Tennessee Wesleyan, the preseason No. 1, earned three first-place votes, and Southeastern (Fla.) picked up the remaining first-place consideration. The Fire moved up eight spots in to the top 10, but the top 10’s biggest mover was Houston-Victoria (Texas) at No. 10, now 19-2 and in the top 10 after receiving votes in the fall.

Georgia Gwinnett and Cumberlands (Ky.) round out the top five, and two teams – Ottawa (Kan.) and The Master’s (Calif.) – gathered their first votes of the season, appearing in the Top 25.

Rating Methodology

• The rating was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the NAIA’s baseball conferences.
• The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater’s 30-team ballot. 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”.

Dropped from Top 25: Bellevue (Neb.), British Columbia, Kansas Wesleyan, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.), Oklahoma City, Tabor (Kan.).

Receiving Votes: St. Thomas (Fla.) 102, Doane (Neb.) 90, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 80, Cumberland (Tenn.) 54, Science and Arts (Okla.) 44, Milligan (Tenn.) 37, Texas Wesleyan 27, Talladega (Ala.) 16, British Columbia 8, Indiana Tech 6, Johnson (Tenn.) 4, Columbia (Mo.) 4, Kansas Wesleyan 4.