KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The first edition of the 2023 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll was released Wednesday by the national office. The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw one team ranked to start the season.
Lewis-Clark State College is the only ranked CCC team after falling one spot to sit in the No. 3 position. The Warriors have a 15-3 overall record so far this season.
2023 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
| RANK |
LAST |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
ADJ. POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Southeastern (Fla.) [20] |
21-0 |
560 |
| 2 |
3 |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
16-1 |
541 |
| 3 |
2 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
15-3 |
514 |
| 4 |
4 |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
13-5 |
499 |
| 5 |
7 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
17-2 |
490 |
| 6 |
9 |
Webber International (Fla.) |
19-3 |
483 |
| 7 |
10 |
Hope International (Calif.) |
16-4 |
447 |
| 8 |
NR |
Mobile (Ala.) |
17-2 |
432 |
| 9 |
16 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
15-6 |
408 |
| 10 |
NR |
Missouri Baptist |
14-2 |
366 |
| 11 |
17 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
16-4 |
361 |
| 12 |
15 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
15-3 |
359 |
| 13 |
8 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
10-7 |
358 |
| 14 |
5 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
7-4 |
317 |
| 15 |
23 |
Loyola (La.) |
15-7 |
300 |
| 16 |
NR |
Arizona Christian |
15-8 |
277 |
| 17 |
NR |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
11-2 |
271 |
| 18 |
13 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
17-5 |
216 |
| 19 |
NR |
Bryan (Tenn.) |
12-5 |
211 |
| 20 |
NR |
Clarke (Iowa) |
7-6 |
202 |
| 21 |
NR |
William Carey (Miss.) |
14-4 |
200 |
| 22 |
11 |
Oklahoma City |
9-9 |
143 |
| 22 |
NR |
Indiana Tech |
9-1 |
143 |
| 24 |
NR |
Doane (Neb.) |
9-3 |
142 |
| 25 |
6 |
Faulkner (Ala.) |
10-8 |
91 |
Dropped From Poll: Central Methodist (Mo.); Reinhardt (Ga.); Concordia (Neb.); Reinhardt (Ga.); Taylor (Ind.); Keiser (Fla.)
Receiving Votes: Central Methodist (Mo.) 90; Point Park (Pa.) 68; Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) 65; Kansas Wesleyan 64; Keiser (Fla.) 63; Taylor (Ind.) 49; Point (Ga.) 46; Texas Wesleyan 32; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 21; Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) 19; Tabor (Kan.) 12; Columbia (Mo.) 12; Ave Maria (Fla.) 10; The Master's (Calif.) 8; Reinhardt (Ga.) 6; Indiana Wesleyan 3; Blue Mountain (Miss.) 3
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.