KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lewis-Clark State College continued to represent the Cascade Collegiate Conference on the latest edition of the NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the national office.
The Warriors held in the No. 3 spot after boasting a 29-1 mark on the season and boast the longest active winning streak in all of college baseball at 23 games.
LC State leads the NAIA in doubles by 11 (87), and is second in extra-base hits (134), fourth in hits (346) and ERA (2.74), fifth in RBI (272), sixth in fielding percentage (.974), seventh in total strikeouts (288), and 10th in slugging percentage (.546) and home runs (40).
2022 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – March 23, 2022
| RANK |
LAST |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
CONFERENCE |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Southeastern (Fla.) [19] |
Sun |
29-1 |
529 |
| 2 |
2 |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
AAC |
29-2 |
511 |
| 3 |
3 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
Cascade |
29-1 |
493 |
| 4 |
4 |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
RRAC |
26-2 |
476 |
| 5 |
6 |
Oklahoma City |
SAC |
23-2 |
464 |
| 6 |
7 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
GSAC |
28-4 |
435 |
| 7 |
8 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
HAAC |
20-3 |
421 |
| 8 |
5 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
CAC |
20-6 |
415 |
| 9 |
9 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
GSAC |
29-5 |
391 |
| 10 |
11 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
Sun |
24-5 |
382 |
| 11 |
10 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
North Star |
17-7 |
352 |
| 12 |
14 |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
KCAC |
21-3 |
320 |
| 13 |
15 |
Webber International (Fla.) |
Sun |
29-5 |
314 |
| 14 |
12 |
Science & Arts (Okla.) |
SAC |
16-7 |
305 |
| 15 |
16 |
Hope International (Calif.) |
GSAC |
25-7 |
295 |
| 16 |
12 |
Middle Georgia State |
SSAC |
18-7-1 |
290 |
| 17 |
18 |
Indiana Southeast (Ind.) |
RSC |
15-8 |
235 |
| 18 |
25 |
Warner (Fla.) |
Sun |
28-6 |
233 |
| 19 |
24 |
McPherson (Kan.) |
KCAC |
21-5 |
205 |
| 20 |
22 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
MSC |
20-8 |
200 |
| 21 |
NR |
Faulkner (Ala.) |
SSAC |
14-9 |
185 |
| 22 |
21 |
Bluefield (Va.) |
AAC |
19-3 |
177 |
| 23 |
NR |
Tabor (Kan.) |
KCAC |
22-5-1 |
143 |
| 24 |
20 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
Sun |
20-11 |
120 |
| 25 |
17 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
MSC |
18-10 |
82 |
Others Receiving Votes: Georgetown (Ky.) 70; Concordia (Neb.) 61; Clarke (Iowa) 56; Taylor (Ind.) 53; Loyola (La.) 33; The Master's (Calif.) 32; Doane (Neb.) 27; University of Northwestern Ohio 22; Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 18; Saint Xavier (Ill.) 18; William Carey (Miss.) 14; Lyon (Ark.) 13; Antelope Valley (Calif.) 11; Point Park (Pa.) 7; St. Andrews (N.C.) 5; Cumberland (Tenn.) 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.