LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Unbeaten Buford capped a 4-0 week with a pair of super-regional routs of Milton to maneuver ahead within the Georgia state event and stay No. 1 within the NFCA Summer season/Fall Excessive College Prime 25 Coaches Ballot for a twelfth straight rating, courting to the ultimate three polls of final season.
The (28-0) Wolves have been the highest crew all 9 weeks of the 2023 season, outscoring their 4 most up-to-date opponents by a mixed 41-0 margin. The defending Georgia 7A titlist doesn’t play once more till subsequent Wednesday’s playoff matchup with Lownes.
No. 2 Holy Household (24-1) saved tempo with two lopsided wins, and can compete within the state event this weekend together with the opposite 4 ranked groups from Colorado.
Gretna (32-4) continued to drop within the rankings after splitting two video games late final week with fellow ranked crew Millard North (28-6). The Dragons fell to sixteenth, one spot beneath Nebraska state champion Papillion-LaVista (29-8), which defeated Millard North, 10-3, in Monday’s Class A closing and beat Gretna within the championship of the NFCA Kaiti Williams Memorial Leadoff Traditional final month.
Prime-10 Missouri faculties Blue Springs South (25-2) and Washington (34-1-1) gained two extra locations apiece this week after securing district titles. Each have state quarterfinal video games on Saturday, as does No. 12 Raymore-Peculiar (29-2).
Piedmont (39-3) is the brand new No. 8 crew after profitable its third-straight Oklahoma Class 5A state crown and fourth title within the final 5 seasons. The Wildcats closed the yr in fashion, profitable their closing 25 video games to attain probably the most victories of any crew within the state’s Class 3A to 6A.
The 5 Georgia squads within the rankings both received their tremendous regional bracket or are nonetheless alive for a bracket title. Lassiter (27-1) and East Coweta (29-3) are each by way of to the subsequent spherical, whereas Pope (28-3) must be defeated twice in its closing to not transfer ahead. Houston County (27-4) and East Paulding (24-5) each have playoff video games later right this moment.
State rankings submitted by the 2023 NFCA Excessive College Steering Committee are used to compile the NFCA Summer season/Fall Excessive College Prime 25 Coaches Ballot. Groups are chosen based mostly on efficiency, roster high quality, power of schedule, and lively NFCA membership. 5 states — Colorado, Georgia, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Missouri — play a fall fastpitch schedule, whereas Iowa lately accomplished its summer time season.
NFCA Summer season/Fall Excessive College Prime 25 Coaches Ballot – Week 9
1. Buford (Ga.)
File: 28-0 | PR: 1
2. Holy Household (Colo.)
File: 24-1 | PR: 1
3. Caddo (Okla.)
File: 39-2 | PR: 4
4. Blue Springs South (Mo.)
File: 25-2 | PR: 6
5. Owasso (Okla.)
File: 33-1-1 | PR: 7
6. Washington (Mo.)
File: 34-1-1 | PR: 8
7. Lassiter (Ga.)
File: 27-1 | PR: 9
8. Piedmont (Okla.)
File: 39-3 | PR: NR
9. Columbine (Colo.)
File: 21-4 | PR: 18
10. Riverdale Ridge (Colo.)
File: 23-2 | PR: 10
11. Moore (Okla.)
File: 32-3 | PR: 11
12. Raymore-Peculiar (Mo.)
File: 29-2 | PR: 12
13. East Coweta (Ga.)
File: 29-3 | PR: 13
14. Pope (Ga.)
File: 28-3 | PR: 14
15. Papillion-LaVista (Neb.)
File: 29-8 | PR: 23
16. Gretna (Neb.)
File: 32-4 | PR: 3
17. Houston County (Ga.)
File: 27-4 | PR: 15
18. Arvada West (Colo.)
File: 21-4 | PR: 16
19. Eaton (Colo.)
File: 24-1 | PR: 5
20. East Paulding (Ga.)
File: 24-5 | PR: 19
21. North Linn (Iowa)
File: 39-6 | PR: 20
22. Ankeny Centennial (Iowa)
File: 36-5 | PR: 21
23. Millard North (Neb.)
File: 28-6 | PR: 17
24. Regina Catholic (Iowa)
File: 30-8 | | PR: 22
25. Williamsburg (Iowa)
File: 36-9 | PR: 25
Dropped out: Lincoln East (Neb.).
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