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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.

School Record Pts Previous

 1.   Ithaca (N.Y.)  (8)              37-13      200         21 
2.   Lake Forest (Ill.)              34-12      188         11 
 3.   Emory (Ga.)                     43-10      181          4
 4.   Pacific Lutheran (Wash.)        36-2       180          1 
5.   St. Thomas (Minn.)              38-9       170          9 
6.   Bethany (W.Va.)                 32-10      150         NR
 7.   Salisbury (Md.)                 39-9       147         17
 8.   Muskingum (Ohio)                40-8       128          3 
9.   Western Connecticut             34-9-1     126         NR 
10.  Geneseo St. (N.Y.)              36-5       123          7 
11.  Roanoke (Va.)                   40-7       117         10 
12.  East Texas Baptist              38-8       114         16 
13.  Coe (Iowa)                      37-9       112         NR 
14.  (tie) Bridgewater St. (Mass.)   28-14-1     76         NR      
15. (tie) Central (Iowa)             36-5        76          2 
16.  Capital (Ohio)                  30-10-1     75         11
 17.  Benedictine (Ill.)              29-16       70         18
 18.  La Verne (Calif.)               37-6-1      66          5 
19.  Rowan (N.J.)                    33-16       61         15 
20.  Wheaton (Mass.)                 31-9        46         13 
21.  Cabrini (Pa.)                   37-8        37         NR 
22.  Alma (Mich.)                    28-11       29         19 
23.  Illinois Wesleyan               32-11       25         23
 24.  (tie) Cortland State (N.Y.)     34-11       22         14      
25.  (tie) Tufts (Mass.)             29-9        22          8

Dropped out: William Paterson (N.J.), Simpson (Iowa), Clark (Mass.), Moravian (Pa.), Wartburg (Iowa).

Others receiving votes: Moravian (Pa.) 12, Ferrum College (Va.) 8, Wartburg (Iowa) 8, Puget Sound (Wash.) 4, Wisconsin-Superior 3, Endicott (Mass.) 1, KingÃ•s College (Ill.) 1, Savannah A&D (Ga.) 1.