2021 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll 4 (April 28, 2021)
Apr 28, 2021
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tennessee Wesleyan grabbed 19 first-place votes and stayed atop the Top 25 for the fourth-consecutive ratings period. Southeastern (Fla.), Cumberlands (Ky.) and Central Methodist (Mo.) remained Nos. 2-4 for the third consecutive week. Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) jumped into the top five for the first time in 2021.
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 WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Tennessee Wesleyan [19] | 43-4 | 529 |
| 2 | 2 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 38-6 | 510 |
| 3 | 3 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 40-6 | 489 |
| 4 | 4 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 38-5 | 484 |
| 5 | 6 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 35-3 | 446 |
| 6 | 7 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 39-5 | 438 |
| 7 | 5 | Faulkner (Ala.) | 29-6 | 437 |
| 8 | 8 | Georgia Gwinnett | 32-9 | 407 |
| 9 | 9 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 35-13 | 377 |
| 10 | 15 | Loyola (La.) | 30-11 | 368 |
| 11 | 13 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 28-9 | 366 |
| 12 | 18 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 32-17 | 334 |
| 13 | 12 | Hope International (Calif.) | 24-12 | 324 |
| 14 | 10 | Keiser (Fla.) | 30-13 | 289 |
| 14 | 11 | Middle Georgia State | 30-15 | 289 |
| 16 | 19 | Indiana Wesleyan | 39-12 | 277 |
| 17 | 14 | Bryan (Tenn.) | 30-14 | 255 |
| 18 | 20 | Indiana Southeast (Ind.) | 36-13 | 247 |
| 19 | 16 | Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) | 25-10 | 194 |
| 20 | 22 | Concordia (Neb.) | 30-7 | 187 |
| 21 | RV | Oklahoma City | 28-13 | 136 |
| 22 | 24 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 30-15 | 124 |
| 23 | RV | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 33-12 | 121 |
| 24 | 23 | McPherson (Kan.) | 33-9 | 119 |
| 25 | 17 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 29-16 | 115 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Bellevue (Neb.), Taylor (Ind.)
Others Receiving Votes: Bellevue (Neb.) 92, Westmont (Calif.) 81, LSU Shreveport (La.) 74, Webber International (Fla.) 73, William Carey (Miss.) 71, Columbia (Mo.) 63, Point Park (Pa.) 25, Taylor (Ind.) 22, Warner (Fla.) 17, Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 13, Georgetown (Ky.) 6, Concordia (Mich.) 3.
