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RANKED | SB | ETBU is No. 9 in Final NFCA Poll

6/17/2025 1:33:00 PM

MARSHALL, Texas – In the final NFCA National Poll, East Texas Baptist University was voted No. 9, finishing with a 43-5 record in the Super Regionals. It is the second consecutive year for a top-10 finish and the 13th year in a row to be ranked in the final poll.
 
ETBU won the ASC regular season and tournament championships, as well as the NCAA Marshall, Texas Regional Championship. It was the fifth 40+ win season in program history and the first time the team had achieved back-to-back 40+ win seasons. Four of the five 40+ win seasons have come under head coach Janae Shirley.
 
Below is the final ranking from the NFCA.

NFCA/GoRout Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll - June 10, 2025

The 2025 NFCA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by the NFCA Division III Top 25 Poll Committee. The committee consists of 10 NCAA Division III head coaches, each representing one of the NCAA's 10 regions.

Rankings

Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Trine (10) 46-5 250 5
2 Va. Wesleyan 49-6-1 240 3
3 Linfield 45-7 230 6
4 Randolph-Macon 42-14 220 24
5 Rowan 49-4 210 4
6 Redlands 40-11 200 11
7 Saint Mary's (Minn.) 44-7 190 7
8 Texas Lutheran 44-5 180 9
9 East Texas Baptist 43-5 170 1
10 Christopher Newport 37-6 160 2
11 Wis.-Whitewater 39-8 150 15
12 Moravian 40-9 140 18
13 Salisbury 36-8-1 130 8
14 Wis.-Stevens Point 31-15 120
15 Illinois Wesleyan 37-9 110 20
16 WashU 34-7 100 10
17 Belhaven 32-9 90 12
18 Emory 33-14 79
19 Huntingdon 38-7 69 13
20 Gettysburg 41-8 59 16
21 Ithaca 30-8 49 21
22 St. Thomas Houston 34-12 36
23 Wis.-Oshkosh 39-8 27 14
24 Chapman 33-11 18
25 Simpson (Iowa) 34-9 9 23

Others receiving votes:

Case Western Reserve 5, Pfeiffer 4, Wisconsin-Eau Claire 3 and Messiah 2.

Dropped out:

Baldwin Wallace, Greenville, Lewis & Clark, Ramapo and Swarthmore.

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