The USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association High School Top 25 is compiled by NFCA high school softball representatives throughout the nation. Records are through games of June 2. State champions and California sectional champions noted by an asterisk (*). States may have more than one champion. This is the final poll of 2002.

      School (Location)                                   Record      LW	 
1.   Countryside (Clearwater, Fla.)*                      33-1        1
 2.   Mira Mesa (San Diego, Calif.)*                       35-1        3 
3.   Bryan (Bryan, Texas)*                                33-7       14 
4.   Bartow (Bartow, Fla.)*                               33-2        4 
5.   Wooster(Reno, Nev.)*                                 41-2        5 
6.   Clovis (Clovis, Calif.)                              38-3        6 
7.   Frisco (Frisco, Texas)*                              36-1       NR 
8.   Flowing Wells (Tucson, Ariz.)*                       25-10-1     8 
9.   Sahuaro (Tucson, Ariz.)                              32-5-1      9 
10.  Bonita Vista (Chula Vista, Calif.)                   31-1       10 
11.  King (Riverside, Calif.)*                            27-2       NR 
12.  Riverview (Tampa, Fla.)*                             29-5       12 
13.  Rincon (Tucson, Ariz.)*                              30-4-1     13 
14.  Pacifica (Garden Grove, Calif.)                      28-3-1      2 
15.  Corona del Sol (Tempe, Ariz.)                        33-2-1     15 
16.  St. Amant (St. Amant, La.)*                          35-4       17 
17.  O'Connor (San Antonio, Texas)                        25-8       NR 
18.  Cactus (Glendale, Ariz.)                             26-7-2     19 
19.  Kentridge (Kent, Wash.)*                             25-2       20 
20.  Dickson County (Dickson, Tenn.)*                     42-5       21 
21.  Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.)                       31-1       22 
22.  Broad Run (Ashburn, Va.)                             24-1       25 
23.  Verona (Verona, Wisc.)                               22-0       NR 
24.  Harrison Central (Gulfport, Miss.)*                  39-7       24 
25.  Richland Hills (North Richland Hills, Texas)         44-6        7 

Others Receiving Consideration: Alta (Alta, Utah), Amity Regional (Woodbridge, Conn.), Atlee (Mechanicsville, Va.), Bath (Lima, Ohio), Bay Shore (Bay Shore, N.Y.), Bingham (Bingham, Utah), Bishop O'Connell (Arlington, Va.), Boardman (Youngstown, Ohio), Boone (Orlando, Fla.), Brenham (Brenham, Texas), Brentwood Academy (Brentwood, Tenn.)*, Brighton (Brighton, Mich.), Brookside Christian (Stockton, Calif.)*, Buchholz (Gainesville, Fla.), Camas (Camas, Wash.)*, Canyon del Oro (Tucson, Ariz.), Cape Henlopen (Lewes, Del.), Caravel (Bear, Del.)*, Carroll (Southlake, Texas), Centennial (Las Vegas, Nev.), Central Cabarrus (Concord, N.C.), Cherokee (Marlton, N.J.), Cicero-North (Syracuse, N.Y.), Comeaux (Lafayette, La.), Coppell (Coppell, Texas), Crescent (Iva, S.C.), Desert Mountain (Scottsdale, Ariz.), East Central (Hurley, Miss.)*, Eden Prairie (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Edgewood Academy (Elmore, Ala.), El Modena (Orange, Calif.), Elk Grove (Elk Grove, Ill.), Elyria (Elyria, Ohio), Foothill (Santa Ana, Calif.), Fort Bend Clements (Pasadena, Texas), Fort Bend Elkins (Fort Bend, Texas), Freehold Township (Freehold, N.J.), Giles County (Pulaski, Tenn.), Glenbard North (Carol Stream, Ill.), Greenwood (Bowling Green, Ky.), Hartselle (Hartselle, Ala.), Hillcrest (Simpsonville, S.C.), Hillcrest (Midvale, Utah), Hopewell (Huntersville, N.C.), Immaculate Heart (Township of Washington, N.J.), Jordan (Jordan, Utah), Juneau Douglas (Juneau, Alaska)*, Kennedy (La Palma, Calif.), Lake Central (St. John's, Ind.), Lake Highland Prep (Orlando, Fla.)*, Lawrence (Fairfield, Maine), Leon (Tallahassee, Fla.), Lexington (Lexington, S.C.), Lincoln Way Central (New Lenox, Ill.), Live Oak (Watson, La.), Logan (Logan, W. Va.), Luxemburg-Casco (Luxemburg, Wisc.), Madison-Central (Madison, Miss.), Magruder (Rockville, Md.), Maryville (Maryville, Tenn.), Mesquite (Gilbert, Ariz.), Miege (Shawnee Mission, Kan.), Normal Community (Normal, Ill.), North County (Glen Burnie, Md.)*, North Little Rock (North Little Rock, Ark.)*, North Medford (Medford, Ore.), Northwest (Shawnee Mission, Kan.), Owensboro Catholic (Owensboro, Ky.), Park (Cottage Grove, Minn.), Park View (Sterling, Va.), Parkview Baptist (Baton Rouge, La.), Pickens (Pickens, S.C.), Pinconning (Pinconning, Mich.), Pisgah (Pisgah, Ala.), Princess Anne (Virginia Beach, Va.), River Forest (Oak Park, Ill.), River Ridge (New Port Richey, Fla.), St. Marks (Wilmington, Del.), St. Thomas More (Lafayette, La.)*, St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)*, Salem (Salem, N.H.), Salpointe Catholic (Tucson, Ariz.), Sandburg (Orland Park, Ill.), Scott (Madison, W. Va.), Sheldon (Sacramento, Calif.)*, Shorecrest (Shoreline, Wash.), Silver Bluff (Aiken, S.C.), Skowhegan (Skowhegan, Maine), Smithson Valley (Spring Branch, Texas), Smyrna (Smyrna, Del.), Soddy-Daisy (Soddy Daisy, Tenn.), South (Salina, Kan.), South View (Hope Mills, N.C.), Southaven (Southaven, Miss.), Southington (Southington, Conn.), Springfield (Springfield, Ore.), Starkville (Starkville, Miss.), Stevens Point (Stevens Point, Wisc.), Sunrise Mountain (Peoria, Ariz.), Tartan (Oakdale, Minn.), Taylorsville (Taylorsville, Utah), Teurlings Catholic (Lafayette, La.), Thomas Stone (Waldorf, Md.)*, Trinity (St. James, Ala.), Unicoi County (Erwin, Tenn.), Victor Senior (Victor, N.Y.), W.F. West (Chehalis, Wash.), Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), Walterboro (Walterboro, S.C.).