PELLA—Despite a dominant 5-1 week, the Central College softball team moved down to No. 20 in this week's NFCA Division III Top 25 Softball Coaches Poll.
The Dutch are now 26-7 after picking up five wins last week. Central outscored its opponents 63-18 with three games ending in a run-rule victory for the Dutch
Salisbury University (Md.) stayed in the No. 1 spot in the poll for the third week in a row at 34-1. Central is the only American Rivers school in the rankings.
Central plays its next doubleheader Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. in Lincoln, Nebraska against Nebraska Wesleyan University.
NFCA Division III Top 25 Softball Coaches Poll – April 30, 2024
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
2024 Record |
Previous |
| 1 |
Salisbury (10) |
250 |
34-1 |
1 |
| 2 |
Linfield |
240 |
36-0 |
2 |
| 3 |
East Texas Baptist |
230 |
32-2 |
3 |
| 4 |
Trine |
220 |
34-3 |
4 |
| 5 |
Berry |
210 |
39-3 |
5 |
| 6 |
Belhaven |
200 |
34-4 |
6 |
| 7 |
Christopher Newport |
190 |
26-5 |
8 |
| 8 |
Randolph-Macon |
180 |
29-3-2 |
7 |
| 9 |
Huntingdon |
170 |
32-4 |
9 |
| 10 |
Case Western Reserve |
160 |
31-6 |
10 |
| 11 |
Virginia Wesleyan |
150 |
30-7 |
13 |
| 12 |
Texas Lutheran |
140 |
28-3 |
12 |
| 13 |
Pfeiffer |
130 |
38-2 |
11 |
| 14 |
Rowan |
120 |
31-7 |
15 |
| 15 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
110 |
29-2-1 |
16 |
| 16 |
Tufts |
100 |
28-6 |
14 |
| 17 |
Bethel |
90 |
25-7 |
17 |
| 18 |
Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
80 |
32-2 |
19 |
| 19 |
Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
70 |
28-4 |
20 |
| 20 |
Central |
60 |
26-7 |
18 |
| 21 |
Dominican |
38 |
33-3 |
25 |
| 22 |
Mount Union |
30 |
31-4 |
NR |
| 23 |
Ramapo |
23 |
27-7 |
21 |
| 24 |
Calvin |
16 |
26-8 |
24 |
| 25 |
Transylvania |
12 |
27-8 |
23 |
Others receiving votes: SUNY New Paltz 9, Rochester 8, Wisconsin-Whitewater 7, St. John Fisher 5 and WashU 2.
Dropped out: Coe, Eastern and Lynchburg.
