Defending champion Birmingham-Southern garnered five of a possible seven first-place votes to secure the top spot in the inaugural SAA softball preseason poll. The Panthers earned 46 total points to best second-place Berry by just 2 points in the ranking. Millsaps garnered 34 points to finish third. Berry grabbed the two remaining first-place votes.
The league’s softball coaches voted on the poll, each predicting the eventual SAA order of finish 1-7. A first-place vote garnered a team 7 points, a second-place vote netted them 6 points, a third-place vote 5, etc.
The 2022 SAA softball season will get underway this month.
The full 2022 SAA softball preseason rankings are as follows:
| 1 |
Birmingham-Southern (5 first-place votes) |
46 pts |
| 2 |
Berry (2) |
44 |
| 3 |
Millsaps |
34 |
| 4 |
Rhodes |
28 |
| 5 |
Centre |
22 |
| 6 |
Hendrix |
14 |
| 7 |
Sewanee |
8 |