KANSAS CITY, Mo. – One Cascade Collegiate Conference team begins the year ranked while another receives votes on the preseason edition of the NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the national office.
Lewis-Clark State College, which finished as last year’s national runner-up, begins the year with a No. 2 ranking. UBC is receiving votes to begin the year.
2023 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Preseason Poll
| RANK |
LAST |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Southeastern (Fla.) [20] |
59-4 |
560 |
| 2 |
2 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
58-7 |
541 |
| 3 |
3 |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
56-8 |
525 |
| 4 |
4 |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
53-8 |
504 |
| 5 |
6 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
49-13 |
469 |
| 6 |
5 |
Faulkner (Ala.) |
39-17 |
466 |
| 7 |
8 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
46-16 |
458 |
| 8 |
12 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
41-19 |
419 |
| 9 |
7 |
Webber International (Fla.) |
43-22 |
406 |
| 10 |
13 |
Hope International (Calif.) |
43-15 |
390 |
| 11 |
11 |
Oklahoma City |
49-6 |
385 |
| 12 |
10 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
39-18 |
371 |
| 13 |
9 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
45-13 |
348 |
| 14 |
15 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
42-15 |
319 |
| 15 |
18 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
46-16 |
317 |
| 16 |
16 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
44-15 |
236 |
| 17 |
NR |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
38-19 |
235 |
| 18 |
19 |
Indiana Southeast (Ind.) |
39-16 |
201 |
| 19 |
17 |
Science & Arts (Okla.) |
36-15 |
194 |
| 20 |
RV |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
37-23 |
181 |
| 21 |
RV |
Concordia (Neb.) |
40-17 |
174 |
| 22 |
23 |
University of Northwestern Ohio |
38-14 |
160 |
| 23 |
23 |
Loyola (La.) |
36-24 |
154 |
| 24 |
25 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
41-18 |
148 |
| 25 |
RV |
Keiser (Fla.) |
35-22 |
147 |
Dropped From Poll: Ottawa (Kan.); Warner (Fla.); McPherson (Kan.); Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)
Others Receiving Votes: McPherson (Kan.) 142; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 96; Warner (Fla.) 78; Antelope Valley (Calif.) 71; Ottawa (Kan.) 63;
British Columbia 25; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 23; Doane (Neb.) 22; Columbia (Mo.) 22; Point Park (Pa.) 19; Indiana Wesleyan 17; LSU Alexandria (La.) 10; William Carey (Miss.) 9; Milligan (Tenn.) 4
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences.
- 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”
- For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.