simon Fraser University (B.C.) (I) | | 8-4 | 187 |
12 | 13 | William Carey University (Miss.) (XIII) | | 21-4 | 183 |
13 | 14 | Bethel College (Ind.) (VIII) | | 17-1 | 169 |
14 | 16 | Columbia College (Mo.) (V) | | 15-3 | 137 |
15 | 15 | University of Houston - Victoria (TX) (VI) | | 19-12 | 130 |
16 | 8 | Shorter College (Ga.) (XIII) | | 23-7 | 129 |
17 | 21 | Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) (VII) | | 16-3 | 109 |
18 | 17 | Oklahoma City University (VI) | | 12-7 | 107 |
19 | 18 | Concordia University (Calif.) (II) | | 27-10 | 104 |
20 | 18 | The College of Idaho (Idaho) (I) | | 12-5 | 84 |
T21 | 23 | Martin Methodist College (Tenn.) (XI) | | 19-4 | 63 |
T21 | 20 | Georgetown College (Ky.) (XI) | | 18-6 | 63 |
23 | RV | Morningside College (Iowa) (III) | | 11-2 | 22 |
24 | NR | Faulkner University (Ala.) (XIII) | | 16-15 | 20 |
25 | 24 | Bellevue University (Neb.) (IV) | | 8-5 | 18 |
Others receiving votes: Warner Southern (Fla.) (XIV) 14; Lee (Tenn.) (XIII) 11; McKendree (Ill.) (V) 9; Indiana Southeast (XII) 8; Ohio Dominican (IX) 5; Concordia (Ore.) (I) 4; Robert Morris (Ill. (VII) 2; Shawnee State (Ohio) (IX) 1; Evangel (Mo.) (V) 1; Milligan (Tenn.) (XII) 1.
