TWU, Bryan Maintain NAIA Top 20 Presence; Reinhardt Receives Votes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three 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 520 voting points to tie for the No. 3 spot with Georgia Gwinnett.
Bryan moved up to No. 14 with 310 voting points, while Reinhardt just missed making the top 25 with 94 voting points.
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] | 35-2 | 560 |
| 2 | 4 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 29-6 | 531 |
| 3 | 5 | Georgia Gwinnett | 31-5 | 520 |
| 3 | 2 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 28-6 | 520 |
| 5 | 9 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 25-5 | 471 |
| 6 | 7 | Hope International (Calif.) | 21-6 | 465 |
| 7 | 8 | Mobile (Ala.) | 24-6 | 436 |
| 8 | 10 | Missouri Baptist | 26-4 | 432 |
| 9 | 11 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 29-5 | 422 |
| 10 | 6 | Webber International (Fla.) | 27-10 | 412 |
| 11 | 12 | Westmont (Calif.) | 27-7 | 373 |
| 12 | 14 | Loyola (La.) | 24-12 | 364 |
| 13 | 3 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 20-10 | 331 |
| 14 | 16 | Bryan (Tenn.) | 24-10 | 310 |
| 15 | 15 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 24-12 | 303 |
| 16 | 20 | William Carey (Miss.) | 27-6 | 257 |
| 17 | 17 | Texas Wesleyan | 24-11 | 245 |
| 18 | RV | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 25-9 | 219 |
| 19 | 24 | Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) | 24-7 | 216 |
| 20 | RV | McPherson (Kan.) | 24-9 | 213 |
| 21 | RV | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 22-10 | 188 |
| 22 | 25 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 22-8-1 | 169 |
| 23 | 13 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 28-7 | 167 |
| 24 | 23 | SAGU (Texas) | 26-10 | 143 |
| 25 | 21 | Arizona Christian | 22-12 | 133 |
Receiving Votes: Taylor (Ind.) 110; Reinhardt (Ga.) 94; Concordia (Mich.) 74; Concordia (Neb.) 62; St. Thomas (Fla.) 31; Oregon Tech 30; Indiana Wesleyan 21; Talladega (Ala.) 20; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 15; Science & Arts (Okla.) 13; The Master's (Calif.) 8; Doane (Neb.) 8; Keiser (Fla.) 7; Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 5; College of Idaho 5; Kansas Wesleyan 4; Point Park (Pa.) 4