LOUISVILLE, Ky. –  The UIndy softball team grabbed the No. 22 spot in the 2026 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II Preseason Poll, released Tuesday. Led by 22nd-year head coach Melissa Frost, the Greyhounds open their season at Music City Invitational in Smyrna, Tenn., starting with an in-region twin bill versus Tiffin University on Feb. 6.
 
Coach Frost returns eight starters from last year's conference-championship-winning roster. The Hounds won 42 games in 2025, thanks to a deep postseason run. After earning the six seed in the GLVC Tournament and a number of all-league honors, UIndy caught fire, sweeping through the conference tourney and later winning its half of the NCAA Midwest Regional bracket. The Greyhounds earned walk-off wins in both the GLVC and Midwest Region title games before eventually dropping the final contest of the best-of-three Super Regional at Saginaw Valley.


NFCA DII PRESEASON COACHES POLL

RK	TEAM (1st-place votes)	PTS
1.	UT Tyler	400
2.	Tampa	383
3.	Western Washington	369
4.	Pace	350
5.	Saginaw Valley State	338
6.	North Georgia	318
7.	Shippensburg	302
8.	West Texas A&M	272
9.	Augustana	265
10.	Francis Marion	264
11.	Central Oklahoma	243
12.	AUM	239
13.	Angelo State	205
14.	Cal State San Marcos	184
15.	East Stroudsburg	181
16.	Kutztown	154
17.	Cal State East Bay	133
18.	Rogers State	124
19.	Lenoir-Rhyne	103
20.	Saint Leo	99
21.	Wilmington	82
22.	UIndy	64
23.	Barry	55
24.	Missouri Southern	41
25.	Oklahoma Christian	22

Others receiving votes: Southern Arkansas (4), Hillsdale (3), Concordia (2), Wingate (1).