INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – For the first time as a NCAA Division II institution, the Emory & Henry University Softball Team appears in the NCAA's regional rankings for the Southeast Region, NCAA officials announced Tuesday.

RELATED – NCAA Division II Softball Regional Rankings

As the first published regional rankings of the season, the NCAA has released the list of teams under consideration for the postseason in alphabetical order. Subsequent rankings will be released with the schools in order of their ranking.

The NCAA's regional rankings are the official means of determining the field of teams for the national postseason. Combined with automatic bids given to conference champions, the Division II Softball Committee uses these rankings to select the eight teams from each region for the playoffs.

As a member of the South Atlantic Conference, Emory & Henry is a member of the Southeast Region along with the Conference Carolinas and Peach Belt Conference (PBC)

E&H is one of six members of the SAC to be noted in the rankings as Carson-Newman University, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Lincoln Memorial Univeristy, Tusculum and Wingate University are also listed. The PBC has three representatives while the Conference Carolinas has one.

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NCAA Division II
Southeast Region Rankings^

Carson-Newman *
Emory & Henry *
Flagler
Francis Marion
Lander
Lenoir-Rhyne *
Lincoln Memorial *
North Georgia
Tusculum *
Wingate *

* denotes South Atlantic Conference school     
^ teams are listed alphabetically for the first ranking period