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 seventh week dating back to last season.
The (22-2) Tigers have won six straight and 13 of their last 14 games. They swept the University of Texas at Dallas, which is transitioning to Division II, 2-0 and 6-1, on Saturday in their only action.
Christopher Newport and unbeaten Rowan won four contests apiece moved into the next two spots, benefitting from a loss by Linfield (16-2), which dropped the Wildcats from second to fourth.
The (23-1) Captains swept Bridgewater and Meredith, while new No. 3 Rowan (24-0) defeated Eastern and Kean twice. Linfield took two games from Cal Lutheran and La Verne, but split with then-No. 6 Redlands, which lost four of its seven games this past week to fall four spots to 10th.
Virginia Wesleyan (21-1) swept three twinbills to stay solidly in fifth, while Texas Lutheran (25-1), Trine (16-4), Salisbury (21-2) and Huntingdon (22-3) all moved up to fill out the rest of the top 10.
After Wisconsin-Oshkosh (16-2) at No. 11, Belhaven (20-6) and Williams (10-4) swapped spots, while places 14-24 remained unchanged.
Saint Mary’s (15-3), which had been idle since March 7, didn’t skip a beat in its return to action, scoring a lopsided conference-opening sweep of St. Catherine to move from receiving votes into the No. 25 position, knocking Ramapo out of the rankings.
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 – April 1, 2025
|
Rank |
Team |
Points |
2025 Record |
Previous |
|
1 |
East Texas Baptist (10) |
250 |
22-2 |
1 |
|
2 |
Christopher Newport |
240 |
23-1 |
3 |
|
3 |
Rowan |
230 |
24-0 |
4 |
|
4 |
Linfield |
220 |
16-2 |
2 |
|
5 |
Virginia Wesleyan |
210 |
21-1 |
5 |
|
6 |
Texas Lutheran |
200 |
25-1 |
8 |
|
7 |
Trine |
190 |
16-4 |
10 |
|
8 |
Salisbury |
180 |
21-2 |
11 |
|
9 |
Huntingdon |
170 |
22-3 |
9 |
|
10 |
Redlands |
160 |
21-7 |
6 |
|
11 |
Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
150 |
16-2 |
7 |
|
12 |
Belhaven |
140 |
20-6 |
13 |
|
13 |
Williams |
130 |
10-4 |
12 |
|
14 |
Randolph-Macon |
120 |
22-2 |
14 |
|
15 |
Case Western Reserve |
110 |
14-7 |
15 |
|
16 |
Wisconsin-Whitewater |
100 |
14-0 |
16 |
|
17 |
Gettysburg |
90 |
20-3 |
17 |
|
18 |
WashU |
80 |
18-5 |
18 |
|
19 |
Berry |
70 |
19-5 |
19 |
|
20 |
Central |
60 |
9-3 |
20 |
|
21 |
Emory |
50 |
20-2 |
21 |
|
22 |
Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
40 |
17-3 |
22 |
|
23 |
Moravian |
30 |
16-4 |
23 |
|
24 |
Pfeiffer |
20 |
18-7 |
24 |
|
25 |
Saint Mary’s (Minn.) |
10 |
15-3 |
RV |
Others receiving votes: None.
Dropped out: Ramapo.
2025 NFCA Division III Top 25 Committee
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