Raider Softball 11th in Pre-Season Poll

On the heels of the program’s first ever 50 win season, the Northwestern College softball team is ranked 11th in the NAIA pre-season poll released on Wednesday. Last spring, the Raiders went 50-7 and advanced to the championship game of their NAIA Opening Round bracket. Northwestern finished last season at number 9 which is its highest ever ranking.

Midland is the only other GPAC school in the ratings coming in at 15.

Northwestern opens the season January 31st against Sioux Falls and Culver-Stockton at the American State Bank Sports Complex in Sioux Center.

RANKINSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES]2024 RecordFinal Points
1Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) [15]57-3525
2Science and Arts (Okla.) [2]49-9504
3Cumberlands (Ky.)49-9475
4Southern Oregon [2]41-19473
5Oregon Tech49-12444
6Madonna (Mich.)54-6431
7Central Methodist (Mo.)52-7427
8Oklahoma City52-5413
9Georgia Gwinnett32-17412
10Marian (Ind.)46-12389
11Northwestern (Iowa)50-7370
12Indiana Wesleyan (Ind.)42-15328
13Eastern Oregon39-10300
14William Carey (Miss.)41-14298
15Midland (Neb.)44-12283
16College of Idaho32-19275
17Hope International (Calif.)37-17251
18Benedictine (Kan.)40-16240
19St. Thomas (Fla.)40-12206
20Mobile (Ala.)30-16184
21LSU Alexandria (La.)38-14143
22Southeastern (Fla.)40-19118
23Middle Georgia State33-16109
24Baker (Kan.)34-16107
25Coastal Georgia (Ga.)39-14101

Receiving Votes: Saint Xavier (Ill.) 78, Evangel (Mo.) 77, Houston-Victoria (Texas) 54, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 52, Missouri Baptist 46, Tennessee Wesleyan 42, Reinhardt (Ga.) 37, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 37, Grand View (Iowa) 31, Rio Grande (Ohio) 30, Stillman (Ala.) 15, Mid-America Christian (Kan.) 14, Bellevue (Neb.) 10, Shawnee State (Ohio) 5, Campbellsville (Ky.) 5, Johnson (Tenn.) 3, St. Francis (Ill.) 3

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