KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Oregon Tech slides into No. 1 behind six first-place votes in the third NAIA Softball Coaches' Top 25 Poll this season. The 30-4 Owls are on a three-game winning streak and sit at 13-2 in Cascade action so far this season. Madonna (Mich.) and Oklahoma City are knotted at second in the third poll with nearly identical records. The Crusaders are up three spots from No. 5, and OCU is up two spots from No. 4. Teams first through sixth all received a share of first-place votes this week, with Eastern Oregon earning five, Southern Oregon earning two, and Southeastern (Fla.) picking up the final first-place vote available.

Two teams joined the top 25 in the third installment with Coastal Georgia and Benedictine (Kan.) earning spots at No. 23 and No. 25, respectively. The top 25 continues to shift with each installment, but among the shuffle, three teams maintained from the second release with No. 6 Southeastern, No. 10 Missouri Baptist, and No. 21 Texas A&M University - Texarkana, who now holds sole possession of the 21st spot.

TREND	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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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.”
• For the Preseason Poll, there is no "previous ranking" column since it is the initial poll and differs from the prior rating system.