LC State Moves Up Again in NAIA Baseball Top-25 Rankings
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lewis-Clark State College moved up in the NAIA rankings once again, this time climbing one spot to No. 6 in the latest NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top-25 Poll.
The Warriors are 8-0 since the last poll and sit at 30-2 on the season (23-1 in Cascade Conference play). LC State claimed its first Cascade Collegiate Conference regular-season title, with the NAIA West moniker being retired after last season, on Saturday after taking a pair from Corban.
The Warrior winning streak is currently at 21 games heading into the final stretch of the season. The team scored double-digit runs in 12 straight games before a victory of 8-4 snapped the streak on Sunday.
LC State ranks second in the NAIA in hits per game (12.7) and in fielding percentage (.980). The Warriors are third in ERA (3.10) and runs scored per game (10.9). They round out the top four in RBI per game (9.9) and doubles per game (2.6).
2021 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll 3 (April 14, 2021)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Tennessee Wesleyan [18] |
35-3 |
498 |
| 2 |
2 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
34-4 |
482 |
| 3 |
3 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
32-5 |
463 |
| 4 |
4 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
28-4 |
451 |
| 5 |
5 |
Faulkner (Ala.) |
23-4 |
421 |
| 6 |
7 |
Lewis-Clark State |
30-2 |
410 |
| 7 |
10 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
31-3 |
398 |
| 8 |
9 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
29-8 |
389 |
| 9 |
6 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
30-10 |
372 |
| 10 |
8 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
29-10 |
370 |
| 11 |
11 |
Middle Georgia State |
27-10 |
341 |
| 12 |
12 |
Hope International (Calif.) |
24-12 |
315 |
| 13 |
15 |
Science & Arts (Okla.) |
22-9 |
290 |
| 14 |
13 |
Bryan (Tenn.) |
25-11 |
288 |
| 15 |
22 |
Loyola (La.) |
26-9 |
240 |
| 16 |
17 |
Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) |
20-7 |
238 |
| 17 |
16 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
24-10 |
231 |
| 18 |
14 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
26-16 |
226 |
| 19 |
23 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
30-11 |
212 |
| 20 |
RV |
IU Southeast (Ind.) |
28-12 |
179 |
| 21 |
18 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
29-10 |
178 |
| 22 |
20 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
26-5 |
166 |
| 23 |
19 |
McPherson (Kan.) |
27-7 |
159 |
| 24 |
21 |
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) |
25-13 |
136 |
| 25 |
RV |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
26-10 |
90 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Benedictine (Kan.), Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)
Others Receiving Votes: Webber International (Fla.) 77, Oklahoma City 69, LSU Shreveport (La.) 64, Westmont (Calif.) 38, Clarke (Iowa) 34, Point Park (Pa.) 31, Columbia (Mo.) 26, Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 25, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 6, Huntington (Ind.) 5, Benedictine (Kan.) 5, Warner (Fla.) 3
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and the Association of Independent Institutions.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team’s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appear on.
- Teams that receive only one point on the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
- The frequency of the polls is bi-weekly. This policy was approved by the National Administrative Council (NAC) prior to the 2016-17 academic season. This change allows raters the opportunity to consider a larger body of work between rating periods.
- For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.