2022 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Postseason Poll (June 8)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Southeastern (Fla.) ran the table with the No. 1 spot in all regular season NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Polls and end the year with a sixth straight after capturing the 2022 Avista-NAIA World Series championship - the second in program history. Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) is the runner-up to the Fire once again with Faulkner (Ala.), Webber International (Fla.) and MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) leaping up the table with their postseason performances.
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 | WON | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Southeastern (Fla.) [19] | The Sun | 59-4 | 529 |
| 2 | 5 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | Cascade | 58-7 | 512 |
| 3 | 2 | Tennessee Wesleyan | Appalachian | 56-8 | 494 |
| 4 | 4 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | Red River | 53-8 | 479 |
| 5 | 15 | Faulkner (Ala.) | Southern States | 39-17 | 459 |
| 6 | 6 | Bellevue (Neb.) | North Star | 49-13 | 437 |
| 7 | 24 | Webber International (Fla.) | The Sun | 43-22 | 425 |
| 8 | 10 | Georgia Gwinnett | Continental | 46-16 | 417 |
| 9 | 9 | Westmont (Calif.) | Golden State | 45-12 | 392 |
| 10 | NR | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | Heart | 39-18 | 371 |
| 11 | 3 | Oklahoma City | Sooner | 49-6 | 368 |
| 12 | 8 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | The Sun | 41-19 | 333 |
| 13 | 7 | Hope International (Calif.) | Golden State | 43-15 | 326 |
| 14 | 12 | Ottawa (Kan.) | Kansas Collegiate | 43-10 | 281 |
| 15 | 11 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | Heart | 42-15 | 277 |
| 16 | 13 | Vanguard (Calif.) | Golden State | 44-15 | 269 |
| 17 | 14 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | Sooner | 36-15 | 252 |
| 18 | 23 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Mid-South | 46-16 | 218 |
| 19 | 17 | Indiana Southeast (Ind.) | River States | 40-15 | 209 |
| 20 | 16 | Warner (Fla.) | The Sun | 40-18 | 186 |
| 21 | 18 | McPherson (Kan.) | Kansas Collegiate | 40-14 | 181 |
| 22 | 20 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | Mid-South | 39-17 | 155 |
| 23 | NR | Loyola (La.) | Southern States | 36-24 | 144 |
| 23 | 19 | University of Northwestern Ohio | Wolverine-Hoosier | 38-14 | 144 |
| 25 | 22 | Taylor (Ind.) | Crossroads | 41-18 | 112 |
Dropped From Poll: Keiser (Fla.); William Carey (Miss.)
Others Receiving Votes: Keiser (Fla.) 106; Doane (Neb.) 79; Concordia (Neb.) 74; Reinhardt (Ga.) 71; Antelope Valley (Calif.) 54; Point Park (Pa.) 41; Tabor (Kan.) 28; William Carey (Miss.) 22; Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 19; British Columbia 11; Lyon (Ark.) 3
