High School: The Buford (Ga.) High Juggernaut Is Now 31-0 to Remain No. 1 in the NFCA Summer/Fall High School Top 25 Coaches Poll (October 16, 2025)
By Dave Hines
October 9, 2025
High School: The Buford (Ga.) High Juggernaut Is Now 31-0 to Remain No. 1 in the NFCA Summer/Fall High School Top 25 Coaches Poll (October 16, 2025)
Buford (Ga.) High did not allow a run for another week to remain perfect and atop the NFCA Summer/Fall High School Top 25 Coaches Poll for a fifth straight week.
The (30-0) Wolves scored 26 combined runs in a trio of games to reach 30 wins and extend their stellar stretch to 52 victories in their last 54 contests.
Buford defeated Eastside 5-0 last Thursday and Colquitt County 7-0 and 14-0 on Monday in a first-round Georgia playoff series.
No. 3 Lincoln Southwest (33-3) stayed steady behind Buford and Iowa state titlist Van Meter with a pair of wins on Wednesday as the Nebraska Class A playoffs got underway.
The Silver Hawks defeated Bellevue East and Omaha Westside to cap a 4-0 week and reach today’s bracket final.
Fourth-ranked East Coweta (26-3) captured both its games and has a best-of-three Georgia playoff series with Cherokee starting Monday.
Meanwhile, Broomfield (20-2) and Millard North (34-4) both leapfrogged Dale (20-3), which was knocked out in the first round of the Oklahoma Class 2A tournament.
University (21-2), Wesleyan (24-3) and Choctaw (29-3) round out the top 10.
Gretna (27-8), which spent the first two weeks of the season ranked No. 1, slipped to 20th after a 9-1 loss to Papillion-LaVista in the first round of the Nebraska Class A, Bracket 1 tournament.
State rankings submitted by the NFCA High School Steering Committee are used to compile the NFCA Summer/Fall High School Top 25 Coaches Poll.
Five states play a fall fastpitch schedule, while Iowa recently completed its summer season:
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Nebraska
- Oklahoma
- Missouri
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NFCA Summer/Fall High School Top 25 Coaches Poll – Oct. 16, 2025
Rank | Team | 2025 Record | Previous |
1 | Buford (Ga.) | 30-0 | 1 |
2 | Van Meter (Iowa) | 34-2 | 2 |
3 | Lincoln Southwest (Neb.) | 33-3 | 3 |
4 | East Coweta (Ga.) | 26-3 | 4 |
5 | Broomfield (Colo.) | 20-2 | 6 |
6 | Millard North (Neb.) | 34-4 | 7 |
7 | Dale (Okla.) | 20-3 | 5 |
8 | University (Colo.) | 21-2 | 8 |
9 | Wesleyan (Ga.) | 24-3 | 9 |
10 | Choctaw (Okla.) | 29-3 | 10 |
11 | Elizabeth (Colo.) | 21-2 | 11 |
12 | Lutheran (Colo.) | 19-4 | 12 |
13 | Northwest (Iowa) | 34-4 | 13 |
14 | Raymore-Peculiar (Mo.) | 20-4 | 14 |
15 | Clarksville (Iowa) | 31-4 | 16 |
16 | Columbine (Colo.) | 18-5 | 18 |
17 | Helias Catholic (Mo.) | 22-6 | 20 |
18 | Ft. Zumwalt West (Mo.) | 28-5 | 17 |
19 | Lakewood (Colo.) | 16-7 | 19 |
20 | Gretna (Neb.) | 27-8 | 15 |
21 | Owasso (Okla.) | 27-8 | 21 |
22 | North Cobb (Ga.) | 24-7 | 22 |
23 | Papillion-LaVista (Neb.) | 28-10 | 23 |
24 | Rock Bridge (Mo.) | 22-9 | 24 |
25 | Blue Springs South (Mo.) | 18-11 | 25 |
NFCA High School Steering Committee
The NFCA is the professional organization for fastpitch softball coaches. Known for its highly-regarded coaches polls and All-America awards, the NFCA also educates and supports softball coaches on a variety of different levels: from podcasts to awards, to in-person events and National Convention.
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