Three AAC Teams Receive Votes in Latest NAIA Baseball Poll
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The latest edition of the 2026 GoRout NAIA Baseball Coaches' Top 25 Poll saw three Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) teams garner votes. The poll was released on Wednesday.
Johnson leads the way as it checks in at No. 5 with 349 voting points. Tennessee Wesleyan landed at No. 11 with 269 voting points.
Rounding out things is Milligan, which picked up 52 voting points to land four spots outside the top 25.
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| TREND | 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, ▲- Climbed, ▼- Dropped, ● - Steady
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
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."
- For the Preseason Poll, there is no "previous ranking" column since it is the initial poll and differs from the prior rating system.