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It looks we have the No. 1-ranked prep team finalized in the GameChanger/NFCA Summer-Fall High School Top 25 Coaches Poll.

A third-straight state title has helped cement Oklahoma’s Lone Grove High’s standing as the No. 1 team in the for another week, the Association announced last week.

The (41-0) Longhorns won three games during last week’s playoff action including defeating No. 2 Blanchard, 4-1, in Monday’s Oklahoma Class 4A championship. Lone Grove rolled past McLoud, 16-0 in Friday’s quarterfinals, and then blitzed Broken Bow, 13-3 in Saturday’s semifinal.

This was Lone Grove’s seventh consecutive appearance in the title game, and fifth title over that span.

Five states — Colorado, Georgia, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Missouri — play a fall fastpitch schedule, while Iowa recently completed its summer season.

The Georgia playoffs are coming up next weekend and Line Drive Media will have results from our onsite correspondent Steve Hickey.

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Here are more results state by state:

Oklahoma

Blanchard (36-1) lost the battle of unbeaten Oklahoma powerhouses who were meeting in the state final for the second straight season. To get there, the Lions mauled Ft. Gibson, 17-0 in Friday’s quarters, and dispatched Plainview, 7-1 in Saturday’s semis.

Colorado

No. 3 Windsor (25-0) — the only other undefeated team left in the rankings — has a first-round Colorado state 4A tournament game against Green Mountain on Friday after blanking both Thomas Jefferson and Widefield last Friday by a combined 28-0 margin.

Missouri

Fifth-ranked Grain Valley (29-1) had its perfect season come to a crashing halt with a 2-0 loss to previously-ranked Blue Springs South in Monday’s Missouri Class 5, District 7 final, while No. 9 Chillicothe (29-3) fell to Centralia, 2-0 in the Class 3, District 4 championship.

Nebraska

No. 15 Millard North (34-4) defeated Elkhorn South 4-1 on Monday to capture Nebraska’s state Class A title, while Gretna (26-5) surged four spots this week to No. 20 after beating three ranked teams — Hastings, Grand Island Northwest and Gretna East — enroute to the Class B state crown.

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GameChanger/NFCA Summer-Fall High School Top 25 Coaches Poll – Oct. 22, 2026

State rankings submitted by the NFCA High School Steering Committee are used to compile the GameChanger/NFCA Summer-Fall High School Top 25 Coaches Poll.

Teams are chosen based on performance, roster quality and strength of schedule.

Dropped out: None.