Three AAC Squads Garner Votes in Latest NAIA Baseball Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) teams received votes in the preseason 2024 NAIA Baseball Coaches' Top 25 Poll.
The NAIA announced the poll on Wednesday.
Reinhardt leads the way as the Eagles collected 376 voting points to land at No. 11.
Tennessee Wesleyan continues its top-25 presence as it is No. 21 with 159 voting points.
Meanwhile, Milligan sits five spots outside the top 25 with 63 voting points.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Continental Athletic Conference (Independents), and Unaffiliated Groups.
- 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."
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Southeastern (Fla.) [20] | 27-2 | 560 |
| 2 | 3 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 25-3 | 532 |
| 3 | 2 | Georgia Gwinnett | 26-5 | 530 |
| 4 | 5 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 27-4 | 502 |
| 5 | 4 | Webber International (Fla.) | 24-8 | 485 |
| 6 | 6 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 25-4 | 474 |
| 7 | 9 | Jessup (Calif.) | 25-5 | 445 |
| 8 | 7 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 17-7 | 412 |
| 9 | 8 | Doane (Neb.) | 20-4 | 405 |
| 10 | 10 | Faulkner (Ala.) | 22-8 | 401 |
| 11 | 11 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 20-10 | 376 |
| 12 | 14 | Missouri Baptist | 21-7 | 364 |
| 13 | 15 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 20-9 | 317 |
| 14 | 15 | Loyola (La.) | 21-8 | 285 |
| 15 | 24 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 22-7 | 278 |
| 16 | 20 | Hope International (Calif.) | 20-9 | 268 |
| 17 | 13 | Concordia (Neb.) | 19-8 | 253 |
| 18 | 21 | Taylor (Ind.) | 21-9 | 247 |
| 19 | 17 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 22-9 | 228 |
| 20 | 12 | Keiser (Fla.) | 20-10 | 190 |
| 21 | 22 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 20-10 | 159 |
| 22 | RV | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 20-8 | 158 |
| 22 | 18 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 23-8 | 158 |
| 24 | RV | Oklahoma City | 21-10 | 136 |
| 25 | 19 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 21-11 | 130 |
Receiving Votes: British Columbia 89; Tabor (Kan.) 89; Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) 82; Oregon Tech 65; Milligan (Tenn.) 63; William Carey (Miss.) 55; Louisiana Christian 37; Columbia (Mo.) 26; Point Park (Pa.) 15; Arizona Christian 14; Point (Ga.) 13; Friends (Kan.) 11; Kansas Wesleyan 10; Vanguard (Calif.) 6; Houston-Victoria (Texas) 4; Indiana Southeast (Ind.) 3; Science & Arts (Okla.) 3