PINEVILLE - The Lady Wildcat (29-1, 13-1 in American Southwest Conference play) might have started the season unranked, but as of Wednesday they have spent the last four weeks as the unanimous top team in the nation as voted on by a panel representing the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.

The American Southwest Conference East Divsion still holds all three of the top three spots in the poll with LC, East Texas Baptist (23-3) and Texas-Tyler (20-4) occupying the respective slots.

Also in the top 25 is Mississippi College, the fourth-place team in the ASC East, which checked in at No. 14.

The complete poll was as follows:

1 Louisiana College
2 East Texas Baptist
3. Texas-Tyler
4 Christopher Newport
5 Ohio Northern
6 Central
7 Messiah
8 College of New Jersey
9 Augustana
9 Luther
11 Cortland State
12 Salisbury
13 Eastern Connecticut
14 Mississippi College
15 Washington-St. Louis
16 Willamette
17 Wisconsin-LaCrosse
18 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
19 Linfield
20 Transylvania
21 Brandeis
22 Moravian
22 Gustavus Adolphus
24 North Central
25 DePauw
Others receiving votes:
Point totals in parentheses: Alma (17); Rowan (12); University of Chicago (11); St. Thomas (10); Redlands (9); Coast Guard Academy (8); Ramapo (4); three others received votes but appeared on only one ballot.
Dropped out:
No. 13 Capital, No. 21 University of Chicago, No. 23 Mount Union, No. 24 Coe