NAIA BASEBALL RATINGS
TOP 25 - PRESEASON RATING
DECEMBER 8, 1998

Rank

1998
Final

Team

       

1st Place
Votes

 

1998 Final
Record

Total
Points

1

5

Albertson (Idaho) (PNW/FW)

 

25

   

55

-

8

806

2

4

Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (PNW/FW)

3

   

40

-

16

694

3

13

Cumberland (Tenn.) (MS)

       

51

-

14

681

4

8

St. Thomas (Fla.) (SE)

   

2

   

54

-

14

665

5

15

Oklahoma City (SW)

   

2

   

45

-

20

635

6

1

Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.) (SE)

       

49

-

10

626

7

6

Dallas Baptist (Texas) (SW)

       

47

-

18

612

8

10

Bellevue (Neb.) (GP)

         

41

-

14

564

9

24

Indiana Tech (GL)

           

48

-

20

491

10

9

Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (SE)

         

41

-

11

486

11

20

Union (Tenn.) (MS)

         

42

-

20

415

12

3

Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) (MS)

1

   

46

-

13

405

13

14

Point Park (Pa.) (NE)

         

46

-

6

375

14

7

Lubbock Christian (Texas) (SW)

       

52

-

16

329

15

23

Oklahoma Baptist (SW)

         

39

-

11

315

16

18

William Carey (Miss.) (SW)

       

38

-

12

281

17

NR

Incarnate Word (Texas) (SW)

       

33

-

17

273

18

19

Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) (GL)

     

37

-

12

253

19

11

Texas Lutheran (SW)

         

41

-

11

228

20

22

Mayville State (N.D.) (GP)

       

40

-

11

207

21

NR

Berry (Ga.) (MS)

           

34

-

17

198

22

12

St. Mary's (Texas) (SW)

         

41

-

17

148

23

NR

Bethel (Ind.) (GL)

           

39

-

15

126

24

NR

Culver-Stockton (Mo.) (MW)

       

39

-

17

121

25

NR

Lambuth (Tenn.) (MS)

         

32

-

18

84

Others Receiving Votes: Northwood (Texas) (SW) 80, Lindenwood (Mo.) (MW) 56, Warner Southern (Fla.)(SE) 56, Shawnee State (Ohio) (GL) 45, Ohio Dominican (GL) 43, Mobile (Ala.) (SW) 41, Missouri Baptist (MW) 39, Grand View (Iowa) (MW) 36, Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (PNW/FW) 35, Montreat (N.C.) (MS) 35, Southwestern Oklahoma (SW) 34, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (PNW/FW) 28, Aquinas (Mich.) (GL) 22, Newman (Kan.)(GP) 19, Biola (Calif.) (PNW/FW) 18, Bluefield (Va.) (MS) 15, Northwood (Fla.) (SE) 14, Spring Hill (Ala.) (SW) 13,Southern California College (PNW/FW) 11, St. Francis (Ill.) (GL) 9, Indiana Southeast (MS) 8, Anderson (S.C.) (SE) 7, Dominican (N.Y.) (NE) 6, Ottawa (Kan.) (GP) 6, St. Ambrose (Iowa) (MW) 6, Briar Cliff (Iowa) (MW) 5, Northwestern Oklahoma (SW) 4, Texas Wesleyan (SW) 4, Wilmington (Del.) (NE) 3, California Baptist (PNW/FW) 2, Palm Beach Atlantic (Fla.) (SE) 2, Western Oregon (PNW/FW) 2, Concordia (Calif.) (FW) 1, Houston Baptist (Texas) (SW) 1, The Master's (Calif.) (PNW/FW) 1.

The first regular-season rating is scheduled for March 23, 1999.

This top 25 rating was compiled by the NAIA Baseball CoachesAssociation. 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.