For Immediate Release
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Full NCAA Rankings

INDIANAPOLIS – The second of three NCAA Division II Softball Regional Rankings were released and the NSIC continues to have three of the eight teams under consideration in the central region. Augustana, Minnesota State and Winona State were listed from the NSIC. Due to the disparity of games played this season and the limited data available, schools are listed as “under consideration” in alphabetical order this week for championship selection.

The 42-team NCAA Central Region is made up of teams from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) and the Great American Conference (GAC). Automatic bids are awarded to the tournament champions from each conference with the final three spots awarded on an at-large basis. In all, six teams will advance to the NCAA Regional Tournament. 

The NCAA softball selections will be announced on www.NCAA.com on Monday, May 17 at 9 a.m. (CT).  The NCAA Championships are set for May 27-31 at Regency Athletic Complex hosted by Metro State University of Denver.

The NSIC Softball Tournament is set for May 13-15 at RYFSA Complex in Rochester, Minnesota. The top-ten teams in the NSIC standings will participate in the double-elimination tournament.
 

CENTRAL REGION	DII Rec	In-Region
Augustana (NSIC)	32-4	32-4
Central Missouri (MIAA)	28-10	28-10
Central Oklahoma (MIAA)	29-9	29-9
Minnesota State (NSIC)	28-7	26-6
Missouri Western (MIAA)	24-14	24-14
Rogers State (MIAA)	26-13-1	26-13-1
Southern Arkansas (GAC)	20-7	20-7
Winona State (NSIC)	28-7	26-7

 About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 23 team national championships and crowned 77 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes have the opportunity to earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit NCAA.org.