Warriors Break into Top-Five of NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lewis-Clark State College broke into the top-five of the NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Poll, released Wednesday by the national office.
The Warriors, who clinched the regular-season Cascade Collegiate Conference Championship, boast a 35-3 mark on the season, 27-1 in conference play, and will host the CCC Baseball Championship Tournament, presented by U.S. Bank.
LC State currently ranks second in the NAIA in hits per game (12.6), fielding percentage (.979) and runs score per game (11). The Warriors are third in RBI per game (10) and fourth in ERA (3.24). LC State is also in the top five in doubles per game (2.5) and sixth in home runs per game (2).
2021 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll (April 28, 2021)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Tennessee Wesleyan [19] |
43-4 |
529 |
| 2 |
2 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
38-6 |
510 |
| 3 |
3 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
40-6 |
489 |
| 4 |
4 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
38-5 |
484 |
| 5 |
6 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
35-3 |
446 |
| 6 |
7 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
39-5 |
438 |
| 7 |
5 |
Faulkner (Ala.) |
29-6 |
437 |
| 8 |
8 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
32-9 |
407 |
| 9 |
9 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
35-13 |
377 |
| 10 |
15 |
Loyola (La.) |
30-11 |
368 |
| 11 |
13 |
Science & Arts (Okla.) |
28-9 |
366 |
| 12 |
18 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
32-17 |
334 |
| 13 |
12 |
Hope International (Calif.) |
24-12 |
324 |
| 14 |
10 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
30-13 |
289 |
| 14 |
11 |
Middle Georgia State |
30-15 |
289 |
| 16 |
19 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
39-12 |
277 |
| 17 |
14 |
Bryan (Tenn.) |
30-14 |
255 |
| 18 |
20 |
Indiana Southeast (Ind.) |
36-13 |
247 |
| 19 |
16 |
Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) |
25-10 |
194 |
| 20 |
22 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
30-7 |
187 |
| 21 |
RV |
Oklahoma City |
28-13 |
136 |
| 22 |
24 |
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) |
30-15 |
124 |
| 23 |
RV |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
33-12 |
121 |
| 24 |
23 |
McPherson (Kan.) |
33-9 |
119 |
| 25 |
17 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
29-16 |
115 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Bellevue (Neb.), Taylor (Ind.)
Others Receiving Votes: Bellevue (Neb.) 92, Westmont (Calif.) 81, LSU Shreveport (La.) 74, Webber International (Fla.) 73, William Carey (Miss.) 71, Columbia (Mo.) 63, Point Park (Pa.) 25, Taylor (Ind.) 22, Warner (Fla.) 17, Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 13, Georgetown (Ky.) 6, Concordia (Mich.) 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.