KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw two teams rank in the preseason NAIA Baseball preseason Top 25 Rating, released Wednesday by the national office.
Lewis-Clark State College came in at No. 7 followed by University of British Columbia at No. 24.
2025 NAIA Baseball Coaches Top 25 Rating – Preseason
| RANK |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
2024 RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
Tennessee Wesleyan [4] |
44-18 |
436 |
| 2 |
Hope International (Calif.) [11] |
45-16 |
434 |
| 3 |
Georgia Gwinnett [2] |
53-9 |
424 |
| 4 |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
44-11 |
391 |
| 5 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
52-8 |
389 |
| 6 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
44-18 |
362 |
| 7 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
38-13 |
357 |
| 8 |
Webber International (Fla.) |
43-14 |
343 |
| 9 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
37-16 |
327 |
| 10 |
Arizona Christian |
38-21 |
287 |
| 11 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
52-8 |
282 |
| 12 |
Kansas Wesleyan |
48-12 |
273 |
| 13 |
Mid-America Christian (Okla.) |
41-13 |
271 |
| 14 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
44-11 |
246 |
| 15 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
39-14 |
244 |
| 16 |
Missouri Baptist |
41-12-1 |
239 |
| 17 |
Indiana Southeast |
37-20 |
225 |
| 18 |
Faulkner (Ala.) |
37-17 |
214 |
| 19 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
42-16 |
208 |
| 20 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
42-15 |
154 |
| 21 |
Loyola (La.) |
37-19 |
117 |
| 22 |
Tabor (Kan.) |
38-16 |
99 |
| 23 |
Oklahoma City |
35-18 |
95 |
| 24 |
British Columbia |
34-21 |
91 |
| 25 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
34-20 |
90 |
Receiving Votes: Doane (Neb.) 57, Columbia (Mo.) 41, St. Thomas (Fla.) 37, Houston-Victoria (Texas) 32, Northwestern Ohio 28, OUAZ (Ariz.) 23, Science and Arts (Okla.) 23, Keiser (Fla.) 20, Milligan (Tenn.) 15, Oklahoma Wesleyan 14, Talladega (Ala.) 7, Indiana Wesleyan 4
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”