Kansas City, Mo. - After spending the last two weeks at No. 8, the CMU Softball program moved up one spot in the second edition of the NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll, which the national office announced.
The Eagles are the only team in the Heart of America Athletic Conference ranked in the Top 25. Both Benedictine and Grand View are receiving votes.
Central is currently 19-5 and 3-1 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference.
CMU will continue Heart play on Saturday, March 29, as they travel to Dubuque, Iowa, to take on Clarke University.
To view the poll methodology and the complete top 25 poll, please see below.
Rating Methodology:
- The rating is rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conference/Continental Athletic Conference (Independents).
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 for third-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team's rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point on the ballot are not considered "receiving votes".
| RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Southern Oregon [17] | 21-1 | 480 |
| 2 | 2 | Oregon Tech | 13-3 | 458 |
| 3 | 3 | Science and Arts (Okla.) [1] | 17-4 | 453 |
| 4 | 7 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 16-6 | 407 |
| 5 | 5 | Oklahoma City | 20-4 | 404 |
| 6 | 8 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 16-4 | 384 |
| 7 | 4 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 22-5 | 371 |
| 8 | 6 | Georgia Gwinnett | 16-5 | 367 |
| 9 | 15 | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 20-2 | 354 |
| 10 | 9 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 26-5 | 350 |
| 11 | 11 | Marian (Ind.) | 15-3 | 304 |
| 12 | 10 | Madonna (Mich.) | 16-5 | 298 |
| 13 | 14 | Eastern Oregon | 10-3 | 271 |
| 14 | 16 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 21-3 | 268 |
| 15 | 18 | Indiana Wesleyan | 12-2 | 259 |
| 16 | 17 | Missouri Baptist | 18-4 | 258 |
| 17 | 13 | William Carey (Miss.) | 17-4 | 250 |
| 18 | 19 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 21-3 | 217 |
| 19 | 12 | Hope International (Calif.) | 12-5 | 188 |
| 20 | 24 | College of Idaho | 13-3 | 139 |
| 21 | 22 | Mobile (Ala.) | 16-7 | 136 |
| 22 | RV | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 14-5 | 135 |
| 23 | 21 | Midland (Neb.) | 17-9 | 123 |
| 24 | RV | Evangel (Mo.) | 20-4 | 117 |
| 25 | 23 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 13-5 | 91 |
Dropped from Top 25: Benedictine (Kan.), Bellevue (Ne.)
Receiving Votes: Benedictine (Kan.) 85, Texas A&M Texarkana 77, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 39, Rio Grande (Ohio) 35, Bellevue (Neb.) 21, Keiser (Fla.) 13, Coastal Georgia 12, Grand View (Iowa) 11, Friends (Kan.) 8, Brenau (Ga.) 7, Middle Georgia State 4, British Columbia (B.C.) 3, Jamestown (N.D.) 2
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