KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lewis-Clark State College held at No. 5 as 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.
The Warriors clinched the CCC regular-season championship and are playing for the CCC Baseball Tournament Championship, presented by U.S. Bank, today. LC State has a spot in the NAIA National Championship Opening Round since the Warriors are hosting the NAIA World Series.
2022 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – May 11, 2022
| RANK |
LAST |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
CONFERENCE |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Southeastern (Fla.) [19] |
The Sun |
51-3 |
529 |
| 2 |
2 |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
Appalachian |
50-5 |
511 |
| 3 |
4 |
Oklahoma City |
Sooner |
46-4 |
493 |
| 4 |
3 |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
Red River |
47-5 |
474 |
| 5 |
5 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
Cascade |
48-4 |
469 |
| 6 |
7 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
North Star |
44-10 |
433 |
| 7 |
15 |
Hope International (Calif.) |
Golden State |
41-13 |
418 |
| 8 |
8 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
The Sun |
38-17 |
411 |
| 9 |
6 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
Golden State |
42-11 |
374 |
| 10 |
11 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
Continental |
41-14 |
359 |
| 11 |
12 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
Heart |
41-12 |
342 |
| 12 |
13 |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
Kansas Collegiate |
42-8 |
338 |
| 13 |
9 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
Golden State |
43-13 |
333 |
| 14 |
9 |
Science & Arts (Okla.) |
Sooner |
35-12 |
330 |
| 15 |
14 |
Faulkner (Ala.) |
Southern States |
34-15 |
285 |
| 16 |
16 |
Warner (Fla.) |
The Sun |
40-16 |
274 |
| 17 |
18 |
Indiana Southeast (Ind.) |
River States |
38-13 |
273 |
| 18 |
17 |
McPherson (Kan.) |
Kansas Collegiate |
39-12 |
229 |
| 19 |
21 |
University of Northwestern Ohio |
Wolverine-Hoosier |
34-11 |
206 |
| 20 |
20 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
Mid-South |
37-14 |
201 |
| 21 |
19 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
The Sun |
35-20 |
183 |
| 22 |
24 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
Crossroads |
37-16 |
132 |
| 23 |
NR |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
Mid-South |
42-14 |
130 |
| 24 |
25 |
Webber International (Fla.) |
The Sun |
38-19 |
100 |
| 25 |
NR |
William Carey (Miss.) |
Southern States |
37-15 |
98 |
Dropped From Poll: Tabor (Kan.); Reinhardt (Ga.)
Others Receiving Votes: Doane (Neb.) 97; Tabor (Kan.) 93; Reinhardt (Ga.) 89; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 86; Point Park (Pa.) 49; Lyon (Ark.); 26; Antelope Valley (Calif.) 18; Loyola (La.) 13; LSU Alexandria (La.) 8; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 8; Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 4; Texas Wesleyan 3; Clarke (Iowa) 3; Madonna (Mich.) 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.