BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- Cumberlands (Ky.) is the lone Mid-South Conference team ranked in the NAIA Softball Preseason Top-25 Poll, NAIA officials announced on Wednesday.

Campbellsville (Ky.) and Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) are in the receiving votes category.

Cumberlands is No. 7 in the preseason poll. The Patriots received 357 voting points from the national raters. Cumberlands ended last season with a 40-9 record on its way to the NAIA Softball World Series.

Freed-Hardeman received 16 voting points from the national raters, while Campbellsville garnered 11 voting points from the raters.

Southern Oregon is No. 1 with 450 voting points. Oklahoma City is No. 2 with 435 voting points and Eastern Oregon is No. 3 with 418 points.

The next NAIA Softball Top-25 Poll is scheduled for Wednesday, March 4, 2026.

 

Poll Methodology

• The national poll is for publicity purposes only and does not influence the selection process for national championship consideration.
• A panel of head coaches representing each conference and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) votes in the poll.
• The Top 25 teams are selected using a points-based system: 30 points for a 1st-place vote, 29 for 2nd, 28 for 3rd, and so on.
• The highest and lowest rankings received by each team are discarded before final tallying.
• Teams receiving only one point are not listed as “receiving votes.”
• For the Preseason Poll, there is no "previous ranking" column since it is the initial poll and differs from the prior rating system.