2025–26 Softball: Central Region

Data through April 19 (first regional ranking)

Team	Conf	Record	SOS	In-region	Vs. >.500	RPI	RPI Rk	KPI	KPI Rk	RR
Arkansas Tech	GAC	32-11	.498	30-10	5-11	.560	10	.145	15
Arkansas–Monticello	GAC	14-29	.488	13-29	2-17	.441	33	-.101	32
Augustana (SD)	NSIC	19-24	.512	19-23	9-17	.491	24	.028	24
Bemidji State	NSIC	10-31	.488	6-23	3-22	.402	39	-.184	38
Central Missouri	MIAA	29-15	.523	24-11	13-11	.571	8	.223	8	X
Central Oklahoma	MIAA	37-10	.527	35-10	20-8	.583	6	.323	3	X
Concordia (St. Paul)	NSIC	23-20	.507	17-17	10-14	.505	19	.038	21
East Central	GAC	14-31	.501	14-31	0-24	.445	32	-.108	33
Emporia State	MIAA	26-15	.549	24-14	10-12	.562	9	.205	10	X
Fort Hays State	MIAA	17-28	.523	14-28	7-20	.476	28	-.021	28
Harding	GAC	24-16	.519	24-16	6-11	.531	16	.111	18
Henderson State	GAC	15-24	.499	13-23	6-12	.457	31	-.053	30
Jamestown i	NSIC	21-15	.456	13-14	4-11	.461	29	-.024	29
Mary	NSIC	10-30	.450	6-27	1-15	.380	41	-.228	40
Minnesota State	NSIC	26-20	.537	18-19	15-17	.523	17	.127	16
Minnesota–Crookston	NSIC	11-32	.492	7-21	4-20	.417	37	-.159	37
Minnesota–Duluth	NSIC	25-18	.486	22-17	10-13	.496	22	.073	19
Minot State	NSIC	23-17	.473	17-11	6-12	.490	25	.024	25
Missouri Southern	MIAA	39-7	.542	35-7	24-4	.608	2	.399	2	X
Missouri Western	MIAA	26-17	.513	21-16	11-12	.511	18	.126	17
MSU Moorhead	NSIC	6-35	.540	6-34	3-25	.434	35	-.139	35
Nebraska–Kearney	MIAA	14-33	.551	14-30	9-26	.485	27	-.014	27
Newman	MIAA	7-31	.480	6-30	3-19	.399	40	-.229	41
Northeastern State	MIAA	26-19	.563	20-19	14-16	.542	14	.187	12
Northern State	NSIC	12-21	.479	10-15	3-16	.436	34	-.112	34
Northwest Missouri State	MIAA	28-17	.542	27-17	11-16	.554	11	.193	11	X
Northwestern Oklahoma State	GAC	12-33	.467	11-32	2-15	.408	38	-.192	39
Oklahoma Baptist	GAC	36-11	.481	36-11	8-8	.544	13	.170	13
Ouachita Baptist	GAC	15-26	.499	15-26	4-15	.461	30	-.059	31
Pittsburg State	MIAA	43-2	.556	36-2	30-2	.641	1	.518	1	X
Rogers State	MIAA	29-15	.560	25-13	13-13	.578	7	.266	6	X
St. Cloud State	NSIC	34-12	.540	27-8	18-10	.597	3	.236	7	X
Sioux Falls	NSIC	24-23	.515	14-20	10-16	.489	26	.051	20
Southeastern Oklahoma State	GAC	19-25	.529	19-24	7-19	.501	21	.021	26
Southern Arkansas	GAC	39-5	.492	38-5	15-3	.583	5	.303	5	X
Southern Nazarene	GAC	25-23	.495	23-22	6-15	.502	20	.031	23
Southwest Minnesota State	NSIC	25-23	.496	18-16	11-15	.493	23	.034	22
Southwestern Oklahoma State	GAC	13-31	.486	12-31	2-16	.431	36	-.145	36
Washburn	MIAA	33-18	.537	27-18	15-15	.545	12	.217	9
Wayne State (NE)	NSIC	34-10	.466	25-8	12-8	.540	15	.162	14
Winona State	NSIC	38-7	.531	30-5	20-6	.589	4	.311	4	X

Data through April 26 (second regional ranking)

KPI from Faktor Sports

Team	Conf	Record	SOS	In-region	Vs. >.500	RPI	RPI Rk	KPI	KPI Rk	RR
Arkansas Tech	GAC	36-12	.506	34-11	9-12	.568	9	.170	13	9
Arkansas–Monticello	GAC	14-32	.506	13-32	2-20	.451	32	-.097	32
Augustana (SD)	NSIC	24-25	.506	24-24	12-18	.499	22	.062	20
Bemidji State	NSIC	10-39	.498	6-31	2-29	.405	40	-.197	39
Central Missouri	MIAA	33-15	.515	28-11	15-11	.572	8	.231	8	8
Central Oklahoma	MIAA	39-12	.546	37-12	22-10	.592	3	.341	3	3
Concordia (St. Paul)	NSIC	26-23	.499	20-20	11-16	.498	23	.034	24
East Central	GAC	16-32	.498	16-32	0-24	.450	33	-.101	33
Emporia State	MIAA	26-15	.545	24-14	9-12	.561	10	.203	10	10
Fort Hays State	MIAA	17-28	.521	14-28	7-20	.476	28	-.017	28
Harding	GAC	24-20	.529	24-20	8-15	.526	16	.095	19
Henderson State	GAC	16-26	.492	14-25	6-14	.452	31	-.071	31
Jamestown i	NSIC	22-18	.459	14-17	5-14	.454	30	-.029	29
Mary	NSIC	10-34	.458	6-31	1-17	.383	41	-.230	41
Minnesota State	NSIC	29-21	.528	21-20	16-17	.523	17	.129	16
Minnesota–Crookston	NSIC	14-37	.486	10-26	4-25	.421	37	-.158	36
Minnesota–Duluth	NSIC	29-20	.491	26-19	11-15	.504	21	.096	18
Minot State	NSIC	24-20	.477	18-14	7-14	.487	25	.020	25
Missouri Southern	MIAA	43-7	.537	39-7	28-4	.609	2	.405	2	2
Missouri Western	MIAA	26-17	.511	21-16	11-12	.510	19	.127	17
MSU Moorhead	NSIC	8-39	.534	8-38	4-28	.439	34	-.134	35
Nebraska–Kearney	MIAA	14-37	.554	14-34	9-30	.483	27	-.014	27
Newman	MIAA	8-36	.501	7-35	3-23	.415	38	-.208	40
Northeastern State	MIAA	26-20	.565	20-20	14-17	.541	14	.185	11
Northern State	NSIC	13-24	.477	11-18	4-18	.434	35	-.117	34
Northwest Missouri State	MIAA	31-18	.530	30-18	10-16	.549	11	.183	12
Northwestern Oklahoma State	GAC	15-35	.455	14-34	2-15	.408	39	-.191	38
Oklahoma Baptist	GAC	38-12	.483	38-12	11-10	.545	12	.169	14
Ouachita Baptist	GAC	17-27	.492	17-27	4-15	.461	29	-.068	30
Pittsburg State	MIAA	45-4	.550	38-4	30-4	.626	1	.477	1	1
Rogers State	MIAA	30-16	.563	26-14	15-15	.582	6	.276	6	6
St. Cloud State	NSIC	40-12	.521	33-8	20-10	.587	4	.237	7	7
Sioux Falls	NSIC	26-25	.511	16-22	12-17	.486	26	.048	23
Southeastern Oklahoma State	GAC	20-27	.519	20-26	7-19	.491	24	-.003	26
Southern Arkansas	GAC	42-5	.487	41-5	16-3	.582	5	.294	5	4
Southern Nazarene	GAC	27-25	.505	25-24	8-17	.511	18	.049	22
Southwest Minnesota State	NSIC	29-23	.494	22-16	14-16	.505	20	.060	21
Southwestern Oklahoma State	GAC	14-33	.474	13-33	2-16	.423	36	-.161	37
Washburn	MIAA	33-18	.533	27-18	16-15	.543	13	.215	9
Wayne State (NE)	NSIC	37-11	.463	28-9	14-9	.537	15	.164	15
Winona State	NSIC	41-8	.521	33-6	21-7	.581	7	.299	4	5

Data through May 3 (third regional ranking)

KPI from Faktor Sports

Team	Conf	Record	SOS	In-region	Vs. >.500	RPI	RPI Rk	KPI	KPI Rk	RR
Arkansas Tech	GAC	40-13	.498	38-12	8-12	.561	10	.150	15	9
Arkansas–Monticello	GAC	17-32	.505	16-32	2-20	.462	29	-.095	31
Augustana (SD)	NSIC	27-26	.503	27-25	12-18	.502	20	.041	20
Bemidji State	NSIC	10-43	.505	6-35	1-33	.411	39	-.229	39
Central Missouri	MIAA	33-17	.516	28-13	15-13	.563	8	.207	8
Central Oklahoma	MIAA	41-12	.535	39-12	22-9	.586	3	.302	3	3
Concordia (St. Paul)	NSIC	29-24	.492	23-21	10-19	.498	23	.011	23
East Central	GAC	16-35	.494	16-35	1-21	.442	34	-.143	34
Emporia State	MIAA	28-17	.551	26-16	14-14	.562	9	.195	10	10
Fort Hays State	MIAA	17-30	.511	14-30	7-20	.465	28	-.056	28
Harding	GAC	27-22	.521	27-22	8-15	.523	17	.066	18
Henderson State	GAC	19-26	.485	17-25	3-14	.457	30	-.081	30
Jamestown i	NSIC	22-22	.471	14-21	5-18	.454	31	-.070	29
Mary	NSIC	10-38	.462	6-35	0-20	.382	41	-.268	41
Minnesota State	NSIC	33-21	.510	25-20	15-19	.518	18	.089	17
Minnesota–Crookston	NSIC	14-41	.498	10-30	4-29	.426	37	-.187	37
Minnesota–Duluth	NSIC	30-23	.502	27-22	12-18	.508	19	.063	19
Minot State	NSIC	28-20	.480	22-14	10-13	.502	21	.015	22
Missouri Southern	MIAA	45-7	.547	41-7	29-4	.617	1	.408	1	1
Missouri Western	MIAA	30-17	.522	25-16	16-12	.533	16	.169	12
MSU Moorhead	NSIC	8-43	.541	8-42	4-33	.439	35	-.160	35
Nebraska–Kearney	MIAA	16-37	.546	16-34	9-30	.483	26	-.029	27
Newman	MIAA	8-38	.505	7-37	3-23	.416	38	-.229	40
Northeastern State	MIAA	28-22	.570	22-22	14-19	.545	13	.185	11
Northern State	NSIC	15-26	.487	13-20	5-19	.449	33	-.126	33
Northwest Missouri State	MIAA	31-20	.529	30-20	11-20	.542	14	.155	14
Northwestern Oklahoma State	GAC	15-38	.457	14-37	2-15	.406	40	-.228	38
Oklahoma Baptist	GAC	40-13	.498	40-13	12-10	.556	11	.169	13	8
Ouachita Baptist	GAC	17-30	.489	17-30	4-12	.453	32	-.105	32
Pittsburg State	MIAA	45-8	.559	38-8	29-8	.614	2	.407	2	2
Rogers State	MIAA	34-18	.559	30-16	19-16	.578	6	.255	5	7
St. Cloud State	NSIC	44-12	.513	37-8	21-11	.585	4	.206	9	6
Sioux Falls	NSIC	28-27	.501	18-24	13-18	.480	27	-.001	24
Southeastern Oklahoma State	GAC	23-27	.513	23-26	5-19	.496	25	-.017	26
Southern Arkansas	GAC	43-7	.498	42-7	16-4	.583	5	.256	4	4
Southern Nazarene	GAC	27-28	.497	25-27	8-17	.497	24	-.003	25
Southwest Minnesota State	NSIC	31-25	.488	24-18	13-19	.499	22	.020	21
Southwestern Oklahoma State	GAC	14-36	.486	13-36	1-17	.429	36	-.182	36
Washburn	MIAA	35-18	.536	29-18	19-14	.549	12	.208	7
Wayne State (NE)	NSIC	40-12	.463	31-10	17-9	.535	15	.136	16
Winona State	NSIC	45-8	.506	37-6	21-7	.572	7	.253	6	5

Final data for the 2025–26 regular season

KPI from Faktor Sports

Team	Conf	Record	SOS	In-region	Vs. >.500	RPI	RPI Rk	KPI	KPI Rk	Seed
Arkansas Tech	GAC	42-14	.504	40-13	8-13	.565	9	.161	15
Arkansas–Monticello	GAC	17-32	.506	16-32	2-20	.463	29	-.090	31
Augustana (SD) A	NSIC	30-26	.514	30-25	15-16	.517	18	.088	18	8
Bemidji State	NSIC	10-43	.506	6-35	1-31	.412	39	-.226	40
Central Missouri	MIAA	33-18	.519	28-14	12-14	.561	10	.213	10
Central Oklahoma	MIAA	42-13	.540	40-13	22-10	.587	5	.315	3	3
Concordia (St. Paul)	NSIC	29-25	.496	23-22	9-19	.499	23	.014	23
East Central	GAC	16-35	.496	16-35	1-21	.444	34	-.138	34
Emporia State	MIAA	29-18	.559	27-17	15-15	.568	8	.218	8
Fort Hays State	MIAA	17-30	.512	14-30	7-20	.466	28	-.050	28
Harding	GAC	28-23	.525	28-23	8-16	.525	17	.073	19
Henderson State	GAC	19-27	.492	17-26	3-15	.461	30	-.073	30
Jamestown i	NSIC	22-22	.472	14-21	4-17	.456	31	-.066	29
Mary	NSIC	10-38	.463	6-35	0-18	.384	41	-.265	41
Minnesota State	NSIC	33-22	.511	25-21	13-20	.516	19	.088	17
Minnesota–Crookston	NSIC	14-41	.501	10-30	3-28	.427	37	-.182	37
Minnesota–Duluth	NSIC	30-24	.504	27-23	12-17	.507	21	.065	20
Minot State	NSIC	29-21	.487	23-15	9-14	.508	20	.024	22
Missouri Southern A	MIAA	48-7	.552	44-7	28-4	.624	1	.438	1	1
Missouri Western	MIAA	30-18	.526	25-17	16-12	.531	16	.176	12
MSU Moorhead	NSIC	8-43	.542	8-42	4-30	.440	35	-.157	35
Nebraska–Kearney	MIAA	16-37	.546	16-34	6-30	.484	26	-.028	27
Newman	MIAA	8-38	.506	7-37	2-23	.418	38	-.225	39
Northeastern State	MIAA	29-23	.572	23-23	15-20	.547	13	.195	11
Northern State	NSIC	15-26	.488	13-20	4-18	.451	33	-.122	33
Northwest Missouri State	MIAA	31-21	.531	30-21	10-20	.540	14	.161	14
Northwestern Oklahoma State	GAC	15-38	.459	14-37	1-15	.407	40	-.223	38
Oklahoma Baptist	GAC	41-14	.503	41-14	12-11	.558	11	.173	13
Ouachita Baptist	GAC	17-31	.495	17-31	4-13	.456	32	-.098	32
Pittsburg State	MIAA	45-9	.561	38-9	24-9	.611	2	.411	2	2
Rogers State	MIAA	36-19	.569	32-17	21-17	.587	6	.288	4	7
St. Cloud State	NSIC	46-13	.519	39-9	21-12	.587	4	.214	9	5
Sioux Falls	NSIC	28-28	.503	18-25	13-19	.479	27	-.001	25
Southeastern Oklahoma State	GAC	23-28	.517	23-27	5-20	.497	24	-.013	26
Southern Arkansas A	GAC	46-7	.507	45-7	18-4	.592	3	.285	5	4
Southern Nazarene	GAC	27-29	.499	25-28	8-18	.496	25	.000	24
Southwest Minnesota State	NSIC	32-26	.494	25-19	12-19	.503	22	.028	21
Southwestern Oklahoma State	GAC	14-36	.488	13-36	1-17	.430	36	-.179	36
Washburn	MIAA	36-19	.541	30-19	20-15	.552	12	.219	7
Wayne State (NE)	NSIC	41-13	.470	32-11	16-10	.540	15	.142	16
Winona State	NSIC	46-9	.508	38-7	21-7	.571	7	.252	6	6