Johnson, TWU Occupy NAIA Top 10 Spots; Milligan Receives Votes
(Story provided by NAIA Athletic Communications)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) placed two teams in the top 10 of the NAIA Baseball Coaches' Top 25, with another team receiving votes.
Johnson leads the way by landing at No. 5 with 356 voting points, while Tennessee Wesleyan checks in at No. 9 with 316 voting points.
Milligan also garnered votes, picking up 16 to land 10 spots outside the top 25.
| TREND | RANK | LAST | INSTITUTION [First-Place Votes] | RECORD | POINTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ● | 1 | 1 | 
|
LSU Shreveport (La.) [13] | 26-3 | 445 |
| ● | 2 | 2 | 
|
Georgia Gwinnett [1] | 24-2 | 432 |
| ● | 3 | 3 | 
|
Taylor (Ind.) [2] | 22-3 | 425 |
| ▲ | 4 | 7 | 
|
Bellevue (Neb.) | 18-3 | 395 |
| ● | 5 | 5 | 
|
Johnson (Tenn.) | 21-4 | 356 |
| ● | 6 | 6 | 
|
Cumberlands (Ky.) | 19-5 | 355 |
| ▲ | 7 | 12 | 
|
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 18-3 | 353 |
| ▲ | 8 | 11 | 
|
Missouri Baptist | 14-4 | 334 |
| ▼ | 9 | 5 | 
|
Tennessee Wesleyan | 21-8 | 316 |
| ▼ | 10 | 8 | 
|
Southeastern (Fla.) | 19-7 | 314 |
| ▲ | 11 | 17 | 
|
St. Thomas (Fla.) | 18-8 | 300 |
| ▼ | 12 | 10 | 
|
Hope International (Calif.) | 19-9 | 270 |
| ▲ | 13 | 15 | 
|
William Carey (Miss.) | 19-9 | 243 |
| ▲ | 14 | 16 | 
|
Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 19-7 | 232 |
| ▼ | 15 | 14 | 
|
Louisiana Christian | 24-5 | 223 |
| ▲ | 16 | 24 | 
|
Huntington (Ind.) | 18-5 | 202 |
| ▲ | 17 | 19 | 
|
Kansas Wesleyan | 22-4 | 200 |
| ▼ | 18 | 9 | 
|
Loyola (La.) | 20-9 | 179 |
| ▲ | 19 | NR | 
|
Indiana Tech (Ind.) | 13-7 | 171 |
| ● | 20 | 20 | 
|
Ottawa (Kan.) | 23-5 | 155 |
| ▲ | 21 | NR | 
|
Texas Wesleyan | 23-5 | 130 |
| ● | 22 | 22 | 
|
Keiser (Fla.) | 19-6 | 122 |
| ▼ | 23 | 21 | 
|
Doane (Neb.) | 16-5 | 114 |
| ▲ | 24 | NR | 
|
Abraham Baldwin (Ga.) | 21-8 | 105 |
| ▲ | 25 | NR | 
|
Nelson (Texas) | 21-8 | 93 |
Key: RV - Receiving Votes, NR - Not Ranked, ▲- Climbed, ▼- Dropped, ● - Steady
Dropped out of the Top 25: Faulkner (Ala.), Concordia (Neb.), Wayland Baptist (Texas), Oakland City (Ind.).
Receiving Votes: IU Southeast (Ind.) 46, Faulkner (Ala.) 38, Marian (Ind.) 36, Texas A&M- Victoria (Texas) 30, Concordia (Neb.) 23, Madonna (Mich.) 22, University of British Columbia (B.C.) 21, Arizona Christian 19, Central Methodist (Mo.) 19, Milligan (Tenn.) 16, Oakland City (Ind.) 13, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 2.
Poll Methodology
- The national poll is for publicity purposes only and does not influence the selection process for national championship consideration.
- A panel of head coaches representing each conference and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) votes in the poll.
- The Top 25 teams are selected using a points-based system:
- 30 points for a 1st-place vote, 29 for 2nd, 28 for 3rd, and so on.
- The highest and lowest rankings received by each team are discarded before final tallying.
- Teams receiving only one point are not listed as "receiving votes."
- For the Preseason Poll, there is no "previous ranking" column since it is the initial poll and differs from the prior rating system.