KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Preseason Poll was released Wednesday by the national office. The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw one team ranked and two received votes.
The reigning NAIA World Series runner-up of Lewis-Clark State College secured the No. 3 spot with two first place votes in the preseason poll. The CCC co-regular season champions of University of British Columbia and Oregon Tech received votes.
2024 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Preseason Poll
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Southeastern (Fla.) [18] |
58-6 |
559 |
| 2 |
3 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
50-8 |
511 |
| 3 |
RV |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) [2] |
37-18 |
509 |
| 4 |
8 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
49-11 |
499 |
| 5 |
2 |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
47-10 |
481 |
| 6 |
4 |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
43-11 |
457 |
| 7 |
5 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
48-10 |
448 |
| 8 |
6 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
49-9 |
445 |
| 9 |
19 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
42-17 |
438 |
| 10 |
11 |
Missouri Baptist |
42-9 |
378 |
| 11 |
10 |
Hope International (Calif.) |
33-11 |
373 |
| 12 |
9 |
Webber International (Fla.) |
40-17 |
360 |
| 13 |
NR |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
39-17 |
319 |
| 14 |
RV |
Indiana Wesleyan |
41-20 |
280 |
| 15 |
17 |
Ave Maria (Fla.) |
36-18 |
264 |
| 16 |
16 |
Kansas Wesleyan |
44-15 |
253 |
| 17 |
15 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
35-18 |
226 |
| 18 |
12 |
Mobile (Ala.) |
35-15 |
221 |
| 19 |
13 |
Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) |
44-14 |
208 |
| 20 |
RV |
Point Park (Pa.) |
39-15 |
205 |
| 21 |
14 |
Texas Wesleyan |
37-16 |
201 |
| 22 |
25 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
36-19 |
187 |
| 23 |
RV |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
33-18 |
161 |
| 24 |
RV |
Concordia (Mich.) |
48-10 |
142 |
| 25 |
RV |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
40-21 |
118 |
Receiving Votes: Science & Arts (Okla.) 104; Doane (Neb.) 100; Bryan (Tenn.) 84; Columbia (Mo.) 69; St. Thomas (Fla.) 60; Concordia (Neb.) 55; Loyola (La.) 45;
British Columbia 44; Cumberland (Tenn.) 31; Oklahoma City 30; The Master's (Calif.) 18; Arizona Christian 15; Tabor (Kan.) 8;
Oregon Tech 8; Midway (Ky.) 6; McPherson (Kan.) 3; Middle Georgia State 3
Rating Methodology:
- The rating 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 rater 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.