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The USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Top 25 is voted on by eight NCAA Division III coaches representing each of the eight Division III regions. Records are from 2001. First-place votes are in parentheses.

      School                       2001 Record   Pts.     Ranking

1.   Muskingum (Ohio) (8)             47-6      200         1
 2.   St. Mary's (Minn.)               36-8      181         4
 3.   Central (Iowa)                   41-10     177         2 
4.   Wheaton (Mass.)                  42-9      161         3 
5.   North Central (Ill.)             45-11     152         5 
6.   Pacific Lutheran (Wash.)         26-10     145         9 
7.   Alma (Mich.)                     35-12     135         15
 8.   William Paterson (N. J.)         38-9      132         7 
9.   Ithaca (N. Y.)                   31-15     128         8 
10.  Roanoke (Va.)                    42-11     121         6
 11.  Salisbury (Md.)                  37-9      115         12
 12.  Bridgewater State (Mass.)        34-12-1   109         14      
13.  Wartburg (Iowa)                  36-9-1    109         13
 14.  Denison (Ohio)                   33-7       96         11 
15.  La Verne (Calif.)                33-10      94         18 
16.  Cabrini (Pa.)                    42-5       92         10 
17.  Illinois Wesleyan                39-14      72         16	
 18.  Rowan (N. J.)                    34-11      68         19 
19.  St. Thomas (Minn.)               35-9       62         20
 20.  Cortland State (N.Y.)            28-17      52         NR 
21.  Wisconsin-Stevens Point          25-13      30         NR
 22.  Tufts (Mass.)                    28-11-1    24         21 
23.  Emory (Ga.)                      37-13      22         23  
24.  Oneonta State (N. Y.)            38-10      20         17 
25.  Chapman (Calif.)                 22-14      16         NR      
25.  Western Connecticut              35-4       16         22

Others Receiving Votes: Wisconsin-Eau Claire 13, Simpson (Iowa) 11, Springfield (Mass.) 10, Case Western Reserve (Ohio) 9, Moravian (Pa.) 7, Christopher Newport (Va.) 6, St. John Fisher (N.Y.) 5, Puget Sound (Wash.) 3, Rochester Institute of Technology (N.Y.) 3, Redlands (Calif.) 2, Methodist (N.C.) 1, Willamette (Ore.) 1.