2022 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Preseason Poll (November 3)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Reigning NAIA National Champion Georgia Gwinnett claims the pole position in the Preseason Baseball Coaches' Top 25 Poll. Runner-up Central Methodist (Mo.) stays second, Southeastern (Fla.) moves up to third, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) slips one spot to fourth, and Tennessee Wesleyan rounds out the Top Five. Reinhardt (Ga.) and Bellevue (Neb.) jump into the poll after being unranked at the end of last year.
Poll Methodology
The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and the Association of Independent Institutions.
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”
The frequency of the polls is bi-weekly. This policy was approved by the National Administrative Council (NAC) prior to the 2016-17 academic season. This change allows raters the opportunity to consider a larger body of work between rating periods.
For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.
| RANK | LAST | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Georgia Gwinnett [19] | 51-10 | 529 |
| 2 | 2 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 49-8 | 507 |
| 3 | 5 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 51-9 | 480 |
| 4 | 3 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 44-8 | 474 |
| 5 | 7 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 53-6 | 459 |
| 6 | 4 | Faulkner (Ala.) | 32-20 | 457 |
| 7 | 6 | Indiana Southeast (Ind.) | 50-15 | 428 |
| 8 | 9 | Keiser (Fla.) | 37-18 | 400 |
| 9 | 8 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 49-11 | 388 |
| 10 | 10 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 45-16 | 382 |
| 11 | 11 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 46-8 | 362 |
| 12 | 14 | Loyola (La.) | 36-15 | 330 |
| 13 | 13 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 40-16 | 328 |
| 14 | 15 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 34-12 | 295 |
| 15 | 17 | Indiana Wesleyan | 44-14 | 263 |
| 16 | 16 | Hope International (Calif.) | 29-15 | 257 |
| 17 | 19 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 34-21 | 253 |
| 18 | 12 | Concordia (Neb.) | 42-12 | 252 |
| 19 | 18 | Middle Georgia State | 37-20 | 230 |
| 20 | 20 | Oklahoma City | 36-19 | 190 |
| 21 | NR | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 34-21 | 167 |
| 22 | 24 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 41-16 | 148 |
| 23 | 25 | Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) | 32-16 | 134 |
| 24 | NR | Bellevue (Neb.) | 41-18 | 129 |
| 25 | 23 | Point Park (Pa.) | 40-16 | 128 |
Others Receiving Votes: William Carey (Miss.) 120; Bryan (Tenn.) 106; Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 42; Westmont (Calif.) 39; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 32; Webber International (Fla.) 28; Columbia (Mo.) 24; Ottawa (Kan.) 20; Indiana Tech 13; CIU (S.C.) 8; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 5; Texas Wesleyan 4; Warner (Fla.) 4; Doane (Neb.) 3; Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 3
