2021 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll 3 (April 14, 2021)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tennessee Wesleyan grabbed 18 first-place votes and remained at the top in the latest edition of the Top 25. Southeastern (Fla.), Cumberlands (Ky.), Central Methodist (Mo.) and Faulkner (Ala.) remained Nos. 2-5 for the second consecutive week. Both IU Southeast (Ind.) and Bellevue (Neb.) joined the poll this week while Loyola (La.) made the most positive movement, up seven spots to No. 15.
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.
2021 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll 3 (April 14, 2021)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Tennessee Wesleyan [18] | 35-3 | 498 |
| 2 | 2 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 34-4 | 482 |
| 3 | 3 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 32-5 | 463 |
| 4 | 4 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 28-4 | 451 |
| 5 | 5 | Faulkner (Ala.) | 23-4 | 421 |
| 6 | 7 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 30-2 | 410 |
| 7 | 10 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 31-3 | 398 |
| 8 | 9 | Georgia Gwinnett | 29-8 | 389 |
| 9 | 6 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 30-10 | 372 |
| 10 | 8 | Keiser (Fla.) | 29-10 | 370 |
| 11 | 11 | Middle Georgia State | 27-10 | 341 |
| 12 | 12 | Hope International (Calif.) | 24-12 | 315 |
| 13 | 15 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 22-9 | 290 |
| 14 | 13 | Bryan (Tenn.) | 25-11 | 288 |
| 15 | 22 | Loyola (La.) | 26-9 | 240 |
| 16 | 17 | Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) | 20-7 | 238 |
| 17 | 16 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 24-10 | 231 |
| 18 | 14 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 26-16 | 226 |
| 19 | 23 | Indiana Wesleyan | 30-11 | 212 |
| 20 | RV | IU Southeast (Ind.) | 28-12 | 179 |
| 21 | 18 | Taylor (Ind.) | 29-10 | 178 |
| 22 | 20 | Concordia (Neb.) | 26-5 | 166 |
| 23 | 19 | McPherson (Kan.) | 27-7 | 159 |
| 24 | 21 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 25-13 | 136 |
| 25 | RV | Bellevue (Neb.) | 26-10 | 90 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Benedictine (Kan.), Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)
Others Receiving Votes: Webber International (Fla.) 77, Oklahoma City 69, LSU Shreveport (La.) 64, Westmont (Calif.) 38, Clarke (Iowa) 34, Point Park (Pa.) 31, Columbia (Mo.) 26, Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 25, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 6, Huntington (Ind.) 5, Benedictine (Kan.) 5, Warner (Fla.) 3.
