LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Cal State San Marcos ran its win streak to 16 games and is the unanimous No. 1 team in this week’s NFCA/GoRout Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll.
Coming of a 10-day hiatus, the Cougars (18-1) showed no signs of rust with six more wins last week. They opened with a midweek doubleheader sweep of Vanguard at home before posting a 4-0 mark at the NorCal Crossover with wins against Montana State Billings, Menlo, Western Washington and Western Oregon.
Cal State East Bay and West Texas A&M remained in their respective rankings this week. The Pioneers began the week with a twinbill sweep of then-No. 16 Concordia and went 3-1 at the NorCal Crossover. A defeat at the hands of Western Washington snapped East Bay’s 15-game winning streak. The Lady Buffs (17-3) had a light week, taking both games of a Lone Star Conference doubleheader at UT Dallas.
No. 4 North Georgia and No. 5 AUM swapped places as the NightHawks (15-2) took two games at Young Harris and extended their win streak to 14. The Warhawks (13-3) won their Gulf South Conference series at Lee, winning the first two before falling in the series finale.
No. 6 Francis Marion remained at No. 6 with No. 7 Angelo State, No. 8 Missouri Southern and No. 9 Southern Arkansas all moving up one spot apiece. The Patriots (15-4) were 3-1, while the latter three went a combined 11-0.
Continuing its climb up the poll is No. 10 Saint Leo. Coming off a three-game Sunshine State Conference sweep of Rollins, the Lions (13-2-1) have won eight straight and jumped five more spots in the rankings this week.
West Florida dipped five positions to No. 12, while Carson-Newman moved up three more spots to move inside the top 20 at No. 18.
The 2026 NFCA/GoRout Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by the NFCA Division II Top 25 Poll Committee. The committee consists of 16 NCAA Division II head coaches with two representing each of the NCAA’s eight regions. The poll is announced every Tuesday at noon ET during the regular season. Records reflect games played through March 1.
2026 NFCA/GoRout Division II Top 25 Softball Coaches Poll
3/3/26 (Week 4)
|
RANK |
TEAM |
POINTS |
RECORD |
PREV. RANKING |
|
1 |
Cal State San Marcos |
400 |
18-1 |
1 |
|
2 |
Cal State East Bay |
382 |
18-2 |
2 |
|
3 |
West Texas A&M |
370 |
17-3 |
3 |
|
4 |
North Georgia |
350 |
15-2 |
5 |
|
5 |
AUM |
330 |
13-3 |
4 |
|
6 |
Francis Marion |
313 |
15-4 |
6 |
|
7 |
Angelo State |
304 |
19-4 |
8 |
|
8 |
Missouri Southern |
284 |
19-3 |
9 |
|
9 |
Southern Arkansas |
265 |
20-2 |
10 |
|
10 |
Saint Leo |
250 |
13-2-1 |
15 |
|
11 |
Indianapolis |
234 |
13-1 |
11 |
|
12 |
West Florida |
230 |
16-3 |
7 |
|
13 |
Oklahoma Christian |
216 |
17-3 |
13 |
|
14 |
Central Oklahoma |
190 |
18-4 |
17 |
|
15 |
Saginaw Valley State |
184 |
6-2 |
14 |
|
16 |
Rogers State |
147 |
15-5 |
12 |
|
17 |
Colorado Christian |
133 |
18-2 |
18 |
|
18 |
Carson-Newman |
123 |
19-2 |
21 |
|
19 |
Concordia |
107 |
20-8 |
16 |
|
20 |
Oklahoma Baptist |
99 |
18-2 |
20 |
|
21 |
Shippensburg |
94 |
3-1 |
19 |
|
22 |
Pittsburg State |
65 |
20-1 |
23 |
|
23 |
McKendree |
46 |
13-4 |
25 |
|
24 |
Pace |
30 |
0-0 |
22 |
|
25 |
UAH |
25 |
18-5 |
24 |
Receiving Votes: Cal State Dominguez Hills (11), East Stroudsburg 9, Kutztown (3), Washburn (3), Montevallo (2), Glenville State (1).
New to Poll: N/A
Dropped Out: N/A
The 2026 NFCA/Go Rout Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by the NFCA Division II Top 25 Poll Committee. The committee consists of 16 NCAA Division II head coaches with two representing each of the NCAA’s eight regions. Records reflect games played through March 1.
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