KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two teams from the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) were ranked in the Top 20 in the latest edition of the GoRout NAIA Baseball Coaches' Poll, the national office announced Wednesday.
Kansas Wesleyan University moved up two spots from their previous ranking to No. 17. Ottawa University was not far behind, remaining at No. 20, the spot they held in the previous edition of the poll.
The next edition of the GoRout NAIA Baseball Coaches' Poll will be released Wednesday, April 1,
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.”
| 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
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.
—KCAC—