{"id":328644,"date":"2023-09-05T20:33:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T20:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=328644"},"modified":"2023-09-05T21:00:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T21:00:25","slug":"buford-remains-no-1-in-nfca-summer-fall-high-school-top-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=328644","title":{"rendered":"Buford remains No. 1 in NFCA Summer\/Fall High School Top 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOUISVILLE, Ky. \u2014 For the fifth week running, and second consecutive week to start the season, unbeaten Buford is the No. 1 team in the NFCA<\/a> Summer\/Fall High School Top 25 Coaches Poll.<\/p>\n

The (8-0) Wolves, who defeated Mountain View, 4-3, last Thursday, return to action later today against Central Gwinnett. Buford went 32-1 and claimed its 11th Georgia High School Association championship \u2014 and first in their current classification \u2014 last season.<\/p>\n

Gretna (7-0), the last team before Buford to hold the top spot, heads into this weekend\u2019s NFCA Kaiti Williams Memorial Leadoff Classic title defense as the No. 2 team. The Dragons gained two places this week following triumphs over perennial Missouri power Blue Springs South and crosstown rival Gretna East.<\/p>\n

The shuffling of the top five continued with Oklahoma\u2019s Caddo (13-0) moving up from fifth to third, and Colorado schools Columbine (8-0) and Holy Family (7-0) slipping from second and third, respectively, to fourth and fifth. Newcomers Seward (7-0) and Horizon (7-0) round out an unbeaten first seven that is a combined 57-0 so far this season.<\/p>\n

The other newcomer in this week\u2019s poll is Colorado\u2019s Riverside Ridge (5-1), which is coming off a 2-0 loss to unbeaten No. 11 Eaton on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, No. 8 East Paulding (12-1) improved its position by eight places this week after four wins, while two losses dropped Owasso (19-2-1) from sixth to 16th.<\/p>\n

State rankings submitted by the\u00a02023 NFCA High School Steering Committee<\/b><\/a>\u00a0are used to compile the\u00a0NFCA Summer\/Fall High School Top 25 Coaches Poll. Teams are chosen based on performance, roster quality, strength of schedule, and active NFCA membership. Five states \u2014 Colorado, Georgia, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Missouri \u2014 play a fall fastpitch schedule, while Iowa recently completed its summer season.<\/p>\n

NFCA Summer\/Fall High School Top 25 Coaches Poll \u2013 Week 2<\/h3>\n

1<\/strong>. Buford (Ga.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 8-0 | PR: 1<\/p>\n

2. Gretna (Neb.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 7-0 | PR: 4<\/p>\n

3. Caddo (Okla.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 13-0 | PR: 5<\/p>\n

4. Columbine (Colo.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 8-0 | PR: 2<\/p>\n

5. Holy Family (Colo.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 7-0 | PR: 3<\/p>\n

6. Seward (Neb.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 7-0 | PR: NR<\/p>\n

7. Horizon (Colo.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 7-0 | PR: NR<\/p>\n

8. East Paulding (Ga.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 12-1 | PR: 16<\/p>\n

9. Turner (Okla.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 17-1 | PR: 11<\/p>\n

10. Erie (Colo.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 6-1 | PR: 9<\/p>\n

11. Eaton (Colo.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 6-0 | PR: 10<\/p>\n

12. Lincoln Southwest (Neb.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 5-0 | PR: 17<\/p>\n

13. Riverside Ridge (Colo.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 5-1 | PR: NR<\/p>\n

14. Houston County (Ga.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 10-2 | PR: 14<\/p>\n

15. Pope (Ga.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 11-2 | PR: 18<\/p>\n

16. Owasso (Okla.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 19-2-1 | PR: 6<\/p>\n

17. Lincoln East (Neb.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 7-2 | PR: 13<\/p>\n

18. Broken Arrow (Okla.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 12-2 | PR: 12<\/p>\n

19. Millard West (Neb.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 4-2 | PR: 15<\/p>\n

20. Moore (Okla.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 14-2 | PR: 20<\/p>\n

21. Lone Grove (Okla.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 15-5 | PR: 19<\/p>\n

22. North Linn (Iowa)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 39-6 | PR: 21<\/p>\n

23. Ankeny Centennial (Iowa<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 36-5 | PR: 22<\/p>\n

24. Regina Catholic (Iowa)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 30-8 | | PR: 23<\/p>\n

25. Williamsburg (Iowa)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Record: 36-9 | PR: 24<\/p>\n

Live-Stream High School Sports on the NFHS Network<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NFCA Summer\/Fall High School Top 25 Coaches Poll, Aug. 31, 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=328644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328645,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328644\/revisions\/328645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=328644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=328644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=328644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}