TWU, Bryan Owns Spots in NAIA Top 25; 2 Others Receive Votes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A total of four Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) teams received votes in the 2023 NAIA Baseball Coaches' Top 25 Poll.
The NAIA announced the poll on Wednesday.
Tennessee Wesleyan leads the way as the Bulldogs collected 535 voting points to land at No. 2.
Bryan checks in at No. 16 with 245 voting points, while Point and Reinhardt collected 19 and six points, respectively.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Continental Athletic Conference (Independents), and Unaffiliated Groups.
- 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."
| RANK | LAST | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Southeastern (Fla.) [20] | 30-1 | 560 |
| 2 | 2 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 22-4 | 535 |
| 3 | 3 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 18-4 | 515 |
| 4 | 4 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 22-6 | 513 |
| 5 | 5 | Georgia Gwinnett | 25-3 | 496 |
| 6 | 6 | Webber International (Fla.) | 24-7 | 445 |
| 7 | 7 | Hope International (Calif.) | 17-6 | 433 |
| 8 | 8 | Mobile (Ala.) | 20-4 | 432 |
| 9 | 14 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 15-4 | 427 |
| 10 | 10 | Missouri Baptist | 18-3 | 415 |
| 11 | 12 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 22-4 | 389 |
| 12 | 18 | Westmont (Calif.) | 21-5 | 363 |
| 13 | 11 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 21-6 | 344 |
| 14 | 15 | Loyola (La.) | 20-9 | 316 |
| 15 | 9 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 17-11 | 287 |
| 16 | 19 | Bryan (Tenn.) | 18-8 | 245 |
| 17 | RV | Texas Wesleyan | 21-7 | 239 |
| 18 | 13 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 16-12 | 234 |
| 19 | 24 | Doane (Neb.) | 14-4 | 221 |
| 20 | 21 | William Carey (Miss.) | 20-6 | 189 |
| 21 | 16 | Arizona Christian | 16-9 | 185 |
| 22 | 22 | Indiana Tech | 11-3 | 155 |
| 23 | RV | SAGU (Texas) | 21-7 | 153 |
| 24 | RV | Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) | 16-7 | 114 |
| 25 | NR | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 17-5 | 109 |
Receiving Votes: Central Methodist (Mo.) 102; Taylor (Ind.) 85; Point Park (Pa.) 82; McPherson (Kan.) 73; Concordia (Neb.) 68; Ave Maria (Fla.) 67; Point (Ga.) 19; Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 12; The Master's (Calif.) 11; Louisiana Christian 10; Campbellsville (Ky.) 9; Keiser (Fla.) 8; Georgetown (Ky.) 8; College of Idaho 8; Reinhardt (Ga.) 6