OCU owns most No. 1 rankings in NAIA ever
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Wednesday, November 02, 2022 – 04:30 PM
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Oklahoma City University enters the 2023 softball season at No. 1 within the NAIA rankings.
Defending nationwide champion Oklahoma City garnered the highest spot within the nationwide rankings for the forty seventh time ever for probably the most occasions at No. 1 in NAIA historical past. OCU moved forward of California Baptist, which had been No. 1 in 46 polls. Oklahoma City made the highest 25 for the 194th consecutive time.
In the preseason NAIA ballot, the Stars gained all 18 No. 1 votes and 498 factors. Mobile (Ala.) got here in because the No. 2 crew, whereas fellow Sooner Athletic Conference member Science & Arts held the third slot. OCU (54-6, 28-4 SAC in 2022) topped Mobile 3-0 for the nationwide title June 1 within the NAIA Softball World Series in Columbus, Ga.
Oklahoma City owns 11 nationwide championships taken in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2016, 2017 and 2022. Phil McSpadden has guided OCU to all 11 nationwide titles and a 1,843-399 document in 35 years. McSpadden has amassed probably the most wins towards four-year faculties in school softball historical past. With 15 wins, McSpadden can equal Mike Candrea’s 1,858 victories at Arizona and Central Arizona for probably the most victories by any school softball coach.
The Stars return consensus all-American and World Series most respected participant Shelbey Cornelson, NFCA all-American Lexi Duff and NAIA all-American Brooklyn Mason from final yr’s title crew.
2022 NAIA Softball Coaches’ Top 25 PRESEASON Poll (November 2, 2022)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Oklahoma City [18] | 54-6 | 498 |
| 2 | 2 | Mobile (Ala.) | 52-4 | 482 |
| 3 | 3 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 53-10 | 464 |
| 4 | 4 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 52-13 | 442 |
| 5 | 5 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 54-6 | 430 |
| 6 | 6 | Indiana Wesleyan | 54-10 | 424 |
| 7 | 7 | Oregon Tech | 50-13 | 410 |
| 8 | 13 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 42-7 | 372 |
| 9 | 9 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 37-9 | 357 |
| 10 | 12 | Southern Oregon | 49-14 | 355 |
| 11 | 8 | Grand View (Iowa) | 46-12 | 334 |
| 12 | 11 | William Carey (Miss.) | 48-11 | 331 |
| 13 | 22 | College of Idaho | 43-17 | 285 |
| 14 | 17 | Georgia Gwinnett | 36-20 | 276 |
| 15 | 15 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 46-13 | 257 |
| 16 | 16 | Columbia (Mo.) | 35-12 | 244 |
| 17 | 19 | Marian (Ind.) | 40-13 | 225 |
| 18 | 20 | Coastal Georgia | 39-14 | 219 |
| 19 | 14 | Eastern Oregon | 43-17 | 218 |
| 20 | 25 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 38-18 | 208 |
| 21 | 23 | William Jessup (Calif.) | 39-15 | 151 |
| 22 | RV | Midland (Neb.) | 38-12 | 131 |
| 23 | 10 | Webber International (Fla.) | 42-24 | 120 |
| 24 | NR | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 35-16 | 119 |
| 25 | 21 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 39-8 | 94 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Madonna (Mich.), Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Others Receiving Votes: Ottawa (Kan.) 79, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 67, Texas A&M Texarkana 64, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 64, Bellevue (Neb.) 56, Cottey (Mo.) 35, Aquinas (Mich.) 31, St. Mary of the Woods (Ind.) 22, Mount Mercy (Iowa) 14, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 10, Vanguard (Calif.) 8, Friends (Kan.) 4, Oklahoma Panhandle State 3, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 3, Rio Grande (Ohio) 3.
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