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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. First-place votes are in parentheses. Records are as of April 14, 2003.

This poll was updated at 12:30 p.m. central time on April 16, 2003.

                                                                 School                          Record     Pts.   Previous Ranking 
1.   Emory (Ga.)                     30-3       197 (5)     1 
2.   Simpson (Iowa)                  27-1       195 (3)     2 
3.   Muskingum (Ohio)		     26-3       173         6
 4.   SUNY Cortland (N.Y.)            19-3       162         4
 5.   Pacific Lutheran (Wash.)        20-1       158         3 
6.   Illinois Wesleyan               21-2       157         17 
7.   College of New Jersey           18-4       148         10      
8.   Salisbury (Md.)                 24-3-1     148         8
 9.   Alma (Mich.)                    21-4       123         11
 10.  Central (Iowa)                  18-3       119         21 
 11.  Methodist (N.C.)                30-8       112         23 
 12.  Montclair State (N.J.)          18-2       107         7
 13.  Western Connecticut State       12-4       103         NR
 14.  California State-Hayward        22-11      99          14 
15.  St. Thomas (Minn.)              19-3       78          NR 
16.  Lake Forest (Ill.)              12-4       69          9
 17.  East Texas Baptist              20-8       54          19 
 18.  SUNY Geneseo (N.Y.)             8-4        50          NR
 19.  Bethany (W.Va.)                 20-6       48          25 
20.  Ohio Northern                   21-6       46          19 
21.  Coast Guard (Conn.)       14-7       36          NR      
22.  Augustana (Ill.)            20-6-1     36          NR 
23.  Ithaca (N.Y.)                   15-6       33          13 
24.  Roanoke (Va.)                   24-5       31          12
 25.  Washington University (Mo.)     25-4       24          14

Dropped out: Wheaton (Mass.), Plymouth State (N.H.), Moravian (Pa.), LaVerne (Calif.), Keene State (N.H.), North Central (Ill.).

Others receiving votes: Wheaton (Mass.) 22, LaVerne (Calif.) 15, Thomas More (Ky.) 5, Chapman (Calif.) 4, North Central (Ill.) 4, William Paterson (N.J.) 2, Maryville (Tenn.) 1.

Others considered: Lynchburg (Va.), Chowan (N.C.), Moravian (Pa.), Rutgers-Camden (N.J.), Drew (N.J.), Cabrini (Pa.), Keene State (N.H.), University of Southern Maine, St. John Fisher (N.Y.), Rochester Institute of Technology (N.Y.), California Lutheran.