NAIA BASEBALL
RATINGS
TOP 25 - PRESEASON RATING
DECEMBER 9, 1997
Rank |
1997 |
Team |
1st Place |
1997 |
Total |
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1 |
1 |
Brewton Parker (Ga.) (SE) |
31 |
64 |
- |
7 |
823 |
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2 |
2 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (PNW/FW) |
2 |
47 |
- |
10* |
775 |
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3 |
3 |
Southeastern Oklahoma (SW) |
56 |
- |
9 |
752 |
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4 |
6 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) (MS) |
1 |
49 |
- |
13 |
730 |
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5 |
4 |
Berry (Ga.) (MS) |
44 |
- |
13 |
665 |
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6 |
10 |
Oklahoma City (SW) |
49 |
- |
15 |
607 |
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7 |
8 |
Albertson (Idaho) (PNW/FW) |
46 |
- |
9 |
573 |
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8 |
21 |
Bellevue (Neb.) (GP) |
43 |
- |
16 |
561 |
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9 |
13 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) (SE) |
44 |
- |
16 |
536 |
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10 |
14 |
Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) (MS) |
42 |
- |
18 |
523 |
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11 |
5 |
Dallas Baptist (Texas) (SW) |
54 |
- |
17 |
509 |
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12 |
9 |
Lubbock Christian (Texas) (SW) |
48 |
- |
16 |
430 |
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13 |
17 |
Ohio Dominican (GL) |
46 |
- |
13 |
380 |
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14 |
11 |
Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) (GL) |
47 |
- |
8 |
352 |
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15 |
7 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) (MS) |
44 |
- |
10 |
320 |
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16 |
12 |
Nova Southeastern (Fla.) (SE) |
43 |
- |
18 |
278 |
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17 |
18 |
Oklahoma Baptist (SW) |
44 |
- |
16 |
257 |
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18 |
15 |
Briar Cliff (Iowa) (MW) |
47 |
- |
13 |
240 |
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19 |
24 |
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (SE) |
31 |
- |
16 |
221 |
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20 |
25 |
California Baptist (PNW/FW) |
38 |
- |
15 |
165 |
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NR |
Northwood (Texas) (SW) |
33 |
- |
21 |
165 |
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22 |
22 |
William Carey (Miss.) (SW) |
43 |
- |
19 |
147 |
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23 |
NR |
Spring Hill (Ala.) (SW) |
31 |
- |
24 |
121 |
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24 |
23 |
Kansas Newman (GP) |
40 |
- |
14 |
107 |
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25 |
NR |
Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.) (SE) |
34 |
- |
24* |
93 |
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Others Receiving Votes: Southern
California College (PNW/FW) 79, Dominican (N.Y.) (NE) 65,
Incarnate Word (Texas) (SW) 60, Rockhurst (Mo.) (GP) 59, St.
Mary's (Texas) (SW) 52, Mobile (Ala.) (SW) 49, Aquinas (Micha.)
(GL) 48, Houston Baptist (Texas) (SW) 48, Bethel (Ind.) (GL) 46,
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (PNW/FW) 33, Southern Tech (Ga.) (SE) 21,
Baker (Kan.) (MW) 18, St. Ambrose (Iowa) (MW) 15, George Fox
(Ore.) (PNW) 12, Texas Lutheran (SW) 11, Mount Marty (S.D.) (GP)
9, Hawaii Pacific (PNW/FW) 8, St. Francis (Ill.) (GL) 8, St.
Xavier (Ill.) (GL) 8, Hastings (Neb.) (GP) 7, Limestone (S.C.)
(SE) 7, Grand View (Iowa) (MW) 6, Linfield (Ore.) (PNW/FW) 6,
Montreat (N.C.) (MS) 4, North Greenville (S.C.) (MS) 4, Northwood
(Fla.) (SE) 4, Ottawa (Kan.) (GP) 4, Avila (Mo.) (GP) 3,
Culver-Stockton (Mo.) (MW) 3, Huntingdon (Ala.) (SE) 3, Marian
(Ind.) (GL) 3, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (PNW/FW) 3, St.
Scholastica (Minn.) (MW) 3, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (MS) 2, Mayville
State (N.D.) (GP) 2, Midland Lutheran (Neb.) (GP) 2, Evangel
(Mo.) (MW) 1, Milligan (Tenn.) (MS) 1, Spring Arbor (Mich.) (GL)
1, Texas Wesleyan (SW) 1, Viterbo (Wis.) (MW) 1.
The first regular-season rating is scheduled for March
24, 1998.
This top 25 rating was compiled by the NAIA Baseball Coaches
Association. Points awarded on a
25-24-23-22-21-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
basis.