The UW-Parkside softball team picked up national votes in the March 17 poll.
For the second consecutive week, North Georgia received all 16 first-place votes in the NFCA Division II Top 25 poll on its way to becoming the No. 1 team in the nation three weeks running.
The Rangers are currently 4-2 on their Florida trip and are 7-3 overall.
The NFCA Division II Top 25 is voted on by 16 NCAA Division II head coaches, two representing each of the eight NCAA regions. 2010 records are shown. First-place votes are in parentheses.
The following is the complete poll.
|
RANK
|
TEAM
|
RECORD
|
TOTALS
|
LAST POLL
|
|
1
|
North Georgia (16)
|
21-0
|
400
|
1
|
|
2
|
Angelo St.
|
24-2
|
383
|
2
|
|
3
|
Winona St.
|
10-0
|
350
|
5
|
|
4
|
Hawaii Pacific
|
17-1
|
329
|
6
|
|
5
|
Wayne St. (MI)
|
16-3
|
324
|
4
|
|
6
|
Valdosta St.
|
10-2
|
315
|
3
|
|
7
|
Midwestern St.
|
21-3
|
292
|
8
|
|
8
|
Metro St.
|
14-1
|
264
|
9
|
|
9
|
Alabama-Huntsville
|
17-4
|
251
|
11
|
|
10
|
August St.
|
22-6
|
237
|
12
|
|
11
|
Grand Canyon
|
18-4
|
228
|
10
|
|
12
|
Indiana (PA)
|
9-1
|
203
|
RV
|
|
13
|
Bloomsburg
|
12-2
|
194
|
7
|
|
14
|
Saginaw Valley
|
11-2
|
173
|
15
|
|
15
|
West Florida
|
17-2
|
168
|
13
|
|
16
|
Wingate
|
19-3
|
155
|
14
|
|
17
|
West Texas A&M
|
19-8
|
138
|
16
|
|
18
|
C.W. Post
|
5-3
|
111
|
21
|
|
19
|
Rollins
|
15-1
|
97
|
20
|
|
20
|
Lenoir-Rhyne
|
24-4
|
86
|
22
|
|
21
|
Sonoma St.
|
18-5
|
79
|
RV
|
|
22
|
Augustana (SD)
|
9-0
|
71
|
RV
|
|
23
|
Georgian Court
|
9-3
|
57
|
RV
|
|
24
|
Kutztown
|
15-7
|
48
|
24
|
|
25
|
Nova Southeastern
|
22-7
|
47
|
23
|
Others Receiving Votes: Emporia St. 37. Cal St. Monterey Bay 30, West Virginia Wesleyan 27, Carson-Newman 22, Colorado St.-Pueblo 20, Indianapolis 19, St. Mary's (TX) 10, NYIT 6, Minnesota St.-Mankato 6, Wayne St. (NE) 5, Texas Woman's 5, Wisconsin-Parkside 4, Le Moyne 4, Ashland 3. UC San Diego 1, Caldwell 1
Dropped Out: No. 17 Le Moyne, No. 18 Cal St. Monterey Bay, No. 19 West Virginia Wesleyan, No. 25 Carson-Newman
