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 continued to climb up the rankings, achieving their highest ranking of the season so far at No. 12. Ottawa University remained at No. 20, the same spot they held in the previous edition of the poll.

The next edition of the GoRout NAIA Baseball Coaches' Poll is scheduled to be released Wednesday, April 15.
 

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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."

 

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RANK	LAST TIME		INSTITUTION [First-Place Votes]	RECORD	POINTS
1	3		Taylor (Ind.) [9]	30-3	440
2	2		Georgia Gwinnett [6]	31-3	435
3	4		Bellevue (Neb.)	28-3	423
4	1		LSU Shreveport (La.) [1]	29-7	397
5	5		Johnson (Tenn.)	27-5	349
5	7		Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	26-3	349
7	8		Missouri Baptist	23-5	348
8	6		Cumberlands (Ky.)	26-6	334
9	10		Southeastern (Fla.)	25-9	319
10	RV		Texas A&M- Victoria	27-9	297
11	9		Tennessee Wesleyan	28-9	269
12	17		Kansas Wesleyan	27-6	254
13	11		St. Thomas (Fla.)	21-13	241
14	18		Loyola (La.)	26-10	218
15	13		William Carey (Miss.)	24-12	213
16	23		Doane (Neb.)	23-7	200
17	12		Hope International (Calif.)	26-11	197
18	14		Mid-America Christian (Okla.)	26-9	186
19	15		Louisiana Christian	29-6	159
20	20		Ottawa (Kan.)	29-7	131
21	24		Abraham Baldwin (Ga.)	25-12	124
22	19		Indiana Tech	18-11	116
23	RV		Indiana Southeast	23-10	110
24	21		Texas Wesleyan	28-6	108
25	16		Huntington (Ind.)	23-8	99

Key: RV - Receiving Votes

Dropped out of the Top 25: Keiser (Fla.), Nelson (Texas). 
 

Receiving Votes: Webber International (Fla.) 70, Marian (Ind.) 64, Keiser University (Fla.) 54, Milligan  (Tenn.) 52, Faulkner (Ala.) 50, Concordia (Neb.) 27, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 16, Central Methodist (Mo.) 10, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 10, Arizona Christian 9, Oakland City (Ind.) 6, British Columbia (B.C.) 4, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 3, OUAZ (Ariz.) 2.
 

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