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D3 College Softball Rankings | Virginia Wesleyan Stays No. 1 And Is 36-0

D3 College Softball Rankings | Virginia Wesleyan Stays No. 1 And Is 36-0

The 2026 softball season is coming to a close. As the D3 teams come in to the final weeks of the regular season, here is the Top-25 on Apr. 22.

Apr 23, 2026 by Madelyn Mendoza
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The 2026 college softball season is quickly approaching its end date. As the D3 teams head in to the final weeks of the regular season before conference play, the Top-25 is a sight to behold. 

Virginia Wesleyan tops the rankings for another week according to NFCA. The perfect 36-0 Marlins are having a tremendous season and are on pace to be top contenders for the D3 title. 

East Texas Baptist takes a climb in this weeks Top-25 jumping from six to four. Wash U also climbs from eight to six in the most recent addition of the rankings. 

Here is a look at how the rest of the D3 Top-25 shape up. 

NCAA D3 Top-25 On Apr. 22

  1. Virginia Wesleyan (Va.), 36-0 (Prev. 1)
  2. Trine (Ind.), 23-1 (Prev. 2)
  3. Saint Mary’s (Minn.), 28-2 (Prev. 4)
  4. East Texas Baptist, 31-3 (Prev. 6)
  5. Texas Lutheran, 32-4 (Prev. 5)
  6. Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.), 22-3 (Prev. 8)
  7. Redlands (Calif.), 29-4 (Prev. 7)
  8. Linfield (Ore.), 30-6 (Prev. 3)
  9. Huntingdon (Ala.), 27-6 (Prev. 10)
  10. Belhaven (Miss.), 28-8 (Prev. 9)
  11. Simpson (Iowa), 26-5 (Prev. 11)
  12. Tufts (Mass.), 23-7 (Prev. 12)
  13. Mount Union (Ohio), 23-5 (Prev. 17)
  14. St. Thomas (Texas), 27-7 (Prev. 13)
  15. Colby (Maine), 22-5 (Prev. 14)
  16. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 19-5 (Prev. 16)
  17. Rowan (N.J.), 29-7 (Prev. 20)
  18. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Mass.), 28-2 (Prev. 15)
  19. Stockton (N.J.), 26-6 (Prev. 19)
  20. Husson (Maine), 23-4 (Prev. 21)
  21. Pacific Lutheran (Wash.), 30-8 (Prev. NR)
  22. Swarthmore (Pa.), 26-8 (Prev. NR)
  23. Central (Iowa), 22-6 (Prev. 23)
  24. MIT (Mass.), 23-3 (Prev. 24)
  25. Rochester (N.Y.), 23-5 (Prev. NR)

Others receiving votes: Middlebury (Vt.); Wartburg (Iowa); Muhlenberg (Pa.); Transylvania (Ky.)

Dropped out: Chapman (Calif.); Eastern; Moravian (Pa.); Muskingum (Ohio); Westfield State (Mass.)

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