The USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association High School Top 25 is compiled by NFCA high school softball representatives throughout the nation. Records are through games of May 6.

      School (Location)                               Record     LW	 
1.   Bullard (Fresno, Calif.)                        32-1       2 
2.   Foothill (Santa Ana, Calif.)                    25-2       3
 3.   Richland (North Richland Hills, Texas)          35-1       4
 4.   Horizon (Scottsdale, Ariz.)                     27-5       5
 5.   Naples (Naples, Fla.)                           32-1       10	



_Others Receiving Consideration:   Alexander Central (Taylorsville, _N. C.), Atholton (Columbia, Md.), Ayala (Chino, Calif.), Bartow (Bartow,_Fla.), Bay Shore (Bay Shore, N. Y.), Bishop Ahr (Edison, N. J.), Bishop_O'Connell (Arlington, Va.), Boardman (Youngstown, Ohio), Brentwood Academy_(Nashville, Tenn.), Brighton (Brighton, Mich.), Broad Run (Ashburn, Va.),_Brookland Cayce (Columbia,  S. C.), Bryan (Bryan, Texas),  Buchanan (Clovis,_Calif.), Butler (Charlotte, N. C.), Canyon Del Oro (Tucson, Ariz.), Cape_Henlopen (Lewes, Del.), Caravel (Bear, Del.), Casey (Casey, Ill.),_Centennial (Las Vegas, Nev.), Central Kitsap (Silverdale, Wash.), Chaparral_(Scottsdale, Ariz.), Chenango Valley (Binghamton, N.Y.), Cherokee (Cherokee,_N. J.), Comeaux (Lafayette, La.), Corona Del Sol (Tempe, Ariz.), Damascus_(Damascus, Md.), David Lipscomb (Nashville, Tenn.), Daviess County_(Owensboro, Ky.), Deer Valley (Glendale, Ariz.). Durango (Las Vegas, Nev.),_East Ascension (Gonzales, La.), Fairfield (Fairfield, Calif.), Father Ryan_(Nashville, Tenn.), Federal Way (Federal Way, Wash.), Flowing Wells (Tucson,_Ariz.), Gonzalez-Tate (Pensacola, Fla.), Gray/New Glouster (Gray, Maine),_Greenway (Phoenix, Ariz.),  Hart (Newhall, Calif.), Greenwood (Bowling_Green, Ky.), Herbert Hoover (Clendenin, W. Va.), Hoover (North Canton,_Ohio), Horseheads (Horseheads, N. Y.), Immaculate Heart Academy (Washington,_N. J.), Indian River (Frankford, Del.), Inglemoor (Bothell, Wash.), J. P._Stevens (Edison, N. J.),  Kelso (Kelso, Wash.), Kettering (Waterford,_Mich.),  Klein Oak (Spring, Texas),  Lafayette Jefferson (Lafayette, Ind.),_Lake Braddock (Burke,  Va.),  Lake Central (St. John's, Ind.),  Lexington_(Columbia, S. C.), Logan (Logan, W. Va.), Mercy Academy (Louisville, Ky.),_Maranacook (Readfield, Maine), Milford (Milford, Del.), Moline (Moline,_Ill.), Mt. Carmel (San Diego, Calif.), New Hanover (Wilmington, N. C.),_Noble (South Berwick, Maine), North Canton (Canton, Ohio), North Hardin_(Radcliffe, Ky.), North Laurel (London, Ky.),  Oak Park (Oak Park, Ill.),_Paramus (Paramus, N. J.), Park View (Sterling, Va.), Perry (Massilon, Ohio),_Pinconning (Pinconning, Mich.), Pineville (Pineville, La.), Portage-Northern_(Portage, Mich.), Poway (Poway, Calif.), Prairie (Brush Prairie, Wash.),_Princess Anne (Virginia Beach, Va.), Rincon (Tucson, Ariz.), Ripley (Ripley,_W. Va.), Rogers (Wyoming, Mich.), Sandburg (Orland Park, Ill.), Seneca_(Seneca, S. C.), Sheldon (Elk Grove, Calif.), Silverado (Las Vegas, Nev.),_Sissonville (Sissonville, W. Va.), Springfield South (Springfield, OH),_Sunset (Miami, Fla.), Tallmadge (Tallmadge, Ohio), Teurlings Catholic_(Lafayette, La.), Thomas Stone (Waldorf, Md.), Thousand Oaks (Thousand Oaks,_Calif.),  Valencia (Valencia, Calif.), W. F. West (Chehelis, Wash.), Walsh_Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), Western Branch (Chesapeake, Va.), Wren_(Piedmont, S. C.).