LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Buford did not allow a run for another week to remain perfect and atop the NFCA Summer/Fall High School Top 25 Coaches Poll for a fifth straight week.
The (30-0) Wolves scored 26 combined runs for a trio of games to reach 30 wins and extend their stellar stretch to 52 victories in their last 54 contests. Buford defeated Eastside 5-0 last Thursday and Colquitt County 7-0 and 14-0 on Monday in a first-round Georgia playoff series.
No. 3 Lincoln Southwest (33-3) stayed steady behind Buford and Iowa state titlist Van Meter with a pair of wins on Wednesday as the Nebraska Class A playoffs got underway. The Silver Hawks defeated Bellevue East and Omaha Westside to cap a 4-0 week and reach today’s bracket final.
Fourth-ranked East Coweta (26-3) captured both its games and has a best-of-three Georgia playoff series with Cherokee starting Monday. Meanwhile, Broomfield (20-2) and Millard North (34-4) both leapfrogged Dale (20-3), which was knocked out in the first round of the Oklahoma Class 2A tournament. University (21-2), Wesleyan (24-3) and Choctaw (29-3) round out the top 10.
Gretna (27-8), which spent the first two weeks of the season ranked No. 1, slipped to 20th after a 9-1 loss to Papillion-LaVista in the first round of the Nebraska Class A, Bracket 1 tournament.
State rankings submitted by the NFCA High School Steering Committee are used to compile the NFCA Summer/Fall High School Top 25 Coaches Poll. Teams are chosen based on performance, roster quality and strength of schedule. Five states — Colorado, Georgia, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Missouri — play a fall fastpitch schedule, while Iowa recently completed its summer season.
NFCA Summer/Fall High School Top 25 Coaches Poll – Oct. 16, 2025
|
Rank |
Team |
2025 Record |
Previous |
|
1 |
Buford (Ga.) |
30-0 |
1 |
|
2 |
Van Meter (Iowa) |
34-2 |
2 |
|
3 |
Lincoln Southwest (Neb.) |
33-3 |
3 |
|
4 |
East Coweta (Ga.) |
26-3 |
4 |
|
5 |
Broomfield (Colo.) |
20-2 |
6 |
|
6 |
Millard North (Neb.) |
34-4 |
7 |
|
7 |
Dale (Okla.) |
20-3 |
5 |
|
8 |
University (Colo.) |
21-2 |
8 |
|
9 |
Wesleyan (Ga.) |
24-3 |
9 |
|
10 |
Choctaw (Okla.) |
29-3 |
10 |
|
11 |
Elizabeth (Colo.) |
21-2 |
11 |
|
12 |
Lutheran (Colo.) |
19-4 |
12 |
|
13 |
Northwest (Iowa) |
34-4 |
13 |
|
14 |
Raymore-Peculiar (Mo.) |
20-4 |
14 |
|
15 |
Clarksville (Iowa) |
31-4 |
16 |
|
16 |
Columbine (Colo.) |
18-5 |
18 |
|
17 |
Helias Catholic (Mo.) |
22-6 |
20 |
|
18 |
Ft. Zumwalt West (Mo.) |
28-5 |
17 |
|
19 |
Lakewood (Colo.) |
16-7 |
19 |
|
20 |
Gretna (Neb.) |
27-8 |
15 |
|
21 |
Owasso (Okla.) |
27-8 |
21 |
|
22 |
North Cobb (Ga.) |
24-7 |
22 |
|
23 |
Papillion-LaVista (Neb.) |
28-10 |
23 |
|
24 |
Rock Bridge (Mo.) |
22-9 |
24 |
|
25 |
Blue Springs South (Mo.) |
18-11 |
25 |
Dropped out: Arvada West (Colo.)
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