KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lewis-Clark State College continued to be the lone representative of the Cascade Collegiate Conference on the latest edition of the NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the national office.
LC State dropped one spot to No. 4 after suffering a pair of road losses to Corban University last week. It snapped the Warriors’ program-best winning streak of 28-straight games.
The Warriors lead the NAIA in doubles (115), second in runs scored (374), hits (440) total bases (727) extra-base hits (175) and ERA (2.79), third in RBI (344), fifth in strikeouts (370), and ninth in home runs (52), slugging percentage (.554) and batting average (.335).
2022 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – April 6, 2022
| RANK |
LAST |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
CONFERENCE |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Southeastern (Fla.) [19] |
The Sun |
34-1 |
529 |
| 2 |
2 |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
Appalachian |
36-2 |
512 |
| 3 |
4 |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
Red River |
33-2 |
487 |
| 4 |
3 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
Cascade |
35-3 |
477 |
| 5 |
5 |
Oklahoma City |
Sooner |
30-3 |
469 |
| 6 |
6 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
GSAC |
35-6 |
441 |
| 7 |
10 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
The Sun |
28-6 |
416 |
| 8 |
9 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
GSAC |
35-8 |
392 |
| 9 |
7 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
Heart |
27-6 |
382 |
| 10 |
11 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
North Star |
24-8 |
376 |
| 11 |
8 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
Continental |
24-9 |
368 |
| 12 |
14 |
Science & Arts (Okla.) |
Sooner |
21-8 |
348 |
| 13 |
19 |
McPherson (Kan.) |
KCAC |
26-7 |
306 |
| 14 |
15 |
Hope International (Calif.) |
GSAC |
31-10 |
298 |
| 15 |
18 |
Warner (Fla.) |
The Sun |
31-9 |
295 |
| 16 |
21 |
Faulkner (Ala.) |
Southern States |
22-10 |
264 |
| 17 |
12 |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
KCAC |
27-5 |
253 |
| 18 |
13 |
Webber International (Fla.) |
The Sun |
30-11 |
244 |
| 19 |
17 |
Indiana Southeast (Ind.) |
River States |
22-10 |
239 |
| 20 |
20 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
Mid-South |
25-10 |
195 |
| 21 |
16 |
Middle Georgia State |
Southern States |
23-9-1 |
186 |
| 22 |
23 |
Tabor (Kan.) |
KCAC |
26-8-1 |
121 |
| 23 |
NR |
University of Northwestern Ohio |
Wolverine-Hoosier |
18-8 |
107 |
| 24 |
NR |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
Appalachian |
25-14 |
98 |
| 25 |
NR |
Taylor (Ind.) |
Crossroads |
24-10 |
90 |
Others Receiving Votes: Keiser (Fla.) 87; Concordia (Neb.) 78; Cumberland (Tenn.) 70; Point Park (Pa.) 69; William Carey (Miss.) 44; Cumberlands (Ky.) 30; Columbia (Mo.) 26; Doane (Neb.) 24; Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 22; Clarke (Iowa) 14; Loyola (La.) 8; St. Andrews (N.C.) 8; Lyon (Ark.) 6; Georgetown (Ky.) 6; Arizona Christian 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.