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Warriors Finish as No. 3-ranked Team in NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Postseason Poll

| By: Sammi Wellman, CCC Director of Communications
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lewis-Clark State College moved up to No. 3 in the final poll to the top in the postseason edition of the NAIA Baseball Top 25, released Wednesday.
 
The Warriors finished the year with a 44-6 overall record, bowing out of the NAIA World Series in the semifinal round. The Warriors played their most successful season under head coach Jake Taylor with a winning percentage of .880. LC State captured the first-ever Cascade Collegiate Conference championship and saw Brock Ephan named the CCC Player of the Year.
 
2021 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 POSTSEASON Poll (June 9, 2021)
RANK LAST WEEK SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] RECORD FINAL POINTS
1 6 Georgia Gwinnett [17] 51-10 498
2 4 Central Methodist (Mo.) 49-8 482
3 5 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 44-6 453
4 11 Faulkner (Ala.) 40-12 443
5 2 Southeastern (Fla.) 51-9 441
6 15 Indiana Southeast (Ind.) 50-16 412
7 1 Tennessee Wesleyan [1] 53-6 393
8 7 Oklahoma Wesleyan 49-11 377
9 17 Keiser (Fla.) 37-18 370
10 25 LSU Shreveport (La.) 45-16 362
11 3 Cumberlands (Ky.) 46-8 326
12 19 Concordia (Neb.) 42-12 311
13 10 Vanguard (Calif.) 40-16 304
14 8 Loyola (La.) 36-15 281
15 9 Science & Arts (Okla.) 34-12 272
16 14 Hope International (Calif.) 29-15 259
17 12 Indiana Wesleyan 44-14 247
18 16 Middle Georgia State 36-21 215
19 13 St. Thomas (Fla.) 34-21 179
20 20 Oklahoma City 36-19 178
21 18 Bryan (Tenn.) 37-18 172
22 24 William Carey (Miss.) 36-12 160
23 RV Point Park (Pa.) 40-16 146
24 21 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 41-16 131
25 22 Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) 32-16 127
 
Dropped from the Top 25: Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)
 
Others Receiving Votes: Bellevue (Neb.) 125, Columbia (Mo.) 76, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 63, McPherson (Kan.) 47, Warner (Fla.) 29, Reinhardt (Ga.) 27, Westmont (Calif.) 27, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 21, Indiana Tech 17, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 8, Benedictine (Kan.) 7.
 
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.

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