2023 Softball Preseason Poll

Softball

2023 Softball Preseason Poll

Softball

2023 Softball Preseason Poll

ALVA, OKLAHOMA - The Great American Conference released their annual softball coaches poll on Tuesday afternoon with the Rangers being selected 12th in the poll. The season is right around the corner with the opening weekend scheduled for Friday, February 3rd in the Henderson State Festival against Missouri Southern.

Southern Arkansas comes into the season projected first by the leagues head coaches after receiving seven of the first place votes from coaches. The Muleriders shared the 2022 regular season title with Arkansas Tech last season. Harding finished with 108 points and two first place votes finishing second in the preseason rankings behind Southern Arkansas. Arkansas Tech is third with 94 points and two first place votes as well after sharing the regular season title with Southern Arkansas last season.

Oklahoma Baptist is fourth with 93 points in the poll with zero first place votes from the league's coaches. Southern Nazarene rounds out the top five in the preseason poll with 89 points along with the last first place vote.

Southeastern is sixth  in the preseason poll finishing with 74 points which lands a head of Arkansas Monticello in seventh with 55 points overall. Ouachita Baptist is eighth shortly behind Monticello with 47 points.

East Central places ninth overall in the preseason rankings a head of Henderson State who rounds out the top 10 in the poll with 33 points. Southwestern Oklahoma State finishes with 28 points just in front of the Rangers with 15 points.

The Rangers look to improve off of last season six win improvement overall from the 2021 season. Northwestern will enter this season with first year head coach Casady Webb.

The 2023 GAC Championships takes place from Thursday, May 4 through Saturday, May 6 in Bentonville, Arkansas at the Tiger Athletic Complex.


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