SOU Holds Steady at the Top of the First Regular Season Poll While Multiple Teams Split First-Place Votes

Mar 04, 2026

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Raiders of Southern Oregon remain at the top of the first regular-season NAIA Softball Coaches' Top 25 poll behind 11 first-place votes. The remaining first-place votes were spread across five different teams: No. 2 Eastern Oregon (1), No. 3 Oklahoma City (3), No. 4 Oregon Tech (2), Madonna (Mich.), and Our Lady of the Lake (1).

TREND	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