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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 through games of March 31. First-place votes are in parentheses.

      School                          Record     Pts.     Preseason
 1.   Muskingum (Ohio) (5)             12-2      195         1 
2.   Central (Iowa) (3)               19-1      191         3
 3.   Pacific Lutheran (Wash.)         15-0      177         6 
4.   Emory (Ga.)                      25-2      169        23      
5.   Wheaton (Mass.)                  11-2      169         4 
6.   Roanoke (Va.)                    21-3      145        10 
7.   La Verne (Calif.)                24-2-1    140        15
 8.   St. Mary's (Minn.)                7-3      136         2
 9.   Cortland State (N.Y.)             9-4      131        20 
10.  North Central (Ill.)             10-3-1    123         5
 11.  Augustana (Ill.)                 12-3      114        NR 
12.  Ithaca (N. Y.)                   12-6      108         9 
13.  Alma (Mich.)                     11-6      100         7 
14.  Rowan (N. J.)                    12-6       96        18 
15.  Capital (Ohio)                   12-4       91        NR
 16.  William Paterson (N. J.)          9-5       87         8 
17.  Tufts (Mass.)                     9-5       71        22      
18.  Wartburg (Iowa)                  13-3       71        12 
19.  East Texas Baptist               22-5       55        NR 
20.  Salisbury (Md.)                  17-6       44        11 
21.  Moravian (Pa.)                   16-3       38        NR 
22.  St. John Fisher (N.Y.)           9-1-1      34        NR 
23.  Coe (Iowa)                       15-3       29        NR 
24.  Albion (Mich.)                   14-4       25        NR 
25.  Christopher Newport (Va.)        15-6       15        NR

Dropped Out: Bridgewater State (Va.), Cabrini (Pa.), Chapman (Calif.) Denison (Ohio), Illinois Wesleyan, Oneonta State (N.Y.), St. Thomas (Minn.), Western Connecticut, Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

Others Receiving Votes: Wisconsin-Whitewater 11, Clark (Mass.) 10, Coast Guard (Conn.) 10, Simpson (Iowa) 9, Benedictine (Ill.) 3, Puget Sound (Wash.) 2, Geneseo State (N.Y.) 1.