CLEVELAND, Ohio - - The Ball State softball program was picked to finish third in the 11-team Mid-American Conference regular season race as voted on by the league's head coaches in the 2020 MAC Preseason Poll.
The Cardinals, who earned 90 total points and picked up a pair of first place votes, trailed only Miami (113 points / 4 first place votes) and Kent State (112 / 4) in the voting.
The RedHawks and Golden Flashes each earned five votes to win the MAC Tournament title, with Ball State receiving the other vote.
Rounding out the regular season poll were Ohio (86), Toledo (68 / 1), Central Michigan (66), Northern Illinois (65), Western Michigan (48), Bowling Green (32), Akron (25) and Buffalo (21).