2023 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 3 (March 22)

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2023 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 3 (March 22)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Southeastern (Fla.) Fire remain the national leader in the latest NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. The rest of the order of the Top Eight teams from two weeks ago is unchanged with Bellevue (Neb.) moving in to grab the ninth spot.

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

Dropped From Poll: Clarke (Iowa); Faulkner (Ala.); Georgetown (Ky.); Oklahoma City

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

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