The National Fastpitch Coaches Association Coaches Division III Top 25 is voted on by eight Division III softball coaches, representing the eight NCAA Division III regions. First-place votes are in parentheses. Records are through games of Sunday, April 29.
School Record Points LR
1. St. Mary's (Minn.) (8) 27-5 200 1
2. Alma (Mich.) 31-8 191 2
3. Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) 23-8 183 3
4. Central (Iowa) 35-6 168 4
5. North Central (Ill.) 38-6 150 5
6. Western Connecticut 31-2 149 9
7. Bridgewater State (Mass.) 28-10-1 139 14
8. Salisbury State (Md.) 34-7 136 11
9. La Verne (Calif.) 32-8 131 10
10. Rowan (N. J.) 29-8 126 23
11. Cabrini (Pa.) 40-3 119 6
12. Roanoke (Va.) 38-8 116 8
13. Denison (Ohio) 27-5 113 13
14. William Paterson (N. J.) 31-5 88 12
15. Wheaton (Mass.) 34-6 85 22
16. Illinois Benedictine 33-10 72 NR
17. Muskingum (Ohio) 37-6 68 20
18. Ithaca (N. Y.) 26-12 64 21
19. Emory (Ga.) 36-11 62 17
20. Wartburg (Iowa) 32-6 50 18
21. Illinois Wesleyan 31-11 34 15 (tie)
22. Linfield (Ore.) 24-17 30 NR
23. Springfield (Mass.) 34-10 29 7
24. Tufts (Mass.) 22-9-1 25 NR
25. Chapman (Calif.) 22-14 20 19
Dropped Out: Rochester Inst. (N. Y.), St. Thomas (Minn.),_Wisconsin-Eau Claire.__ Others Receiving Votes: Oneonta State (N. Y.) 19, St. Thomas (Minn.)_10, Christopher Newport (Va.) 7, Hope (Mich.) 7, Rochester Inst. _(N. Y.) 4, Montclair State (N. J. ) 3, Wisconsin-Whitewater 1, _York (Pa.) 1.
