LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Reigning national champion East Texas Baptist continued Tuesday as the unanimous No. 1 team in the NFCA/GoRout Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll for a sixth consecutive week dating back to last season.
The (20-2) Tigers have won four straight games since a 6-1 top-10 loss to Virginia Wesleyan two weeks ago. That includes a doubleheader sweep of Mary Hardin-Baylor this past Saturday.
The four teams below them remained unchanged. No. 2 Linfield (11-1) was idle, but No. 3 Christopher Newport (19-1), fourth-ranked Rowan (20-0) and No. 5 Virginia Wesleyan (15-1) all won their games to keep pace.
Rowan’s 10-2 five-inning victory over Wisconsin-Stout last Tuesday gave head coach and NFCA Hall of Famer Kim Wilson 1,000 career wins, making her the first woman in Division III history to reach that plateau.
Leadoff Classic champion Redlands (18-3) swept Whitworth to move up another place this week to sixth, swapping spots with Wisconsin-Oshkosh (12-2), which suffered its first loss of the season, 2-1 to Ramapo on Friday in Florida. The Titans lost again on Monday, 2-1 to Manchester.
Texas Lutheran (21-1), Huntingdon (21-2) and Trine (14-4) round out the revised top 10.
Meanwhile, WashU (15-5) continued to advance in the rankings, going from a tie for 25th last week to No. 18 this week after taking two of three games from then-No. 8 Case Western Reserve. That caused the (10-7) Spartans to plummet seven spots to 15th.
Losses dropped Wisconsin-Stevens Point (17-3) and Central (7-3) six and five places in the rankings, respectively.
Ramapo (10-1) joined the mix at No. 25, while Simpson (15-1) and Wisconsin-Eau Claire (14-2) received votes for the first time this season.
The NFCA/GoRout Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll is selected by 10 NCAA Division III head coaches representing the 10 NCAA regions. Current 2025 records are listed, with first-place votes in parentheses.
NFCA/GoRout Division III Top 25 Softball Coaches Poll – March 25, 2025
|
Rank |
Team |
Points |
2025 Record |
Previous |
|
1 |
East Texas Baptist (10) |
250 |
20-2 |
1 |
|
2 |
Linfield |
240 |
11-1 |
2 |
|
3 |
Christopher Newport |
230 |
19-1 |
3 |
|
4 |
Rowan |
220 |
20-0 |
4 |
|
5 |
Virginia Wesleyan |
210 |
15-1 |
5 |
|
6 |
Redlands |
200 |
18-3 |
7 |
|
7 |
Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
190 |
12-2 |
6 |
|
8 |
Texas Lutheran |
180 |
21-1 |
9 |
|
9 |
Huntingdon |
170 |
21-2 |
10 |
|
10 |
Trine |
160 |
14-4 |
11 |
|
11 |
Salisbury |
150 |
15-2 |
13 |
|
12 |
Williams |
140 |
5-1 |
12 |
|
13 |
Belhaven |
130 |
17-5 |
14 |
|
14 |
Randolph-Macon |
120 |
18-2 |
17 |
|
15 |
Case Western Reserve |
110 |
10-7 |
8 |
|
16 |
Wisconsin-Whitewater |
100 |
12-0 |
18 |
|
17 |
Gettysburg |
90 |
16-3 |
21 |
|
18 |
WashU |
80 |
15-5 |
T25 |
|
19 |
Berry |
70 |
16-5 |
19 |
|
20 |
Central |
60 |
7-3 |
15 |
|
21 |
Emory |
41 |
17-2 |
T23 |
|
22 |
Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
36 |
17-3 |
16 |
|
23 |
Moravian |
25 |
10-4 |
20 |
|
24 |
Pfeiffer |
17 |
14-7 |
22 |
|
25 |
Ramapo |
16 |
10-1 |
NR |
Others receiving votes: Simpson 9, Wisconsin-Eau Claire 3 and Saint Mary’s (Minn.) 2.
Dropped out: Calvin, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, DePauw, Lewis & Clark and Tufts.
2025 NFCA Division III Top 25 Committee
The NFCA is the professional organization for fastpitch softball coaches. Known for its highly-regarded coaches polls and All-America awards, the NFCA also educates and supports softball coaches on a variety of different levels: from podcasts to awards, to in-person events and National Convention.
Learn more about the NFCA and consider joining our lineup of over 7,000 coaches today!
