The Fort Hays State softball teams enters the NCAA II Tournament in the top-10 of the NFCA poll. The Tigers move up five spots to the No. 10 spot following their MIAA Tournament championship. Central Oklahoma drops seven spots to No. 19. The Tigers are hosting the Central Region-1 Tournament beginning Friday at Tiger Stadium.
Southeastern Oklahoma State holds their spot at No. 2. They travel to Mankato, Minn. for the Central Region-2 Tournament which also begins Friday. Minnesota State jumps five spots to No. 18.
The two regional winners meet in the best-of-three Super Regional May 17-18.
Complete NFCA poll below…
| Rank | Team | Record | Points | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indianapolis (9) | 50-6 | 383 | 1 |
| 2 | Southeastern Oklahoma State (2) | 44-7 | 375 | 2 |
| 3 | Valdosta State (2) | 41-10 | 364 | 4 |
| 4 | Armstrong (1) | 36-7-1 | 359 | 3 |
| 5 | Humboldt State (2) | 47-12 | 342 | 5 |
| 6 | Texas Woman’s University | 46-12 | 326 | 6 |
| 7 | West Texas A&M | 43-11 | 274 | 8 |
| 8 | California (Pennsylvania) | 36-4 | 270 | 7 |
| 9 | Grand Valley State | 39-6 | 247 | 9 |
| 10 | Fort Hays State | 45-10 | 234 | 15 |
| 11 | Colorado School of Mines | 40-5-1 | 215 | 13 |
| 12 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 35-14 | 214 | 11 |
| 13 | LIU Post | 46-13 | 200 | 14 |
| 14 | Alabama-Huntsville | 39-15 | 191 | 18 |
| 15 | Tampa | 31-8 | 175 | 10 |
| 16 | Columbus State | 39-16 | 144 | 16 |
| 17 | St. Martin’s | 39-14 | 134 | 22 |
| 18 | Minnesota State Mankato | 38-10 | 119 | 23 |
| 19 | Central Oklahoma | 42-11 | 90 | 12 |
| 20 | Caldwell | 43-10 | 77 | |
| 21 | Shippensburg | 31-11 | 63 | 20 |
| 22 | Missouri-St. Louis | 39-11 | 62 | |
| 23 | Saint Leo | 40-14 | 56 | 24 |
| 24 | Dixie State | 37-12 | 55 | |
| 25 | St. Mary’s (Texas) | 43-13 | 50 |