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Softball

Central softball team moves up in national rankings

The team will play Hanover March 12


PELLA— In the latest NFCA top 25 coaches poll the Central College softball team moved up to No. 15.
           
East Texas Baptist University remains ranked No. 1 sitting with a 15-1 record this season. Linfield University (Ore.) moved up to No. 2 ahead of Case Western Reserve University (Ohio) at No. 3
           
The Dutch (2-2) will play eight games in Kentucky starting Wednesday with a double header against Hanover College (Ind.) at 4 p.m. EST. While in Kentucky they will play newly ranked No. 25 Depauw University (Ind.) and Muskingum University (Ohio) who received votes to be ranked.
 
NFCA/GoRout Division III Top 25 Softball Coaches Poll – March 11, 2025
 
Rank Team Points 2025 Record Previous
1 East Texas Baptist (10) 250 15-1 1
2 Linfield 240 9-1 3
3 Case Western Reserve 230 7-3 2
4 Rowan 220 8-0 4
5 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 210 8-0 5
6 Virginia Wesleyan 200 10-0 6
7 Christopher Newport 190 12-0 7
8 Texas Lutheran 180 16-0 8
9 Redlands 170 13-2 10
10 Huntingdon 160 14-2 11
11 Trine 150 10-4 9
12 Williams 140 2-0 12
13 Salisbury 130 7-1 13
14 Belhaven 120 10-5 14
15 Central 110 2-2 16
16 Pfeiffer 100 11-3 17
17 Berry 90 12-4 15
18 Calvin 80 4-2 18
19 Wisconsin-Stevens Point 70 11-1 22
20 Tufts 60 1-5 20
21 Wisconsin-Whitewater 50 0-0 21
22 Moravian 34 7-1 NR
23 Randolph-Macon 19 8-2 23
24 Gettysburg 17 7-2 NR
25 DePauw 10 6-4 RV
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