Miami Ohio University Athletics
RedHawks Rank 18th in Mid-Major Poll
1/26/2026 11:55:00 AM | Softball
D1Softball.com – The Miami University softball team is ranked 18th in D1Softball.com's Preseason Mid-Major Poll. The RedHawks are the lone program ranked inside the top-25 that is a member of the Mid-American Conference.
Miami is coming off of a 36-26 campaign, that included a MAC Regular Season and MAC Tournament Championship. Head coach Mandy Gardner-Colegate and the RedHawks picked up a win over North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament as well.
The complete preseason poll can be found below.
2026 D1Softball Preseason Mid-Major Rankings
1. Florida Atlantic American
2. Liberty Conference USA
3. Grand Canyon Mountain West
4. Texas State Sun Belt
5. Omaha Summit League
6. Coastal Carolina Sun Belt
7. South Florida American
8. Nevada Mountain West
9. San Diego State Mountain West
10. Southeastern Louisiana Southland
11. Cal State Fullerton Big West
12. Belmont Missouri Valley
13. UConn Big East
14. Boston Patriot League
15. UC Santa Barbara Big West
16. Binghamton America East
17. Marist MAAC
18. Miami MAC
19. North Florida ASUN
20. Southern Illinois Missouri Valley
21. Idaho State Big Sky
22. St. John's Big East
23. Radford Big South
24. Army Patriot League
25. Charlotte American
Miami is coming off of a 36-26 campaign, that included a MAC Regular Season and MAC Tournament Championship. Head coach Mandy Gardner-Colegate and the RedHawks picked up a win over North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament as well.
The complete preseason poll can be found below.
2026 D1Softball Preseason Mid-Major Rankings
1. Florida Atlantic American
2. Liberty Conference USA
3. Grand Canyon Mountain West
4. Texas State Sun Belt
5. Omaha Summit League
6. Coastal Carolina Sun Belt
7. South Florida American
8. Nevada Mountain West
9. San Diego State Mountain West
10. Southeastern Louisiana Southland
11. Cal State Fullerton Big West
12. Belmont Missouri Valley
13. UConn Big East
14. Boston Patriot League
15. UC Santa Barbara Big West
16. Binghamton America East
17. Marist MAAC
18. Miami MAC
19. North Florida ASUN
20. Southern Illinois Missouri Valley
21. Idaho State Big Sky
22. St. John's Big East
23. Radford Big South
24. Army Patriot League
25. Charlotte American
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