2022 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll #1 (March 9)
Mar 09, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The first NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll of the regular season pushes Southeastern (Fla.) to the top of the grid thanks to the best start in program history. Previous No. 1 Georgia Gwinnett falls to fifth. The biggest movement comes from previously unranked Westmont (Calif.) jumping to seventh. The Golden State Athletic Conference is the only to have a pair of teams in the Top 10 – Westmont and Vanguard (Calif.).
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.
RANK LAST SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] CONFERENCE RECORD FINAL POINTS
1 3 Southeastern (Fla.) Sun 23-0 529
2 5 Tennessee Wesleyan AAC 20-1 509
3 4 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) Cascade 23-1 493
4 10 LSU Shreveport (La.) RRAC 19-2 471
5 1 Georgia Gwinnett CAC 17-3 461
6 20 Oklahoma City SAC 17-1 447
7 NR Westmont (Calif.) GSAC 22-2 422
8 2 Central Methodist (Mo.) HAAC 14-3 421
9 13 Vanguard (Calif.) GSAC 22-4 373
10 24 Bellevue (Neb.) North Star 10-3 365
11 17 St. Thomas (Fla.) Sun 13-5 353
12 19 Middle Georgia State SSAC 13-4-1 321
12 14 Science & Arts (Okla.) SAC 11-5 321
14 NR Ottawa (Kan.) KCAC 15-1 305
15 NR Webber International (Fla.) Sun 20-4 293
16 16 Hope International (Calif.) GSAC 18-5 283
17 11 Cumberlands (Ky.) MSC 13-7 240
18 7 Indiana Southeast (Ind.) RSC 8-7 234
19 NR William Carey (Miss.) SSAC 14-4 224
20 8 Keiser (Fla.) Sun 16-8 191
21 NR Bluefield (Va.) AAC 16-2 149
22 NR Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) MSC 14-5 133
23 NR Arizona Christian GSAC 18-7 132
24 NR McPherson (Kan.) KCAC 13-5 123
25 NR Warner (Fla.) Sun 20-6 104
Others Receiving Votes: Concordia (Neb.) 96; Taylor (Ind.) 77;Faulkner (Ala.) 77; Columbia (Mo.) 45; Tabor (Kan.) 45; Saint Xavier (Ill.) 34; Reinhardt (Ga.) 28; William Penn (Iowa) 26; Point Park (Pa.) 22; Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 22; Antelope Valley (Calif.) 21; Georgetown (Ky.) 12; Indiana Wesleyan 10; Loyola (La.) 8; The Master’s (Calif.) 6; Lyon (Ark.) 3
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