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.
