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.